Research Topics

• Design and implementation of image and signal processing systems
  • Video codecs
    • Complexity reduction in video coding (HEVC, VVC)
    • Low power HEVC video decoder
  • Approximate computing
    • Fixed-point arithmetic,
    • Mathematical function approximation for embedded systems
  • Energy consumption,
    • Energy management in MP-SoC
    • Energy optimization in reconfigurable dataflw applications

Collaborations

•   Tampere University of Technology (Finland) : video coding
•   Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) : energy consumption,  video coding
•   IMEC (Belgium) : design of fixed-point systems for Software Defined Radio
•   EPFL (Switzerland) : approximate computing
•   University of San Pablo-CEU : accuracy evaluation, fixed-point conversion

Funded projects

• FUI EFIGI 2017 – 2020
• H2020 CERBERO 2017-2020
• ANR ARTEFaCT 2016-2019
• FUI project: GreenVideo 2014-2016
• EU FP7 ALMA
• ANR ROMA
• ANR DEFIS
• Nano 2012 S2S4HLS (ST Microelectronics)
• RNTL OSGAR

Phd Students

• Justine Bonnot  (2016-2019) Error analysis for approximate computing systems
• Florian Arrestier (2017-2020) Energy Optimization for Reconfigurable Dataflow Applications
• Thomas Amestoy (2017-2020) Optimization of Parallel and Real-time Decoder for Versatile Video Coding
• Alexandre Tissier (2018-2021) Encoders for Versatile Video Coding
• Ibrahim Farhat (2019-2020) Design of efficient HW decoder for VVC

Phd Graduates

• Alexandre Mercat (phd defended in december 2018) Complexity Control for Low-Power HEVC Encoding
• Riham Nehmeh (Phd, defended in june 2017): Quality Evaluation in Fixed-point Systems with Selective Simulation
• Erwan Nogues (Phd, defended in june 2016): Energy Optimization of Signal Processing on MPSoCs and its Application to Video Decoding
• Mathab Alam (Phd, defended in february 2013) :  Power-Aware Adaptive Techniques for Wireless Sensor Networks
• Kartick PARASHAR (Phd, defended in december 2012) System level approach for implementation of DSP applications in fixed-point architectures
• Andreï Biancu (Phd CIFRE – ST Microelectronics, defended in february 2012) A stochastic approach for the range evaluation
• Hai-Nam NGUYEN (Phd, defended in december 2011) Optimisation de la précision de calcul pour la réduction d’énergie des systèmes embarqués
• Shafkat KHAN (Phd defended in september 2010) Reconfigurable operators for multimedia processi
• Nicolas HERVE (Phd, defended in march 2007) Contributions à la synthèse d’architecture en virgule fixe à largeurs multiples
• Romuald ROCHER (Phd, defended in december 2006  Evaluation analytique de la précision des systèmes en virgule fixe