Curriculum Vitae ​

This page shows my most up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV), updated on July 2023. You can download a PDF version of this CV.

Professional experiences ​

• Service manager attaché (ad interim), Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MFWB), Part-Time, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium. (Dec. 2022 – now)
  In charge of the management of the service composed of 10 agents who are managing files for accidents at work occurred to members of teaching staff.
• Attaché, Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MFWB), Full-Time, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium. (Feb. 2022 – now)
  In charge of analyses of budget and statistical data related to the management of the members of teaching staff, for monitoring, evaluation and to help the FWB Government for their new political projects.
• Project manager, Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MFWB), Part-Time, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium. (Jul. 2021 – now)
  Business project manager and product owner for the development of the ACCITRAV application to be used by the service in charge of managing accidents at work occurred to members of the teaching staff.
• Trainer, Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MFWB), Part-Time, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium. (May 2021 – now)
  Internal trainer for the internal training about web writing, contributing to improve colleagues' competencies on how to write for the web (web writing, web tree, web accessibility, web SEO, etc.).
• Trainer, École d'Administration Publique Wallonie-Bruxelles (EAP), Part-Time, Namur, Belgium. (Dec. 2022 – now)
  Trainer for the internal trainings about time management, pitching ideas and introduction to collective intelligence, offered to civil servant from Wallonia and Brussels administrations.
• Lecturer, Haute École Provinciale de Hainaut - Condorcet (HEPH-Condorcet), Part-Time, Tournai, Belgium. (Sep. 2021 – now)
  Professor in a higher education institution for a cryptography basics course in the specialisation bachelor in network and computer systems security.
• Cooperator, Poll'n coop, Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Jul. 2021 – now)
  Cooperator in a small cooperative and participative grocery proposing organic and local products to students and residents of Louvain-la-Neuve at affordable prices.
• Lecturer, Haute École EPHEC (EPHEC), Part-Time, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (Nov. 2020 – now)
  Professor in a higher further education institution for software and host security courses in the short cybersecurity training and for a statistics basics course in the human resource management bachelor.
• Partner, EDITx, Part-Time, Etterbeek, Belgium. (Jul. 2017 – now)
  In charge of academic relationships and coordination of IT challenges themes, jurys and questions.
• Professor, Institut Technique Supérieur Cardinal Mercier (ITSCM), Part-Time, Schaerbeek, Belgium. (Jan. 2017 – now)
  Professor in a higher further education institution for a digital transmission course and laboratory in the bachelor in informatics and systems and the bachelor in electronics.
• Attaché, Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MFWB), Full-Time, Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium. (Jan. 2021 – Jan. 2022)
  In charge of the business analyses and of the processes description for IT development projects targeted to the management of members of the teaching staff.
• Referent attaché, Académie de Recherche et d'Enseignement Supérieur (ARES), Full-Time, Brussels, Belgium. (May 2020 – Dec. 2020)
  In charge of academic subjects and the management of exams and tests supported by the ARES, in particular the admission exam in medicine and dentistry and the orientation test of the health sector.
• Senior Researcher, Centre de Recherche et de Développement de l'ECAM (CERDECAM), Part-Time, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (Mar. 2018 – Sep. 2020)
  Supervisor of a junior researcher in the frame of the Egonet project, in partnership with UCLouvain and HE Vinci (IPL).
• Lecturer, ECAM Brussels Engineering School (ECAM), Full-Time, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (Sep. 2014 – Apr. 2020)
  Professor in an industrial higher education institution, in the department of electrical and computer engineering, mainly for computer science courses for students in the master in computer science.
• Project Manager, ECAM Brussels Engineering School (ECAM), Part-Time, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (Sep. 2015 – Sep. 2019)
  In charge of the TeachEng project which consists in the development and deployment of a MOOC platform for professional and student engineers.
• Invited Lecturer, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2014 – Sep. 2016)
  Invited lecturer for the programming course for first year bachelor students in engineering and in computer science and for the software engineering project for first year master students in computer science engineering and computer science.
• Attaché, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Oct. 2015 – Dec. 2015)
  Accompanying repeating students in the frame of the SAlt project, a success support service developed as part of the academic achievement support program.
• Professor, Institut Technique Supérieur Cardinal Mercier (ITSCM), Part-Time, Schaerbeek, Belgium. (Sep. 2011 – Jun. 2015)
  Professor in a higher further education institution for a programming basics and an introduction to database courses in the bachelor in informatics and systems and the bachelor in electronics.
• Partner, Binnovart, Part-Time, Waterloo, Belgium. (Oct. 2013 – May 2014)
  Founder and Associate at Binnovart SPRL, a company developing a platform where young artists can meet art investors to catch up and sell and promote their artworks.
• Research Assistant, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2013 – May 2014)
  Research assistant for the ICT, Electronics and Applied Mathematics Institute (ICTEAM), attached to the Computer Science Engineering Department (INGI) working on an automated code assessment tool.
• Educational Advisor, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2013 – May 2014)
  Educational Advisor for the Louvain School of Engineering (EPL), contributing to the coordination and evaluation of the various programs of the faculty.
• Teaching Assistant, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Full-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2007 – Sep. 2013)
  Teaching assistant for the Louvain School of Engineering (EPL), attached to the Computer Science Engineering Department (INGI).
• Student Monitor, Louvain School of Engineering (EPL), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (2004 – 2006)
  Student monitor (tutor) for the « Introduction to Programming » course taught to first year bachelors in engineering.

Nonprofit organisations ​

• Treasurer, Association des Ingénieurs civils sortis de l'Université catholique de Louvain ASBL (AILouvain), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve. (Jun. 2022 – now)
  I am serving as a board member and treasurer of the AILouvain, the alumni association of the Louvain School of Engineering (EPL) faculty from which I am graduated, working to grow the network of engineers graduated from this faculty.
• Board member, Maison du Développement Durable ASBL (MDD), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Dec. 2019 – now)
  I am serving as a board member of the MDD, a nonprofit organisation whose goal is to provide a place to support the transition to a greener, more fair, more user-friendly society, locally and globally.
• Founder and President, Computer Science and IT in Education ASBL (CSITEd), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Jul. 2012 – now)
  I founded and am serving as a board member and president of the CSITEd, a nonprofit organisation whose goal is to promote computer science at large, especially towards pupils from secondary schools and in the education field.
• President, Association des Habitants de Louvain-la-Neuve ASBL (AH LLN), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (jul. 2020 – jul. 2022)
  I served as a board member and president of the AH LLN, a nonprofit organisation open to people living, working or studying in Louvain-la-Neuve which aims at defending and promoting the quality of life, in a broad sense, in Louvain-la-Neuve.
• Treasurer, UCLouvain ACM Student Chapter ASBL, Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2011 – Sep. 2013)
• Founder and President, UCLouvain ACM Student Chapter ASBL, Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2009 – Sep. 2011)
  The UCLouvain ACM Student Chapter is the local chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), an international organisation whose goal is to promote computer science.

