AI FOR EDA OPTIMIZATION ACROSS RTL, LOGIC SYNTHESIS, AND PHYSICAL DESIGN

About

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University, advised by Prof. Chun-Yao Wang and Prof. Bei Yu. I received an M.S. in Computer Science from National Tsing Hua University in 2023 and a B.S. in Computer Science and Information Engineering from Ming Chuan University in 2021.

My research focuses on LLMs for EDA, particularly algorithm discovery and design-adaptive optimization. Building on my work in RTL recovery, logic synthesis, and physical design, I explore LLM-guided optimization across the circuit design flow.

I have received more than ten awards in international EDA contests, including three first-place awards in the ICCAD CAD Contest and CADathlon. I am also a recipient of the Synopsys – Prof. Chung Laung Liu Ph.D. Scholarship.

Recent News

Latest Updates
  • Our team has been selected for an Honorable Mention in Problem A of the ICCAD 2026 CAD Contest. [to appear]

  • Trinity, our new preprint on generative floorplanning, is now available on arXiv. [Project] [arXiv] [Code]

  • Our team won Second Place in the MLCAD 2026 Contest. Our invited paper, TAPCO, was presented at MLCAD 2026. [Certificate] [Official] []

  • Received the Excellent Teaching Assistant Award and an Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at National Tsing Hua University. [Certificate] [Trophy] [Photo]

  • Received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Department of CSIE at Ming Chuan University. [Certificates]

  • Our team won Second Place in the IWLS 2026 Programming Contest. [Certificate] [Photos] [Official] []

Research Interests

AI for EDA

I develop AI-driven algorithms for faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient circuits.

Publications

Selected

* denotes equal contribution.

MLCAD 2026[C17]Invited paper

TAPCO: LLM-Guided Design-Adaptive Timing and Power Co-Optimization

Wuqian Tang*, Zixiao Wang*, Che-Chien Lin, Fong-Hua Fu, Laura Angélica Shion-Korsak, Xinyun Zhang, Bei Yu, Chun-Yao Wang

ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Machine Learning for CAD Jeju, South Korea, Sep. 7–9, 2026

DAC 2026[C15]

HyPAS: A Hybrid Optimization Framework for Placement and Sizing Co-Optimization

Fangzhou Liu*, Wuqian Tang*, Bo-Ying Wang, An-Chieh Shen, Han-Wen Tsao, Yuyang Ye, Yun Shao, Chun-Yao Wang, Bei Yu

ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Long Beach, California, USA, Jul. 26–29, 2026

TODAES 2026[J2]

CB-EVO: Contextual Bandit Tuning with Evolutionary Search for Logic Synthesis

Fangzhou Liu, Wuqian Tang, Zehua Pei, Ziyang Yu, Haisheng Zheng, Zhuolun He, Mengjia Dai, Tinghuan Chen, Bei Yu

ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 119:1–119:26, 2026

DATE 2024[C1]

A Hybrid Approach to Reverse Engineering on Combinational Circuits

Wuqian Tang, Yi-Ting Li, Kai-Po Hsu, Kuan-Ling Chou, You-Cheng Lin, Chia-Feng Chien, Tzu-Li Hsu, Yung-Chih Chen, Ting-Chi Wang, Shih-Chieh Chang, TingTing Hwang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe Valencia, Spain, Mar. 25–27, 2024

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2026

arXiv 2026[P1]Preprint

Trinity: One Differentiable Physics for Training, Refining and Scoring Generative Floorplanners

Shih-Ying Yeh*, Tzu-Sian Wang*, Xuehai Wang, Jia-Hua Lee, Daniel Z. Kaplan, Ming-Qi Xu, Wuqian Tang, Chun-Yao Wang, Shang-Hong Lai, Chun-Yi Lee

arXiv arXiv:2610.04957 Submitted Oct. 4, 2026

ICCD 2026[C19]To appear

Observability-Aware Pattern Generation for Hardware Trojan Detection

Yu-Cheng He, Han-Wen Tsao, Yung-Chih Chen, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Jian-Meng Yang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International Conference on Computer Design Hong Kong SAR, China, Nov. 16–18, 2026

