Christophe Dubach

Christophe Dubach is an Associate Professor at McGill University, jointly appointed in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and the School of Computer Science (CS). He holds a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at Mila. Previously, he was a Reader (Associate Professor) at the University of Edinburgh until 2019. His research focuses on data-parallel language design, high-level code generation for parallel hardware (GPUs/FPGAs), hardware design space exploration, and applying machine learning to these areas. He has advised numerous PhD and MSc students on topics like FPGA-based high-level synthesis, neural networks, and compiler optimization.

Education: PhD in Informatics (2009, University of Edinburgh), MSc in Computer Science (2005, EPFL, Switzerland). Teaching includes courses on compiler design, computer organization, and high-level synthesis. His projects include Lift (a functional IR for GPU code generation) and High-Level Synthesis of Neural Networks on FPGAs. Collaborators include Michel Steuwer, Lu Li, and others in the fields of compilers, machine learning, and parallel computing.