Julien Richard-Foy

Julien Richard-Foy serves as the Director of Education at the Scala Center at EPFL, where he focuses on making advanced programming techniques accessible to a broader audience. He leads the development of educational content and initiatives that bridge the gap between academic research and industry practices in Scala programming. As the lead instructor for "Effective Programming in Scala," a comprehensive course with over 14,688 enrolled students, he teaches fundamental concepts, best practices, and real-world applications of the Scala language. His course, which maintains a remarkable 4.8/5 instructor rating, covers essential topics from business domain modeling to asynchronous computations and functional programming. Through his work at the Scala Center, he contributes to developing open-source tools and libraries while guiding the Scala community's growth and supporting newcomers to the ecosystem.