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Faculty

Academics and practitioners, teaching the real field.

DSTI’s faculty combines university academics, researchers, engineers, data and AI specialists, cyber security practitioners, business and legal contributors, and internal teaching leadership. The objective is simple: connect strong foundations with the systems, tools and professional judgement students need after graduation.

01 — Teaching approach

A deliberately mixed faculty.

DSTI brings together complementary teaching profiles: academics and researchers for the scientific foundations, practitioners for implementation and systems work, and professional contributors for the wider environment in which technology is designed, deployed and governed.

Science

Foundations and methods

Mathematics, statistics, modelling, optimisation, machine learning and scientific reasoning are supported by academics and researchers from universities, research institutes and scientific organisations.

Technology

Systems and implementation

Software, data platforms, cloud, cyber security, networks and operational systems are taught with input from people who build, secure, manage and use these systems professionally.

Professional context

Judgement beyond tools

Project management, law, ethics, communication, sustainability and business applications help students understand how technical work is used in organisations and society.

02 — Teaching areas

Teaching areas across the school.

Faculty profiles summarise broad subject areas so readers can understand the expertise represented across DSTI. Exact teaching assignments may evolve by intake, programme structure and academic planning.

Mathematics, statistics and modellingFoundations, inference, time series, optimisation, survival analysis and applied mathematics.
AI, machine learning and data scienceMachine learning, deep learning, neural networks, computer vision and model operations.
Data engineering and analyticsSQL, data wrangling, pipelines, NoSQL, graph databases, warehousing, reporting and visualisation.
Software, systems and cloudProgramming, software engineering, operating systems, cloud platforms, DevOps and infrastructure.
Cyber security and secure systemsNetworks, penetration testing, secure code, formal verification, governance, risk and compliance.
Professional environmentProject management, business applications, legal context, ethics, communication and sustainable digital systems.
03 — Academics and researchers

Academic depth where it matters.

Academic and research profiles bring disciplinary depth in mathematics, statistics, computer science, AI, systems, cyber security, law, history and related fields. Where academic titles are displayed, the page uses a concise Dr / Pr style.

Academic / researcher

Pr Anna Freni Sterrantino

Turing Institute, UKScience
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
Academic / researcher

Pr Charles Bouveyron

Institut 3IA Côte d’AzurScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Academic / researcher

Dr Christine Malot

Université Côte d’AzurScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • mathematical foundations
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
Academic / researcher

Dr Christophe Becavin

Université Côte d’AzurScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Academic / researcher

Pr Didier Auroux

Université Côte d’AzurScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • mathematical foundations
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
Academic / researcher

Hanna Abi Akl

DSTIScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Academic / researcher

Dr Julie Charpenet

Université Côte d’AzurScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • data law, ethics and regulation
Academic / researcher

Marc Gaetano

Université Côte d’AzurTechnology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • project, business and professional practice
Academic / researcher

Pr Marina Teller

Université Côte d’AzurTechnology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • data law, ethics and regulation
Academic / researcher

Martin Van Waerebeke

INRIAScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
Academic / researcher

Nicolas Pourcelot

Université Côte d’AzurScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • mathematical foundations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Academic / researcher

Pr Pierre Mounier-Kuhn

CNRSProfessional environment
Teaching areas
  • digital context, sustainability and history
Academic / researcher

Tamara Rezk

INRIATechnology
Teaching areas
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Academic / researcher

Thierry Vert

Université Côte d’AzurTechnology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Academic / researcher

Valeriya Strizhkova

INRIAScience
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
Academic / researcher

Pr Xavier Rival

ENS ParisScience
Teaching areas
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
04 — Practitioners and professional contributors

Professional practice in the classroom.

These profiles bring industrial, technical, consulting and operational experience into the programmes.

Faculty contributor

Adel Khaldi

Affiliation not displayedTechnology
Teaching areas
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Industry practitioner

Albert Konrad

BlaBlaCarScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Ana Escobar

TinderScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Industry practitioner

Assan Sanogo

Datajam.aiScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Aurélien Bassama

Deutsche TelekomTechnology
Teaching areas
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
  • project, business and professional practice
Industry practitioner

Benoit Mialet

ValowayScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Industry practitioner

Clément Ziane

ConsultantScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

David Medio

ConsultantScience
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
  • digital context, sustainability and history
Industry practitioner

David Worms

AdaltasTechnology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Dora Sabino

BlazarScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Eliott Morcillo

ADALTASTechnology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Industry practitioner

Estelle Auberix

IOKELATechnology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
  • project, business and professional practice
Industry practitioner

Fabien Massol

AmadeusTechnology
Teaching areas
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
  • project, business and professional practice
Industry practitioner

Gregory Philips

ThalesTechnology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Grégoire de Lassence

SAS FranceScience
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
DSTI faculty

Jason Nsimba

CGITechnology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Industry practitioner

Jean-François Derenty

ConsultantScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Industry practitioner

Joe Sanchez

AdaltasTechnology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Luca Sainte-Croix

FreelanceScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
  • project, business and professional practice
  • digital context, sustainability and history
Professional contributor

Lucine Brutti

FreelanceProfessional environment
Teaching areas
  • languages and professional communication
Industry practitioner

Luke Radivoev

Nordic Guarantee GlobalScience
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Industry practitioner

Marc Durand de Grossouvre

URBSScience
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
Industry practitioner

Marc Ntumba

CPAMScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • mathematical foundations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Industry practitioner

Mehdi Kermad

ConsultantTechnology
Teaching areas
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Professional contributor

Melissa Brown

Easy Sailing Language TrainingProfessional environment
Teaching areas
  • project, business and professional practice
  • languages and professional communication
Industry practitioner

Mori Huang

AdaltasTechnology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Nadiya Shvai

Cyclope.aiScience
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
Industry practitioner

Nelson Lopez

PrestashopTechnology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Industry practitioner

Octave Prevot

AdaltasTechnology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Industry practitioner

Pr Robert Plana

AssystemScience
Teaching areas
  • digital context, sustainability and history
Industry practitioner

Stéphane Mollard

AmadeusTechnology
Teaching areas
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
  • project, business and professional practice
Professional contributor

Suzanne Simonet

FreelanceProfessional environment
Teaching areas
  • project, business and professional practice
DSTI faculty

Sébastien Corniglion

DSTITechnology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
Industry practitioner

Thomas Jauniaux

SiemensTechnology
Teaching areas
  • statistics, modelling and optimisation
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
  • software, systems, cloud and infrastructure
  • cyber security, networks and secure code
Industry practitioner

Valery Zuniga Kondrashov

IxpantiaScience & technology
Teaching areas
  • science and technology applications
Industry practitioner

Yannick Ramond

PMO DataTechnology
Teaching areas
  • AI, machine learning and model operations
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
Industry practitioner

Yong Yao

ConsultantTechnology
Teaching areas
  • data engineering, analytics and platforms
05 — Profile notes

Understanding the profiles.

DSTI’s teaching team evolves with programme development, academic planning and professional availability. The page is intended to give a clear public view of the expertise represented around the school.

Teaching areas are indicative. Programme names follow DSTI’s current programme structure. Topic summaries help readers understand each profile’s main contribution areas, while exact teaching assignments may change from one intake to another.
06 — Next step

Understand the academic environment around the programmes.

The faculty page is one part of the picture. Programme structure, academic framework, Direction of Studies and internships explain how students move from teaching to professional experience.