Other organisations ​

• Board member, Bebras Community, Part-Time, International. (May 2020 – now)
  The Bebras community is in charge of the development of the Bebras contest, an international initiative aiming at promoting computer science and computational thinking among end of primary and secondary school pupils.
• Task Handling Committee member, Bebras Community, Part-Time, International. (May 2019 – May 2020)
  The Bebras Task Handling Committee is in charge of handling the whole process in relation with Bebras tasks to prepare the annual workshop (pre-workshop process, call for tasks, review process, working group preparation, etc.).
• President, Corps Scientifique de l'Université catholique de Louvain (CORSCI), Part-Time, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2013 – May 2014)
  The « Corps Scientifique de l'UCL » (Scientific Body) of the university gathers all the researchers that are not professors. The role of the president is to be the representative of the body in several organs of the university, some of them being decision organs.
• Founder and Co-organiser, Belgian Olympiad in Informatics (be-OI), Part-Time, Belgium. (Editions 2010 and 2011)
  The Belgian Olympiad in Informatics (be-OI) is a programming and algorithmic thinking contest whose goal is to select the Belgian delegation to be sent to the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI).

Service to society and representation ​

• Animator, Conseil Consultatif du Numérique de la Ville d'Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve (CCN OLLN), Part-Time, Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve. (Dec. 2021 – now)
  The Conseil Consultatif du Numérique is an advisory council made up of citizens of the City of Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve whose mission is to bring the voices of citizens to the municipal College and to animate debates around questions related to digital issues.
• Belgium representative in the Bebras Community. (2012 – now)
  Coordinator for the Bebras contest in Belgium and representative for Belgium at the international level (namely participating to the annual International Bebras Task Workshop), as a member of the International Bebras Committee (IBC).
• Team Leader, 1st International Balkan University Olympiad in Informatics (IBUOI 2019), Skopje, North Macedonia. (2019)
  Representative for Belgium at the International Balkan University Olympiad in Informatics, that is, accompanying the four Belgian contestants.
• Representative, Scientific Staff of the Université catholique de Louvain (CORSCI), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (2010 – 2013)
  • 2012–2013 (1 year), Vice-President for the Science and Technology Sector of the Scientific Staff of the Université catholique de Louvain (CORSCI).
  • 2010–2013 (3 years), President and 2013–2014 (1 year), Member of the Association of the scientific staff of the Louvain School of Engineering (ACSEP).
  • 2010–2012 (2 years), Vice-President for External Matters and 2012–2013 (1 year), President and 2013–2014 (1 year), Vice-President for Internal Matters of the Association of the Scientific staff of the ICT, Electronics and Applied Mathematics Institute (AsCII).
• Member, MOOCs@UCLouvain Steering Committee, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (2013)
  Member of the committee which is steering the MOOC phenomenon at Université catholique de Louvain and coordinating the LouvainX initiative (UCLouvain courses on the edX platform).
• Deputy Leader, 22nd International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2010), Waterloo, ON, Canada. (2010)
  Representative for Belgium at the International Olympiad in Informatics, that is, accompanying the four Belgian contestants.

Education and trainings ​

• Higher Education Teaching Certificate, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Jan. 2016 - Jun. 2018)
  • Subject: « Enseigner l'informatique à de futurs ingénieurs : Mise en place d'un cours de programmation informatique en deuxième année de bachelier en sciences de l'ingénieur »
• Advanced Master in Pedagogy in Higher Education, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Cum laude. (Sep. 2010 – Jun. 2014)
  • Subject: « Enseigner des outils méthodologiques et former une attitude professionnelle en BAC 1 par un projet disciplinaire : Mise en place et évaluation d‘un dispositif d'aide à la réussite »
  • Supervisor: Prof. Mariane Frenay and co-supervisor: Dr. Mireille Houart.
• PhD in Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2007 – Nov. 2013)
  • Subject: « A Formal Framework for the Analysis of Human-Machine Interactions »
  • Examining Board: Prof. Charles Pecheur, supervisor (UCLouvain/ICTM, Belgium), Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt, secretary (UCLouvain/ILSM, Belgium), Prof. Thierry Massart (ULB, Belgium), Dr Dimitra Giannakopoulou (NASA/ARC, USA), Prof. Philippe Palanque (UPS/IRIT, France) and Prof. Peter Van Roy, chair (UCLouvain/ICTM, Belgium).
• Master in Computer Science Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, Magna cum laude. (Sep. 2002 – Jun. 2007)
  • Subject: « Viral Marketing and Community Detection Algorithm »
  • Supervisor: Prof. Pierre Dupont.
• General Secondary Education, Lycée de Berlaymont, Waterloo, Belgium, 85%. (Sep. 1996 – Jun. 2002)
  Mathematics/Science option.
• Primary Education, École fondamentale libre Notre-Dame, La Hulpe, Belgium. (Sep. 1990 – Jun. 1996)

Trainings ​

• FoCoMan – Basic Training for Field Managers, École d'Administration Publique Wallonie-Bruxelles (EAP), Namur, Belgium. (2023 – 2024 cycle)
  Twenty days of training for managers targeted to the public sector.
• Entrepreneur Coach, EDUCA, Brussels, Belgium. (Fall 2019)
  Ten half-days of training on entrepreneurial coaching, the entrepreneur and the team, financial aspects, marketing and sales, and business models.
• Security Fundamentals, Technobel, Ciney, Belgium. (6–7 Jun. 2016)
  Training about IT security to understand threats and attacks in IT systems and how to deal with them.
• Agile Campus Tour, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Feb. 2011–Mar. 2011)
• From Research To Business (FR2B), Belgium. (1st cycle 2010)
  Seven-day training composed of four modules, targeted to researchers who think that their research may lead to the creation of a company.
• Teaching monitor, Louvain School of Engineering (EPL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Sep. 2004)
  Training to become student monitor (tutor) to supervise the practical sessions of the « Introduction to Programming » course taught to first year bachelors in engineering.

