“Epoch avait un an ! Rome remplaçait Sparte …” I was born in France in 1971. I obtained my PhD from INRIA and the University of Nice - Sophia Antipolis in 1999, and I hold a Master’s Degree in computer science from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, where I studied parallel programming and architecture. In 1993, I worked for one year on developing vision and learning algorithms for a smart retina for the French ministry of defence, then joined INRIA Sophia Antipolis for a PhD thesis on using mobile process calculi as a programming model.