Destras, O., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Le Beux, S., & Nicolescu, G. (2025, April). All-Optical Reconfigurable Activation Function Based on Saturable Absorption [Paper]. 26th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED 2025), San Francisco, CA, USA.
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- 2025 (5)
Conference paper Journal article Ngamboe Mvogo, M. S., Niu, X., Joly, B., Biegler, S. P., Berthier, P., Benito, R., Rice, G., Fernandez, J. M., & Nicolescu, G. (2025). CABBA: Compatible Authenticated Bandwidth-efficient Broadcast protocol for ADS-B. International Journal of Critical Infrastructure Protection, 48, 100728 (17 pages).
Journal article Moslah, M. M., Zouari, R., Shahnejat Bushehri, A., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2025). Investigation of the Adversarial Robustness of End-to-End Deep Sensor Fusion Models. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 17(5), 325-328.Conference paper Hamel, J., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2025, June). On the Exploration of Post-Quantum Algorithms on COTS-Based Avionic Architectures [Paper]. 23rd IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS 2025), Paris, France.Journal article Zyad Benelhaouare, A., Mellal, I., Saydé, M., Nicolescu, G., & Lakhssassi, A. (2025). Thermal Side-Channel Threats in Densely Integrated Microarchitectures: A Comprehensive Review for Cyber–Physical System Security [Discussion or Letter]. Micromachines, 16(10), 1152.
- 2024 (10)
Conference paper Zrelli, R., Amaral Misson, H., Ben Attia, M., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Shabah, A., & Nicolescu, G. (2024, October). Advancing Formal Verification: Fine-Tuning LLMs for Translating Natural Language Requirements to CTL Specifications [Paper]. International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2024), Raleigh, NC, USA.Conference paper Lefoul, J.-B., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Bhatnagar, B., & Nicolescu, G. (2024, December). A653MSim: An ARINC 653 Multicore Simulator [Paper]. 16th EAI International Conference (SIMUtools 2024), Bratislava, Slovakia.Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Shafiee, A., Nicolescu, G., & Nikdast, M. (2024, July). Are Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) Secure? A Glance at Security Vulnerabilities in PICs [Paper]. 2024 IEEE Photonics Society Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM 2024), Bridgetown, Barbados (2 pages).Journal article Shahnejat Bushehri, A., Amirnia, A., Belkhiri, A., Keivanpour, S., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2024). Deep Learning-Driven Anomaly Detection for Green IoT Edge Networks. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, 8(1), 498-513.Conference paper Destras, O., Le Beux, S., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2024, June). Design of a Reconfigurable Activation Function for All-Optical Neural Networks [Paper]. 22nd IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS 2024), Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.Conference paper Zrelli, R., Amaral Misson, H., Ben Attia, M., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Shabah, A., & Nicolescu, G. Natural2CTL: A Dataset for Natural Language Requirements and Their CTL Formal Equivalents [Paper]. 30th International Working Conference on Requirement Engineering : Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ 2024), Winterthur, Switzerland.Conference paper Silva-Pinto, N.-G., Gagnon, M., Obas, H., Ouattara, J.-Y. S., & Nicolescu, G. (2024, April). Onto-by-wire: Bridging the knowledge gap between avionics and cybersecurity through ontology [Paper]. 24th Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS 2024), Herndon, VA, USA (11 pages).Journal article Destras, O., Le Beux, S., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2024). Survey on activation functions for optical neural networks. ACM Computing Surveys, 56(2), 35 (30 pages).Conference paper Belkhiri, A., Ben Attia, M., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2024, May). Towards Efficient Diagnosis of Performance Bottlenecks in Microservice-Based Applications (Work In Progress paper) [Paper]. Companion of the 15th ACM/SPEC International Conference on Performance Engineering (ICPE 2024 - Companion), London, United Kingdom.Conference paper Bucur, C., & Nicolescu, G. (2024, November). UAV Security logs processing using Machine Learning Algorithms [Paper]. IEEE International Workshop on Technologies for Defense and Security (TechDefense 2024), Naples, Italy.
