Michaël Marcozzi

Michaël Marcozzi is a tenured researcher at CEA List institute (Université Paris-Saclay) and visiting lecturer at Institut Polytechnique de Paris. His research focuses on software security through fuzzing, program analysis, and automated testing techniques. He leads a research group advising PhD students and interns in cybersecurity.

Research Focus

His work spans:

• Innovative fuzzing techniques for vulnerability detection
• Integration of symbolic execution with fuzzing
• Coverage-based testing methodologies
• Compiler security and bug impact analysis

His publications demonstrate consistent focus on improving software reliability through automated testing tools, with recent breakthroughs in backdoor detection and fine-grained coverage analysis.

Awards & Honors

• Best Artifact Award (ICSE'25)
• Best Project Presentation (WISG 2023 & 2024)

Research Leadership

Current PhD advisees: Andy Zalcman, Alexandre Doyen, Dimitri Kokkonis. Secured €1.75M+ in grants including ANR JCJC BACKED (€200k) and ANR PTCC SECUBIC (€1.5M).