Summary
Yann Secq is an Associate Professor at Université de Lille with over two decades of academic and departmental leadership experience and 11 years of professional experience highlighted in teaching and program direction. He specializes in algorithms for first-year students and teacher training in primary education, bridging foundational computer science with pedagogy. His research background is in multi-agent and distributed systems, having completed a PhD and contributed to the SMAC research team, which informs his systems-thinking approach to curriculum design. Yann has led the Computer Science Department at IUT 'A' and directed an executive CAS on secondary computer science education at EPFL, demonstrating a rare blend of local academic stewardship and international program management. Based in the Greater Lille Metropolitan Area, he combines classroom practice with research-led innovation in computing education, often translating complex distributed-systems concepts into accessible learning for newcomers. A detail that stands out: his career path moves fluidly between hands-on teaching, departmental leadership, and designing teacher-training programs that scale across education levels.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
PhD, Multi-Agent Systems, Distributed Systems, PhD, Multi-Agent Systems, Distributed Systems at University of Lille 1 Sciences and Technology
English, French