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 hardware implementation autogeneration, error detection and correction, compiler design, ... Have a look at the Open Positions.
Current Students
Ph.D.
| Nour ZIDI (cosupervised with Prof. Lokman SBOUI) |
| Project: Relative Localization in a Radio-Acoustical Virtual Environment |
Research Master’s
| Anis CHABI (cosupervised with Prof. Kaiwen ZHANG) |
| Project: System Integration of a Hardware Accelerator for the Ethereum Virtual Machine |
| 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 |
Undergrad Research Intern
| Paul BOSSEBOEUF (mentored by William MAGNAN) |
| Project: A communication interface with a hybrid Ethereum/Bitcoin cold wallet implemented on FPGA |
Alumni
- (2025) Joel Poncha LEMAYIAN, Ph.D.: FPGA-Based Solutions for Secure Cryptocurrency Wallets and Accelerated Smart Contract Execution [thesis], was cosupervised with Prof. Kaiwen ZHANG.
- (2025) Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU, M.A.Sc.: Analysis of the added value of a communication system in a radio acoustical virtual environment (RAVE) [thesis], was cosupervised with Prof. Rachel BOUSERHAL. Now PhD student, Université de Montpellier, France.
- (2025) Charles PILLET, Postdoc: Error detection and correction. Now lecturer, École de technologie supérieure, Canada.
- (2025) Diego Orlando BARRAGÁN GUERRERO, Ph.D.: Early-Detection Schemes Based on Sequential Probability Tests for Low-Latency Communications [thesis], was cosupervised with Prof. Ghyslain GAGNON. Now Professor, La Universidad Católica de Loja (UTPL), Ecuador.
- (2025) Daniel NGUYEN, Research Assistant: Reverse engineering of the GHLive dongle for XboxOne [patch]. Now Electrical Engineer (Jr.Eng.), Hydro-Québec, Canada.
- (2024) Dany MORISSETTE, B.Eng.: Development of a portable platform for real-time collection of physiological signals, was cosupervised with Prof. Rachel BOUSERHAL. Now firmware developper, AWL-Electricity, Canada.
- (2024) Ilshat SAGITOV, Ph.D.: Energy-Proportional Polar Decoders [thesis]. Now FPGA Engineer, Evertz, Canada.
- (2023) Grégoire DOMER, B.Eng.: Partitioned Successive-Cancellation List Flip Decoding of Polar Codes. Now Engineer, Akkodis, France.
- (2022) Simon PICHETTE, Research Assistant: HW-SW Co-design. Now Lecturer, École de technologie supérieure, Canada.
- (2022) Marwa Tageldien Thabet ABDALLAH, M.A.Sc.: Learning Framework for eCPM Prediction in Online Advertisement [thesis]. Now Ph.D. student, École de technologie supérieure, Canada.
- (2022) Ngoc NGUYEN THI THU, Ph.D.: Design and Implementation of Chaos-Based Random Number Generators for IoT Platforms [thesis], was cosupervised with Prof. Georges KADDOUM. Now Microelectronics Designer, Dolphin Design, Canada.
- (2022) Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU, B.Eng.: Design of a Windows driver for the WiiU/PS3 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [report][github]. Now PhD student, Université de Montpellier, France.
- (2022) Jose Enrique SALAIS SIGALA, M.Eng.: Design of a macOS driver for the WiiU/PS3 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [gitlab]. Now QA Automation Engineer (CPI), Chameleon Innovations, Canada.
- (2022) Tannaz KALATIAN, M.A.Sc.: Design and Implementation of a Enhanced Successive Cancellation Flip Decoder and Rapid SCF Execution-Time Estimation [thesis]. Now AI Research Engineer, Thomson Reuters, Canada.
- (2022) Amir Abbas MODIR, M.A.Sc.: Towards a New Generation of IoT based on Network Coding for the Industry 4.0 [thesis], was cosupervised with Prof. Georges KADDOUM. Now Electronics Technician, OLA Display, Canada.
- (2021) Huu My NGUYEN, M.A.Sc.: Forecasting the time series of eCPMs in online advertising [thesis]. Now Software Engineer, Pason, Canada.
- (2021) Daniel NGUYEN, B.Eng.: Reverse engineering and design of a Linux driver for the PS4 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [report][github][kernel patch] and Reverse engineering the autocalibration hardware of the Rock Band 3 Mustang Pro Guitar [report][github]. Now Electrical Engineer (Jr.Eng.), Hydro-Québec, Canada
- (2020) Lokman SBOUI, Postdoc: Real-Time Non-Intrusive Methods for VoIP Quality Monitoring. Now Professor, École de technologie supérieure, Canada.
- (2019) Jean-François TÊTU, Research Assistant: HW-SW Co-design. Now R&D Software Engineer, Jump Trading, USA.
- (2019) Louis-Charles TRUDEAU, Research Assistant: HW-SW Co-design. Now R&D Hardware Engineer, Jump Trading, USA.