ICCAD 2026[C18]To appear

A Design Rule-Aware Post-Route ECO Framework for Fixing Electromigration Violations

Bo-Ying Wang, Yong-Fong Chang, Hsun-Wei Pao, Yung-Chih Chen, Tien-Hsin Peng, Yu-Ting Hung, Tsai-Chieh Cheng, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Chun-Yao Wang, Shih-Chieh Chang

ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design San Jose, California, USA, Nov. 8–12, 2026

DAC 2026[C16]

Late Breaking Results: QUBO Approaches to Logic Equivalence Checking and Testing

Tao-Chun Huang, Hao-Yu Tsai, You-Cheng Lin, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Jian-Meng Yang, Chun-Yao Wang

ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference Long Beach, California, USA, Jul. 26–29, 2026 pp. 1–2

DATE 2026[C14]

Learning to Approximate: Circuit Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning for Approximate Logic Synthesis with an Error Rate Guarantee

Chi-Wei Chen, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Jian-Meng Yang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe Verona, Italy, Apr. 20–22, 2026

DATE 2026[C13]

A Mathematical Exploration to Equivalence Checking of Quantum Circuits

You-Cheng Lin, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Chia-Chieh Chu, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe Verona, Italy, Apr. 20–22, 2026

VLSI-TSA 2026[C12]

Process Selection Strategy for Chiplet-Based 2.5D Systems under Design Constraints

Zi-Wei Huang, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Liang-Chia Cheng, Yung-Chih Chen, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International VLSI Symposium on Technology, Systems and Applications Hsinchu, Taiwan, Apr. 13–17, 2026

ISQED 2026[C11]

Integrating Automatic Prompt Engineering and Vision-Language Model for Pad Defect Classification

Yi-Ting Shen, Yan-Hsiu Liu, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Hao-Chiang Shao, Chia-Wen Lin, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design San Francisco, California, USA, Apr. 8–10, 2026

ISQED 2026[C10]

An Efficient Approach to NP3-Boolean Matching: Leveraging Multi-bit Ports and Reverse Engineering to Minimize Search Space

Kai-Po Hsu, Yi-Ting Li, Fu-Cheng Cai, Chia-Feng Chien, Wuqian Tang, Ting-Yu Ku, Yu-Chen Cheng, Tsung-Han Lai, Cheng-Lung Wang, Yi-Ting Shen, Kuan-Ling Chou, Zi-Wei Huang, Tao-Chun Huang, Tzu-Li Hsu, Yung-Chih Chen, Shih-Chieh Chang, Ting-Chi Wang, TingTing Hwang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design San Francisco, California, USA, Apr. 8–10, 2026

ISQED 2026[C9]

Area-Oriented Threshold Logic Circuit Synthesis Using Negative Weights

Yu-Chuan Yen, Fu-Cheng Cai, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Ihao Chen, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design San Francisco, California, USA, Apr. 8–10, 2026

2025

ISOCC 2025[C8]

Improving CNN-based Pad Defect Classification with Enhanced Preprocessing Techniques

Chia-Feng Chien, Ming-Wei Chen, Yin-Chen Chang, Yung-Chih Chen, Yan-Hsiu Liu, Hao-Chiang Shao, Chia-Wen Lin, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International SoC Design Conference Busan, South Korea, Oct. 15–18, 2025

GLSVLSI 2025[C7]

CNN Model Optimization Using a Hybrid Approach of Genetic Algorithm-based Pruning and Retraining with Knowledge Distillation

Kuan-Ling Chou, Cheng-Lung Wang, Yung-Chih Chen, Wuqian Tang, Yi-Ting Li, Shih-Chieh Chang, Chun-Yao Wang

ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, Jun. 30 – Jul. 2, 2025

DAC 2025[C6]

