Shixin CHEN (陈时鑫)

Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Supervisor: Prof. Bei Yu
Email:sxchen22@cse.cuhk.edu.hk

Biography

I am a forth-year Ph.D. Student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), under the supervision of Prof. Bei Yu since Fall 2022. Before that, I received my B.Eng. degree in VLSI Design and System Integration at the School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Nanjing University in 2022. In 2018, I obtained my high school diploma at Shishi Senior High School in Chengdu.

Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, CUHK, Aug 2022 - Now
B.Eng. (Elite class, Rank 2ed), VLSI Design and System Integration, NJU, Sept 2018 - June 2022

(* represents equal contribution)

Conference Paper

[C5] Shixin Chen, Hengyuan Zhang, Jianwang Zhai, Bei Yu, “CHASE: A CHiplet Architecture Simulation and Exploration Framework with Decoupled Multi-Fidelity Optimization”, ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Bonn, Germany, Mar. 15–18, 2026.
[C4] Shixin Chen*, Peng Xu*, Yapeng Li, Tinghuan Chen, Bei Yu, “IP-Matcher: An Efficient One-to-Many Matching Framework for Analog Circuit Design and Reusing”, IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Verona, Italy, Apr. 20-22, 2026.
[C3] Shixin Chen, Hengyuan Zhang, Zichao Ling, Jianwang Zhai, Bei Yu, “The Survey of 2.5D Integrated Architecture: An EDA perspective”, IEEE/ACM Asian and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Japan, Jan. 21–23, 2025. (Invited Paper)
[C2] Mingjun Li*, Pengjia Li*, Shuo Yin, Shixin Chen, Beichen Li, Chong Tong, Jianlei Yang, Tinghuan Chen, Bei Yu, “WinoGen: A Highly Configurable Winograd Convolution IP Generator for Efficient CNN Acceleration on FPGA”, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024.
[C1] Shixin Chen, Su Zheng, Chen Bai, Wenqian Zhao, Shuo Yin, Yang Bai, Bei Yu, “SoC-Tuner: An Importance-guided Exploration Framework for DNN-targeting SoC Design”, IEEE/ACM Asian and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), South Korea, Jan. 22–25, 2024.(slides)

Journal Paper

[J3] Peng Xu, Su Zheng, Mingzi Wang, Ziyang Yu, Shixin Chen, Tinghuan Chen, Keren Zhu, Tsung-Yi Ho, Bei Yu, “Rank-DSE: Neural Pareto Comparator of Microarchitecture Design Space Exploration”, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), vol. 30, no. 05, pp. 71:1–71:24, 2025.
[J2] Shixin Chen, Shanyi Li, Zhen Zhuang, Su Zheng, Zheng Liang, Tsung-Yi Ho, Bei Yu, Alberto L. Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, “Floorplet: Performance-aware Floorplan Framework for Chiplet Integration”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 43, no. 06, pp. 1638–1649, 2024.
[J1] Yang Bai, Xufeng Yao, Qi Sun, Wenqian Zhao, Shixin Chen, Zixiao Wang, Bei Yu, “GTCO: Graph and Tensor Co-Design for Transformer-based Image Recognition on Tensor Cores”, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 43, no. 02, pp. 586–599, 2024.

Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scholarship (HKPFS)	Research Grant Council of Hong Kong	2022
CUHK Vice-Chancellor's PhD Scholarship	The Chinese University of Hong Kong	2022
Chenxue Overseas Study Scholarship	Nanjing University	2022
Outstanding Graduate of Jiangsu Province	The Education Department of Jiangsu Province	2022
The Star of Self-Improvement	National Union of Students of PRC	2021
The Person of the Year of NJU	Nanjing University	2021
The Dongliang Special Scholarship	Nanjing University	2021
National Scholarship	Education Ministry of PRC	2019
People's Scholarship	Nanjing University	2019-2021
National Encouragement Scholarship	Education Ministry of PRC	2020-2021
Student Model of Jiangsu Province	Nanjing University	2020
The Yang Lanyun Leadership Scholarship	Nanjing University	2020
Electronic Design Competition Second Prize	Jiangsu Province	2020
Sichuan Chamber of Commerce Scholarship	Sichuan Chamber of Commerce of Jiangsu Province	2019

Huawei Noah's Ark Lab

Conference Reviewer

Jornal Reviewer

IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD)
IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems (TVLSI)
ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES)