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Publications

Papers are grouped into first/corresponding-author work and collaborative work, ordered roughly by significance and date within each group. Lab members are shown in bold.

Venues of first and corresponding-author papers
Authorship roles across papers

More than 50 papers in total, 14 as first author and 17 as corresponding author. Each entry below carries a publisher DOI, an arXiv preprint or a Google Scholar search link.

First and corresponding-author papers

Includes first-author, co-first-author, corresponding and co-corresponding author papers. Co-first marks a co-first author and Corresp. a corresponding or co-corresponding author.

01 Lei Cai, Yaoyu Tao, Chenchen Xie, Longhao Yan, Shiqian Li, Ruihong Shen, Zelun Pan, Xile Wang, Bowen Wang, Daijing Shi, Yihang Zhu, Teng Zhang, Yixin Zhu, Xi Li, Zhitang Song, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. A sub-10-millisecond neural dynamical system based on phase-change memristors. Science, 2026, 393(6806): 105–112. Co-firstCorresp. DOI Search
02 Lei Cai, Yaoyu Tao, Teng Zhang, Chang Liu, Pek Jun Tiw, Lianfeng Yu, Zelun Pan, Longhao Yan, Haoyang Luo, Yihang Zhu, Bowen Wang, Bonan Yan, Xiyuan Tang, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. A first-principle hetero-integrated Fourier transform system based on memristors. Nature Electronics, 2025. Co-firstCorresp. DOI Search
03 Lianfeng Yu, Teng Zhang, Zeyu Wang, Xile Wang, Zelun Pan, Bowen Wang, Zhaokun Jing, Jiaxin Liu, Yuqi Li, Ziang Xie, Yihang Zhu, Bonan Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. Fast and reconfigurable sort-in-memory system enabled by memristors. Nature Electronics, 2025, 14: 1076. Corresp. DOI arXiv Search
04 Jiarong Wang, Keqin Liu, Pek Jun Tiw, Dawei He, Lianfeng Yu, Bowen Wang, Jinxuan Bai, Teng Zhang, Xin Shan, Yang Yang, Yuzhe Wang, Yongsheng Wang, Yaoyu Tao, Xiaoxian Zhang, Yuchao Yang. Homogeneous integration of two-dimensional material-based optoelectronic neurons and ferroelectric synapses for neuromorphic vision. Nature Communications, 2026, 17(1): 1373. Corresp. DOI Search
05 Chang Liu, Pek Jun Tiw, Teng Zhang, Yanghao Wang, Lei Cai, Rui Yuan, Zelun Pan, Wenshuo Yue, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. VO2 memristor-based frequency converter with in-situ synthesize and mix for wireless internet-of-things. Nature Communications, 2024, 15: 1523. Corresp. DOI Search
06 Lianfeng Yu, Teng Zhang, Yang Han, Bowen Wang, Ziang Xie, Haochen Zhang, Jiaxin Liu, Longhao Yan, Pek Jun Tiw, Daijing Shi, Lei Cai, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. High-concurrency tri-mode memristor-based ODE solver. Nature Communications, 2025. Corresp. DOI Search
07 Yaoyu Tao, Sung-Gun Cho, Zhengya Zhang. A configurable successive-cancellation list polar decoder using split-tree architecture. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), 2020, 56(2): 612–623. First author Search
08 Yaoyu Tao, Zhengya Zhang. HiMA: A fast and scalable history-based memory access engine for differentiable neural computer. IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2021: 845–856. First author arXiv Search
09 Yihang Zhu, Lei Cai, Lianfeng Yu, Anjunyi Fan, Longhao Yan, Zhaokun Jing, Bonan Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. MeMCISA: Memristor-enabled memory-centric instruction-set architecture for database systems. IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2024: 1678–1692. Corresp. Search
10 Junkang Zhu, Yaoyu Tao, Zhengya Zhang. eNODE: Energy-efficient and low-latency edge inference and training of neural ODEs. IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2023: 802–813. Co-first Search
11 Ziang Xie, Yaoyu Tao, Zelun Pan, Haojun Chen, Zhiyuan Li, Qinghao Wang, Zhiming Pan, Yihang Zhu, Zixiang Luo, Yian Yang, Mo Guang, Kaiwen Long, Yaodong Yang, Yuchao Yang. PiMM-NoC: Process-in-memristor-memory NoC with RL mapping framework for versatile AI models. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2026. Co-firstCorresp. Program Search
