Gabriela Nicolescu
Department Director
Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering
Full Professor
Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering
Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering
Full Professor
Department of Computer Engineering and Software Engineering
Areas of expertise
Information systems design Multimedia systems and networks VLSI systems Cybersecurity
Information systems design Multimedia systems and networks VLSI systems Cybersecurity
Primary sphere of excellence in research
Information and Communication Technologies
Information and Communication Technologies
Secondary sphere(s) of excellence in research
Industry of the Future and Digital Society Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
Industry of the Future and Digital Society Modeling and Artificial Intelligence
Student research project(s)
Research interests and affiliations
Research interests
My research interests are in the fields:
- Cybersecurity for avionics, security by design for cyberphiscal system
- Advenced programming models for avionic multi and many-core systems
- Modeling, simulation and design space exploration for the design of advanced systems integrating modern technologies such as 3D SoCs, optical networks in chip, opto-electro-mechanical heterogeneous systems
Affiliation(s)
- LAMA-WeST (Web, Semantics and Text), Collaborating member
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
- 2710 Information systems design
- 2721 Multimedia systems and networks
- 2722 VLSI systems
Publications
Recent publications
Journal article
Journal article
Journal article
Conference paper
Shahnejat Bushehri, A., Amirnia, A., Belkhiri, A., Keivanpour, S., De Magalhaes, F. G., & Nicolescu, G. (2024). Deep Learning-Driven Anomaly Detection for Green IoT Edge Networks. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 8(1), 498-513.
Destras, O., Le Beux, S., Göhring de Magalhães, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2024). Survey on activation functions for optical neural networks. ACM Computing Surveys, 56(2), 35 (30 pages).
Kamkuimo, S. A., Göhring de Magalhães, F., Zrelli, R., Misson, H. A., Ben Attia, M., & Nicolescu, G. (2023). Decomposition and Modeling of the Situational Awareness of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles for Advanced Air Mobility. Drones, 7(8), 501-501.
Belkhiri, A., Shahnejat Bushehri, A., Göhring de Magalhães, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2023, April). Transparent Trace Annotation for Performance Debugging in Microservice-oriented Systems (Work In Progress Paper) [Paper]. ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering - Companion (ICPE 2023), Coimbra, Portugal.
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Biography
Gabriela Nicolescu obtained her B. Sc. A and her MSc degree from Politechnica Bucharest.
She obtained her PhD degree, in 2002, from INPG (Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble) in France, with the award for Best Thesis in Microelectronics.
She has been working at Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal (Canada) since august 2003, where she is a professor in the Computer and Software Engineering Department.
Dr. Nicolescu's research interests are in the field of design methodologies, programming and security for systems with advanced technologies, such as 3D multi-processor systems-on-chip integrating liquid cooling and optical networks. She published five books and she is the author of more than hundred articles in journals, international conferences and of book chapters.
Teaching
- Deasin and Analysis for Real-Time Systems
- Digital Systems
Supervision at Polytechnique
IN PROGRESS
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Post-doctoral fellowship (1)
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Magalhaes, Felipe. Multi-core RTOS for avionic systems.
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Ph.D. (6)
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Carayol, Julien. AI-based Penetration Testing.
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Khaled, Kacem. Security for AI algorithms in autonomous cars.
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Torres, Alexy. Interference mitigations in multi-core systems on chip for avionics.
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Lefoul, Jean-Baptiste. A new intelligent algorithm for benchmarks automatic generation in the design of multi-core based avionic systems.
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Moslah, Marwen. Security in autonomous smart systems.
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Bucur, Cristi. New security approaches in edge computing.
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Master (thesis) (2)
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Ben Salem, Aymen. A new approach for interference mitigation in multi-processor based avionic systems.
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Picot, Rodolphe Laurent Louis. Security in a smart ecosystem powered by drone fleets.
