About

Welcome! My name is Hanchen Ye (叶汉辰) and I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) advised by Prof. Deming Chen.

Before joining UIUC, I obtained my Bachelor's and Master's degree at Fudan University (复旦大学) in 2017 and 2019, respectively. During summers, I had spent time at Xilinx (2020), SiFive (2021), Intel (2022), and Google X (2023) as interns.

My research lies in the area of compilers, high-level synthesis (HLS), and hardware acceleration. Recently, I've been focused on HLS tools (ScaleHLS and XLS), domain-specific compilers (CIRCT and MLIR-AIE), and FPGA-based deep learning accelerators (HybridDNN and DNNExplorer).

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Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug. 2019 - Present

Fudan University, Shanghai, China
M.E. in Integrated Circuit Engineering Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2019
B.E. in Microelectronic Science and Engineering Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2017

National University of Singapore, Singapore
Exchange Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug. 2015 - Dec. 2015

Work Experiences

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
Research Assistant (Full-time) in Electrical and Computer Engineering Aug. 2019 - Present
Teaching Assistant (Part-time) in ECE527 (System-On-Chip Design) Aug. 2023 - Dec. 2023
Teaching Assistant (Part-time) in ECE527 (System-On-Chip Design) Aug. 2022 - Dec. 2022

Inspirit IOT, Champaign, IL
Part-time Intern (Part-time) Jan. 2024 - Dec. 2024

Google, Mountain View, CA
Ph.D. Resident (Internship) in X, The Moonshot Factory May. 2023 - Aug. 2023

Intel, Portland, OR
Research Intern (Internship) in Strategic CAD Labs May. 2022 - Aug. 2022

SiFive, San Mateo, CA
Compilers Intern (Internship) in Platform Engineering Department May. 2021 - Aug. 2021

Xilinx (AMD), San Jose, CA
Compiler Intern (Internship) in Research Labs Jun. 2020 - Aug. 2020

Fudan University, Shanghai, China
Research Assistant (Part-time) in State Key Laboratory of ASIC and System Sep. 2016 - Jun. 2019

Awards and Scholarships

UIUC Dr. Ok Kyun Kim Fellowship Mar. 2024
UIUC Conference Presentation Awards Mar. 2024
SRC TECHCON First Place Best Student Presenter Award Sep. 2023
DAC Ph.D. Forum First Place Winner Jul. 2023
UIUC A.R. Buck Knight Fellowship Apr. 2023
AMD HACC Outstanding Researcher Awards Feb. 2023
UIUC Teachers Ranked as Excellent Dec. 2022
UIUC Rambus Computer Engineering Fellowship May. 2022
DAC Young Fellows Jun. 2020, Apr. 2022
Shanghai Outstanding Graduates Jun. 2019
Fudan University KLA-Tencor Scholarship Dec. 2018
Fudan University Outstanding Graduate Students Oct. 2018
The 2nd China College IC Competition Grand Prize Winner Aug. 2018
Fudan University Xi-Yuan Research Scholarship May. 2016
Fudan University Outstanding Undergraduate Students Dec. 2015