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Yujie Yan

Yujie Yan 严宇杰

Ph.D. student

CODA lab · Fudan University

With the group since Fall 2024

Works on high-level synthesis, compilers, and learning-based design automation.

Education

  • Ph.D. studies, Fudan University, 2021–present
  • B.Eng., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2021

Experience

  • Visiting Ph.D. student, University of Edinburgh, since April 2026; hosted by Jianyi Cheng
  • Algorithm intern, UniVista, July 2024–January 2026
  • Software / HLS intern, Fudan Microelectronics, June 2023–June 2024
  • EDA software intern, Fudan Microelectronics, summer 2021

Publications

Beyond Surrogate Accuracy: Credibility-Aware LLM-Guided Design Space Exploration for High-Level Synthesis

Yujie Yan, Guanhua Chen, Yukang Chen, Jiaxin Huang, Jianyi Cheng, and Keren Zhu†

ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems (TRETS), 2026.

  • FPT 2026 Journal Track
  • † Corresponding author

HOLMES: Hierarchical Optimization with poLygonal ModEling for Large-Scale AMS Placement

Guanhua Chen, Yujie Yan, Jiahua Liu, Zecheng Xu, Linxi Qiu, Yumao Wu, Zhiang Wang, Changhao Yan, Zhaori Bi, Keren Zhu†

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

  • † Corresponding authors
  • Accepted

LENS-HLS: LLM-Enhanced Learning-based Design Space Exploration for High-Level Synthesis

Yujie Yan, Guanhua Chen, Keren Zhu†

IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM), Atlanta, GA, USA, May 13-16, 2026.

  • † Corresponding authors
  • Accepted (Extended Abstract)

HOLMES-HLS: Holistic Optimization and Learning-based Multi-model Exploration System for High-Level Synthesis

Yujie Yan*, Guanhua Chen*, Ruiyu Lyu, Huizhen Kuang, Kaiwen Zhou, Hao Chen, Lingli Wang, Keren Zhu†

International Conference on Field Programmable Technology (FPT) , Shanghai, China, Dec. 2-5, 2025.

  • † Corresponding authors
  • * Equal contributions

Selected honors

  • CSC-funded doctoral research visit, University of Edinburgh, 2026
  • Second place worldwide, UCLA–AMD Machine Learning Contest for Chip Design with HLS
  • National Excellence Award, China Undergraduate IC Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
  • Honorable Mention, MCM/ICM mathematical modeling competition
  • Fudan University Academic Scholarship: first class once and second class twice
  • Outstanding Student, Fudan University
  • Outstanding Graduate, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 2021