12 Yaoyu Tao, Sung-Gun Cho, Zhengya Zhang. A 3.25 Gb/s, 13.2 pJ/b, 0.64 mm2 configurable successive-cancellation list polar decoder using split-tree architecture in 40nm CMOS. IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2019: C240–C241. First authorBest paper nomination Search
13 Zelun Pan, Longhao Yan, Xile Wang, Bowen Wang, Yueying Luo, Zhe Zhan, Xi Li, Yuqi Li, Lei Cai, Teng Zhang, Minghui Yin, Yaoyu Tao, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang. A 40nm mixed-precision PCM chip with fused analog/digital compute-in-memory and adaptive drift compensation for embodied AI applications. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2025. Corresp. Search
14 Bowen Wang, Zelun Pan, Zhe Zhan, Longhao Yan, Jiukai Fang, Xile Wang, Yuqi Li, Minghui Yin, Xi Li, Zhitang Song, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. A 40nm 3.58 mJ/frame PCM-based POSIT/INT mixed-precision digital/analog CIM chip for edge foveated rendering. IEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC), 2026. Corresp. Program Search
15 Yaoyu Tao, Zhengya Zhang. DNC-aided SCL-flip decoding of polar codes. IEEE Global Communications Conference (Globecom), 2021: 1–6. First authorBest paper award arXiv Search
16 Yaoyu Tao, Shuanghong Sun, Zhengya Zhang. Efficient post-processors for improving error-correcting performance of LDPC codes. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I (TCAS-I), 2019, 66(10): 4032–4043. First author arXiv Search
17 Jinxuan Bai, Dawei He, Bingjie Dang, Keqin Liu, Zhen Yang, Jiarong Wang, Xiaoxian Zhang, Yongsheng Wang, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. Full van der Waals bipolar ferroelectric configurable optical hetero-synapses for in-sensor computing. Advanced Materials, 2024, 36(50): 2401060. Corresp. Search
18 Lei Cai, Jing Wang, Lianfeng Yu, Bonan Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. Accelerating neural-ODE inference on FPGAs with two-stage structured pruning and history-based stepsize search. ACM International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA), 2023: 177–183. Corresp. Search
19 Yang Han, Lianfeng Yu, Teng Zhang, Bowen Wang, Yihang Zhu, Lei Cai, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. MGPA: A memristor-based genome processing accelerator for single-cell RNA sequencing. Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2026: 1–3. Corresp. Search
20 Lianfeng Yu, Zhaokun Jing, Yuchao Yang, Yaoyu Tao. Fast and scalable memristive in-memory sorting with column-skipping algorithm. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2022: 590–594. Corresp. arXiv Search
21 Lei Cai, Lianfeng Yu, Wenshuo Yue, Yihang Zhu, Zhiyu Yang, Yuqi Li, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. Integrated memristor network for physiological signal processing. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2023, 9(6): 2300021. Corresp. Search
22 Zhiyu Yang, Keqin Liu, Rui Yuan, Xulei Wu, Lei Cai, Teng Zhang, Yaoyu Tao, Yufeng Jin, Yuchao Yang. Seizure detection using dynamic memristor-based reservoir computing and leaky integrate-and-fire neuron for post-processing. APL Machine Learning, 2023, 1: 046123. Corresp. Search
23 Yaoyu Tao, Cedric Choi. High-throughput split-tree architecture for nonbinary SCL polar decoder. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2022: 2057–2061. First author arXiv Search
24 Yaoyu Tao, Qi Wu. An automated FPGA-based framework for rapid prototyping of nonbinary LDPC codes. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2019. First author arXiv Search
25 Yaoyu Tao, Youn Sung Park, Zhengya Zhang. High-throughput architecture and implementation of regular (2, dc) nonbinary LDPC decoders. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2012: 2625–2628. First author Search

Collaborative papers

Work carried out jointly with groups in devices, materials and systems.

