LECS
Laboratoire pour les systèmes informatiques émergents
Université Concordia · Montréal
Portrait of Sébastien Le Beux

Sébastien Le Beux

Associate Professor — Principal Investigator
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University

Biographie

Sébastien Le Beux received the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Sciences and Technology of Lille, Lille, France, in 2007. He is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. From 2010 to 2019, he was an Associate Professor at École Centrale de Lyon, Écully, France. From 2008 to 2010, he was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Polytechnique Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada. He has authored or coauthored more than 100 scientific publications, including journal articles, book chapters, and conference papers. His research interests include design methodologies for emerging nanotechnologies and embedded systems, silicon photonic interconnects, quantum computing, in-memory computing, edge AI, and reconfigurable architectures.

Projets en cours

  • Hardware Software CoDesign for Quantum Utility
  • Integrated Optics for High Performance and Energy Efficient Processors
  • Robust Preamble Detection and Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Next-Generation VSAT Communication Systems
  • AI Enabled Very Small Aperture Terminal Modem

Publications · 49 au total

2026 8 publications
conference
Synthesis of Application-Specific Quantum Network-on-Chip
Milad Eslaminia, Sébastien Le Beux
Informatique quantique
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2026
conference
Graph Canonization for Efficient Pattern Reuse in ReRAM-Based Graph Accelerators
Masoud Rahimi, Sébastien Le Beux
Architectures reconfigurablesSystèmes-sur-puce multicœurs
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2026
conference
Towards Massively Parallel HyperDimensional Computing Architectures for Intelligent Satellite Links
Mohsen Asghari, Masoud Rahimi, Sébastien Le Beux, Otmane Ait Mohamed, Cos Modafferi, Ron Mankarious
Accélérateurs d'IA embarquéePrototypage sur FPGA
CF '26: Proceedings of the 22nd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers 2026
journal
Reducing Maximum Subcircuits Depth in Quantum Circuit Cutting
Milad Eslaminia, Sébastien Le Beux
Informatique quantique
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 2026
conference
Leveraging Recurrent Patterns in Graph Accelerators
Masoud Rahimi, Sébastien Le Beux
Architectures reconfigurablesAccélérateurs d'IA embarquée
Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE) 2026
conference
Early Class Exclusion in Hyperdimensional Computing
Rémy Duboucheix, Mohsen Asghari, Sébastien Le Beux, Otmane Ait Mohamed, Ron Mankarious
Accélérateurs d'IA embarquéeCalcul approximatif
27th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) 2026
Article
Lightweight Yet Powerful: Optimized Tightly Coupled Hyperdimensional Computing Accelerators
Mohsen Asghari, Sébastien Le Beux, Ron Mankarious
Architectures reconfigurablesAccélérateurs d'IA embarquéePrototypage sur FPGA
Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2026
conference
Robust GHZ State Preparation via Majority-Voted Boundary Measurements
Jean-Baptiste Waring, Sébastien Le Beux, Christophe Pere
Informatique quantique
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2026
2024 6 publications
Journal
Reconfigurable Photonic GEMM Based on Phase-Change-Materials and Stochastic Computing
Raphael Cardoso, Clément Zrounba, M.F. Abdalla, Mauricio Gomes de Queiroz, Paul Jiménez, Ian O'Connor, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures reconfigurablesArchitectures neuromorphiques
Journal of Lightwave Technology 2024
conference
A General Purpose Hyperdimensional Computing Accelerator for Edge Computing
Mohsen Asghari, Sébastien Le Beux
Architectures reconfigurablesAccélérateurs d'IA embarquéePrototypage sur FPGA
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2024
conference
Design of a Reconfigurable Activation Function for All-Optical Neural Networks
Océane Destras, Sébastien Le Beux, F. Magalhães, G. Nicolescu
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures reconfigurablesArchitectures neuromorphiques
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2024
Preprint
XGSwap: eXtreme Gradient boosting Swap for Routing in NISQ Devices
Jean-Baptiste Waring, Christophe Pere, Sébastien Le Beux
Informatique quantique
arXiv 2024
