Julien Ponge, PhD
Associate Professor and Researcher in Computer Science and Engineering.
On research and engineering...
Fundamental research, applied research and engineering skills all fuel each other.
Building real-world software in response to real people needs is not any less noble
nor easier than writing research papers. Technical skills are no lesser skills.
Contact
Julien Ponge Laboratoire CITI / INSA-Lyon
6 Avenue des Arts
69621 Villeurbanne Cedex
FRANCE
julien.ponge at insa-lyon.fr
julien.ponge at inria.fr
julien at ponge.info 
+33.4.72.43.73.14
Short professional bio
Since september 2009, Dr Julien Ponge is an Associate Professor in Computer Science and Engineering at INSA de Lyon, a leading engineering school in France. He teaches in the Department of Telecommunications, Services and Usages while he does his research activities as part of the CITI Laboratory / INRIA in the Amazones group.
Prior to joining INSA-Lyon, he obtained a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France, as well as a PhD under cotutelle agreements from the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He was also a temporary lecturer at ISIMA, the computer science and engineering school of Université Blaise Pascal.
His current research interests cover middlewares, service-oriented architectures, next-generation software distribution and deployment.
He is also a long-time opensource craftman who enjoys learning about new technologies, methodologies and practices, as well as attending and speaking at industrial events. He is the creator of the IzPack opensource installer framework, and he has participated in several other projects, including the GlassFish application server in cooperation with Sun Microsystems.
Speaking both industrial and academic languages, he is highly motivated in developing synergies between those worlds.