01 Wenshuo Yue, Teng Zhang, Zhaokun Jing, Kai Wu, Yuxiang Yang, Zhen Yang, Yongqin Wu, Weihai Bu, Kai Zheng, Jin Kang, Yibo Lin, Yaoyu Tao, Bonan Yan, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. Scalable universal Ising machine enabled by interaction-centric storage and compute-in-memory technology. Nature Electronics, 2024. DOI Search
02 Wenshuo Yue, Kai Wu, Zhiyuan Li, Juchen Zhou, Zeyu Wang, Teng Zhang, Yuxiang Yang, Lintao Ye, Yongqin Wu, Weihai Bu, Shaozhi Wang, Xiaodong He, Xiaobing Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Bonan Yan, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. Physical unclonable in-memory computing for simultaneously protecting private data and deep learning models. Nature Communications, 2025. Search
03 Daijing Shi, Yihan Fu, Yihang Zhu, Anjunyi Fan, Yaoyu Tao, Bonan Yan, Yuchao Yang. Correcting processing-in-memory multiply-accumulate arithmetic errors with LDPC. npj Unconventional Computing, 2026. DOI arXiv Search
04 Daijing Shi, Hongxiao Zhao, Yihan Fu, Zhan Chen, Jiayi Li, Yihang Zhu, Anjunyi Fan, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang, Bonan Yan. MCHA: A memory-centric hierarchical architecture for parallel-sequential computing. IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2026. To appear Program Search
05 Youn Sung Park, Yaoyu Tao, Zhengya Zhang. A fully parallel nonbinary LDPC decoder with fine-grained dynamic clock gating. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), 2014, 50(2): 464–475. Search
06 Youn Sung Park, Yaoyu Tao, Zhengya Zhang. A 1.15 Gb/s fully parallel nonbinary LDPC decoder with fine-grained dynamic clock gating. IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), 2013: 422–423. Search
07 Youn Sung Park, Yaoyu Tao, Shuanghong Sun, Zhengya Zhang. A 4.68 Gb/s belief propagation polar decoder with bit-splitting register file. IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2014: 1–2. Search
08 Wei Tang, Sung-Gun Cho, Tim Tri Hoang, Jacob Botimer, Wei Qiang Zhu, Ching-Chi Chang, Cheng-Hsun Lu, Junkang Zhu, Yaoyu Tao, et al. Arvon: A heterogeneous system-in-package integrating FPGA and DSP chiplets for versatile workload acceleration. IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits (JSSC), 2023. Search
09 Wei Tang, Sung-Gun Cho, Tim Tri Hoang, Jacob Botimer, Wei Qiang Zhu, Ching-Chi Chang, Cheng-Hsun Lu, Junkang Zhu, Yaoyu Tao, et al. Arvon: A heterogeneous SiP integrating a 14nm FPGA and two 22nm 1.8 TFLOPS/W DSPs with 1.7 Tbps/mm2 AIB 2.0 interface. IEEE Symposium on VLSI Circuits, 2023: C7-1. Search
10 Yihan Fu, Anjunyi Fan, Wenshuo Yue, Hongxiao Zhao, Daijing Shi, Qiuping Wu, Jiayi Li, Xiangyu Zhang, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang, Bonan Yan. PROCA: Programmable probabilistic processing unit architecture with accept/reject prediction and multicore pipelining for causal inference. IEEE International Symposium on High-Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2025. Search
11 Longhao Yan, Zhe Zhan, Zelun Pan, Bowen Wang, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. An 8Mb learning-aware RRAM compute-in-memory accelerator for embodied self-supervised learning. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2025. Search
12 Longhao Yan, Zitong Zheng, Xi Li, Xile Wang, Zhe Zhan, Jiukai Fang, Minghui Yin, Zelun Pan, Song Jia, Yaoyu Tao, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang. Efficient multimodal fusion with intelligent predictive programming based on 64-core PCM compute-in-memory processor. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2025. Search
13 Longhao Yan, Yuqi Li, Xi Li, Zelun Pan, Zeyu Wang, Xile Wang, Bowen Wang, Zhe Zhan, Xiyuan Tang, Yaoyu Tao, Woo-Ping Ge, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang, Ru Huang. Neural manifold learning based on 40nm dual-mode PCM compute-in-memory chip with hardware adaptive drift compensation. IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2024. Search
14 Zhen Yang, Wenshuo Yue, Chang Liu, Yaoyu Tao, Pek Jun Tiw, Longhao Yan, Yuxiang Yang, Teng Zhang, Bingjie Dang, Keqin Liu, Xiaodong He, Yongqin Wu, Weihai Bu, Kai Zheng, Jin Kang, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. Fully hardware memristive neuromorphic computing enabled by the integration of trainable dendritic neurons and high-density RRAM chip. Advanced Functional Materials, 2024: 2405618. Search
15 Longhao Yan, Qingyu Wu, Xi Li, Chenchen Xie, Xilin Zhou, Yuqi Li, Daijing Shi, Lianfeng Yu, Teng Zhang, Yaoyu Tao, Bonan Yan, Min Zhong, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang, Ru Huang. Neural architecture search with in-memory multiply–accumulate and in-memory rank based on coating layer optimized C-doped Ge2Sb2Te5 phase change memory. Advanced Functional Materials, 2023: 2300458. Search