- 2023 (7)
Journal article Kamkuimo, S. A., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Zrelli, R., Amaral Misson, H., 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.Conference paper Khaled, K., Dhaouadi, M., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2023, December). Efficient defense against model stealing attacks on convolutional neural networks [Paper]. International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications (ICMLA 2023), Jacksonville, FL, USA.Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nikdast, M., & Nicolescu, G. (2023, August). Integrated Photonic AI Accelerators Under Hardware Security Attacks: Impacts and Countermeasures [Paper]. 66th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2023), Tempe, AZ, USA.Conference paper Amaral Misson, H., Zrelli, R., Ben Attia, M., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2023, September). ReDaML: a modeling language for DO-178C high-level requirements in airspace systems [Paper]. 34th International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2023), Hamburg, Germany (7 pages).Conference paper Stephenne, C., Ouattara, J.-Y., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Jean, M., Nicolescu, G., Cuppens, F., & Fernandez, J. (2023, September). Security assessment of a commercial router using physical access: a case study [Paper]. 34th International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2023), Hamburg, Germany (7 pages).Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nikdast, M., & Nicolescu, G. (2023, September). SerIOS: Enhancing Hardware Security in Integrated Optoelectronic Systems [Paper]. 34th International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2023), Hamburg, Germany.Conference paper Belkhiri, A., Shahnejat Bushehri, A., Gohring de Magalhaes, 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.
- 2022 (4)
Conference paper Khaled, K., Nicolescu, G., & Gohring de Magalhaes, F. (2022, August). Careful what you wish for: On the extraction of adversarially trained models [Paper]. 19th Annual International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust (PST 2022), Fredericton, NB, Canada (10 pages).Conference paper Torres Aurora Dugo, A., Lefoul, J.-B., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nicolescu, G., & Harnois, S. (2022, June). Certifiable memory management system for safety critical partitioned system [Paper]. 11th European Congress Embedded Real Time Systems (ERTS 2022), Toulouse, France (12 pages).Conference paper Aurora Dugo, A. T., Lefoul, J.-B., Ben-Salem, A., Harnois, S., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2022, June). Efficient Scheduling, Mapping and Memory Bandwidth Allocation for Safety-Critical Systems [Paper]. 20th IEEE International Interregional NEWCAS Conference (NEWCAS 2022), Quebec City, QC, Canada.Conference paper Sreemathy Raj, A., Tenison, I., Khaled, K., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., & Nicolescu, G. (2022, November). FedSHIBU : federated similarity-based head independent body update [Poster]. International Workshop on Federated Learning : Recent Advances and New Challenges (FL 2022), New Orleans, LA, USA.
- 2021 (3)
Conference paper Bushehri, A. S., Keivanpour, S., Azam, M., & Nicolescu, G. (2021, December). Anomalous energy detection for resource-constrained embedded systems using tracing data analysis [Paper]. 2021 International Conference on Electrical, Computer, and Energy Technologies (ICECET 2021), Cape Town, South Africa (8 pages).Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nikdast, M., Hessel, F., Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., & Nicolescu, G. (2021, October). Hyco: A low-latency hybrid control plane for optical interconnection networks [Paper]. 32nd IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2021), Paris, France.Conference paper Messoussi, O., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Lamarre, F., Perreault, F., Sogoba, I., Bilodeau, G.-A., & Nicolescu, G. (2021, October). Vehicle Detection and Tracking from Surveillance Cameras in Urban Scenes [Paper]. 16th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 2021).
- 2020 (3)
Conference paper Nicolescu, G., Tria, A., Fernandez, J. M., Marion, J.-Y., & García-Alfaro, J. (2020, December). Foundations and Practice of Security [Paper]. 13th International Symposium on Foundations and Practice of Security (FPS 2020), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Aurora Dugo, A. T., Lefoul, J.-B., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nicolescu, G., & Assal, D. (2020, July). Qemtrace: A multi-platform memory tracer based on system emulation [Paper]. 2020 Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2020).Conference paper Lefoul, J.-B., Dugo, A. T. A., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nicolescu, G., Assal, D., & Ulysse, N. (2020, May). Simulator-based Framework towards Improved Cache Predictability for Multi-core Avionic System [Paper]. Spring Simulation Conference (SpringSim 2020), Fairfax, Virginia (12 pages).
- 2019 (3)
Journal article Aurora Dugo, A. T., Lefoul, J.-B., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Assal, D., & Nicolescu, G. (2019). Cache locking content selection algorithms for ARINC-653 compliant RTOS. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 18(5), 1-20.Journal article Wang, Y., Aouina, A., Li, H., O'Connor, I., Nicolescu, G., & Le Beux, S. (2019). Thermal-Aware Design Method for Laser Group Control in Nanophotonic Interconnects. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 27(3), 742-746.Journal article Hafnaoui, I., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2019). Timing information propagation in interactive networks. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 4442 (14 pages).
