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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.

Joel Poncha LEMAYIAN
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
 
Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU
Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU (cosupervised with Prof. Rachel BOUSERHAL)
Project: Emulating a Radio-Acoustical Virtual Environment and Analysing its Added Value

Alumni

Postdoctoral Researchers

Charles PILLET
Charles PILLET, Lecturer, École de technologie supérieure, Canada
 
Lokman SBOUI
Lokman SBOUI, Professor, École de technologie supérieure, Canada

Research Assistants

Daniel NGUYEN
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.

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]
 
Diego Orlando BARRAGÁN GUERRERO
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
 
Ilshat SAGITOV
Ilshat SAGITOV, FPGA Engineer, Evertz, Canada
Project: Energy-Proportional Polar Decoders

Research Master’s

Marwa Tageldien Thabet ABDALLAH
Marwa Tageldien Thabet ABDALLAH
Project: Learning Framework for eCPM Prediction in Online Advertisement [thesis]
 
Tannaz KALATIAN
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]
 
Huu My NGUYEN
Huu My NGUYEN, Software Engineer, Pason, Canada
Project: Forecasting the time series of eCPMs in online advertising [thesis]

Professional Master’s

Louis CLÉROUX (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
 
Dany MORISSETTE
Dany MORISSETTE (cosupervised with Prof. Rachel BOUSERHAL)
Project: Development of a portable platform for real-time collection of physiological signals
 
Daniel NGUYEN
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]
 
Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU
Gabriel OUAKNINE-BEAULIEU
Project: Design of a Windows driver for the WiiU/PS3 USB adapter for Guitar Hero Live [report][github]