Xiaofei YU

I received a B.E. degree from Guangzhou University and an M.Phil. in Microelectronics from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou). I am currently a Ph.D. student in Microelectronics at HKUST(GZ), advised by Prof. Yuzhe Ma. My research interests are in the cross-disciplinary study of electronic design automation (EDA) and machine learning-aided VLSI design, with a focus on optimization methodologies for advanced integrated circuits and physical design methodologies for photonic integrated circuits.

Education

• Ph.D. student, HKUST(GZ), China 2026 - Present
  • Major: Microelectronics.
• M.Phil., HKUST(GZ), China Sept. 2024 - Jun. 2026
  • Major: Microelectronics.
• B.Eng., Guangzhou University, China Sept. 2020 - Jun. 2024
  • Major: Communication Engineering.
  • Comprehensive Rank: 3/80.

Selected Publications

• ELITE: Efficient Lookup Table Assisted Routing Engine for Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Xiaofei Yu, Y. Wu, H. Yan, Y. Tong, Y. Ma
  • International Symposium of EDA (ISEDA), 2026. [PDF]
  • Best Paper Nomination
• Constraints-aware Adaptive Routing with Hybrid Waveguides for Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • Y. Wu*, Xiaofei Yu*, X. Feng, Y. Tong, Y. Ma (*Equal contribution)
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), 2025. [PDF]
• Efficient Continuous Logic Optimization with Diffusion Model
  • Y. Ouyang*, Xiaofei Yu*, J. Zhu, T. Chen, Y. Ma (*Equal contribution)
  • ACM/IEEE The Chips to Systems Conference (previously known as Design Automation Conference, DAC), 2025. [PDF]
• PICBench: Benchmarking LLMs for Photonic Integrated Circuits Design
  • Y. Wu, Xiaofei Yu, H. Chen, Y. Luo, Y. Tong, Y. Ma
  • Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2025. [PDF]