Rémy Courdier is full professor in the Computer Science and Mathematics Research Laboratory (EA2525-LIM/IREMIA) of the University of Reunion Islands, France.
Rémy's research interests include design of simulation applications using multiagents systems and infrastructures required for their use.
He originally studied in Nice Sophia-Antipolis University (France) and then worked in the IT industry as a Research & Development engineer. After working at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in Geneva, he managed several R&D innovative Projects at Schneider PLC Laboratories in Sophia-Antipolis and received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from Nice Sophia-Antipolis University (France) in 1993. He returned to a full academia activity in 1996 as assistant Professor at the University of Reunion Island’s.
He defended an accreditation to supervise researches projects and teams (HDR) in 2003. From 2003 to 2007, Rémy was Head of the Applied Mathematics & Computer Sciences Research Institute of the University of Reunion Islands before becoming Director of the IT Department of the Reunion Island & Indian Ocean Engineering School in 2008.