- 2018 (8)
Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2018, May). DeEPeR: Enhancing performance and reliability in chip-Scale optical interconnection networks [Paper]. 28th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI 2018), Chicago, IL.Conference paper Panerati, J., Gianoli, L., Pinciroli, C., Shabah, A., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2018, May). From Swarms to Stars: Task Coverage in Robot Swarms with Connectivity Constraints [Paper]. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2018), Brisbane, Australia.Journal article Ayari, R., Hafnaoui, I., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2018). ImGA: an improved genetic algorithm for partitioned scheduling on heterogeneous multi-core systems. Design Automation for Embedded Systems, 22(1-2), 183-197.Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2018, June). Improving Microresonators Reliability in Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuits [Paper]. 7th Annual IEEE Photonics Society Optical Interconnects Conference (OI 2018), Santa Fe, NM.Book Nicolescu, G., & Mosterman, P. J. (2018). Model-Based Design for Embedded Systems.Journal article Ayari, R., Hafnaoui, I., Aguiar, A., Gilbert, P., Galibois, M., Rousseau, J.-P., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2018). Multi-objective mapping of full-mission simulators on heterogeneous distributed multi-processor systems. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 15(4), 449-460.Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Hessel, F., Nikdast, M., Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., Xiong, Y., & Nicolescu, G. (2018, May). Silicon photonic interconnects: Minimizing the controller latency [Paper]. 28th Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI 2018), Chicago, IL.Conference paper Yacoub, A., Nicolescu, G., Hamri, M. E.-A., & Frydman, C. (2018, July). Towards using devs for modelling adaptive storytelling in virtual games [Paper]. 50th Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2018), Bordeaux, France.
- 2017 (7)
Conference paper Hafnaoui, I., Chen, C., Ayari, R., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2017, October). An analysis of random cache effects on real-time multi-core scheduling algorithms [Paper]. 28th International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping: Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype (RSP 2017), Seoul, South Korea.Conference paper Xiong, Y., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Nicolescu, G., Hessel, F., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2017, March). Co-design of a Low-latency Centralized Controller for Silicon Photonic Multistage MZI-based Switches [Paper]. Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2017), Los Angeles, CA (3 pages).Journal article Ayari, R., Nikdast, M., Hafnaoui, I., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2017). HypAp: a Hypervolume-Based Approach for Refining the Design of Embedded Systems. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 9(3), 57-60.Patent Nicolescu, G., & Nicolescu, B. (2017). Method for securing an application and data. (Patent Application no. US20170134379).Book chapter Beltrame, G., Nicolescu, G., & Fossati, L. (2017). Modeling multiprocessor real-time systems at transaction level. In Real-Time Simulation Technologies: Principles, Methodologies, and Applications (pp. 243-258).Book Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Le Beux, S., & Xu, J. (eds.) (2017). Photonic interconnects for computing systems: Understanding and pushing design challenges.Journal article Hafnaoui, I., Ayari, R., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2017). Scheduling real-time systems with cyclic dependence using data criticality. Design Automation for Embedded Systems, 21(2), 117-136.
- 2016 (21)
Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2016, May). An analytical study of process variations in silicon photonic integrated circuits [Paper]. Photonics North 2016, Québec City, Québec (2 pages).Conference paper Hafnaoui, I., Ayari, R., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2016, July). A simulation-based model generator for software performance estimation [Paper]. 48th Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2016), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Jaafar, F., Nicolescu, G., & Richard, C. (2016, August). A systematic approach for privilege escalation prevention [Paper]. IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security - Companion (QRS-C 2016), Vienne, Autriche.Conference paper Li, H., Fourmigue, A., Le Beux, S., O'Connor, I., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, March). A thermal-Aware Laser Tuning Approach for Silicon Photonic Interconnects [Paper]. 2nd International Workshop on Optical/Photonic Interconnects for Computing Systems (OPTICS Workshop 2016), Dresden, Germany.Journal article Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2016). Chip-scale silicon photonic interconnects: A formal study on fabrication non-uniformity. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 34(16), 3682-3695.Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Hessel, F., Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, August). Cluster-based architecture relying on optical integrated networks with the provision of a low-latency arbiter [Paper]. 29th Symposium on Integrated Circuits and Systems Design (SBCCI 2016), Belo Horizonte, Brazil (6 pages).Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Xiong, Y., Hessel, F., Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, May). Co-design of an FPGA-based low-latency controller for MZI-based SiP switches [Paper]. Photonics North 2016, Québec City, Québec (1 page).Journal article Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Priti, R., Nikdast, M., Hessel, F., Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., & Nicolescu, G. (2016). Design and modelling of a low-latency centralized controller for optical integrated networks. IEEE Communications Letters, 20(3), 462-465.Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2016, August). Enabling efficient tolerance analysis in silicon photonic integrated circuits [Abstract]. