Julien Signoles is a research director with 19 years’ experience specializing in formal verification, runtime assertion checking, and applying formal methods to software safety and security. Based at CEA-List in the Greater Paris area, he has progressed from postdoctoral researcher to Research Director while advising the Department of Software and System Engineering and contributing long-term to the Frama-C ecosystem. He combines deep academic credentials (HDR and PhD from Université Paris-Sud) with extensive teaching roles across top French engineering schools, translating formal techniques into practical tools and courses. Julien is known for bridging research and engineering—delivering R&D that directly improves code-level safety and security—and for mentoring both students and institutional development in formal methods. An often-overlooked strength is his sustained commitment to tooling (Frama-C) that operationalizes verification in industrial settings.
19 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Deug, MIAS (Mathématiques, Informatique et Applications aux Sciences), Deug, MIAS (Mathématiques, Informatique et Applications aux Sciences) at Université de Tours
Phd, Computer Science, Phd, Computer Science at Paris-Sud University (Paris XI)
Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Computer Science, Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR), Computer Science at Université Paris-Sud
Contributions:1 push, 2 branches in 1 year 9 months
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Julien Signoles - Research Director at Télécom SudParis