Publications ​

Journal papers ​

• Sébastien Combéfis. Automated Code Assessment for Education: Review, Classification and Perspectives on Techniques and Tools. In Software, 2022.
• Sébastien Combéfis. Conception d'un cours entièrement dispensé à distance combinant les concepts de microcours et d'évaluations par compétences. In Synergies Turquie, 2021.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Guillaume de Moffarts, and Mile Jovanov. TLCS: A Digital Library with Resources to Teach and Learn Computer Science. In Olympiads in Informatics, August 2019.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Saïkou Ahmadou Barry, Martin Crappe, Mathieu David, Guillaume de Moffarts, Hadrien Hachez, and Julien Kessels. Learning and Teaching Algorithm Design and Optimisation Using Contests Tasks. In Olympiads in Informatics, July 2017.
• Guillaume Brat, Sébastien Combéfis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Charles Pecheur, Franco Raimondi, and Neha Rungta. Formal Analysis of Multiple Coordinated HMI Systems. In The Handbook of Formal Methods in Human-Computer Interaction, 2017.
• Guillaume Maudoux, Charles Pecheur, and Sébastien Combéfis. Learning Safe Interactions and Full-Control. In The Handbook of Formal Methods in Human-Computer Interaction, 2017.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Gytautas Beresnevičius, and Valentina Dagienė. Learning Programming through Games and Contests: Overview, Characterisation and Discussion. In Olympiads in Informatics, August 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, and Charles Pecheur. Automatic Detection of Potential Automation Surprises for ADEPT Models. In IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Alexis Paques. Organising National Olympiads in Informatics: a Review of Selection Processes, Trainings and Promotion Activities. In Olympiads in Informatics, July 2015.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Jérémy Wautelet. Programming Trainings and Informatics Teaching Through Online Contests. In Olympiads in Informatics, July 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Virginie Van den Schrieck, and Alexis Nootens. Growing Algorithmic Thinking Through Interactive Problems to Encourage Learning Programming. In Olympiads in Informatics, July 2013.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Vianney le Clément de Saint-Marcq. Teaching Programming and Algorithm Design with Pythia, a Web-Based Learning Platform. In Olympiads in Informatics, September 2012.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Damien Leroy. Belgian Olympiads in Informatics: The Story of Launching a National Contest. In Olympiads in Informatics, July 2011.

Conference papers (peer-reviewed) ​

• Sébastien Combéfis, and Virginie Van den Schrieck. Continuous Competency-Based Assessment: Impact of Regular Student Involvement on their Performances and Success. In Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2022, October 2022.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Virginie Van den Schrieck. Transforming a Course with a Traditional Evaluation into a Competency-Based Assessment Approach: a Practical Experiment. In Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2021, October 2021.
• Sébastien Combéfis. A COVID-19 Teaching Experiment: Combining Competency-Based Assessment and Micro-Courses to Teach Technical and Non-Technical Skills. In Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2021, October 2021.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Gabrielė Stupurienė. Bebras Based Activities for Computer Science Education: Review and Perspectives. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in School: Situation, Evaluation, Problems, November 2020.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Guillaume de Moffarts. Reinventing Evaluations with Competency Based Assessments: a Practical Experiment with Future Computer Science Engineers. In Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2020, October 2020.
• Guillaume de Moffarts, and Sébastien Combéfis. Challengr, a Classroom Response System for Competency Based Assessment and Real-Time Feedback with Micro-Contests. In Proceedings of Frontiers in Education 2020, October 2020.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Guillaume de Moffarts. Automated Generation of Computer Generation of Computer Graded Unit Testing-Based Programming Assessments for Education. In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology, November 2019.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Arnaud Schils. Automatic Programming Error Class Identification with Code Plagiarism-Based Clustering. In Proceedings of the 2nd Int'l Code Hunt Workshop on Educational Software Engineering, November 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Chantal Poncin. Web Platform to Support Teaching Programming with Snap! and Manage Pupils' Learning. In Proceedings of the Scratch Conference 2015, August 2015.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Alexis Paques. Pythia reloaded: an Intelligent Unit Testing-Based Code Grader for Education. In Proceedings of the 1st Int'l Code Hunt Workshop on Educational Software Engineering, July 2015.
• Guillaume Maudoux, Sébastien Combéfis, and Charles Pecheur. Tasks Decomposition of System Models for Human-Machine Interaction Analysis. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Formal Methods in Human Computer Interaction, June 2015.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Peter Van Roy. Three-Step Transformation of a Traditional University Course into a MOOC: a LouvainX Experience. In Proceedings of the European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit 2015, May 2015.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Fabien Duchêne, and Virginie Van Den Schrieck. APP0, ou la découverte du monde universitaire par des compétences techniques au service de l'intégration sociale. In Proceedings of the 28th Congrès de l'Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire, May 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, and Charles Pecheur. State Event Models for the Formal Analysis of Human-Machine Interactions. In Proceedings of the Formal Verification and Modeling in Human-Machine Systems AAAI Spring Symposium 2014, March 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Adrien Bibal, and Peter Van Roy. Recasting a Traditional Course into a MOOC by Means of a SPOC. In Proceedings of the European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit 2014, February 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Charles Pecheur. Automatic Generation of Full-Control System Abstraction for Human-Machine Interaction. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Formal Methods in Human-Machine Interaction, May 2012.
• Jim Plumat, Chantal Poncin, Delphine Ducarme, and Sébastien Combéfis. Passer d'un « Service d'Aide à la Réussite » à des « Ateliers de Formation Professionnelle » ou comment passer d'un SAR, une béquille ? – à un AFP, un piolet !. In Proceedings of the 27th Congrès de l'Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire, May 2012.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Charles Pecheur, and Peter Mehlitz. A JavaPathfinder Extension to Analyse Human-Machine Interactions. In Proceedings of the Java Pathfinder Workshop 2011, November 2011.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Charles Pecheur, and Michael Feary. Learning System Abstractions for Human Operators. In Proceedings of the 2011 International Workshop on Machine Learning Technologies in Software Engineering, November 2011.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Dimitra Giannakopoulou, Charles Pecheur, and Michael Feary. A Formal Framework for Design and Analysis of Human-Machine Interaction. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, October 2011.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Charles Pecheur. A Bisimulation-Based Approach to the Analysis of Human-Computer Interaction. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, July 2009.
• Sébastien Combéfis. Formal Analysis of Human-Automation Interaction. In Proceedings of the 8th International Summer School on MOdelling and VErifying parallel Processes, June 2008.

