Publications

Book Chapters

• 2023

  B3. Deep Learning Framework for Placement

  • Invited Book Chapter
  • Yibo Lin, Zizheng Guo and Jing Mai
  • Machine Learning Applications in Electronic Design Automation, Springer, 2023.
  • Edited by Haoxing Ren and Jiang Hu.

  B2. Machine Learning for Mask Synthesis and Verification

  • Invited Book Chapter
  • Haoyu Yang, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • Machine Learning Applications in Electronic Design Automation, Springer, 2023.
  • Edited by Haoxing Ren and Jiang Hu.

• 2018

  B1. Machine Learning in Physical Verification, Mask Synthesis, and Physical Design

  • preprint | Invited Book Chapter
  • Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • Machine Learning in VLSI Computer-Aided Design, Springer, 2018.
  • Edited by Abe Elfedel, Duane Boning and Xin Li.

Journal Papers

• 2023

  J38. DREAMPlace 4.0: Timing-driven Placement with Momentum-based Net Weighting and Lagrangian-based Refinement

  • accepted
  • Peiyu Liao, Dawei Guo, Zizheng Guo, Siting Liu, Zhitang Chen, Wenlong Lv, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2023.

  J37. AVATAR: An Aging- and Variation-Aware Dynamic Timing Analyzer for Error-Efficient Computing

  • accepted
  • Zuodong Zhang, Zizheng Guo, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2023.

• 2022

  J36. Efficient Aging-Aware Standard Cell Library Characterization Based on Sensitivity Analysis

  • Xinfa Zhang, Zuodong Zhang, Yibo Lin, Zhigang Ji, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, Oct, 2022.

  J35. FastGR : Global Routing on CPU-GPU with Heterogeneous Task Graph Scheduler

  • accepted
  • Siting Liu, Yuan Pu, Peiyu Liao, Hongzhong Wu, Rui Zhang, Zhitang Chen, Wenlong Lv, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Oct, 2022.

  J34. CircuitNet: An Open-Source Dataset for Machine Learning Applications in Electronic Design Automation (EDA)

  • preprint | release | accepted
  • Zhuomin Chai, Yuxiang Zhao, Yibo Lin, Wei Liu, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences, Sep, 2022.

  J33. Interactive Analog Layout Editing with Instant Placement and Routing Legalization

  • accepted
  • Xiaohan Gao, Haoyi Zhang, Mingjie Liu, Linxiao Shen, David Z. Pan, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jul, 2022.

  J32. Adaptive Layout Decomposition with Graph Embedding Neural Networks

  • accepted
  • Wei Li, Jialu Xia, Yuzhe Ma, Jialu Li, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jan, 2022.

• 2021

  J31. A Provably Good and Practically Efficient Algorithm for Common Path Pessimism Removal in Large Designs

  • accepted
  • Zizheng Guo, Mingwei Yang, Tsung-Wei Huang and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Nov, 2021.

  J30. MLCAD: A Survey of Research in Machine Learning for CAD

  • accepted
  • Martin Rapp, Hussam Amrouch, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, David Z. Pan, Marilyn Wolf and Jörg Henkel
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Nov, 2021.

  J29. Asynchronous Reinforcement Learning Framework and Knowledge Transfer for Net Order Exploration in Detailed Routing

  • Yibo Lin, Tong Qu, Zongqing Lu, Yajuan Su and Yayi Wei
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Oct, 2021.

  J28. Taskflow: A Lightweight Parallel and Heterogeneous Task Graph Computing System

  • preprint | release
  • Tsung-Wei Huang, Dian-Lun Lin, Chun-Xun Lin and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS), Aug, 2021.

  J27. elfPlace: Electrostatics-based Placement for Large-Scale Heterogeneous FPGAs

  • preprint
  • Yibai Meng, Wuxi Li, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jan, 2021.

• 2020

  J26. OpenMPL: An Open Source Layout Decomposer

  • release
  • Wei Li, Yuzhe Ma, Qi Sun, Zhang Lu , Yibo Lin, Iris Hui-Ru Jiang, Bei Yu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Dec, 2020.

  J25. Cpp-Taskflow: A General-purpose Parallel Task Programming System at Scale

  • release
  • Tsung-Wei Huang, Yibo Lin, Chun-Xun Lin, Guannan Guo and Martin Wong
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Sep, 2020.

  J24. MAGICAL: An Open-Source Fully Automated Analog IC Layout System from Netlist to GDSII

  • Hao Chen, Mingjie Liu, Biying Xu, Keren Zhu, Xiyuan Tang, Shaolan Li, Yibo Lin, Nan Sun and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Design & Test, Sep, 2020.

  J23. Automatic Selection of Structure Parameters of Silicon on Insulator Lateral Power Device Using Bayesian Optimization

  • Jing Chen, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yibo Lin, Maolin Zhang, Jun Zhang, Yufeng Guo and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Electron Device Letters (EDL), Aug, 2020.