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2016), Shanghai, China.Book chapter Iugan, L. G., Nicolescu, G., & O'Connor, I. (2016). Formalization for formal verification of an optical network-on-chip using DEVS. In Discrete-Event Modeling and Simulation: Theory and Applications (pp. 293-306).Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2016, March). Modeling fabrication non-uniformity in chip-scale silicon photonic interconnects [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2016), Dresden, Germany.Conference paper Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Hessel, F., & Nicolescu, G. Modelling and simulation of optical integrated networks for early-stage design exploration (WIP) [Paper]. 48th Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2016), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2016, March). Photonic integrated circuits: a study on process variations [Paper]. Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2016), Piscataway, NJ, USA (3 pages).Conference paper Lugan, L. G., Nicolescu, G., & Boucheneb, H. (2016, July). Rollback-based simulation for the design of continuous/discrete simulation tools [Paper]. 48th Summer Computer Simulation Conference (SCSC 2016), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Ayari, R., Hafnaoui, I., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, January). Schedulability-Guided Crossover Operator for Real-Time Scheduling on Heterogeneous Multi-core Systems [Paper]. IEEE International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.Conference paper Ayari, R., Hafnaoui, I., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, October). Schedulability-guided exploration of multi-core systems [Paper]. 27th International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping: Shortening the Path from Specification to Prototype (RSP 2016), Pittsburgh, PA, United States.Conference paper Hafnaoui, I., Ayari, R., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, January). Simulation-based Model Generator for Software Performance Estimation [Paper]. IEEE International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.Conference paper Ayari, R., Hafanaoui, I., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2016, July). Simulation-based schedulability assessment for real-time systems [Paper]. Conference on Summer Computer Simulation (SCSC 2016), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Xiong, Y., Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Radi, B., Nicolescu, G., Hessel, F., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2016, March). Towards a fast centralized controller for integrated silicon photonic multistage MZI-based switches [Paper]. Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC 2016), Anaheim, CA (3 pages).Journal article Li, H., Fourmigue, A., Le Beux, S., O'Connor, I., & Nicolescu, G. (2016). Towards Maximum Energy Efficiency in Nanophotonic Interconnects with Thermal-Aware On-Chip Laser Tuning. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing, 6(3), 343-356.Journal article Fourmigue, A., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2016). Transient thermal simulation of liquid-cooled 3-D circuits. IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, 6(9), 1349-1360.
- 2015 (6)
Journal article Iugan, L. G., Boucheneb, H., & Nicolescu, G. (2015). A generic conceptual framework based on formal representation for the design of continuous/discrete co-simulation tools. Design Automation for Embedded Systems, 19(3), 243-275.Conference paper Gohring de Magalhaes, F., Priti, R., Nikdast, M., Hessel, F., Liboiron-Ladouceur, O., & Nicolescu, G. (2015, September). A low-latency centralized controller for MZI-based optical integrated networks [Paper]. International Conference on Photonics in Switching (PS 2015), Florence, Italy.Conference paper Hui, L., Le Beux, S., Nicolescu, G., & O'Connor, I. (2015, January). Energy-efficient optical crossbars on chip with multi-layer deposited silicon [Paper]. 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2015), Chiba, Japan.Conference paper Nikdast, M., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & Liboiron-Ladouceur, O. (2015, November). Silicon photonic integrated circuits under process variations [Paper]. Asia Communications and Photonics Conference (ACPC 2015), Hong Kong.Conference paper Hui, L., Fourmigue, A., Le Beux, S., Letartre, X., O'Connor, I., & Nicolescu, G. (2015, March). Thermal aware design method for VCSEL-based on-chip optical interconnect [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2015), Grenoble, France.Journal article Cheikh, T. L. B., Aguiar, A., Tahar, S., & Nicolescu, G. (2015). Tuning framework for stencil computation in heterogeneous parallel platforms. Journal of Supercomputing, 72(2), 468-502.
- 2014 (6)
Conference paper Le Beux, S., Li, H., Nicolescu, G., & O'Connor, I. (2014, May). A reconfigurable optical network on chip for streaming applications [Paper]. 9th International Symposium on Reconfigurable and Communication-Centric Systems-on-Chip (ReCoSoC 2014), Montpellier, France (2 pages).Conference paper Le Beux, S., Li, H., O'Connor, I., Cheshmi, K., Liu, X., Trajković, J., & Nicolescu, G. (2014, March). Chameleon: Channel efficient optical network-on-chip [Paper]. 17th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2014), Dresden, Germany.Conference paper Benyoussef, M., Boland, J.-F., Nicolescu, G., Bois, G., & Hugues, J. (2014, February). Design space exploration: bridging the gap between high-level models and virtual execution platforms [Paper]. Embedded Real Time System and Software Congress (ERTS2 2014), Toulouse, France (10 pages).Conference paper Fourmigue, A., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2014, March). Efficient transient thermal simulation of 3D ICs with liquid-cooling and through silicon vias [Paper]. 17th Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE 2014), Dresden, Germany.Conference paper Ben Cheikh, T. L., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., Bouchebaba, Y., & Paulin, P. (2014, June). Fast and accurate implementation of Canny edge detector on embedded many-core platform [Paper]. 12th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS 2014), Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada.Journal article Le Beux, S., Li, H., Nicolescu, G., Trajković, J., & O'Connor, I. (2014). Optical crossbars on chip, a comparative study based on worst-case losses. Concurrency Computation Practice and Experience, 26(15), 2492-2503.