Presentations ​

• Sébastien Combéfis, and Virginie Van den Schrieck. Évaluation continue par compétences : motiver les étudiants à s'impliquer régulièrement pour les mener vers la réussite. At the Journée des Chercheurs en Haute École 2023, March 2023.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Virginie Van den Schrieck. TLCA : Une plateforme web pour des évaluations centrées sur l’acquisition de compétences. At the 6e colloque international AUPTIC•éducation (AUPTIC 2022), November 2022.
• Sébastien Combéfis. Conception d'un cours entièrement à distance avec une évaluation par compétences. At the 7ème Printemps Numérique International, February 2021.
• Sébastien Combéfis. The Only Way to Create the Skills of the Future is to Disrupt the Education of Today. At 1st Global Forum for Education and Learning, December 2019.
• Sébastien Combéfis. Enseignement de l'informatique et enseignement numérique : État de l'art. At Ludovia#BE 2019, October 2019.
• Pablo Nicaise, François Wyngaerden, Hélène Garin, Sébastien d'Oreye de Lantremange, Sébastien Combéfis, and Vincent Lorant. Does the Structure of the Personal Networks of Patients with Severe Mental Illness Differ from the Common Types Found in the General Population?. At 4th European Conference on Social Networks, September 2019.
• Sébastien d'Oreye de Lantremange, Sébastien Combéfis, Hélène Garin, François Wyngaerden, Pablo Nicaise, and Vincent Lorant. A Generic and Flexible Analysis Framework to Categorise Social Support Networks. At XXXIX Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, June 2019.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Corentin Vande Kerckhove, and Peter Van Roy. Transforming a University Course into a Two-public Sustainable MOOC. At HybridEd Workshop: MOOC-based Models for Hybrid Pedagogies, September 2015.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Chantal Poncin. Intégration d'un service d'aide à la réussite dans un programme d'étude, ou comment passer d'un SAR à un cours dans un programme, en passant par un atelier de formation professionnelle. At the 28th Congrès de l'Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire, May 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis. Operational Model: Integrating User Tasks and Environment Information with System Model. At the 3rd International Workshop on Formal Methods for Interactive Systems, November 2009.

Posters ​

• Sébastien Combéfis, and Guillaume de Moffarts. Learning Computer Science at a Fair with an Escape Game. Presented at the 12th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives, November 2019.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Marie-Françoise Lefebvre, Quentin Lurkin, Cédric Marchand, and Philippe Melotte. TeachEng, a Multi-Paradigm MOOCs Provider Platform to Teach Future Engineers. Presented at the European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit 2016, February 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Jean-François Rees. The LouvainX Courses: Selection, Support and On-campus Activities. Presented at the edX Consortium Meeting, November 2013.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Adrien Bibal, and Peter Van Roy. Recasting a Traditional Course into a MOOC by Means of a SPOC. Presented at the edX Consortium Meeting, November 2013.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Charles Pecheur. LTS-Based Analysis of Interactive Systems. Presented at the MoVES Annual Meeting, December 2009.

Books ​

• Sébastien Combéfis, and Quentin Lurkin. Apprendre Python et s'initier à la programmation, September 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis, and Alexis Nootens. Bases des mathématiques et préparation à l'enseignement supérieur : Formules et concepts, July 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Georges-Henri Leclercq, Loïc Fortemps de Loneux, Adrien Bibal, and Virginie Van den Schrieck (Eds). Bebras Belgium : Recueil de questions édition 2013, July 2016.
• Sébastien Combéfis. LaTeX HowTo : Le Guide Pratique (2ème édition), October 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Jérémy Wautelet, Georges-Henri Leclercq, Adrien Bibal, and Virginie Van den Schrieck (Eds). Bebras Belgium : Recueil de questions édition 2012, November 2013.
• Sébastien Combéfis. LaTeX HowTo, December 2010.

Theses ​

• Sébastien Combéfis. Enseigner des outils méthodologiques et former une attitude professionnelle en BAC 1 par un projet disciplinaire : Mise en place et évaluation d'un dispositif d'aide à la réussite. Advanced Master Thesis. Université catholique de Louvain, June 2014.
• Sébastien Combéfis. A Formal Framework for the Analysis of Human-Machine Interactions. PhD thesis. Université catholique de Louvain, November 2013.
• Sébastien Combéfis, Jean Miller. Viral Marketing and Community Detection Algorithm. Master's thesis. Université catholique de Louvain, June 2007.