  J22. EUV Multilayer Defect Characterization via Cycle-Consistent Learning

  • preprint
  • Ying Chen, Yibo Lin, Rui Chen, Lisong Dong, Ruixuan Wu, Tianyang Gai, Le Ma, Yajuan Su and Yayi Wei
  • Optics Express, Jun, 2020.

  J21. DREAMPlace: Deep Learning Toolkit-Enabled GPU Acceleration for Modern VLSI Placement

  • preprint | release | Best Paper Award
  • Yibo Lin, Zixuan Jiang, Jiaqi Gu, Wuxi Li, Shounak Dhar, Haoxing Ren, Brucek Khailany and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jun, 2020.

  J20. A Novel and Unified Full-chip CMP Model Aware Dummy Fill Insertion Framework with SQP-Based Optimization Method

  • Junzhe Cai, Changhao Yan, Yudong Tao, Yibo Lin, Sheng-Guo Wang, David Z. Pan and Xuan Zeng
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jun, 2020.

  J19. GAN-SRAF: Sub-Resolution Assist Feature Generation using Generative Adversarial Networks

  • preprint
  • Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yibo Lin, Zaiwei Zhang, Meng Li, Qixing Huang and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), May, 2020.

  J18. ABCDPlace: Accelerated Batch-based Concurrent Detailed Placement on Multi-threaded CPUs and GPUs

  • preprint | release
  • Yibo Lin, Wuxi Li, Jiaqi Gu, Haoxing Ren, Brucek Khailany and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Feb, 2020.

  J17. Powernet: SOI Lateral Power Device Breakdown Prediction With Deep Neural Networks

  • preprint
  • Jing Chen, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yibo Lin, Maolin Zhang, Jun Zhang, Yufeng Guo and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Access, Feb, 2020.

• 2019

  J16. SoulNet: Ultrafast Optical Source Optimization Utilizing Generative Neural Networks for Advanced Lithography

  • preprint
  • Ying Chen, Yibo Lin, Lisong Dong, Tianyang Gai, Rui Chen, Yajuan Su, Yayi Wei and David Z. Pan
  • Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3), Nov, 2019.

  J15. Data Efficient Lithography Modeling with Transfer Learning and Active Data Selection

  • preprint | poster
  • Yibo Lin, Meng Li, Yuki Watanabe, Taiki Kimura, Tetsuaki Matsunawa, Shigeki Nojima and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Oct, 2019.

  J14. Semi-Supervised Hotspot Detection with Self-Paced Multi-Task Learning

  • preprint
  • Ying Chen, Yibo Lin, Tianyang Gai, Yajuan Su, Yayi Wei and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Apr, 2019.

  J13. Lithography Hotspot Detection Using a Double Inception Module Architecture

  • preprint
  • Jing Chen, Yibo Lin, Yufeng Guo, Maolin Zhang, Mohamed Baker Alawieh and David Z. Pan
  • Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3), Mar, 2019.

• 2018

  J12. Layout Synthesis for Topological Quantum Circuits with 1D and 2D Architectures

  • preprint
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Meng Li and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Aug, 2018.

  J11. A practical split manufacturing framework for trojan prevention via simultaneous wire lifting and cell insertion

  • preprint
  • Meng Li, Bei Yu, Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Wuxi Li and David Z Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jul, 2018.

  J10. Subresolution Assist Feature Generation With Supervised Data Learning

  • preprint
  • Xiaoqing Xu, Yibo Lin, Meng Li, Tetsuaki Matsunawa, Shigeki Nojima, Chikaaki Kodama, Toshiya Kotani and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jun, 2018.

  J9. MrDP: Multiple-row detailed placement of heterogeneous-sized cells for advanced nodes

  • preprint | release
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Xiaoqing Xu, Jhih-Rong Gao, Natarajan Viswanathan, Wen-Hao Liu, Zhuo Li, Charles J Alpert and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jun, 2018.

  J8. UTPlaceF 2.0: A High-Performance Clock-Aware FPGA Placement Engine

  • preprint
  • Wuxi Li, Yibo Lin, Meng Li, Shounak Dhar and David Z. Pan
  • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES), Jun, 2018.

• 2017

  J7. High performance dummy fill insertion with coupling and uniformity constraints

  • preprint | release
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Sep, 2017.

  J6. Triple patterning aware detailed placement toward zero cross-row middle-of-line conflict

  • preprint | release
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Biying Xu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jul, 2017.

  J5. Redundant local-Loop insertion for unidirectional routing

  • preprint
  • Xiaoqing Xu, Yibo Lin, Meng Li, Jiaojiao Ou, B. Cline and D. Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), Jul, 2017.

  J4. Stitch aware detailed placement for multiple e-beam lithography

  • preprint | Best Paper Award
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Yi Zou, Zhuo Li, Charles J Alpert and David Z. Pan
  • Integration, the VLSI Journal, Jun, 2017.

  J3. Triple/quadruple patterning layout decomposition via linear programming and iterative rounding

  • preprint
  • Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Bei Yu, Ross Baldick and David Z. Pan
  • Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS (JM3), Jun, 2017.

• 2016

  J2. Design for manufacturability and reliability in extreme-scaling VLSI

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Bei Yu, Xiaoqing Xu, Subhendu Roy, Yibo Lin, Jiaojiao Ou and David Z. Pan
  • Science China Information Sciences, May, 2016.