- 2013 (4)
Conference paper El-Mahi, O., Pesant, G., Nicolescu, G., & Beltrame, G. (2013, October). Embedded system verification through constraint-based scheduling [Paper]. International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2013), Montréal, Québec, Canada.Conference paper Fourmigue, A., Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2013, March). Explicit transient thermal simulation of liquid-cooled 3D ICs [Paper]. 16th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2013), Grenoble, France.Conference paper Le Beux, S., O'Connor, I., Li, Z., Letartre, X., Monat, C., Trajkovic, J., & Nicolescu, G. (2013, May). Potential and pitfalls of silicon photonics computing and interconnect [Paper]. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2013), Beijing, China.Journal article Le Beux, S., O'Connor, I., Nicolescu, G., Bois, G., & Paulin, P. (2013). Reduction methods for adapting optical network on chip topologies to 3D architectures. Microprocessors and Microsystems, 37(1), 87-98.
- 2012 (9)
Journal article Trajković, J., Abdi, S., Nicolescu, G., & Gajski, D. D. (2012). Automated generation of custom processor core from C code. Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2012, 1-26.Book Nicolescu, G., O'Connor, I., & Piguet, C. (2012). Design technology for heterogeneous embedded systems.Conference paper El-Mahi, O., Nicolescu, G., Pesant, G., & Beltrame, G. (2012, November). Embedded system verification through constraint-based scheduling [Paper]. IEEE International High Level Design Validation and Test Workshop (HLDVT 2012), Huntington Beach, CA, USA.Journal article Girodias, B., Iugan, L. G., Bouchebaba, Y., Nicolescu, G., Abouhamid, E. M., Langevin, M., & Paulin, P. (2012). Integrating memory optimization with mapping algorithms for multi-processors system-on-chip. Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 11(3), 1-26.Book chapter Beltrame, G., Nicolescu, G., & Fossati, L. (2012). Modeling Multiprocessor Real-Time Systems at Transaction Level. In Real-Time Simulation Technologies (Vol. 13, pp. 243-258).Book chapter Bouchebaba, Y., Paulin, P., & Nicolescu, G. (2012). MpAssign : a framework for solving the many-core platform mapping problem. In Design technology for heterogeneous embedded systems (pp. 197-221).Conference paper Al-Akhras, S. I., Tahar, S., Nicolescu, G., Langevin, M., & Paulin, P. (2012, December). On the verification of a WiMax design using symbolic simulation [Paper]. 4th International Symposium on Symbolic Computation in Software Science, Gammarth, Tunisia. Published in Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 122.Conference paper Cheikh, T. L. B., Beltrame, G., Nicolescu, G., Cheriet, F., & Tahar, S. (2012, June). Parallelization strategies of the canny edge detector for multi-core CPUs and many-core GPUs [Paper]. 10th IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference (NEWCAS 2012), Montréal, Québec.Book chapter Fourmigue, A., Girodias, B., Gheorghe, L., Nicolescu, G., & Aboulhamid, E. M. (2012). Wireless design platform combining simulation and testbed environments. In Design technology for heterogeneous embedded systems (pp. 137-156).
- 2011 (6)
Conference paper Fourmigue, A., Beltrame, G., Nicolescu, G., & Aboulhamid, E. M. (2011, October). A linear-time approach for the transient thermal simulation of liquid-cooled 3D ICs [Paper]. 9th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Hardware/Software-Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2011), part of Embedded Systems Week (ESWEEK 2011), Taipei, Taiwan.Conference paper Beltrame, G., & Nicolescu, G. (2011, March). A multi-objective decision-theoretic exploration algorithm for platform-based design [Paper]. 14th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2011), Grenoble, France.Conference paper Le Beux, S., Trajković, J., O'Connor, I., & Nicolescu, G. (2011, October). Layout guidelines for 3D architectures including Optical Ring Network-on-Chip (ORNoC) [Paper]. 19th IEEE/IFIP International Conference on VLSI and System-on-Chip (VLSI-SoC 2011), Kowloon, Hong kong.Journal article Gaillardon, P.-E., Clermidy, F., O'Connor, I., Liu, J., Amadou, M., & Nicolescu, G. (2011). Matrix nanodevice-based logic architectures and associated functional mapping method. ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, 7(1), 1-23.Conference paper Fourmigue, A., Beltrame, G., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, E. M., & O'Connor, I. (2011, March). Multi-granularity thermal evaluation of 3D MPSoC architectures [Paper]. 14th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2011), Grenoble, France.Conference paper Le Beux, S., Trajkovic, J., O'Connor, I., Nicolescu, G., Bois, G., & Paulin, P. (2011, March). Optical Ring Network-on-Chip (ORNoC): Architecture and design methodology [Paper]. 14th Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2011), Grenoble, France.
