Nicolas Broutin is a Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics at NYU Shanghai. He is also a research scientist at Inria Paris-Rocquencourt. He holds a MEng from Ecole Polytechnique (Paris), a PhD from McGill University and an Habilitation from UPMC Paris 6. Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches, Mathematics UPMC Paris 6, 2013 Ph.D., Computer Science McGill University, 2007 MS.c., Mathematics and Cognitive Sciences Université Bretagne Sud, 2003 M.Eng., Computer Science Ecole Polytechnique, 2001