Real-Time Dynamic IR-drop Prediction for IR ECO

Yu-Che Lee, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Yu-Chen Cheng, Yong-Fong Chang, Jia Wei Lin, Hsun-Wei Pao, Yung-Chih Chen, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Shih-Chieh Chang, Chun-Yao Wang

ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference San Francisco, California, USA, Jun. 22–25, 2025

ISQED 2025[C5]

IMU-based Motion Trajectory Reconstruction and Recognition with Dynamic Calibration on Embedded System Platform

Kai-Po Hsu, Tsung-Han Lai, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yun-Ju Lee, Yung-Chih Chen, Wen-Hsin Chiu, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design San Francisco, California, USA, Apr. 23–25, 2025

DADH 2025[J1]In Chinese

The Lunar-Month-Interval Algorithm for Dating Oracle Bone Inscriptions

Yuh-Pyng Shieh, Shao-Hang Hsu, Wuqian Tang, Wei-Ying Ke, Po-sheng Ou, Yu-wei Chang, Ming-chorng Hwang

Journal of Digital Archives and Digital Humanities vol. 15, pp. 1–35, Apr 2025

2024

ISPACS 2024[C4]

On Construction of Trajectory of Boxer’s Punch using a single IMU

Yu-Cheng Lee, Kai-Po Hsu, Yun-Ju Lee, Yi-Ting Li, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Wen-Hsin Chiu, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International Symposium on Intelligent Signal Processing and Communication Systems Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Dec. 10–13, 2024

SOCC 2024[C3]

Model Reduction Using a Hybrid Approach of Genetic Algorithm and Rule-based Method

Wuqian Tang, Chuan-Shun Huang, Yung-Chih Chen, Yi-Ting Li, Shih-Chieh Chang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International System-on-Chip Conference Dresden, Germany, Sep. 16–19, 2024

VLSI-TSA 2024[C2]

An Efficient Approach to Iterative Network Pruning

Chuan-Shun Huang, Wuqian Tang, Yung-Chih Chen, Yi-Ting Li, Shih-Chieh Chang, Chun-Yao Wang

IEEE International VLSI Symposium on Technology, Systems and Applications Hsinchu, Taiwan, Apr. 22–25, 2024

Education & Experience

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Sep 2023 – Expected Jul 2027

National Tsing Hua University

Advised by Prof. Chun-Yao Wang and Prof. Bei Yu (CUHK)

M.S. in Computer Science

Sep 2021 – Jul 2023

National Tsing Hua University

Advised by Prof. Chun-Yao Wang

B.S. in Computer Science and Information Engineering

Sep 2017 – Jun 2021

Ming Chuan University

Work Experience

R&D Intern, Logic Synthesis Group

Jun 2025 – Sep 2025

Giga Design Automation

Shanghai PI: Dr. Yun Shao

Assistant Researcher, Design Automation Laboratory

Jan 2024 – Mar 2024

Shenzhen Research Institute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Shenzhen PI: Prof. Bei Yu

Awards & Honors

Selected
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  • Nov 2026

    Honorable Mention (Problem A), ICCAD CAD Contest

    LLM-Assisted Netlist Exploration and Transformation

  • Aug 2025–
    Aug 2026

    Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award × 3

    National Tsing Hua University Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026