- 2010 (6)
Conference paper Le Beux, S., Nicolescu, G., Bois, G., & Paulin, P. (2010, May). A system-level exploration flow for optical network on chip (ONoC) in 3D MPSoC [Paper]. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS 2010), Paris, France.Journal article Le Beux, S., Bois, G., Nicolescu, G., Bouchebaba, Y., Langevin, M., & Paulin, P. (2010). Combining mapping and partitioning exploration for NoC-based embedded systems. Journal of Systems Architecture, 56(7), 223-232.Conference paper Girodias, B., Gheorghe, L., Bouchebaba, Y., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, E. M., Langevin, M., & Paulin, P. (2010, June). Combining memory optimization with mapping of multimedia applications for multi-processors system-on-chip [Paper]. 21st IEEE International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2010), Fairfax, VA, USA.Conference paper Bouchebaba, Y., Ozcan, A.-E., Paulin, P., & Nicolescu, G. (2010, June). MpAssign : a Framework for Solving the Many-Core Platform Mapping Problem [Paper]. 21st IEEE International Symposium on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2010), Fairfax, Virginia. Published in Journal of Software: Practice and Experience, 42(7).Journal article Le Beux, S., Trajkovic, J., O'Connor, I., Nicolescu, G., Bois, G., & Paulin, P. (2010). Multi-optical network-on-chip for large scale MPSoC. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, 2(3), 77-80.Conference paper Azzabi, A., Aboulhamid, E. M., & Nicolescu, G. (2010, December). Timing verification of cyclic systems based on temporal constraint analysis [Paper]. 17th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, Athens, Greece.
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Conference paper Fourmigue, A., Girodias, B., Nicolescu, G., & Aboulhamid, E. M. (2009, April). Co-simulation based platform for wireless protocols design explorations [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2009), Nice, France.Conference paper Jerraya, A., & Nicolescu, G. (2009, April). Embedded tutorial - Understanding multicore technologies [Paper]. Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE 2009), Nice, France.Conference paper O'Connor, I., Liu, J., Kotb, J., Yakymets, N., Daviot, R., Navarro, D., Gaillardon, P.-E., Clermidy, F., Amadou, M., & Nicolescu, G. (2009, October). Emerging Technologies and Nanoscale Computing Fabrics [Paper]. 17th IFIP WH 10.5/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration (BLSI-SoC 2009), Florianopolis, Brazil (20 pages).Conference paper Sanz, V., Jafer, S., Wainer, G., Nicolescu, G., Urquia, A., & Dormido, S. (2009, March). Hybrid modeling of opto-electrical interfaces using DEVS and modelica [Paper]. DEVS Integrative M and S Symposium (DEVS 2009), part of the 2009 Spring Simulation Multiconference (SpringSim 2009), San Diego, CA, United states.Journal article Girodias, B., Bouchebaba, Y., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, E. M., Paulin, P., & Lavigueur, B. (2009). Multiprocessor, multithreading and memory optimization for on-chip multimedia applications. Journal of Signal Processing Systems, 57(2), 263-283.Conference paper Le Beux, S., Nicolescu, G., Bois, G., Bouchebaba, Y., Langevin, M., & Paulin, P. (2009, July). Optimizing configuration and application mapping for MPSoC architectures [Paper]. NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS 2009), San Francisco, California.
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Conference paper O'Connor, I., Mieyeville, F., Gaffiot, F., Scandurra, A., & Nicolescu, G. (2008, October). Can integrated photonics solve MPSoC interconnect issues? [Paper]. 25th International VLSI Multilevel Interconnection Conference (VMIC 2008), Fremont, CA, United states.Conference paper Schliecker, S., Negrean, M., Nicolescu, G., Paulin, P., & Ernst, R. (2008, October). Reliable performance analysis of a multicore multithreaded system-on-chip [Paper]. 6th IEEE/ACM/IFIP international conference on Hardware/Software codesign and system synthesis (CODES+ISSS 2008), Atlanta, GA, USA.Conference paper Gheorghe, L., Bouchhima, F., Nicolescu, G., & Boucheneb, H. (2008, March). Semantics for model-based validation of continuous/discrete systems [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2008), Munich, Germany.Conference paper Bensoudane, E., Tonietto, D., Gheorghe, L., & Nicolescu, G. (2008, June). System-level design of continuous/discrete-time heterogeneous systems applied to high-speed serial link [Paper]. Joint IEEE North-East Workshop on Circuits and Systems and TAISA Conference (NEWCAS-TAISA 2008).
