Sébastien Le Beux
Associate Professor — Principal Investigator
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University
Biography
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.
Current projects
- 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 total
2026 8 publications
conference
Synthesis of Application-Specific Quantum Network-on-Chip
Quantum computing
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2026
conference
Graph Canonization for Efficient Pattern Reuse in ReRAM-Based Graph Accelerators
Reconfigurable architecturesManycore SoCs
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2026
conference
Towards Massively Parallel HyperDimensional Computing Architectures for Intelligent Satellite Links
Edge AI acceleratorsFPGA prototyping
CF '26: Proceedings of the 22nd ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers 2026
journal
Reducing Maximum Subcircuits Depth in Quantum Circuit Cutting
Quantum computing
IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering 2026
conference
Leveraging Recurrent Patterns in Graph Accelerators
Reconfigurable architecturesEdge AI accelerators
Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE) 2026
conference
Early Class Exclusion in Hyperdimensional Computing
Edge AI acceleratorsApproximate computing
27th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) 2026
Article
Lightweight Yet Powerful: Optimized Tightly Coupled Hyperdimensional Computing Accelerators
Reconfigurable architecturesEdge AI acceleratorsFPGA prototyping
Latin American Symposium on Circuits and Systems 2026
conference
Robust GHZ State Preparation via Majority-Voted Boundary Measurements
Quantum computing
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2026
2025 2 publications
Conference
CHSH Violations using Dynamic Circuits
Quantum computing
IEEE QCE 2025
conference
All-Optical Reconfigurable Activation Function Based on Saturable Absorption
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architecturesNeuromorphic architectures
IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design 2025
2024 6 publications
Journal
Reconfigurable Photonic GEMM Based on Phase-Change-Materials and Stochastic Computing
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architecturesNeuromorphic architectures
Journal of Lightwave Technology 2024
conference
A General Purpose Hyperdimensional Computing Accelerator for Edge Computing
Reconfigurable architecturesEdge AI acceleratorsFPGA prototyping
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2024
conference
Design of a Reconfigurable Activation Function for All-Optical Neural Networks
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architecturesNeuromorphic architectures
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2024
Preprint
XGSwap: eXtreme Gradient boosting Swap for Routing in NISQ Devices
Quantum computing
arXiv 2024
conference
Noise Aware Utility Optimization of NISQ Devices
Quantum computing
IEEE Interregional NEWCAS (New Circuits and Systems) Conference 2024
conference
Signed Convolution in Photonics with Phase-Change Materials using Mixed-Polarity Bitstreams
Silicon photonic interconnectsNeuromorphic architecturesApproximate computing
Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference 2024
2023 6 publications
Journal
Survey on Activation Functions for Optical Neural Networks
Silicon photonic interconnectsNeuromorphic architectures
ACM Computing Surveys 2023
Journal
A Shared Synapse Architecture for All-Optical Spiking Neural Networks
Silicon photonic interconnectsNeuromorphic architectures
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2023
Journal
A Method to Reduce the Design Complexity of Nanophotonic Interconnects
Silicon photonic interconnects
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2023
Journal
Photonic Convolution Engine Based on Phase-Change Materials and Stochastic Computing
Silicon photonic interconnectsNeuromorphic architecturesApproximate computing
IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI 2023
Journal
Towards a Robust Multiply-Accumulate Cell in Photonics using Phase-Change Materials
Silicon photonic interconnectsApproximate computing
Design, Automation and Test in Europe 2023
Conference
Introducing SPECS: scalable photonic event-driven circuit simulator
Silicon photonic interconnectsNeuromorphic architectures
European Conference on Optical Communication 2023
2022 5 publications
Journal
Toward Large Scale All-Optical Spiking Neural Networks
Silicon photonic interconnectsNeuromorphic architecturesManycore SoCs
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration of System-on-Chip 2022
Journal
Energy efficient on-chip optical broadcast with partial-absorption photodiodes
Silicon photonic interconnects
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2022
Journal
Design of a Reconfigurable Receiver for Nanophotonic Interconnects
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architectures
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference 2022
Journal
Non-Volatile Phase Change Material based Nanophotonic Interconnect
Silicon photonic interconnects
Design, Automation and Test in Europe 2022
Article
Comparing Strip and Slot Waveguides for Phase-Change Material Devices in SOI Platforms
Silicon photonic interconnects
Optica Advanced Photonics Congress 2022 2022
2021 7 publications
Journal
RELAX: a REconfigurabLe Approximate Network-on-Chip
Reconfigurable architecturesNetwork-on-ChipEdge AI accelerators
International Symposium on Embedded Multicore/Many-core Systems-on-Chip 2021
Journal
Distance-aware Approximate Nanophotonic Interconnect
Silicon photonic interconnectsEdge AI acceleratorsApproximate computing
ACM Trans. Design Autom. Electr. Syst. 2021
Journal
A Reconfigurable Nanophotonic Architecture based on Phase Change Material
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architecturesManycore SoCs
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
Approximate computing
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 2021
Conference
Analysis of Energy-Delay-Product of a 3D Vertical Nanowire FET Technology
Neuromorphic architectures
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
Silicon photonic interconnectsQuantum computingNeuromorphic architectures
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
Silicon photonic interconnectsApproximate computing
arXiv 2021
2020 2 publications
Conference
3D logic cells design and results based on Vertical NWFET technology including tied compact model
Manycore SoCs
VLSI-SoC 2020
Journal
OSCAR: An Optical Stochastic Computing AcceleRator for Polynomial Functions
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architecturesApproximate computing
Design, Automation and Test in Europe 2020
2019 5 publications
Journal
Approximate nanophotonic interconnects
Silicon photonic interconnectsNetwork-on-ChipApproximate computing
ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Networks-on-Chips 2019
Journal
A comprehensive compact model for the design of all-spin-logic based circuits
Neuromorphic architectures
Microelectronics Journal 2019
Article
Photonique sur silicium : des réseaux à fibres au traitement optique de données
Photoniques 2019
Conference
Stochastic Computing with Integrated Optics
Silicon photonic interconnectsApproximate computing
DATE 2019
Journal
Thermal-Aware Design Method for Laser Group Control in Nanophotonic Interconnects
Silicon photonic interconnects
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems 2019
2018 3 publications
Journal
Run-Time management of energy-performance trade-off in Optical Network-on-Chip
Silicon photonic interconnectsReconfigurable architecturesNetwork-on-Chip
Conference on Design of Circuits and Integrated Systems 2018
Journal
Offline Optimization of Wavelength Allocation and Laser Power in Nanophotonic Interconnects
Silicon photonic interconnectsNetwork-on-ChipManycore SoCs
ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems 2018
Journal
Towards Maximum Energy Efficiency in Nanophotonic Interconnects with Thermal-Aware On-Chip Laser Tuning
Silicon photonic interconnects
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 2018
2017 1 publication
Review
Photonic Interconnects for Computing Systems
Silicon photonic interconnects
Preprint 2017