Scientific activities ​

Presentation at conferences and workshops ​

• Journée des Chercheurs en Haute École 2023 (JDCHE 2023), Angleur, Belgium. (16 Mar. 2023)
• 6e colloque international AUPTIC•éducation (AUPTIC 2022), Namur, Belgium. (16–18 Nov. 2022)
• Frontiers in Education 2022 (FIE 2022), Uppsala, Sweden. (8–11 Oct. 2022)
• Frontiers in Education 2021 (FIE 2021), Lincoln, NE, USA (remotely). (13–16 Oct. 2021)
• 7ème Printemps Numérique International (PNI 7), Turkey (remotely). (26–27 Feb. 2021)
• 13th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives (ISSEP 2020), Tallinn, Estonia (remotely). (16–18 Nov. 2020)
• Frontiers in Education 2020 (FIE 2020), Uppsala, Sweden (remotely). (21–24 Oct. 2020)
• 1st Global Forum for Education and Learning (GFEL 2019), Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (16–18 Dec. 2019)
• 6th International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (CSEIT 2019), Zurich, Switzerland. (23–24 Nov. 2019)
• 12th International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution and Perspectives (ISSEP 2019), Larnaca, Cyprus. (18–20 Nov. 2019)
• Ludovia#BE 2019, Spa, Belgium. (29–31 Oct. 2019)
• 13th IOI Conference, Baku, Azerbaijan. (6 Aug. 2019)
• 2nd Int'l Code Hunt Workshop on Educational Software Engineering (CHESE 2016), Seattle, WA, USA. (14 Nov. 2016)
• 2016 European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit (EMOOCs 2016), Graz, Austria. (22–24 Feb. 2016)
• HybridEd: MOOC-based Models for Hybrid Pedagogies (HybridEd 2015), Toledo, Spain. (18 Sep. 2015)
• Scratch Conference 2015, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. (12–15 Aug. 2015)
• 1st Int'l Code Hunt Workshop on Educational Software Engineering (CHESE 2015), Baltimore, MD, USA. (14 Jul. 2015)
• 2015 European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit (EMOOCs 2015), Mons, Belgium. (18–20 May 2015)
• 8th IOI Conference, Taipei, Taiwan. (15, 17 Jul. 2014)
• 28ème Congrès de l'Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire (AIPU 2014), Mons, Belgium. (18–22 May 2014)
• Formal Verification and Modeling in Human-Machine Systems AAAI Spring Symposium (FVHMS 2014), Palo Alto, CA, USA. (24–26 Mar. 2014)
• 2014 European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit (EMOOCs 2014), Lausanne, Switzerland. (10–12 Feb. 2014)
• 7th IOI Conference, Brisbane, Australia. (8, 10 Jul. 2013)
• Première journée du Corps Scientifique de l'UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (15 May 2013)
• 6th IOI Conference, Montichiari, Italy. (27 Sep. 2012)
• Workshop on Formal Methods in Human-Machine Interaction (Formal H), London, UK. (28 May 2012)
• 27ème Congrès de l'Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire (AIPU 2012), Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada. (14–18 May 2012)
• ACM Europe Chapter Workshop, Paris, France. (12–13 Jan. 2012)
• 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011), Anchorage, AK, USA. (9–12 Oct. 2011)
• 5th IOI Conference, Pattaya, Thailand. 24, 26 Jul. 2011
• 8th BElgian-NEtherlands software eVOLution seminar (BENEVOL 2009), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (17–18 Dec. 2009)
• 3rd International Workshop on Formal Methods for Interactive Systems (FMIS 2009), Eindhoven, The Netherlands. (2 Nov. 2009)
• ACM SIGCHI symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS 2009), Pittsburgh, PA, USA. (14–17 Jul. 2009)
• Annual Meeting of the FNRS Contact group on Fundamental Computer Science, Namur, Belgium. (28 May 2008)

Visits ​

• Visiting researcher, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, USA. (30 May 2011–15 Jul. 2011)
• Visiting researcher, NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, CA, USA. (23 Aug. 2010–18 Sep. 2010)

Organised events ​

• DigiScope 2022 challenge final, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (23 Nov. 2022)
• Computer Science Day 2019, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (11 May 2019)
• Google Hash Code 2018, ECAM Brussels School of Engineering Hub, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (1 Mar. 2018)--
• Google Hash Code 2017, ECAM Brussels Engineering School Hub, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (23 Feb. 2017)
• Computer Science Day 2016, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (19 Mar. 2016)
• LVL HMI Meeting 2011, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (17 Nov. 2011)
• Annual Meeting of the FNRS Contact group on Fundamental Computer Science, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (16 Dec. 2009)

Participation (conference, workshop, tutorial...) ​

• 19th International Bebras Task Workshop, Hurghada, Egypt. (13–18 May 2023)
• 17th International Bebras Task Workshop, Druskininkai, Lithuania (remotely). (17–21 May 2021)
• 16th International Bebras Task Workshop, Daejeon, South Korea (remotely). (18–22 May 2020)
• 15th International Bebras Task Workshop, Balatonkenese, Hungary. (13–17 May 2019)
• XXXVIII Sunbelt Conference (Sunbelt 2018), Utrecht, The Netherlands. (26 Jun.–1 Jul. 2018)
• Google Hash Code 2018, Online Qualification Round, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (1 Mar. 2018)
• 13th International Bebras Task Workshop, Brescia, Italy. (29 May–2 Jun. 2017)
• Google Hash Code 2017, Online Qualification Round, Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (23 Feb. 2017)
• 11th International Bebras Task Workshop, Sankt-Pölten, Austria. (25–29 May 2015)
• IOI Workshop 2015, Bitola, North Macedonia. (19–24 Apr. 2015)
• edX Consortium Meeting, Boston, MA, USA. (24–26 Nov. 2013)
• Euraxess Conference: Raising Researchers' Voices – Opinions on Job Careers and Rights, Brussels, Belgium. (21–22 Nov. 2013)
• 9th International Bebras Task Workshop, Toruń, Poland. (28–30 Jun. 2013)
• 8th International Bebras Task Workshop, Druskininkai, Lituania. (29 May 2012–3 Jun. 2012)
• Fifth GASICS Meeting, Mons, Belgium. (5–6 May 2011)
• 25th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2010), Antwerpen, Belgium. (20–24 Sep. 2010)
• 16th International Symposium on Formal Methods (FM 2009), Eindhoven, The Netherlands. (2–6 Nov. 2009)
• Automata and Verification Workshop, Mons, Belgium. (25–26 Aug. 2008)
• MOdelling and VErifying parallel Processes summer school (MOVEP 2008), Orléans, France. (23–27 Jun. 2008)
• Research seminar on Software Evolution (Evol@Mons 2008), Mons, Belgium. (25 Feb. 2008)

Miscellaneous ​

• Program committee, 7th International Conference on Foundations of Computer Science & Technology (CST 2020).
• Program committee, 7th International Conference on Computer Science, Engineering and Information Technology (CSEIT 2020).
• Program committee, 9th International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies and Applications (ICAITA 2020).
• Program co-chair, 3nd Int'l Coding and Human aspects of Educational Software Engineering (CHESE 2017).
• Program committee, 2nd Int'l Code Hunt Workshop on Educational Software Engineering (CHESE 2016).
• Program committee, 1st Int'l Code Hunt Workshop on Educational Software Engineering (CHESE 2015).
• Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems.
• Reviewer, 5th NASA Formal Methods Symposium (NFM 2013).
• Reviewer, 5th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems (EICS 2013).
• Reviewer, 4th NASA Formal Methods Symposium (NFM 2012).
• Program Committee, Workshop on Formal Methods in Human-Machine Interaction (Formal H).
• Technical Paper Review, 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011).
• Checking Human Machine Interactions, The Java Pathfinder Team, Google Summer of Code 2011.
• Checking Human Machine Interactions, The Java Pathfinder Team, Google Summer of Code 2010.

