Philippe Patrick Michel Flajolet

Philippe (Patrick, Michel) Flajolet (December 1, 1948) is a French computer scientist.

A former student of École Polytechnique, Philippe Flajolet got a PhD in computer science from University Paris VII in 1977 and a doctorate of state in 1979. Most of Philippe Flajolet's research work was dedicated towards generic methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms. He introduced the theory of analytical combinatorics.

Philippe Flajolet is currently a research director (senior research scientist) at INRIA in Rocquencourt.