© Lucian Mocan
I’m Lucian, a systems researcher and software engineer interested in programming languages, runtimes, and developer tools. I have a master’s in computer science from the University of Strasbourg, where I also completed the five-year CMI engineering track.
For my master’s thesis, I spent seven months at Northwestern University’s Prescience Lab with Professor Peter Dinda, building Medovik to run existing applications inside trusted execution environments.
Previously, I worked on Althread’s compiler, import system, and web IDE with Professor Quentin Bramas. Althread is a language for modeling and verifying distributed systems. At Emerson, I built a purchasing platform estimated to save over 800 hours a year.
I’m looking for full-time engineering roles and research collaborations in systems, developer tools, and AI-assisted research workflows. I’m also open to paid roles at early-stage startups.
“…for a man going a thousand miles it is absolutely necessary to set aside his final goal and to say to himself: ‘Today I shall get to a place twenty-five miles off where I shall rest and spend the night’…”