Teaching ​

Courses Taught at ITSCM ​

• 2261.11.U31.D1 – Transmission numérique, Third year bachelor students in informatics and systems and in electronics. (2017–now, 7 years)
  This course presents how to identify and analyse digital transmission with the specific circuits and needed protocols. Students have an opportunity to design and develop a complete sensor-based system with data transmission during the laboratory.
• 7560.42.U31.D1 – Informatique appliquée aux sciences et aux technologies : Bases de la programmation, Second year bachelor students in informatics and systems. (2011–2014, 4 years)
  This course teaches basic programming concepts: multidimensional arrays, embedded loops, boolean and characters, decomposition in procedures and functions, file manipulation...
• 2982.21.U31.D1 – Initiation aux bases de données, First year bachelor students in informatics and systems and in electronics. (2013–2015, 3 years)
  This course is an introduction to databases and presents DataBase Management System (DBMS), relational databases, Structured Query Language (SQL), primary keys and views, table joins, data importation and exportation...

Courses Taught at EPHEC ​

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Courses Taught at HEPH-Condorcet ​

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Courses Taught at ECAM ​

• B2010 – Informatique, Second year bachelor students in engineering. (2014–2019, 6 years)
  This course is about programming in Python and teaches advanced data structures (set, dictionaries and tuples), object oriented programming basics, event-based programming and GUI development with Kivy, error handling and exceptions, text and binary files reading and writing. It also explains how the internet works and provides an introduction to HTML, CSS and JavaScript and shows how to develop a simple website with the CherryPy web framework.
• B2160 – Projet informatique, Second year bachelor students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2015–2020, 6 years)
  This course presents advanced programming concepts with the Python language. It presents project management tools (Git, Travis, Heroku...), regular expressions, network programming (socket, TCP client/server, UDP peers), concurrent programming (process and thread) and functional programming. It also introduces algorithm concepts such as recursion, trees, search algorithms and backtracking for artificial intelligence. Finally, it introduces to numerical methods with the Scipy ecosystem (Numpy, Scipy, Matplotlib and SymPy libraries).
• E3010 – Électronique numérique, Third year bachelor students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2017–2019, 3 years)
  This course presents how microcontrollers work and how to program them using assembly language or with the C programming language. Students learn to program PIC microcontrollers and how to control timers, interruptions, etc. They are also introduced to Boolean algebra and how to minimise a logical function.
• E3040 – Projet informatique, Third year bachelor students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2018–2020, 3 years)
  This course is a project where students have to develop a whole desktop application with C#, including a GUI and a database. For that project, students have to deal with data structures and they are taught the main ones and how to use them (stack, queue, deque, vector, list, sequence, tree, priority queue, map, hashtable and graph). The project has to be realised completely in English.
• I4020 – Architecture logicielle, First year master students in computer science engineering. (2014–2019, 6 years)
  This course presents the different possible architectures that a software can have at different levels from the structure of the code to the organisation of software components. It also teaches all the steps required to develop a large software with a particular attention to versioning, automated testing, and deployment.
• I4030 – Technologie des ordinateurs et systèmes d'exploitation, First year master students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2014–2020, 6 years)
  This course presents how a computer works, from the very low hardware level to the very high level architecture and organisation. It also presents how it can be operated with an operating system and its components (processes and threads, scheduling, deadlock, memory management, filesystem, mass storage, security...).
• I4040 – Base de données avancées, First year master students in computer science engineering. (2016–2019, 4 years)
  This course presents advanced concepts in databases and how to manage them (distributed databases, transactions, optimisation...). It also introduces to NoSQL and in particular to document-based databases and how to combine them with relational databases in applications.
• I4100 – Synthèse d'images, First year master students in computer science engineering. (2018–2020, 3 years)
  This course presents parallel programming techniques that are used to generate images and 3D imaging techniques. For that, an activity about algorithm design and optimisation is also organised and students learn how to think about an innovating project and handle it with relevant algorithms.
• I5010 – Architecture distribuée, Second year master students in computer science engineering. (2018–2019, 3 years)
  This course presents what a distributed system is and how it works. In particular, it covers three aspects of distributed architectures which are how to scale an application, how to virtualise one and finally how to manage databases clustering.
• I5020 – Sécurité des systèmes informatiques, Second year master students in computer science engineering. (2017–2019, 3 years)
  This course presents what is the security of an informatic system, at the hardware and the software levels. It also presents how to build and secure such systems and how to analyse and manage the risks that they are exposed to.
• O5040 – Séminaires professionnels, Second year master students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2015–2020, 6 years)
  This course is a seminar where the students are asked to prepare and present, in English, a subject related to engineering or to their master thesis to share their experience. Students are also asked to attend external events they have to found by themselves and report about what they learned to the other students.
• I5080 – Artificial intelligence, Second year master students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2018–2020, 3 years)
  This course presents what is artificial intelligence. In particular it presents search and machine learning techniques and algorithms, and also presents how big data can be analysed to extract relevant information.
• 21BA060 – Conception et développement logiciel, First year master students in business analyst. (2018–2020, 3 years)
  This course presents what is the object oriented (OO) programming paradigm and initiates students to it. The course focuses on the analysis of an OO design, to identify good practices and assess the quality of an OO architecture.
• 22BA010 – Réseau et sécurité, Second year master students in business analyst. (2018, 1 year)
  This course is about network architecture and security. In addition to network architecture, students are taught what are the main virtualisation techniques and how to secure an information system, on the hardware and software levels.
• B1070 – Projet intégrateur, First year bachelor students in engineering. (2016, 1 year)
  This course is a project where the students have to work on a multidisciplinary project by teams of six. For example, in 2016, they had to develop an automated distributor controlled by an Arduino and using an RFID tag.
• B1080 – Électricité et ses outils mathématiques, First year bachelor students in engineering. (2015, 1 year)
  This course is about electromagnetism and circuits theory. It also presents the necessary mathematical tools: functions with multiple variables, complex numbers, vectors, multiple integrals...
• E3020 – Électronique et programmation des systèmes embarqués, Third year bachelor students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2016–2019, 4 years)
  This course presents the three main components of an embedded system: energy management, an intelligent electronic unit and peripherals. The course presents how to build an embedded system through the design and the construction of a robot application. In particular, it teaches how to program embedded systems, namely the BeagleBone Black, and the whole IoT chain around them, with high level programming languages and cloud computing.
• M3090 – Techniques informatiques, Third year bachelor students in electromechanical engineering. (2014–2017, 4 years)
  This course presents how to analyse and develop a computer application using modelisation (UML), simple databases and queries (Microsoft Access) and low level programming (C) and object oriented programming (C#).
• JA40I – Programmation distribuée, First year master students in electronics and in computer science engineering. (2015–2016, 2 years)
  This course is a project where the students have to develop a 3-tiers home automation application to manage a concrete model of a house. They also have an activity about object oriented programming with Java.

