Publications

Journal Papers

• [J6] Xufeng Yao, Jiaxi Jiang, Yuxuan Zhao, Peiyu Liao, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, “EvoPlace: Evolution of Optimization Algorithms for Global Placement via Large Language Models”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2026.

• [J5] Wendong Xu, Yuhao Ji, Yang Bai, Yueting Li, Yuxuan Zhao, Zhengwu Liu, Bei Yu, Ngai Wong, “PPD: A Portable and Highly Parallel Dispatching System for Deep Learning”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), 2025.

• [J4] Jiaxi Jiang, Yuan Pu, Mingjun Li, Yuxuan Zhao, Peiyu Liao, Zuodong Zhang, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, “RegPlace: Regularity-aware Placement for Full-System DNN Accelerator Designs”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2025.

• [J3] Yuntao Lu, Chen Bai, Yuxuan Zhao, Ziyue Zheng, Yangdi Lyu, Mingyu Liu, Bei Yu, “DeepVerifier: Learning to Update Test Sequences for Coverage-Guided Verification”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), 2025.

• [J2] Yuxuan Zhao*, Peiyu Liao*, Siting Liu, Jiaxi Jiang, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, “Analytical Heterogeneous Die-to-Die 3D Placement with Macros”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2024.

• [J1] Peiyu Liao*, Yuxuan Zhao*, Dawei Guo, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, “Analytical Die-to-Die 3D Placement with Bistratal Wirelength Model and GPU Acceleration”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2023.

Conference Papers

• [C12] Yuhao Ji, Yunqi Shi, Tianshu Hou, Yuxuan Zhao, Chunyuan Zhao, Peiyu Liao, Zizheng Guo, Chao Qian, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, “Integrated Timing-driven Placement for Hybrid-Bonding-based Face-to-Face 3D ICs”, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Long Beach, Jul. 26–29, 2026.

• [C11] Lancheng Zou, Sing Sen YE, Shuo Yin, Yuan Pu, Jiaxi Jiang, Siting Liu, Yuxuan Zhao, Bei Yu, “IncreMacro-3D: Incremental Macro Placement for Face-to-Face Stacked Memory-on-Logic 3D ICs”, IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Verona, Italy, Apr. 20–22, 2026.

• [C10] Qinggong Shen, Chaoli Zhang, Haoyang Xu, Zhiwen Yu, Bin Guo, Yuxuan Zhao, Bei Yu, Tsung-Yi Ho, Xing Huang, “HPPlacer: A High-Precision Slack-Aware Global Placement Engine”, IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Verona, Italy, Apr. 20–22, 2026.

• [C9] Zhen Zhuang, Zheng Yang, Yuxuan Zhao, Jiawei Hu, Bei Yu, Sung Kyu Lim, Tsung-Yi Ho, “DPO-3D: Differentiable Power Delivery Network Optimization via Flexible Modeling for Routability and IR-Drop Tradeoff in Face-to-Face 3D ICs”, IEEE/ACM Asian and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Hong Kong, Jan. 19–22, 2026.

• [C8] Peiyu Liao*, Yuxuan Zhao*, Siting Liu, Bei Yu, “Ultrafast Density Gradient Accumulation in 3D Analytical Placement with Divergence Theorem”, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Munich, Oct. 26–30, 2025.

• [C7] Yuxuan Zhao, Feng Gu, Siting Liu, Peiyu Liao, Bei Yu, “H3D: Heterogeneous Resources Aware Global Router for Face-to-Face Bonded 3D ICs”, IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Munich, Oct. 26–30, 2025.

• [C6] Yuxuan Zhao, Peiyu Liao, Bei Yu, “3D-Flow: Flow-based Standard Cell Legalization for 3D ICs”, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, Jun. 22–25, 2025.

• [C5] Xun Jiang, Haoran Lu, Yuxuan Zhao, Jiarui Wang, Zizheng Guo, Heng Wu, Bei Yu, Sung Kyu Lim, Runsheng Wang, Ru Huang, Yibo Lin, “A Systematic Approach for Multi-Objective Double-Side Clock Tree Synthesis”, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, Jun. 22–25, 2025.

• [C4] Yuxuan Zhao, Lancheng Zou, Bei Yu, “Physical Design for Advanced 3D ICs: Challenges and Solutions”, ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Austin, Mar. 16–19, 2025. (Invited Paper)

• [C3] Yuxuan Zhao, Qi Sun, Zhuolun He, Yang Bai, Bei Yu, “AutoGraph: Optimizing DNN Computation Graph for Parallel GPU Kernel Execution”, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), Feb. 7–14, 2023. (Oral)

• [C2] Qi Sun, Xinyun Zhang, Hao Geng, Yuxuan Zhao, Yang Bai, Haisheng Zheng, Bei Yu, “GTuner: Tuning DNN Computations on GPU via Graph Attention Network”, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul. 10–14, 2022.

• [C1] Haoyu Yang, Kit Fung, Yuxuan Zhao, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, “Mixed-Cell-Height Legalization on CPU-GPU Heterogeneous Systems”, IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Mar. 14–23, 2022.