16 Zhen Yang, Yuxiang Yang, Baiqian Wang, Yaoyu Tao, Zelun Pan, Lei Cai, Teng Zhang, Longhao Yan, Xianbin Li, Yuchao Yang. In situ quantization with memory-transistor transfer unit based on electrochemical random-access memory for edge applications. Advanced Science, 2026, 13(18): e21815. DOI Search
17 Chenchen Xie, Yuqi Li, Longhao Yan, Sannian Song, Houpeng Chen, Ruijuan Qi, Xi Li, Yihang Zhu, Lianfeng Yu, Bonan Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Gaoming Feng, Yuchao Yang, Zhitang Song. Memristive in-memory object detection with 128Mb C-doped Ge2Sb2Te5 PCM chip. Advanced Science, 2025: e05678. Search
18 Yanghao Wang, Pek Jun Tiw, Yuheng Liu, Yaoyu Tao, Teng Zhang, Yuchao Yang. Local active memristive oscillator enables controllable complex behaviors and frequency domain extraction. National Science Review (NSR), 2025. Search
19 Daijing Shi, Teng Zhang, Yuqi Li, Yaoyu Tao, Bonan Yan, Yuchao Yang. Neuromorphic denoising with fully analog memristive in-memory computing. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2026, 8(8). dblp Search
20 Yingming Lu, Zhen Yang, Yaoyu Tao, Lei Cai, Teng Zhang, Longhao Yan, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. Energy-efficient online training with in situ parallel computing on electrochemical memory arrays. Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2025: 2401068. Search
21 Bowen Wang, Longhao Yan, Xiyuan Tang, Xile Wang, Yuqi Li, Zeyu Wang, Zelun Pan, Daijing Shi, Zhe Zhan, Yaoyu Tao, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang. A scalable charge-domain CIM macro with 2T1R1C cells and capacitor reuse method. IEEE Integrated Circuits and Systems (ICS), 2026. Early Access IEEE Xplore Search
22 Haikang Diao, Bocheng Xu, Haoyang Luo, Youming Yang, Jiahao Song, Zihan Wu, Yaoyu Tao, Meiyin Yang, Yuan Wang, Xiyuan Tang. AdapCIM: A 28nm 73TOPS/W adaptive stationary digital CIM accelerator with inter-column/row sharing and kernel-wise sparsity. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Artificial Intelligence (TCASAI), 2026. Early Access Search
23 Tengyu Zhang, Tong Xie, Haoyang Luo, Yixuan Hu, Yaoyu Tao, Xiyuan Tang, Yuan Wang, Runsheng Wang, Meng Li. A 28nm 534.6 TOPS/W mixed-precision edge accelerator for embodied AI using stochastic computing. IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference (A-SSCC), 2025. Search
24 Zijian Xiong, Xiangrui Yang, Yuhang Zhang, Yue Zhou, Jianguo Yang, Yaoyu Tao, Xiangshui Miao, Yuhui He. ASMA: An anisotropy scaling memristor-based accelerator for LLM inference. IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2025: 562–565. Search
25 Minghui Yin, Jiukai Fang, Longhao Yan, Zelun Pan, Bowen Wang, Zhe Zhan, Xile Wang, Yaoyu Tao, Yuchao Yang. A hybrid analog-digital RRAM CIM system with 4T2R1C charge-domain ACIM and RL-driven mixed-precision deployment for AI inference. IEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC), 2026. Program Search
26 Co-authors include Yaoyu Tao. NICE: 3D-NAND-based in-memory-computing with in-situ ECC-protection for fault-tolerant and efficient LLM inference. International Symposium of EDA (ISEDA), 2026. PKU SIC news Search
27 Yanghao Wang, Pek Jun Tiw, Yaoyu Tao, Teng Zhang, Yuchao Yang. Harnessing Turing instability through VO2-based negative feedback loop coupling system. IEEE European Solid-State Electronics Research Conference (ESSERC), 2025. Search
28 Bowen Wang, Longhao Yan, Xiyuan Tang, Xile Wang, Yuqi Li, Zeyu Wang, Zelun Pan, Daijing Shi, Zhe Zhan, Yaoyu Tao, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang. A 617.7 TOPS/W PCM-based charge-domain CIM macro with capacitor reuse method and scalable local compute unit. IEEE International Conference on Integrated Circuits, Technologies and Applications (ICTA), 2025. IEEE Xplore Search
29 Xile Wang, Longhao Yan, Xi Li, Yaoyu Tao, Zhitang Song, Yuchao Yang. An efficient pipeline programming scheme based on 40nm PCM compute-in-memory chip for CNNs. IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM), 2025. Search
30 Quan Zhang, Longhao Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. On-chip write and verify and endurance enhancer circuits towards multi-level RRAM array. IEEE Electron Devices Technology and Manufacturing (EDTM), 2024: 1–3. Search
31 Wenshuo Yue, Zhaokun Jing, Bonan Yan, Yaoyu Tao, Teng Zhang, Ru Huang, Yuchao Yang. Multifunctional RRAM chip with configurability for sparsity-aware in-memory Ising machine. IEEE Conference of Science and Technology for Integrated Circuits (CSTIC), 2024. Search
32 Chia-Hsiang Chen, Yaoyu Tao, Zhengya Zhang. Efficient in situ error detection enabling diverse path coverage. IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2013: 773–776. Best paper nomination Search