Courses Trained at UCLouvain ​

• LFSAB1401 – Informatique 1, First year bachelor students in engineering. (2004–2011, 8 years)
  That course teaches the basics of object oriented programming, using the Java programming language. Students are discovering notions of programming, objects, classes, arrays, composition and inheritance, graphical interface, files and linked data structures.
• LSINF1160 – Introduction à l'Algorithmique et Programmation, partie 1, First year bachelor students in computer science. (2007–2011, 5 years)
  That course teaches the basics of algorithmic and programming, mainly using the Java programming language. Students are discovering algorithmic, representation of numbers, the notion of machine code and algorithms on arrays.
• LINGI2143 – Concurrent Systems: Models and Analysis, Master students in computer science and in computer science engineering. (2008, 2010–2011, 3 years)
  In that course, students are learning the theory of concurrent systems. They are taught how to model such systems and how to make analysis (deadlock, reachability, safety and liveness properties). Students have to realise three small projects with LTS models (LTSA) and petri nets (pipe).
• LINGI2132 – Langages et Traducteurs, First year master students in computer science and in computer science engineering. (2008–2010, 3 years)
  In that course, students are learning the theory of automata, languages and compilation. Students have to realise a project which consists in the development of a compiler or interpreter for a language that they define, using a LL(1) or WP syntactic analyser.
• LSINF1121 – Algorithmique et Structures de Données, Third year bachelor students in computer science and in computer science engineering. (2007, 1 year)
• LGBIO2010 – Bioinformatique, Master students in computer science and in computer science engineering. (2007, 1 year)
• LSINF1151 – Laboratoire; Résolution Informatique de Problèmes, First year bachelor students in computer science. (2012, 1 year)
• LSINF1101 – Introduction à la programmation, First year bachelor students in computer science, (2012, 1 year)
• LSINF1102 – Résolution informatique de problèmes, First year bachelor students in computer science. (2012, 1 year)

Trainings ​

• Trainer, École d'Administration Publique Wallonie-Bruxelles (EAP), Namur, Belgium. (2023–now, 1 year)
  Trainer for the “internal trainings” about time management, pitching ideas and introduction to collective intelligence.
• Trainer, Ministère de la Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (MFWB), Molenbeek-Saint-Jean, Belgium. (2021–now, 3 years)
  Internal trainer for the “internal training” about web writing, contributing to improve colleagues' competencies on how to write for the web (web writing, web tree, web accessibility, web SEO, etc.).
• Trainer, Computer Science and IT in Education ASBL (CSITEd), Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (Summer 2019, 1 session)
  Trainer for technological trainings introducing the fundamentals of visual programming with Scratch, textual programming with Python and Arduino electronic board programming.
• Digitalent Coach, Centre de Recherche et de Développement de l'ECAM (CERDECAM), Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Belgium. (Fall 2017, Spring 2018 and Fall 2018, 3 sessions)
  Technical coach for the eight-week Digitalent training organised by the Proximus Foundation, for the Schaerbeek session at La Lustrerie and the Brussels session at BeCentral (teaching 3D modelling and printing and Arduino programming).
• Trainer, LSM Conseil, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Spring 2014, 1 session)
  Trainer for a course about the LaTeX professional typesetting system.
• Trainer, Faculty of Science, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Summers 2011–2013, 3 sessions)
  Trainer for the summer courses in physics organised for the future university students, giving the module on optics (in particular the interference phenomenon).

Other activities ​

• Laureate, 3ème édition des Sésames d'Agoria, Gosselies, Belgium. (24 Oct. 2018)
• Attendee, TEDxUCLouvain 2018, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (26 Avr. 2018)
• Attendee, TEDxBrussels 2018, Brussels, Belgium. (5 Mar. 2018)
• Visitor, Virtuality 2018, Paris, France. (10 Feb. 2018)
• Attendee, Proximus Think Things 2017, Brussels, Belgium. (9 Nov. 2017)
• Business Visitor, Digital First 2017, Brussels, Belgium. (19 Oct. 2017)
• Visitor, Virtuality 2017, Paris, France. (25 Feb. 2017)
• Guest, 26th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2014), Taipei, Taiwan. (13–20 Jul. 2014)
• Internship Supervisor, Supervising a 3rd year bachelor student from EPHEC, Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. (Feb. 2014–May 2014)
• Guide, Benelux Algorithm Programming Contest (BAPC 2013), Utrecht, The Netherlands. (26 Oct. 2013)
• Guest, 25th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2013), Brisbane, Australia. (6–13 Jul. 2013)
• Reader for Bachelor Thesis in Business Computing, Institut Paul Lambin (IPL), Brussels, Belgium. (Jun. 2010, Jun. 2012)
• Invited Student Scholar, ACM A.M. Turing Centenary Celebration, San Francisco, CA, USA. (15–16 Jun. 2012)
• Guest, 23th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2011), Pattaya, Thailand. (22–29 Jul. 2011)
• Visitor, ICT 2010: Digitally Driven, Brussels, Belgium. (27–29 Sep. 2010)

