Clément Pit-Claudel

Clément Pit-Claudel is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), leading the SYSTEMF Laboratory in the School of Computer and Communication Sciences. His work bridges programming languages, formal verification, and systems engineering to build high-assurance software and hardware components.

• PhD in Computer Science from MIT (2016), thesis on proof-producing compilers
• MSc in Computer Science from MIT
• BSc in Computer Science from École Polytechnique (France)

Research Interests focus on correct-by-construction program synthesis, domain-specific compilers, and formal verification. He develops tools like Alectryon for interactive Coq proof visualization and Rupicola for verified compiler construction. His work spans hardware description languages (e.g., Kôika), software verification (e.g., Fiat), and regex engine formalization (e.g., Elk and Warblre).

Recent publications include foundational work on JavaScript regex mechanisms (ICFP 2024), relational compilation (PLDI 2022), and hardware simulation (ASPLOS 2021). His lab SYSTEMF emphasizes full assurance without compromise through machine-checked proofs and hardware-software co-design.

Awards include the MIT Frederick C. Hennie III Teaching Award (2016) and MIT William A. Martin Thesis Award (2016). He has served as program committee member for conferences like PLDI, POPL, and Coq Workshop.

Teaching includes Software Construction (400+ students at EPFL) and Interactive Theorem Proving graduate course. He has advised doctoral students in formal methods and compiler design.