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Book chapter Gheorghe, L., Bouchhima, F., Nicolescu, G., & Abid, M. (2007). Anatomy of a continuous/discrete system execution model for timed execution of heterogeneous systems. In Global Specification and Validation of Embedded Systems: Integrating Heterogeneous Components (pp. 75-108).Book chapter Nicolescu, G., & Jerraya, A. A. (2007). Anatomy of a hardware/software execution model in heterogeneous systems. In Global Specification and Validation of Embedded Systems: Integrating Heterogeneous Components (pp. 59-74).Conference paper Briere, M., Girodias, B., Bouchebaba, Y., Nicolescu, G., Mieyeville, F., Gafflot, F., & O'Connor, I. (2007, August). Architectural exploration of optical and electrical interconnects in MPSoC [Paper]. IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2007), Montreal, QC, Canada (4 pages).Conference paper Hireche, N., Langlois, J. M. P., & Nicolescu, G. (2007, August). A systolic array for sequence comparison based on two logic levels processing element [Paper]. IEEE Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2007), Montréal, Québec.Journal article Bouchhima, F., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, E. M., & Abid, M. (2007). Generic Discrete-Continuous Simulation Model for Accurate Validation in Heterogeneous Systems Design. Microelectronics Journal, 38(6-7), 805-815.Book chapter Nicolescu, G., & Jerraya, A. A. (2007). Heterogeneous systems validation based on execution models. In Global Specification and Validation of Embedded Systems: Integrating Heterogeneous Components (pp. 47-57).Book chapter Nicolescu, G., & Jerraya, A. A. (2007). Methodology for heterogeneous systems validation. In Global Specification and Validation of Embedded Systems: Integrating Heterogeneous Components (pp. 109-145).Journal article Bouchebaba, Y., Girodias, B., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, E. M., Lavigueur, B., & Paulin, P. (2007). MPSoC memory optimization using program transformation. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, 12(4), 43-43.Journal article Lapalme, J., Aboulhamid, E. M., Nicolescu, G., & Rousseau, F. (2007). Separating Modeling and Simulation Aspects in Hardware/Software Framework-Based Modeling Languages. Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, 32(2C), 41-60.Conference paper Briere, M., Girodias, B., Bouchebaba, Y., Nicolescu, G., Mieyeville, F., Gaffiot, F., & O'Connor, I. (2007, April). System level assessment of an optical NoC in an MPSoC platform [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2007), Nice Acropolis, France.
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Journal article Nicolescu, B., Ignat, N., Savaria, Y., & Nicolescu, G. (2006). Analysis of real-time systems sensitivity to transient faults using MicroC kernel. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 53(4), 1902-1909.Journal article Lapalme, J., Aboulhamid, E. M., & Nicolescu, G. (2006). A new efficient EDA tool design methodology. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, 5(2), 408-430.Conference paper Girodias, B., Bouchebaba, Y., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, E. M., Paulin, P., & Lavigueur, B. (2006, June). Application-level memory optimization for MPSoC [Paper]. 17th IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping, Chania, Crete, Greece.Conference paper Bouchhima, F., Brière, M., Nicolescu, G., Abid, M., & Aboulhamid, E. M. (2006, September). A SystemC/Simulink co-simulation framework for continuous/discrete-events simulation [Paper]. IEEE International Behavioral Modeling and Simulation Workshop, San Jose, CA, USA.Conference paper Nicolescu, G., Bouchhima, F., & Gheorghe, L. (2006, June). CODIS - a framework for continuous/discrete systems co-simulation [Paper]. 2nd IFAC Conference on Analysis and Design of Hybrid Systems (ADHS 2006), Alghero, Italy. Published in IFAC Proceedings Volumes, 39(5).Conference paper Gheorghe, L., Bouchhima, F., Nicolescu, G., & Boucheneb, H. (2006, June). Formal definitions of simulation interfaces in a continuous/discrete co-simulation tool [Paper]. 17th IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping, Chania, Crete, Greece.Conference paper Provost, S., Lavigueur, B., Bois, G., & Nicolescu, G. Integration of Configurable Processors in a Multiprocessor Platform [Paper]. IEEE International SOC Conference (SOCC 2006).Journal article Paulin, P. G., Pilkington, C., Langevin, M., Bensoudane, E., Lyonnard, D., Benny, O., Lavigueur, B., Lo, D., Beltrame, G., Gagné, V., & Nicolescu, G. (2006). Parallel Programming Models for a Multiprocessor Soc Platform Applied to Networking and Multimedia. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems, 14(7), 667-680.Conference paper Bouchebaba, Y., Gagné, V., Nicolescu, G., & Aboulhamid, M. (2006, June). SoC memory optimization using loop transformations [Paper]. 4th IEEE International Northeast Workshop on Circuits and Systems (NEWCAS 2006), Gatineau, Que., Canada.Conference paper Ignat, N., Nicolescu, B., Savaria, Y., & Nicolescu, G. Soft-Error Classification and Impact Analysis on Real-Time Operating Systems [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2006).Conference paper Hireche, N., Langlois, J. M. P., & Nicolescu, G. (2006, May). Survey of biological high performance computing: Algorithms, implementations and outlook research [Paper]. Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (CCECE 2006), Ottawa, Ontario.