Projects ​

• TLCA.
• Pythia. (Jan. 2012–now)
  The Pythia project consists in developing an online learning platform for programming. The platform supports automatic correction of submitted programs, and generates intelligent feedbacks to support learning. In addition to the pure development of the platform, the project also consists in creating a set of lessons meant to be used in secondary schools. The project is realised with CSITEd, EDITx and the ECAM Brussels Engineering School.
• ILPADS. (Jan. 2013–now)
  The ILPADS project consists in developing an interactive online platform to develop programming and algorithm design skills. The platform is mainly targeted to secondary school pupils, but is meant to be used by people at large. The goal of the platform is to grow algorithmic thinking and then drive them to the learning of the Python programming language. The project is realised with CSITEd.
• MCP. (Mar. 2014–now)
  The MCP project consists in developing a platform where contestants can set up a public profile with their performances on various contests in order to compare themselves with others.
• METIER. (Sep. 2011–Dec. 2011)
  The METIER project consists in creating a new scheme to help bachelor students to succeed their first year at university. The project was about the development of a new course targeted to computer science students, to teach them soft-skills and work methodology to help them for their future work but also their current job which is to be a good and efficient student.

Awards and recognitions ​

• Top 100 Leaders in Education. (2019)
  Presented to Sébastien Combéfis « in recognition of his contribution to the field of education » at the 1st Global Forum for Education and Learning (GFEL 2019).
• « Sésames d'Agoria 2018 » Laureate. (2018)
  For the « Digitalent » project I worked on for CERDECAM with the Proximus Foundation.
• Best paper. (2011)
  For the « Learning System Abstractions for Human Operators » paper submitted at the 2011 International Workshop on Machine Learning Technologies in Software Engineering conference (MALETS 2011).
• ACM 2010–2011 Student Chapter Excellence Award. (2011)
  Award received for the Outstanding Chapter Activities of the UCLouvain ACM Student Chapter.

Certifications ​

• SPF Stratégie et Appui BOSA, Brevet Connectoo. (Sep. 2022–now)
• Arduino Fundamentals, Arduino Education Team. (Juil. 2019–now)
• Fondamentaux du marketing numérique, Google. (Jul. 2017–now)
• DAT204x Introduction to R, edX. (Sep. 2015–now)
• HTML5.1x Learn HTML5 from W3C, edX. (Jul. 2015–now)
• Louv1.2x Paradigms of Computer Programming – Abstraction and Concurrency, edX. (Jan. 2015–now)
• Louv1.1x Paradigms of Computer Programming – Fundamentals, edX. (Nov. 2014–now)
• World101x Anthropology of Current World Issues, edX. (Oct. 2014–now)
• ATOC185x Natural Disasters, edX. (Aug. 2015–now)
• AE1110x Introduction to Aeronautical Engineering, edX. (May 2014–now)
• UT.9.01x Effective Thinking Through Mathematics, edX. (May 2014–now)
• Louv3.01x Découvrir la science politique, edX. (Apr. 2014–now)
• Functional Programming Principles in Scala, Coursera. (Nov. 2012–now)

Professional affiliations ​

• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Member. (2009–now)
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Member. (2009–now)
• Association Internationale de Pédagogie Universitaire (AIPU), Member. (2013–2014)

Other ​

• Natagora
• Gracq
• Association des Habitants de Louvain-la-Neuve ASBL (AH LLN), Member. (2018–now)
• Association des Ingénieurs civils sortis de l'Université catholique de Louvain ASBL (AILouvain), Member. (2007–now)
• Centre Démocrate Humaniste (CDH), Member. (2021)
• Mouvement Réformateur (MR), Member. (2014–2020)
• Association des Anciens Élèves du Lycée de Berlaymont, Member. (2002)

Languages ​

• French, Proficiency (Mother tongue, C2 level)
• English, Upper intermediate. (B2 level)
• Dutch, Intermediate. (B1 level)
• Mandarin Chinese, Elementary. (A2 level)
• Spanish, Beginner. (A1 level)
• Japanese, Beginner. (A1 level)

Computer skills ​

• Operating systems, macOS, Linux, Windows.
• Programming, Java, C, Python, XHTML/CSS, JavaScript, LaTeX, Matlab, PHP, SQL, C#, R, Go, Shell, Visual Basic, Arduino.
• Libraries, jQuery, Node.js, MEAN.js.
• Programming tools, Eclipse, Sublime Text, Gnuplot.
• Office, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access).
• Versioning, Git, Subversion.
• Other tools, Evernote, XMind, The Gimp, Inkscape.

Media coverage ​

Interview by the newspaper La DH for the Lake White House of Louvain-la-Neuve. (27–28 Feb. 2021)

Interview by the RTBF for the Lake White House of Louvain-la-Neuve. (23 Feb. 2021)

Interview by the local television channel TVCom for the special edition celebrating the 50 years of Louvain-la-Neuve. (2 Feb. 2021)

Interview by the radio channel Vivacité in the show: Brabant-Wallon matin spéciale 50 ans de Louvain-la-Neuve. (2 Feb. 2021)

Interview by the newspaper Le Soir for a special report for the 50th anniversary of Louvain-la-Neuve. (30–31 Jan. 2021)

Interview by the television channel RTBF for the noon TV news about the COVID-19 situation in Louvain-la-Neuve. (12 Oct. 2020)

Interview by the regional newspaper Vers l'Avenir Brabant Wallon for taking office as President of the Association des Habitants de Louvain-la-Neuve. (24 sep. 2020)

Interview by GFEL 2019 for Top 100 Leaders in Education 2019 Award. (18 Dec. 2019)

Interview by IOI 2013 Reporter during the IOI conference. (11 Jul. 2013)

Interview by the newspaper Le Soir for CSITEd and the Bebras Contest. (17 Apr. 2013)

Interview by the specialised magasine Data News for theUCLouvain ACM Student Chapter. (7 May 2010)

Interview by the regional newspaper Vers l'Avenir Brabant Wallon for the Belgian Olympiads in Informatics. (10 Mar. 2010)