Academic impact

The group's work has been cited by more than 20 academy members and more than 50 IEEE/ACM Fellows in China, the United States, Europe, Japan, Korea, India and elsewhere, including Erdal Arıkan, inventor of polar codes and Shannon Award recipient. The tables below group them into academy members, IEEE/ACM Fellows and other leading scholars, and list which of the group's papers each scholar cited, with the year of citation.

Academy members (22)

ScholarHonoursGroup papers citedScholarHonoursGroup papers cited
Xiaohu You (Southeast University)Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (cited in 10 papers, 2020–2025)
Cited as a representative result in LDPC chips and AI-assisted channel decoding chips
Ming Liu (Fudan University / IME, CAS)Member, Chinese Academy of Sciences; IEEE FellowAPL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection (2025)
Junhao Chu (Fudan University / SITP, CAS)Member, Chinese Academy of SciencesAdvanced Materials 2024 vdW optical hetero-synapses (2025)Zhizhen Ye (Zhejiang University)Member, Chinese Academy of SciencesAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network (2025)
Ching-Ping Wong (CUHK)Member, US National Academy of Engineering; Foreign Member, Chinese Academy of Engineering; Academician, Academia Sinica; IEEE FellowNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2026)Jinde Cao (Southeast University)Member, Academia Europaea; Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Sciences; IEEE FellowAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network (2025, 2026)
Muriel Médard (MIT)Member, US National Academy of Engineering; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina; National Academy of Inventors; IEEE FellowJSSC 2021 split-tree SCL polar decoder (cited in 7 papers, 2021–2025)
Cited and assessed as representative work on polar decoder chips
Linda P. B. Katehi (Texas A&M)Member, US National Academy of Engineering; American Academy of Arts and Sciences; National Academy of Inventors; IEEE FellowAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network; APL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection (2025)
Darrell G. Schlom (Cornell)Member, US National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of EngineeringNature Communications 2025 physical unclonable in-memory computing (2025)Iván K. Schuller (UC San Diego)American Academy of Arts and Sciences; member of the Chilean, Spanish and Belgian academies of sciencesNature Communications 2024 VO₂ memristor frequency converter (2025)
Sir Bashir M. Al-Hashimi (King’s College London)Fellow of the Royal Society; Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Member, Academia Europaea; IEEE Fellow; Knight BachelorVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder; Nature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2019, 2025)Lajos Hanzo (University of Southampton)Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering; Foreign Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences; IEEE Fellow; IEEE Eric E. Sumner AwardVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2019)
Luca Benini (ETH Zurich / University of Bologna)Member, Academia Europaea; IEEE Fellow; ACM FellowJSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2025)Themis Prodromakis (University of Edinburgh)Member, Academia Europaea; Royal Academy of Engineering Silver MedalAdvanced Materials 2024 vdW optical hetero-synapses (2026)
Alberto Salleo (Stanford)Foreign Member, Academia EuropaeaAPL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection (2026)Federico Rosei (INRS)Member, Academia Europaea; Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; Fellow, Canadian Academy of EngineeringNature Communications 2026 2D optoelectronic neurons and ferroelectric synapses (2026)
Bilge Yildiz (MIT)Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of SciencesAdv. Intell. Syst. 2025 electrochemical-memory online training (2026)Frank R. Kschischang (University of Toronto)Fellow, Royal Society of Canada; Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering; IEEE Fellow; IEEE Richard W. Hamming MedalVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2019)
Warren J. Gross (McGill University)Fellow, Canadian Academy of Engineering; IEEE Fellow; Chair, ECE, McGill UniversityVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder; JSSC 2021 split-tree SCL polar decoder (cited in 12 papers since 2015)
Cited as a representative chip in signal processing
Tomoaki Ohtsuki (Keio University)Member, Engineering Academy of Japan; IEICE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2021)
Cheol Seong Hwang (Seoul National University)Fellow, Korean Academy of Science and Technology; Member, National Academy of Engineering of KoreaAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network; APL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024 dendritic-neuron neuromorphic hardware (2025)Giridhar U. Kulkarni (JNCASR, India)Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Indian Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Sciences, IndiaAdv. Intell. Syst. 2025 electrochemical-memory online training (2025)

IEEE/ACM Fellows (41)

ScholarHonoursGroup papers citedScholarHonoursGroup papers cited
Erdal Arıkan (Bilkent University)Inventor of polar codes; Claude E. Shannon Award; IEEE Richard W. Hamming Medal; IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2015, 2016)
Cited as representative work on polar decoder chips
Alexander Vardy (UC San Diego)IEEE Fellow; ACM FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2015–2016)
Naresh R. Shanbhag (UIUC)SIA University Researcher Award; Jack Kilby Professor; IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder; JSSC 2021 split-tree SCL polar decoder (2025)
Assessed as representative work on polar decoder chips
Francis C. M. Lau (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)IEEE Fellow; IEEE Third Millennium MedalTCAS-I 2019 LDPC post-processors (2022)
Cited as representative work on co-design of decoding algorithms and circuits
Hideki Ochiai (Osaka University)IEEE FellowGlobecom 2021 DNC-aided SCL-flip decoding (Best Paper) (2024)
Cited as representative work combining AI and communications
Jinhong Yuan (UNSW Sydney)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2023, 2024)
Stephan ten Brink (University of Stuttgart)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2016–2017)Jakob Hoydis (NVIDIA)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2017)
Guido Montorsi (Politecnico di Torino)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2015)Joseph R. Cavallaro (Rice University)IEEE FellowJSSC 2014 fully parallel nonbinary LDPC decoder; ISSCC 2013 nonbinary LDPC decoder; ISCAS 2012 nonbinary LDPC decoder architecture (2021)
An-Yeu (Andy) Wu (National Taiwan University)IEEE FellowJSSC 2014 fully parallel nonbinary LDPC decoder; VLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2015, 2021)Zhongfeng Wang (Nanjing University)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2016–2018)
Yongming Huang (Southeast University)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (cited in 5 papers, 2020–2025)Shugong Xu (Shanghai University)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2020–2021)
Dejan Marković (UCLA)IEEE FellowJSSC 2014 fully parallel nonbinary LDPC decoder; ISSCC 2013 nonbinary LDPC decoder (2014, 2018)Kyle Jamieson (Princeton)IEEE FellowJSSC 2021 split-tree SCL polar decoder (2023)
David T. Blaauw (University of Michigan)IEEE FellowVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (2022)Borivoje Nikolić (UC Berkeley)IEEE FellowJSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2024)
Diana Marculescu (UT Austin)IEEE Fellow; ACM FellowFPGA 2023 neural-ODE acceleration (2025)Krishnendu Chakrabarty (Arizona State University)Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; IEEE Fellow; ACM FellowVLSI 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2026)
Andrew B. Kahng (UC San Diego)IEEE Fellow; ACM Fellow; Ho-Am Prize in EngineeringISCAS 2013 in-situ error detection (2014, 2015)Vijaykrishnan Narayanan (Penn State)Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; IEEE Fellow; ACM FellowNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2025)
Chaitali Chakrabarti (Arizona State University)IEEE FellowJSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2025)Yu (Kevin) Cao (University of Minnesota)IEEE FellowJSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2025)
Tadahiro Kuroda (University of Tokyo)IEEE FellowJSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2024)Cristina Silvano (Politecnico di Milano)IEEE FellowJSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP (2025)
