He is a permanent member of the MADYNES research team at LORIA - INRIA Nancy Grand Est, working on network and service management. He received a PhD degree (2006) in Computer Science and a Master of Science (2003) in Engineering from Henri-Poincare University, Nancy. He works on designing, implementing and validating management models and algorithms for dynamic networks and services. His research interests include Self-Management, Change Management, Service Delivery, Security and Defence Techniques.