Our Mission
Advanced Technology With a Public Purpose.
We believe powerful technology should strengthen communities, improve resilience, and earn trust through responsible design. Our work explores how secure AI, post-quantum cybersecurity, privacy-first systems, and public-safety resilience technology can serve a safer future.
Guiding Principles
How We Build
Three principles shape every initiative we pursue.
Trustworthy by Design
Human oversight, auditability, evidence grounding, and responsible deployment.
Resilient by Purpose
Technology designed for disruption, uncertainty, and critical operating conditions.
Private by Default
Privacy and control treated as architectural principles, not afterthoughts.
Our Approach
Research That Must Earn Trust.
Black Diamond approaches emerging technology with disciplined validation — identifying the need, defining the risk, designing the system, testing the assumptions, documenting limitations, and only then describing what the work can support.
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Mission Need
Define the public-benefit problem and the conditions the work must serve.
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System Design
Architect the system around trust, resilience, privacy, and human authorization.
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Safety & Security Review
Evaluate risk, adversarial exposure, and failure modes before validation.
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Controlled Validation
Test assumptions under controlled conditions and document limitations.
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Public-Benefit Translation
Describe only what the work can support, grounded in evidence.
Leadership
The People Behind the Work
Black Diamond Project Corp is guided by researchers committed to disciplined, evidence-grounded innovation in service of the public benefit.
Simon Peter Carreras
Founder / Lead Security Researcher
Simon Peter Carreras founded Black Diamond Project Corp to advance public-benefit technology at the intersection of secure AI, cybersecurity research, secure systems, and resilient public-safety technology. He guides the foundation's research direction and its commitment to disciplined, evidence-grounded innovation.
Nazila Safavi, Ph.D.
Co-Founder
Dr. Nazila Safavi is an engineering, computer science and information technology educator and professional whose work includes digital systems, document integrity, information technology, computer-based workflows and system reliability.
- Ph.D. in Information Technology & Management
- M.S. in Telecommunications Engineering & Management, Southern Methodist University
- B.S. in Computer Science, Oxford Brookes University
- IEEE Senior Member; ACM affiliate
A public-benefit purpose
A private foundation advancing privacy-first, secure and resilient technology for high-trust environments. Our research focuses on secure and responsible AI, post-quantum cybersecurity, privacy-first systems, and public-safety resilience — fields where responsible design and rigorous validation matter most.
Questions about partnership or collaboration? Contact us at support@bdproj.com.