Er-Ping Li (Zhejiang University)IEEE FellowNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2026)Guoqi Zhang (TU Delft)IEEE FellowAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network (2026)
Bernabé Linares-Barranco (IMSE-CNM, Seville)IEEE FellowAPL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection (2026)J. Joshua Yang (USC)Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; IEEE FellowAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network; APL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection; Adv. Intell. Syst. 2025 electrochemical-memory online training (2025, 2026)
Wei D. Lu (University of Michigan)IEEE FellowAPL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection (2026)Daniele Ielmini (Politecnico di Milano)IEEE FellowAPL Mach. Learn. 2023 memristor reservoir seizure detection; JSSC 2023 Arvon heterogeneous SiP; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024 dendritic-neuron neuromorphic hardware (cited in 4 papers, 2025–2026)
Abu Sebastian (IBM Research Zurich)IEEE FellowAdv. Funct. Mater. 2024 dendritic-neuron neuromorphic hardware (2025)Shimeng Yu (Georgia Tech)IEEE FellowNature Communications 2025 physical unclonable in-memory computing; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024 dendritic-neuron neuromorphic hardware (2025, 2026)
Suman Datta (Georgia Tech)Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; IEEE Fellow; IEEE Andrew S. Grove AwardNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2025)Sayeef Salahuddin (UC Berkeley)IEEE Fellow; IEEE Andrew S. Grove AwardNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2025, 2026)
Mario Lanza (National University of Singapore)IEEE FellowNature Communications 2024 VO₂ memristor frequency converter (2025)Husam N. Alshareef (KAUST)Fellow, National Academy of Inventors; IEEE FellowNature Communications 2024 VO₂ memristor frequency converter (2025)
Weisheng Zhao (Beihang University)IEEE FellowNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (cited in 3 papers, 2025–2026)Yang Chai (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)IEEE FellowAdv. Electron. Mater. 2023 integrated memristor network (2025)
Jianbin Xu (CUHK)IEEE FellowNature Electronics 2024 universal Ising machine (2026)

Other leading scholars (3)

ScholarHonoursGroup papers citedScholarHonoursGroup papers cited
Yeong-Luh Ueng (National Tsing Hua University)Wu Ta-You Memorial AwardISCAS 2012 nonbinary LDPC decoder architecture; JSSC 2014 fully parallel nonbinary LDPC decoder; VLSI 2014 BP polar decoder (cited in 6 papers, 2013–2020)
Noted the substantial reduction in data communication energy
Andreas Peter Burg (EPFL)Editor-in-Chief, IEEE TVLSI/TSPVLSI 2014 BP polar decoder; VLSI 2019 split-tree SCL decoder chip; JSSC 2021 split-tree SCL polar decoder (cited in 8 papers, 2017–2026)
Cited as representative work on successive-cancellation list decoder chips
R. Stanley Williams (Texas A&M)Feynman Prize in Nanotechnology; Glenn T. Seaborg MedalNature Communications 2024 VO₂ memristor frequency converter; Adv. Funct. Mater. 2024 dendritic-neuron neuromorphic hardware (2025)

Based on Google Scholar and OpenAlex citation data as of November 2026. Honours are as listed by each scholar's institution, society or academy; self-citations are excluded.

The circuit designs have additionally been cited in commercial patents by Huawei, Qualcomm and SK hynix.