Discord server:

I realize I work better when I am surrounded by people who are working, and this is a culture I actively try to spread. If you want to be part of this, feel free to join my Discord server here!

Research and contact:

If you are interested in graph theory, combinatorial reconfiguration, parameterized complexity, or related areas, feel free to reach out at relsabeh (at) uwaterloo (dot) ca. I am always happy to discuss interesting problems and collaborations, and I often have open problems that could benefit from additional perspectives!

Publications:

2026

• Nicolas Bousquet, Frank Connor, Remy El Sabeh, Louis-Roy Langevin, Amer E. Mouawad, Naomi Nishimura, and Agnes Totschnig. Robotic arm rotation: Standing up is harder than you think. SWAT 2026.

• Nicolas Bousquet, Remy El Sabeh, Amer E. Mouawad, and Naomi Nishimura. On the Complexity of Constrained Reconfiguration and Motion Planning. SOFSEM 2026, pp. 1-15.
  
  2025

• Amir H. Dadpour, Timur Khayrullin, Fouad Afiouni, Remy El Sabeh, Amer E. Mouawad, Izzat El Hajj, and Alexandre Cooper. Low-latency control system for feedback experiments with optical-tweezer arrays. Physical Review Applied, 2025.

• Fouad Afiouni, Remy El Sabeh, Naomi Nishimura, Izzat El Hajj, Amer E. Mouawad, and Alexandre Cooper. Efficient algorithms to solve atom reconfiguration problems. III. The bird and batching algorithms and other parallel implementations on GPUs. arXiv:2504.06182.
  
  2023

• Remy El Sabeh, Jessica Bohm, Zhiqian Ding, Stephanie Maaz, Naomi Nishimura, Izzat El Hajj, Amer E. Mouawad, and Alexandre Cooper. Efficient algorithms to solve atom reconfiguration problems. II. Assignment-rerouting-ordering algorithm. Physical Review A, 108, 023108.

• Barry Cimring, Remy El Sabeh, Marc Bacvanski, Stephanie Maaz, Izzat El Hajj, Naomi Nishimura, Amer E. Mouawad, and Alexandre Cooper. Efficient algorithms to solve atom reconfiguration problems. I. Redistribution-reconfiguration algorithm. Physical Review A, 108, 023107.

Some of my current interests:

• Collecting stickers for the FIFA World Cup (~550/980 collected so far)

• Accessorizing my scooter Jorjio

• Finding new spots to work at, weather permitting

• Working on my book, "The Room They Call The World" (tentative name)