Stijn Volckaert
Associate Professor
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolStijn Volckaert is an associate professor of computer science at KU Leuven with over a decade of experience researching system security, specializing in low-level exploitation and defenses. He leads a small DistriNet research team mentoring PhD and master students, and his PhD work produced state-of-the-art multi-variant execution (MVX) systems that he continued to evolve during a DARPA-funded postdoc at UC Irvine. Beyond academia he is an active developer and maintainer in the OldUnreal community, negotiating stewardship of Unreal Tournament with Epic and building widely-used tools like the ACE anti-cheat engine. His profile blends rigorous systems and compiler research with hands-on software engineering for real-world games, demonstrating both theoretical depth and practical impact. Based in Ghent, Belgium, he is not open to recruitment and focuses on research, mentorship, and selective long-term open-source projects.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science Engineering - Main Subject: Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science Engineering - Main Subject: Software Engineering at Universiteit GentDoctor of Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science, Doctor of Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science at Ghent University
English, Dutch
Github Skills (23)
ranking9
unreal9
science9
react8
computer-science8
quake8
blueprint8
sdl8
unreal-engine-46
texture5
minecraft5
compressor3
intermediate2
ispc2
linux1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
stijn-volckaert/ACE_Build
Nov 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
stijn-volckaert/ACE_AutoConfig
Jul 2016 - Dec 2024
Contributions:1 PR, 13 pushes, 1 branch in 8 years 6 months
minecraftautomatic-configuration
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