Sébastien MONNET

Sébastien MONNET is a Professor at the University of Savoie Mont Blanc since 2016, affiliated with Polytech Annecy-Chambéry and the LISTIC laboratory (deputy director). Previously, he was an Associate Professor at Sorbonne University (2007–2016) and held roles at Inria. His HDR (2015) focuses on data replication in large-scale distributed systems.

Education:

• PhD and HDR in Computer Science

Research Interests:

Focuses on distributed systems, fault tolerance, data replication protocols, cloud computing, and simulation methodologies. Recent work includes federated learning energy estimation, semantic integration in smart systems, and optimization of distributed architectures.

Key Projects:

• ANR RainbowFS (2016–2020): Geo-replicated database optimization
• AAP USMB DEDICATED (2019–2020): Distributed AI and smart home systems
• ARMADA (2013–2015): Chile-France collaboration on cloud reliability

Advising & Grants:

• Supervised 12+ PhD/Master students
• Co-PI in CNRS-Araucaria (2015–2017) and Maimonide (2014–2015) projects

Labs/Teams:

Deputy director of LISTIC, leading the ReGaRD theme (Resilient and Adaptive Distributed Systems).