Bonjour.
Welcome to Pierre Jouvelot's homepage (last
revision Oct. 23, 2025).
I’m Senior Research Scientist (directeur de recherche), working
at the
.... Computer Science Research Center (CRI) of
.... Mines Paris
(formerly, MINES ParisTech, Ecole
des mines de Paris), part of
.... PSL University.
Here is my resume (pdf: English,
French;
html: English).
1. Research
Possible PhD thesis, postdoc and Master internship research
openings can be found here.
If you have research ideas that you think either fit my profile
or are so great they need to be pursued anyhow, feel free to get
in touch with me.
My research work agenda focuses on (1) programming languages
and (2) advanced applications.
Regarding languages in computer science, my interests are
mostly into Domain-Specific (DSL) and programming languages,
including their semantical, formal and implementation aspects,
in particular regarding performance. I've been involved on
issues related to proof assistants, static analysis, parallel
optimizations, type and effect systems, non-standard
denotational semantics, SSA form, dependent typing, etc.
Moving into more applied topics, I'm
interested in blending new computer-related technologies and key
societal issues, including physics (with CERN and ESPCI),
health (with CEN STIMCO and
EnsAD),
music (with Grame), education (with Schola Cantorum
and CNPmusic),
law (with Ministère de la justice), blockchain (with Télécom
Paris) and formal mechanism design in economics (with
Inria).
My teaching activities at MINES ParisTech and HEC Business School, as part of
the HEC/MINES ParisTech joint MSIT
M.S. "Mastère spécialisé" on IT Management, have included:
- Theoretical Computer Science (mathematical limits, computational models, programming languages, complexities, advanced issues): French course lecture notes (see "informatique fondamentale");
- Computer Music (acoustics, synthesis techniques, effects,
MIDI): I'm coauthor of the "Acoustique, Informatique, MusiquE"
textbook published at Presses des mines (check out the presentation
and video interview and slides,
all in French);
- Compression Techniques (information theory, text, sound, image, video): French slides in PDF format;
- International visits: I organize annual weekly tours of
companies in foreign countries for our students. We
successively focused on e-commerce (California, 2001),
networking (Canada, 2002), finance (New-York, 2003 [lunch
photo]), control systems (Sweden, 2004 [newspaper
article], [group photo]),
outsourcing (China, 2005 [Lafarge
photo] and 2011 [Shanda Entertainment
photo]; India, 2006 and 2007), electronics (Japan, 2008:
[Panasonic group photo], consumer
electronics (South Korea, 2009), Silicon Valley (California,
2010 [Google group photo]),
outsourcing (Morocco, 2012), design (Belgium, 2015), video
games (Canadaa, 2016), startups (Germany, 2017) .
![newspaper article]](http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/%7Epj/suede.jpg){kind=link}
![Lafarge photo]](http://www.cri.ensmp.fr/%7Epj/china.jpg){kind=link}
3. Business
| On the business side, Click'N'PlayMusic is a company I co-founded with Eric Boell. We provide music educational content, using a variety of formats such as CD-rom, DVD-rom, streaming and books. Our products have been rated as best in their class, and are distributed in retail stores such as Fnac. |
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4. Leisure
On the fun side, to know more about my areas of interest:
- See
what the airplane I often fly, a Grumman Tiger, looks like
(check this picture
or this one).
For
more information on
Grumann ai
rcraft, the Tiger AG-5B plane I used to
own was tested in the November 2008 issue of Info-pilote, the
monthly magazine edited by the French Federation of Aviation
(FFA). You're welcome to download the whole article (in PDF) here, or by clicking on the cover
image.
I also fly out of the Moret-Episy airfield, near Fontainebleau, since I'm a member of the local ACVL airclub; there I fly a French-manufactured Robin DR-400 plane. If you happen to be in the neighborhood of Fontainebleau (see this great panoramic view for a general outlook), please feel free to drop by, and I'll show you the surroundings: the castles in Fontainebleau and Vaux-le-vicomte, from which Versailles is inspired, small towns such as Provins or Disneyland and its parking. And here is what used to be my home base, right before landing (yes, the field is in the upper left corner of the picture); please take look at a video takeoff or landing. I hope you enjoyed the tour (pictures and movies, courtesy of Benoît Pin and Maciej Freudenheim).
- Listen to some of my own musical compositions, coming direct from my MIDI system;
- Read great literary excerpts I selected from some of my favorite authors.
I'm also trying to help Cambodia, my wife's native country.
Please see if you want to support the building of a new hospital
in the Prey Veng county (this link is in English and French).
This is a completely private endeavour.
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If you want to chat, feel free to send me E-mail (pierre.jouvelot@minesparis.psl.eu) or call me in France (+33 1 6469 4846). |
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Je veux apprendre
toujours davantage à considérer comme la beauté ce qu'il y
a de nécessaire dans les choses.
Friedrich
Nietzsche, Le gai savoir
Si
[l'intelligence] n'a dans la hiérarchie des vertus que la
seconde place, il n'y a qu'elle qui soit capable de
proclamer que l'instinct doit occuper la première.
Marcel
Proust, Contre Sainte-Beuve
L'art est plus
puissant que la connaissance [de la vérité], car c'est lui qui veut la vie, tandis que le
but ultime qu'atteint la connaissance n'est autre que ...
l'anéantissement.
Friedrich
Nietzsche, Cinq préfaces à cinq livres qui n'ont pas été
écrits
De la musique
avant toute chose ...
Paul
Verlaine, Art poétique