I am a computer science doctoral student at Augusta University, in Augusta Georgia, in the United States. My advisor is Dr. Clément Aubert. You can find my CV here.
Contact: nrusch@augusta.edu
Defense
Dissertation "Applied Implicit Computational Complexity".
My dissertation defense date is August 15, 2025.
You are invited to attend in person or virtually.
Research
I work with Clément Aubert, Thomas Seiller and Thomas Rubiano on the "Static Analyses of Program Flows: Types and Certificates for Complexity" (StATyCC) project. The project aims at providing new static analysis tools based on theoretical results from implicit computational complexity.
I am interested in program analysis, implicit computational complexity, and formal verification using theorem provers. I am working on combining these ideas in my dissertation research.
Research Papers
Research Talks & Presentations
Professional Service
Artifact Evaluation Committee
* = distinguished reviewer
Editor
- since 2025: The Journal of Open Source Software
Extended review committee
- 2024: ECOOP Research papers
- 2023: ECOOP Research papers
Reviewer
And
- Student volunteer at POPL'25, ETAPS'24, CAV'23, POPL'23, and SPLASH'22
- Organization committee member of SERPL 2023
Community Building
At Augusta University
- Organizer of the weekly programming languages (PL) reading group (2023-2025).
- Co-founder of ΔΛΔ student organization, for students interested in PL research.
- Representative in two graduate student councils (GSGA, TGS-GSC).
- Creator and admin of the CS graduate students discussion channel (now Discord).
- I documented my PhD milestones (0, 1, 2) — hopefully these help future students.
- I am institutionally certified in access, success and belonging.
Guides
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Research advice guides - collection of writings about the mechanics of doing research.
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Funding guide - a survival guide for unfunded doctoral students at Augusta University.
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Introduction to artifact evaluation - a guest lecture about artifact evaluation.
Teaching
I have taught many programming courses at Augusta University.