Patrik Christen

Professor of Applied Mathematics, Institute for Information Systems, FHNW
External Lecturer, Chair for Philosophy, ETH Zurich
Associate Fellow, Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford

My current research focuses on the mitigation of AI risks, the programming of agent-based economic models, and the simulation of reality. My current lectures are on programming, linear algebra, algorithms and data structures, and AI risks.
My past research includes computational biomechanics at Eindhoven University of Technology and ETH Zurich as well as mathematical biology at the University of Oxford.

Some recent work:
O. Del Fabbro, R. Meier, and P. Christen. Metaethical Framework for Artificial Intelligence Arms Races and Cyber Influence Operations. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC), Paper 2130, 2025.
J. M. Peechatt, M. Schaaf, and P. Christen. Detecting Hidden Backdoors in Large Language Models. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC), Paper 2025, 2025.
P. Christen. Parallel Computation of Agent-Based Economic Models with Entity-Component-System Architecture. 6th World Conference on Complex Systems (WCCS), 2026. Accepted

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