Stijn Volckaert
Associate Professor
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolStijn Volckaert is an associate professor of computer science at KU Leuven with over a decade of experience researching system security, specializing in low-level exploitation and defenses. He leads a small DistriNet research team mentoring PhD and master students, and his PhD work produced state-of-the-art multi-variant execution (MVX) systems that he continued to evolve during a DARPA-funded postdoc at UC Irvine. Beyond academia he is an active developer and maintainer in the OldUnreal community, negotiating stewardship of Unreal Tournament with Epic and building widely-used tools like the ACE anti-cheat engine. His profile blends rigorous systems and compiler research with hands-on software engineering for real-world games, demonstrating both theoretical depth and practical impact. Based in Ghent, Belgium, he is not open to recruitment and focuses on research, mentorship, and selective long-term open-source projects.
10 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science Engineering - Main Subject: Software Engineering, Master of Science (MSc), Computer Science Engineering - Main Subject: Software Engineering at Universiteit GentDoctor of Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science, Doctor of Computer Science Engineering, Computer Science at Ghent University
English, Dutch
Github Skills (16)
unreal10
ranking9
react8
computer-science8
science8
sdl7
testing5
minecraft4
ispc2
virtualization1
linux1
dune1
unrealscript1
vulkan1
hardware1
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
OldUnreal/FullGameInstallers
Nov 2024 - Feb 2026
This is the (partial) source code for the Unreal Gold and Unreal Tournament GOTY installers we host on OldUnreal.com
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 2 PRs in 1 year 3 months
unreal
stijn-volckaert/ACE_Build
Nov 2016 - Nov 2022
Contributions:40 commits, 38 pushes, 1 branch in 6 years
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