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COMPLETED
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Ph.D. Thesis (10)
- Torres Aurora Dugo, A. (2023). Mitigation of Hardware Interferences in Safety-Critical Multicore Systems [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Ayari, R. (2018). Optimization and Mining Methods for Effective Real-Time Embedded Systems [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Hafnaoui, I. (2018). Handling Information and its Propagation to Engineer Complex Embedded Systems [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Göhring de Magalhães, F. (2017). High-Level Modelling of Optical Integrated Networks-Based Systems with the Provision of a Low Latency Controller [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Elmahi, O. (2016). Verification of the Performance Properties of Embedded Streaming Applications via Constraint-Based Scheduling [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Ben Cheikh, T. L. (2015). Parallelization Strategies for Modern Computing Platforms: Application to Illustrative Image Processing and Computer Vision Applications [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Fourmigue, A. (2014). Méthodes de calcul numérique pour la simulation thermique des circuits intégrés [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Tapp, M. (2013). Automating System-Level Data-Interchange Software Through a System Interface Description Language [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Gheorghe, L. (2009). Continuous/Discrete Co-Simulation Interfaces from Formalization to Implementation [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Girodias, B. (2009). Optimisation des mémoires dans le flot de conception des systèmes multiprocesseurs sur puces pour des applications de type multimédia [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (18)
- Hamel, J. (2023). Performance Evaluation of Post-Quantum Cryptography in Avionic Communication [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Pourcel, L. (2023). Détection d'activités humaines par l'utilisation du CSI [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Silva-Pinto, N.-G. (2023). Engin d'explication d'anomalies sur le bus ARINC 429 basé sur les ontologies [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Sreemathy Raj, A. (2023). On Personalization of Federated Learning [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Nazemi Gelian, M. (2022). A Design Approach for Efficient Inter-Camera Vehicle Tracking [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Messoussi, O. (2021). Real-Time Vehicle Detection and Tracking From Surveillance Cameras in Urban Scenes [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Destras, O. (2020). Modelling of Artificial Neural Networks with Integrated Photonics [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Gilbert, J. (2020). Explainable IDS for DoS Attacks [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Zid, C. (2020). Analyse et détection des anomalies dans un système IOT distribué hybride [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Lefoul, J.-B. (2019). Performance Assessment and Improvement for Cache Predictability in Multi-Core Based Avionic Systems [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Thomas, P. (2019). HEAVEN for Android. An Heterogeneous Ad Hoc Network for Emergency Response [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Torres Aurora Dugo, A. (2019). Cache Predictability and Performance Improvement in ARINC-653 Compliant Systems [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Aouina, A. (2017). Modélisation et simulation thermique des circuits intégrés tridimensionnels [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Amadou, M. (2009). Modèle de placement pour les architectures nano-composantes [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Bah, F. L. (2009). Conception au niveau système de l'application de protocole sans fil WIMAX [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Lebel, D. (2009). Vérification fonctionnelle et validation de performance architecturale pour des tissus d'interconnexion [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Hireche, N. (2008). Conception d'architectures de calcul à hautes performances pour la comparaison de séquences génétiques [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Provost, S. (2006). Accélération d'une plateforme d'encodage MPEG-4 à l'aide de processeurs configurables [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
News about Gabriela Nicolescu
Press review about Gabriela Nicolescu
March 6, 2024,
Science-Presse,
Comment construire des avions plus sécuritaires?
Gabriela Nicolescu, professeure au Département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, s'exprime sur les moyens utilisés pour construire des avions plus cyber-sécuritaires.
March 9, 2023,
Le Soleil,
Polytechnique: le génie informatique et le génie logiciel populaires chez les étudiantes
Gabriela Nicolescu, professeure titulaire et directrice du Département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, discute à propos de la popularité des génies informatique et logiciel chez les femmes alors que le nombre d'étudiantes dans ces programmes ont pratiquement doublé à Polytechnique Montréal depuis l'an dernier.
Other mentions:
Le Nouvelliste
February 26, 2022,
Le Devoir ,
Vers une cyberguerre
Dans cette lettre d'opinion, les professeurs titulaires Frédéric Cuppens, Nora Boulahia Cuppens et Gabriela Nicolescu, du Département de génie informatique et génie logiciel de Polytechnique Montréal, invitent la communauté scientifique en cybersécurité à se mobiliser afin d’assurer la cybersécurité nationale.
Other mentions:
Les Affaires, La Presse
February 1, 2022,
PLAN - La revue de l'OIQ ,
Le génie au service de la cybersécurité
La professeure titulaire Gabriela Nicolescu, ing., du Département de génie informatique et génie logiciel à Polytechnique Montréal, partage son expertise sur le projet de loi no 95 et la mise en place d'un nouveau ministère de la cybersécurité et du numérique au Québec. (p. 35)
April 25, 2021,
Le Soleil,
L’informatisation de l’agriculture ouvre la porte à la cybercriminalité
Dans cet article, Gabriela Nicolescu, professeure titulaire au Département de génie informatique et de génie logiciel de Polytechnique Montréal, discute à propos des risques de cybercriminalité dans le secteur de l’agriculture au Canada.
June 8, 2020,
Le Devoir,
Il ne faut pas prendre à la légère la sécurité des outils de recherche de contacts
Lettre d'opinion signée par Nora Boulahia Cuppens, Frédéric Cuppens, Michel Dagenais, José Manuel Fernandez, Ettore Merlo et Gabriela Nicolescu, professeurs au Département de génie informatique et génie logiciel de Polytechnique Montréal.
March 20, 2020,
Le Soleil,
Télétravailleurs, gare aux menaces... numériques
Dans cet article, Pierre Langlois, directeur du Département de génie informatique et génie logiciel de Polytechnique Montréal et Gabriela Nicolescu, professeure titulaire dans le même Département, nous parlent de « l' hygiène numérique » a mettre en place afin de ne pas devenir des cibles de choix pour d’autres maux et virus virulents…
