Curriculum vitae

Rémi Sharrock — associate professor, Télécom Paris

A printable version is available: download the CV as PDF.

Current position

Associate professor (maître de conférences) — Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, since 2012. Computer Science and Networks department, LTCI lab, DIVA group (Design, Interaction, Visualization & Applications) since 2019, previously the S3 group (Systems, Software, Services).

Professional experience

Since 2012
Associate professor
Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris

2018
Visiting associate professor, three months
Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College, USA

2011–2012
Post-doctoral researcher
Institut Polytechnique de Bordeaux

2007–2010
Teaching assistant (moniteur)
INSA Toulouse

Education

2010
PhD in distributed systems
Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse

2007
MRes in networks, telecom systems and architecture
ENSEEIHT, Toulouse

2007
MEng in networks and telecommunications
INSA Toulouse

2004
BSc in computer science
Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III

Roles and responsibilities

Academic lead for pedagogical transformation (2021–2026) — Télécom Paris teaching directorate. The mission produced a framework, co-designed with the teaching directorate, defining three pillars for the school’s pedagogical transformation: quality of learning, enrichment of the teacher’s posture, and the joy of learning and teaching.

Co-lead of the Distributed Software Systems track (M1–M2), with Professor Petr Kuznetsov.

Elected member of the teaching committee, two terms (2012–2016 and 2020–2024): admission, graduation and resit boards, disciplinary panels.

Member of the AI and teaching project team (since 2026) and of the board of the GIP Institut Villebon — Georges Charpak (since 2025).

Contributor to the CTI accreditation dossier, to the school’s RNCP professional certification framework, and to the working group on the reform of first-year teaching.

Distinctions

  • edX Prize for Exceptional Contributions in Online Teaching and Learning, 2019
  • MOOC of the Year, most innovative MOOC, 2017
  • Île-de-France digital innovation awards for higher education: TOUCAN (2019) and CALAO (2020)

Scientific community

General co-chair, with Ella Hamonic (IIEP-UNESCO), of eMOOCs 2025 — 9th European MOOCs Stakeholders Summit, Télécom Paris, 30 June – 2 July 2025, co-located with the Open edX Conference. Proceedings published open access by Springer.

Founder of FOLCS (2021), the Future Of Learning in Computer Science research group.

Workshop designer for MEDIANE, the IMT winter school in pedagogy: 2017, 2018 (twice), 2023 and 2027.

Co-organiser of the Télécom Paris teaching forum, every year.

Teaching

See the teaching page for the full list of course units, levels and audiences, and for the course websites.

Publications

See the publications page, or the Google Scholar profile.

Languages and interests

French (native), English (fluent, taught and published in English, three months in residence in the United States). Long-standing interest in science popularisation: science festivals, open days, a themed trail for the CapSciences museum in Bordeaux, jury member of the CNRS cinémaScience international festival, and computing workshops in secondary schools with the Main à la pâte association.