Summary
Martin Quinson is a Full Professor of Computer Science with 22 years of experience specializing in simulation and formal verification of large-scale distributed, Grid/Cloud and HPC applications. He combines deep academic research—PhD and postdoc work in distributed systems and platform monitoring—with extensive teaching in algorithms, systems, networks and parallel programming. Based at École normale supérieure de Rennes, he leads research and outreach efforts while maintaining a long-standing hands-on presence in open-source (Debian maintainer of projects like simgrid and others). His career blends rigorous formal methods with practical system-building, evidenced by multi-institutional collaborations (INRIA, LORIA, UCSB) and sustained contributions to reproducible simulation tooling. Notably, he pairs theoretical insight with community stewardship, growing both research impact and computer science literacy beyond the lab.
22 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Master, Computer science, Master, Computer science at Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne
Phd thesis, Computer Science, Phd thesis, Computer Science at Ecole normale supérieure de Lyon
Master thesis, Computer science, Master thesis, Computer science at École normale supérieure de Lyon
French, English, German