Welcome!

As an academic, I was a PhD and postdoctoral researcher in web security and privacy at the DistriNet research unit of KU Leuven, under the supervision of prof. Lieven Desmet and prof. Wouter Joosen.

My research interests lie in exploring large web ecosystems, understanding how to detect and mitigate harmful online content, and both analyzing and improving current research methods. I developed Tranco, a research-oriented top sites ranking.

You can take a look at my academic publications or my CV.

I participate in Stellar Vector, the CTF team powered by DistriNet and KU Leuven. Join our events to hack and have fun!

At DistriNet, I was part of the Web Security and Privacy team with these awesome people: Angelos Beitis - Lieven Desmet - Yana Dimova - Gertjan Franken - Héloïse Gollier - Wouter Joosen - Jeroen Robben - Vik Vanderlinden - Tom Van Goethem - Mathy Vanhoef

My first name is “Victor”, my last name is “Le Pochat”, two words as is customary for Breton surnames.