Vannel Fabien

Vannel Fabien is a Full Professor at the Haute école du paysage, d'ingénierie et d'architecture de Genève (HEPIA), part of the HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts. He is affiliated with the Technical and IT School and the Department of Computer Science and Communication Systems. His research focuses on embedded systems, IoT, FPGA-based architectures, neuromorphic computing, and quantum communication technologies.

Education:

• PhD in Bio-inspired Computing (2007), École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), supervised by Daniel Mange

Research Interests:

• Development of self-organizing neuromorphic hardware architectures (SOMA project)
• High-performance FPGA-based platforms for IoT security and random number generation
• Cellular computing inspired by biological systems
• 3D Network-on-Chip (NoC) architectures and dynamic resource allocation
• Quantum key distribution (QKD) systems for secure communication

His work combines hardware design with bio-inspired algorithms, aiming to create adaptive, energy-efficient computing systems. Recent projects include SCALPsim (a 3D NoC modeling tool) and FPGA-based validation platforms for TRNGs.

Grants & Projects:

• Principal investigator for SOMA (2018-2021, SNSF-funded CHF 461,238)
• Co-applicant for iNUIT-2014 ArchSensor (2014-2015, HES-SO-funded CHF 220,000)
• Contributor to heterogeneous computing platforms (AcceleRation, 2013-2014)

Labs & Teams: Lead researcher in the SOMA team at HES-SO, collaborating with institutions like Université de Nice and INRIA.