conference
Noise Aware Utility Optimization of NISQ Devices
Jean-Baptiste Waring, Christophe Pere, Sébastien Le Beux
Informatique quantique
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2024
conference
Signed Convolution in Photonics with Phase-Change Materials using Mixed-Polarity Bitstreams
Raphael Cardoso, Clément Zrounba, M.F. Abdalla, Paul Jiménez, Mauricio Gomes de Queiroz, B. Charbonnier, Fabio Pavanello, Ian O'Connor, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures neuromorphiquesCalcul approximatif
Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2024
2023 6 publications
Journal
Survey on Activation Functions for Optical Neural Networks
Océane Destras, Sébastien Le Beux, Felipe Gohring de Magalhães, G. Nicolescu
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures neuromorphiques
ACM Computing Surveys 2023
Journal
A Shared Synapse Architecture for All-Optical Spiking Neural Networks
Milad Eslaminia, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures neuromorphiques
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2023
Journal
A Method to Reduce the Design Complexity of Nanophotonic Interconnects
Shayan Zohrei, Bayan Alsalem, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur silicium
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2023
Journal
Photonic Convolution Engine Based on Phase-Change Materials and Stochastic Computing
Raphael Cardoso, Clément Zrounba, M.F. Abdalla, Paul Jiménez, Mauricio Gomes de Queiroz, B. Charbonnier, Fabio Pavanello, Ian O'Connor, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures neuromorphiquesCalcul approximatif
IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI 2023
Journal
Towards a Robust Multiply-Accumulate Cell in Photonics using Phase-Change Materials
Raphael Cardoso, Clément Zrounba, M.F. Abdalla, Paul Jiménez, Mauricio Gomes de Queiroz, B. Charbonnier, Fabio Pavanello, Ian O'Connor, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumCalcul approximatif
Design, Automation and Test in Europe 2023
Conference
Introducing SPECS: scalable photonic event-driven circuit simulator
Clément Zrounba, Raphael Cardoso, Mauricio Gomes de Queiroz, Paul Jiménez, M.F. Abdalla, A. Bosio, Sébastien Le Beux, Fabio Pavanello, Ian O'Connor
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures neuromorphiques
European Conference on Optical Communication 2023
2021 7 publications
Journal
RELAX: a REconfigurabLe Approximate Network-on-Chip
Richard Fenster, Sébastien Le Beux
Architectures reconfigurablesRéseaux sur puce (NoC)Accélérateurs d'IA embarquée
International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip 2021
Journal
Distance-aware Approximate Nanophotonic Interconnect
Jaechul Lee, C. Killian, Sébastien Le Beux, D. Chillet
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumAccélérateurs d'IA embarquéeCalcul approximatif
ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst. 2021
Journal
A Reconfigurable Nanophotonic Architecture based on Phase Change Material
Parya Zolfaghari, Sébastien Le Beux
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumArchitectures reconfigurablesSystèmes-sur-puce multicœurs
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration of System-on-Chip 2021
Journal
Design Space Exploration of Stochastic Computing Architectures Implemented Using Integrated Optics
Hassnaa El-Derhalli, Sébastien Le Beux, S. Tahar
Calcul approximatif
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 2021
Conference
Analysis of Energy-Delay-Product of a 3D Vertical Nanowire FET Technology
Ian O'Connor, A. Poittevin, Sébastien Le Beux, A. Bosio, Z. Stanojevic, O. Baumgartner, C. Mukherjee, C. Maneux, J. Trommer, T. Mikolajick, G. Larrieu
Architectures neuromorphiques
Joint International EUROSOI Workshop and International Conference on Ultimate Integration on Silicon 2021
Conference
Exploration of the optical behavior of phase-change materials integrated in silicon photonics platforms
Clément Zrounba, S. Cueff, Sébastien Le Beux, Ian O'Connor, F. Pavanello
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumInformatique quantiqueArchitectures neuromorphiques
2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) 2021
Preprint
Optical Stochastic Computing Architectures Using Photonic Crystal Nanocavities
Hassnaa El-Derhalli, Lea Constans, Sébastien Le Beux, Alfredo De Rossi, Fabrice Raineri, Sofiene Tahar
Interconnexions photoniques sur siliciumCalcul approximatif
arXiv 2021