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Conference paper Grou-Szabo, R., Ghattas, H., Savaria, Y., & Nicolescu, G. (2005, July). Component-Based Methodology for Hardware Design of a Dataflow Processing Network [Paper]. 5th International Workshop on System on Chip for Real-Time Applications (IWSOC 2005), Banff, Alberta, Canada.Conference paper Bouchhima, F., Nicolescu, G., Aboulhamid, M., & Abid, M. (2005, June). Discrete-Continuous Simulation Model for Accurate Validation in Component-Based Heterogeneous SoC Design [Paper]. 16th IEEE International Workshop on Rapid System Prototyping (RSP 2005), Montréal, Québec.Conference paper Gheorghe, L., & Nicolescu, G. (2005, July). Mp Socs Including Optical Interconnect. Technological Progresses and Challenges for CAD Tools Design [Paper]. 5th International Workshop on System on Chip for Real-Time Applications (IWSOC 2005), Banff, Alberta, Canada.Conference paper Nicolescu, B., Ignat, N., Savaria, Y., & Nicolescu, G. (2005, September). Sensitivity of real-time operating systems to transient faults : A cause study for microC kernel [Paper]. 8th European Conference on Radiation and its Effects on Components and Systems (RADECS 2005).
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Conference paper Bouchebaba, Y., Girodias, B., Nicolescu, G., Coelho, F., & Aboulhamid, E. M. (2004, September). Buffer and register allocation for memory space optimization [Paper]. IEEE 15th International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP 2004), Galveston, Texas. Published in Journal of VLSI Signal Processing Systems for Signal, Image and Video Technology, 49(1).Conference paper Lapalme, J., Aboulhamid, E. M., Nicolescu, G., Charest, L., Boyer, F.-R., David, J. P., & Bois, G. (2004, February). [dot]Net framework - A solution for the next generation tools for system-level modeling and simulation [Paper]. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition (DATE 2004), Paris, France.Conference paper Gorse, N., Metzger, M., Lapalme, J., Aboulhamid, E. M., Savaria, Y., & Nicolescu, G. (2004, December). Enhancing ESys.Net with a semi-formal verification layer [Paper]. 16th International Conference on Microelectronics (ICM 2004), Tunisie.Conference paper Lapalme, J., Aboulhamed, E. M., Nicolescu, G., Charest, L., Boyer, F.-R., David, J. P., & Bois, G. (2004, June). Esys.net: A New Solution for Embedded Systems Modeling and Simulation [Paper]. ACM SIGPLAN/SIGBED Conference on Languages, Compilers, and Tools for Embedded Systems (LCTES 2004), Washington, D.C.. Published in ACM Sigplan Notices, 39(7).Book chapter Jerraya, A.-A., & Nicolescu, G. (2004). Méthodes de validation pour systèmes hétérogènes. In Spécification et validation des systèmes monopuces (pp. 57-100).Book chapter Jerraya, A.-A., Nicolescu, G., & Yoo, S. (2004). Modèle de simulation pour logiciel et systèmes d'exploitation enfouis. In Spécification et validation des systèmes monopuces (pp. 101-120).Conference paper Paulin, P. G., Pilkington, C., Langevin, M., Bensoudane, E., & Nicolescu, G. (2004, September). Parallel programming models for a multi-processor SoC platform applied to high-speed traffic management [Paper]. International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Synthesis (CODES + ISSS 2004), Stockholm, Sweden.Book chapter Calvez, J.-P., & Nicolescu, G. (2004). Spécification et modélisation des systèmes logiciels/matériels. In Jerraya, A.-A., & Nicolescu, G. (eds.), Spécification et validation des systèmes monopuces (pp. 19-56).
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Conference paper Boyer, F.-R., Yang, L., Aboulamid, E. M., Charest, L., & Nicolescu, G. (2003, December). Multiple SimpleScalar Processors with Introspection, under SystemC [Paper]. 46th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2003), Cairo, Egypt.