  • Jun 2026

    Distinguished Alumnus Award

    Department of CSIE, Ming Chuan University

  • Mar 2026

    Second Place, ISPD Contest

    Post-placement buffering and sizing

  • Oct 2025

    Second Place (Problem A), ICCAD CAD Contest

    Hardware Trojan Detection on Gate Level Netlist

  • Oct 2025

    Student Scholar Program Award

    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design

  • May 2025

    Presidential Hsing Chien Award

    National Tsing Hua University One of 13 university-wide recipients

  • Oct 2024

    Second Place (Problem A), ICCAD CAD Contest

    Reinforcement Logic Optimization for a General Cost Function

  • Oct 2024

    Second Place, ICCAD CADathlon

    ACM/SIGDA CADathlon Programming Contest Olympic Games of EDA

  • Oct 2024

    Honorable Mention (Problem B), ICCAD CAD Contest

    Power and Timing Optimization Using Multibit Flip-Flop

  • Oct 2023

    Honorable Mention (Problem A), ICCAD CAD Contest

    Multi-bit Large-scale Boolean Matching

  • Aug 2023

    Third Place, EDAthon

    IEEE CEDA Hong Kong Chapter Electronic design automation programming competition

  • Sep 2021–
    Present

    Mainland China Student Scholarship

    National Tsing Hua University

  • May 2021

    Outstanding Contribution Award

    Department of CSIE, Ming Chuan University

  • Dec 2019–
    Dec 2020

    First Place, MCU Programming Contest

    Ming Chuan University Advanced Division (2019, 2020)

  • Dec 2020

    Honorable Mention, Central Taiwan Programming Contest

    National Changhua University of Education Central Taiwan collegiate programming competition

  • Nov 2020

    Silver Award, ICPC Asia Taipei–Hsinchu Regional

    ICPC Foundation Asia Taipei–Hsinchu regional programming contest

  • Nov 2018–
    Nov 2020

    Honorable Mention, NCPC

    Ministry of Education, Taiwan Collegiate programming competition (2018, 2019, 2020)

  • Oct 2020

    Honorable Mention, TOPC

    ICPC Foundation Taiwan Online Programming Contest

  • Nov 2019

    Bronze Award, ICPC Asia Taipei–Hsinchu Regional

    ICPC Foundation Asia Taipei–Hsinchu regional programming contest

  • Oct 2019

    Silver Award, TOPC

    ICPC Foundation Taiwan Online Programming Contest

  • Jul 2019

    Silver Prize, NCPU

    ICPC Foundation Taiwan National Contest for Private Universities

  • Jun 2018

    First Place, Intercollegiate Freshman Cup Programming Contest

    Ming Chuan University Programming competition for first-year students

  • Jan 2018

    Third Place & Popularity Award, Three-University Software Innovation Exhibition and Competition

    Fu Jen Catholic University Software innovation competition under a Ministry of Education program

Wuqian Tang holding his certificate with guests at the 2026 Hsinchu City Outstanding Youth award ceremony.
Hsinchu City Outstanding YouthCollege / University Division Mar 2026
Wuqian Tang holding his Presidential Hsing Chien Award certificate with guests at National Tsing Hua University in May 2025.
Presidential Hsing Chien AwardNational Tsing Hua University May 2025

Teaching

National Tsing Hua University

Teaching assistant for courses in programming, computer architecture, logic synthesis, integrated circuit design, and hardware security.

  • Introduction to Programming

    Prof. Yu-Guang Chen Department of Electrical Engineering [Course Website]

    Fall 2026

  • Hardware Security

    Prof. Yu-Guang Chen and Prof. TingTing Hwang Institute of Information Security [Student Evaluations]

    Spring 2026

  • Advanced Logic Synthesis

    Prof. TingTing Hwang Department of Computer Science [Student Evaluations]

    Spring 2025, Spring 2026

  • Introduction to Integrated Circuit Design

    Prof. Yu-Guang Chen Department of Computer Science [Student Evaluations]

    Fall 2025

  • Computer Architecture

    Prof. TingTing Hwang Department of Computer Science [Student Evaluations]

    Fall 2024, Fall 2025

  • Design Automation (I)

    Prof. Jeong-Tyng Li College of Semiconductor Research [Student Evaluations]

    Spring 2025

Excellent Teaching Assistant Award (Spring 2026) Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award (Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026)

Hobbies

Outside research, I enjoy badminton, swimming, and table tennis.

In May 2025, I won first place in badminton doubles at National Tsing Hua University's Interdepartmental Cup. [Medal]

BadmintonSwimmingTable tennis
Wuqian Tang and his doubles partner holding their first-place medals and rackets at the 2025 NTHU Interdepartmental Cup badminton competition.
Interdepartmental Cup Doubles champions, May 2025

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