Pascal Giard, P.Eng., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at École de technologie supérieure (ETS), a member of the Université du Québec network.
I am actively looking for talented students interested in wireless communications, signal processing, and machine learning. Have a look at the Open Positions.
Current Students
Ph.D.
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| Joel Poncha LEMAYIAN (cosupervised with Prof. Kaiwen ZHANG) |
| Project: Efficient PoWs for IoT Networks |
| Nour ZIDI (cosupervised with Prof. Lokman SBOUI) |
| Project: Relative Localization in a Radio-Acoustical Virtual Environment |
Research Master’s
| Olivier JUTEAU-DESJARDINS (cosupervised with Prof. Claude THIBEAULT) |
| Project: Simulation d’erreurs latentes à l’aide de circuits intégrés programmables |
| William MAGNAN (cosupervised with Prof. Kaiwen ZHANG) |
| Project: Hardware Design and Implementation of a Flexible Cold Wallet for Multiple Cryptocurrencies |
Alumni
Postdoctoral Researchers
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| Charles PILLET, Lecturer, École de technologie supérieure, Canada |
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| Lokman SBOUI, Professor, École de technologie supérieure, Canada |
Research Assistants
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| Daniel NGUYEN, Electrical Engineer (Jr.Eng.), Hydro-Québec, Canada |
| Simon PICHETTE, Lecturer, École de technologie supérieure, Canada |
| Jean-François TÊTU, R&D Software Engineer, Jump Trading, USA |
| Louis-Charles TRUDEAU, R&D Hardware Engineer, Jump Trading, USA |
Ph.D.
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| Diego Orlando BARRAGÁN GUERRERO, Professor, La Universidad Católica de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador |
| (Was cosupervised with Prof. Ghyslain GAGNON) |
| Project: Early-Detection Schemes Based on Sequential Probability Tests for Low-Latency Communications [thesis] |
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| Ilshat SAGITOV, FPGA Engineer, Evertz, Canada |
| Project: Energy-Proportional Polar Decoders [thesis] |
| Ngoc NGUYEN THI THU, Microelectronics Designer, Dolphin Design, Canada |
| (Was cosupervised with Prof. Georges KADDOUM) |
| Project: Design and Implementation of Chaos-Based Random Number Generators for IoT Platforms [thesis] |
Research Master’s
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| Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU, PhD student, Université de Montpellier, France |
| (Was cosupervised with Prof. Rachel BOUSERHAL) |
| Project: Analysis of the added value of a communication system in a radio acoustical virtual environment (RAVE) [thesis] |
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| Marwa Tageldien Thabet ABDALLAH |
| Project: Learning Framework for eCPM Prediction in Online Advertisement [thesis] |
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| Tannaz KALATIAN, AI Research Engineer, Thomson Reuters, Canada |
| Project: Design and Implementation of a Enhanced Successive Cancellation Flip Decoder and Rapid SCF Execution-Time Estimation [thesis] |
| Amir Abbas MODIR, Electronics Technician, OLA Display, Canada |
| (Was cosupervised with Prof. Georges KADDOUM) |
| Project: Towards a New Generation of IoT based on Network Coding for the Industry 4.0 [thesis] |
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| Huu My NGUYEN, Software Engineer, Pason, Canada |
| Project: Forecasting the time series of eCPMs in online advertising [thesis] |
Professional Master’s
| Louis CLÉROUX |
| (Was cosupervised with Prof. Kaiwen ZHANG) |
| Project: Key Distribution System Encryption for Secure International Transmissions |
| Jose Enrique SALAIS SIGALA, QA Automation Engineer (CPI), Chameleon Innovations, Canada |
| Project: Design of a macOS driver for the WiiU/PS3 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [gitlab] |
Undergrad Internships
| Grégoire DOMER |
| Project: Partitioned Successive-Cancellation List Flip Decoding of Polar Codes |
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| Dany MORISSETTE |
| (Was cosupervised with Prof. Rachel BOUSERHAL) |
| Project: Development of a portable platform for real-time collection of physiological signals |
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| Daniel NGUYEN, Electrical Engineer (Jr.Eng.), Hydro-Québec, Canada |
| Project: Reverse engineering and design of a Linux driver for the PS4 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [report][github][kernel patch] |
| Project: Reverse engineering the autocalibration hardware of the Rock Band 3 Mustang Pro Guitar [report][github] |
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| Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU, PhD student, Université de Montpellier, France |
| Project: Design of a Windows driver for the WiiU/PS3 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [report][github] |