Integrated Circuits and Smart Systems Laboratory
Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University
Assistant Professor
Yi-Chung Wu received the B.S. degree in electrical engineering and computer science and the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, in 2013 and 2016 respectively, and the Ph.D. degree from the Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, National Taiwan University (NTU) in 2021. From 2021 to 2024, he served as a post-doctoral researcher at NTU. Yi-Chung then joined the faculty of the Institute of Electronics at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in 2024, where he is currently an Assistant Professor. His research interests include energy-efficient VLSI circuits and high-performance system-on-chip design for bioinformatics, AI/ML, and digital signal processing.
Dr. Wu was the recipient of the ISSCC Silkroad Award in 2017 and IEEE SSCS Predoctoral Achievement Award in 2019. He also received the ISSCC Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East paper in 2020 and the Best Design Award of ASSCC Student Design Contest in 2022. He was also awarded several PhD dissertation awards, including IEEE Taipei Section, Taiwan IC Design Society, and Taiwan Engineering Medicine Biology Association.
Education
PhD Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering, National Taiwan University 2021
MS Institute of Electronics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University 2016
BS Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, National Chiao Tung University 2013
Honors and Awards
Post-Doctoral Academic Research Award, National Science and Technology Council (2024)
Best Paper Award (Digital and System), VLSI Design/CAD Symposium (2023)
Semiconductor Award (Post-Doctoral Research), Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (2023)
Best Design Award, IEEE A-SSCC Student Design Contest (2022)
PhD Dissertation Award, IEEE Taipei Section (2022)
Best PhD Dissertation Award, National Taiwan University (2022)
Best PhD Dissertation Award, Taiwan Engineering Medicine Biology Association (2022)
PhD Dissertation Award, Taiwan IC Design Society (2021)
Takuo Sugano Award for Outstanding Far-East Paper, International Solid-State Circuits Conference (2020)
Gold Award, Macronix Golden Silicon Awards (2020)
Predoctoral Achievement Award, IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (2019)
PhD Scholarship, Novatek (2018)
Semiconductor Award (PhD Student), Taiwan Semiconductor Industry Association (2018)
Special Design Award, Taiwan Semiconductor Research Institue (2017, 2020, and 2023)
Bronze Award, Macronix Golden Silicon Awards (2017 and 2019)
Silkroad Award, International Solid-State Circuits Conference, 2017
MS Thesis Award, Taiwan Engineering Medicine Biology Association (2017)
Outstanding Research Award, Graduate Institute of Electronics Engineering at National Taiwan University (2016 and 2020)
2nd Place of Youth Academic Thesis Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering (2016)
1st Place in IE Design Contest (Core Technology), Ministry of Education (2015)
1st Place in IC/CAD Design Contest (Cell-Based Design), Ministry of Education (2015)
Professional Activities
Reviewer (Conferences)
International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC)
Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI)
International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS)
Reviewer (Journals)
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC)
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)
IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS)