{"id":4,"date":"2012-07-23T17:46:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-23T17:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/portfolio-pre.uqac.ca\/gabarit\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-06-16T13:10:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T17:10:45","slug":"presentatio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portfolio.uqac.ca\/jonathanroy\/","title":{"rendered":"Pr\u00e9sentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonathan Roy, Ph.D.<\/h2>\n

Professeur au D\u00e9partement d’informatique et de math\u00e9matique<\/p>\n

[English will follow]<\/p>\n

Jonathan Roy<\/strong> est professeur agr\u00e9g\u00e9 au D\u00e9partement d’informatique et de math\u00e9matique de l’Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi (UQAC) et membre de la Chaire de recherche institutionnelle en cyberd\u00e9fense et protection des donn\u00e9es personnelles (CYBPRO). Il a obtenu un baccalaur\u00e9at en g\u00e9nie \u00e9lectrique ainsi qu’un doctorat en g\u00e9nie logiciel et cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9 \u00e0 l’\u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS) de Montr\u00e9al. Il a ensuite effectu\u00e9 un stage postdoctoral en cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9 et entrepreneuriat scientifique \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 Concordia. Il s’est joint \u00e0 l’UQAC en 2024, apr\u00e8s avoir men\u00e9 une carri\u00e8re \u00e0 l’intersection du milieu universitaire, de l’industrie et de l’entrepreneuriat.<\/p>\n

Les int\u00e9r\u00eats de recherche du professeur Roy portent sur la cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9 d\u00e9fensive, l’intelligence artificielle appliqu\u00e9e \u00e0 la cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9, la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 de l’intelligence artificielle ainsi que la s\u00e9curit\u00e9 et la qualit\u00e9 logicielle. Durant son stage postdoctoral, il a dirig\u00e9 le d\u00e9veloppement d’une plateforme SaaS fond\u00e9e sur un syst\u00e8me expert pour l’automatisation de l’analyse et de la gestion des risques de cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9. Ces travaux ont men\u00e9 \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation d’une startup dont il est le fondateur et chef de la direction.<\/p>\n

Avant d’entreprendre sa carri\u00e8re universitaire, le professeur Roy a occup\u00e9 des postes de direction et d’architecte en cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9 chez AppDirect et Ericsson, o\u00f9 il a pilot\u00e9 des initiatives en s\u00e9curit\u00e9 infonuagique, en architecture de s\u00e9curit\u00e9 d’entreprise, en conformit\u00e9 r\u00e9glementaire et en modernisation de plateformes logicielles \u00e0 grande \u00e9chelle. Plus t\u00f4t dans sa carri\u00e8re, il a \u00e9galement travaill\u00e9 en g\u00e9nie logiciel, en automatisation industrielle, en consultation et en am\u00e9lioration des processus chez CAE et Grantek.<\/p>\n

Il est r\u00e9cipiendaire du Dobson Scientific Venture Award, de la Bourse d’excellence du Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec (FRQ) pour la cr\u00e9ation d’entreprises scientifiques innovantes, et a figur\u00e9 au Tableau d’honneur du programme de doctorat de l’\u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS). Il est \u00e9galement co-auteur de l’ouvrage Les 101 mots de la cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/em> (collection Datafranca), consacr\u00e9 au vocabulaire essentiel de la cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9.<\/p>\n

Jonathan Roy<\/strong> is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics at the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Chicoutimi (UQAC) and a member of the CYBPRO Research Chair in Cyberdefense and Personal Data Protection. He obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering and his Ph.D. in Software Engineering and Cybersecurity from \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS) in Montr\u00e9al. He subsequently completed postdoctoral training in Cybersecurity Research and Scientific Entrepreneurship at Concordia University. He joined UQAC in 2024 after a career spanning academia, industry, and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n

Professor Roy’s research interests are in the fields of defensive cybersecurity, artificial intelligence applied to cybersecurity, AI security, and software security and quality. During his postdoctoral research, he led the development of an expert-system-based SaaS platform for automated cyber risk assessment and reporting. This work led to the creation of a cybersecurity startup where he serves as Founder and CEO.<\/p>\n

Prior to entering academia, Roy held senior leadership and architecture roles at AppDirect and Ericsson, where he led cloud security initiatives, enterprise security architecture programs, compliance efforts, and large-scale software modernization projects. Earlier in his career, he worked in software engineering, industrial automation, consulting, and process improvement at CAE and Grantek.<\/p>\n

He is a recipient of the Dobson Scientific Venture Award, the Fonds de recherche du Qu\u00e9bec (FRQ) Excellence Scholarship for the Creation of Innovative Scientific Enterprises, and was recognized on the Honour List of the Ph.D. Program at \u00c9cole de technologie sup\u00e9rieure (\u00c9TS). He is also a co-author of Les 101 mots de la cybers\u00e9curit\u00e9<\/em> (Datafranca Collection), a guide to the essential vocabulary of cybersecurity.<\/p>\n

Champs d’int\u00e9r\u00eat<\/h2>\n