Thomas Colcombet

Thomas Colcombet
Born (1975-03-06) March 6, 1975
Alma materUniversity of Rennes 1
Known fortree walking automata, Liquid War
AwardsBronze medal of the CNRS (2010)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical Computer Science
Automata theory
InstitutionsParis Diderot University
Doctoral advisorDidier Caucal

Thomas Colcombet (born March 6, 1975) is a French theoretical computer scientist known for settling major open problems on tree walking automata jointly with Mikołaj Bojańczyk. Colcombet is currently a CNRS Research Director at Paris Diderot University.