Hardware and Embedded Systems (HES) Group
The Hardware and Embedded Systems (HES) Group is part of the Computer Systems Lab
(CSL) at the ELIS Department, Ghent University.
Our work addresses electronic
design automation and architectural challenges for FPGAs and ASICs, from
logic synthesis and physical design to architecture exploration and system
design.
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📢 Announcement
FPL 2026 in Ghent
The 34th International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL 2026) will be held in Ghent, Belgium.
FPL is a leading international conference on field-programmable logic and reconfigurable computing, bringing together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry.
Highlights
Research
Our group conducts research at the intersection of logic synthesis, physical design, and architecture exploration, with a particular emphasis on FPGA-based systems and emerging computing platforms.
Projects
We develop open-source tools and methodologies for FPGA design automation, including interconnect-aware synthesis, routing, and multi-die architectures.
People
Our team consists of faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, PhD students, and master’s students working collaboratively on advanced hardware and system-level design challenges.