He received a B.Sc. degree in propulsion engineering from Ecole National Superieure de l'Aeronautique et de l'Espace (SUPAERO), France, and a Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA), France. His research interest is in numerical linear algebra with application in high-performance computing. Julien Langou is an extensive user of MPI and has long history of collaboration with George Bosilca.