Xiaofei YU

I received a B.E. degree from Guangzhou University and am currently pursuing an M.Phil. in Microelectronics at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou), 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

• M.Phil., HKUST(GZ), China Sept. 2024 - Jun. 2026 (Expected)
  • Major: Microlectronics.
  • GPA: N/A.
• B.Eng., Guangzhou University, China Sept. 2020 - Jun. 2024
  • Major: Communication Engineering.
  • GPA: 88.00/100.00.
  • Comprehensive Rank: 3/80.

Selected Publications

• ELITE: Efficient Lookup Table Assisted Routing Engine for Photonic Integrated Circuits
  • X. 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*, X. 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*, X. 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, X. Yu, H. Chen, Y. Luo, Y. Tong, Y. Ma
  • Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2025. [PDF]