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Hongyang Pan

Hongyang Pan 潘鸿洋

Founder & CEO, Trace Intelligence

Ph.D., Fudan University · 2023–2026

Founder and CEO of Trace Intelligence (淬思科技). Research interests include logic synthesis, physically aware synthesis, and SAT solving.

With Prof. Fan Yang

Education

  • Ph.D., Fudan University, 2026
  • M.S., Ningbo University, 2023
  • B.S., Ningbo University, 2019

Projects

  • PhyLS — A physically aware logic synthesis platform.

Publications

PhyLS: An AI-driven Physically Aware Synthesis Platform

Hongyang Pan, Cunqing Lan, Zhiang Wang†, Keren Zhu†

Frontiers of Computer Science, 2026.

  • † Corresponding authors

EncyLogic: Logic Synthesis as Sequence Generation with Learned Priors and Physical Alignment

Zijian Jiang*, Chenyu Li*, Cunqing Lan, Hongyang Pan, Jintao Li, Zhiang Wang and Keren Zhu†

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Jose, CA, USA, Nov. 8-12, 2026.

  • † Corresponding authors
  • * Equal contributions
  • Accepted

PhySeqForm: A Data-Driven, Physical Synthesis Sequence Former

Cunqing Lan*, Zijian Jiang*, Hongyang Pan†, Zhiang Wang and Keren Zhu†

IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), Shanghai, China, May 24-27, 2026.

  • † Corresponding authors
  • * Equal contributions
  • Accepted

PigMap3: A Physically Aware Incremental Mapping Framework with On-the-fly Post-Layout Critical Path Tracking

Hongyang Pan*, Cunqing Lan*, Zhiang Wang, Xuan Zeng, Fan Yang, Keren Zhu†

IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Hong Kong, China, Jan. 19-22, 2026.

  • † Corresponding authors
  • * Equal contributions

ELMap: Area-Driven LUT Mapping with k-LUT Network Exact Synthesis

Hongyang Pan, Keren Zhu, Fan Yang, Zhufei Chu and Xuan Zeng

IEEE Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE), Lyon, France, March 31 - April 2, 2025.

Physically Aware Synthesis Revisited: Guiding Technology Mapping with Primitive Logic Gate Placement

Hongyang Pan, Cunqing Lan, Yiting Liu, Zhiang Wang, Li Shang, Xuan Zeng, Fan Yang and Keren Zhu†

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), New Jersey, NY, USA, Oct. 27–31, 2024.

  • preprint
  • (Accepted)
  • † Corresponding author

Selected honors

  • Best Student Paper Candidate, IWLS 2026 — Frontier-Based Joint Covering for Dual-Output LUT Mapping
  • Second Prize, Fudan University Excellence Cup Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, 2026
  • First place (27 teams), MLCAD 2025 ReSynthAI contest
  • Excellent Demo Award, CCF-DAC Demo Contest, 2025 — PhyLS