• 2015

  J1. Methodology for standard cell compliance and detailed placement for triple patterning lithography

  • preprint
  • Bei Yu, Xiaoqing Xu, Jhih-Rong Gao, Yibo Lin, Zhuo Li, Charles Alpert and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), May, 2015.

Conference Papers

• 2023

  C79. General-Purpose Gate-Level Simulation with Partition-Agnostic Parallelism

  • Zizheng Guo, Zuodong Zhang, Xun Jiang, Wuxi Li, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 9-13, 2023.

  C78. MTL-Designer: An Integrated Flow for Analysis and Synthesis of Microstrip Transmission Line

  • Qipan Wang, Ping Liu, Ligguo Jiang, Mingjie Liu, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 9-13, 2023.

  C77. On a Moreau Envelope Wirelength Model for Analytical Global Placement

  • Peiyu Liao, Hongduo Liu, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and Martin Wong
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 9-13, 2023.

  C76. Concurrent Sign-off Timing Optimization via Deep Steiner Points Refinement

  • Siting Liu, Ziyi Wang, Fangzhou Liu, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and Martin Wong
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 9-13, 2023.

  C75. Mitigating Distribution Shift for Congestion Optimization in Global Placement

  • Su Zheng, Lancheng Zou, Siting Liu, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and Martin Wong
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 9-13, 2023.

  C74. LRSDP: Low-Rank SDP for Triple Patterning Lithography Layout Decomposition

  • Yu Zhang, Yifan Chen, Zhonglin Xie, Hong Xu, Zaiwen Wen, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 9-13, 2023.

  C73. SAGERoute: Synergistic Analog Routing Considering Geometric and Electrical Constraints with Manual Design Compatibility

  • Best Paper Nomination | accepted
  • Haoyi Zhang, Xiaohan Gao, Haoyang Luo, Jiahao Song, Xiyuan Tang, Junhua Liu, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Antwerp, Belgium, Apr 17-19, 2023.

  C72. MacroRank: Ranking Macro Placement Solutions Leveraging Translation Equivariancy

  • accepted
  • Yifan Chen, Jing Mai, Xiaohan Gao, Muhan Zhang and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 16-19, 2023.

  C71. A Robust FPGA Router with Concurrent Intra-CLB Rerouting

  • accepted
  • Jiarui Wang, Jing Mai, Zhixiong Di and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 16-19, 2023.

• 2022

  C70. Towards Machine Learning for Placement and Routing in Chip Design: a Methodological Overview

  • preprint
  • Junchi Yan, Xianglong Lyu, Ruoyu Cheng and Yibo Lin
  • arXiv preprint, 2022.

  C69. GPU-Accelerated Rectilinear Steiner Tree Generation

  • preprint
  • Zizheng Guo, Feng Gu and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Diego, CA, Nov 01-03, 2022.

  C68. DeePEB: A Neural Partial Differential Equation Solver for Post Exposure Baking Simulation in Lithography

  • preprint | release | Best Paper Nomination
  • Qipan Wang, Xiaohan Gao, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Diego, CA, Nov 01-03, 2022.

  C67. Intelligent and Interactive Analog Layout Design Automation

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Yibo Lin, Xiaohan Gao, Haoyi Zhang, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), Nanjing, China, Oct 25-28, 2022.

  C66. Efficient Design Rule Checking Script Generation via Key Information Extraction

  • Binwu Zhu, Xinyun Zhang, Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and Martin Wong
  • ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD), Snowbird, Utah, Sep 12-13, 2022.

  C65. Multi-Electrostatic FPGA Placement Considering SLICEL-SLICEM Heterogeneity and Clock Feasibility

  • preprint
  • Jing Mai, Yibai Meng, Zhixiong Di and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 10-14, 2022.

  C64. Differentiable-Timing-Driven Global Placement

  • preprint
  • Zizheng Guo and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 10-14, 2022.

  C63. A Timing Engine Inspired Graph Neural Network Model for Pre-Routing Slack Prediction

  • preprint | release
  • Zizheng Guo, Mingjie Liu, Jiaqi Gu, Shuhan Zhang, David Z. Pan and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 10-14, 2022.

  C62. AVATAR: An Aging- and Variation-Aware Dynamic Timing Analyzer for Application-based DVAFS

  • preprint
  • Zuodong Zhang, Zizheng Guo, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 10-14, 2022.

  C61. LHNN: Lattice Hypergraph Neural Network for VLSI Congestion Prediction

  • preprint
  • Bowen Wang, Guibao Shen, Dong Li, Jianye Hao, Wulong Liu, Yu Huang, Hongzhong Wu, Yibo Lin, Guangyong Chen and Pheng Ann Heng
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jul 10-14, 2022.

  C60. EventTimer: Fast and Accurate Event-Based Dynamic Timing Analysis

  • preprint
  • Zuodong Zhang, Zizheng Guo, Yibo Lin, Runsheng Wang and Ru Huang
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Antwerp, Belgium, Mar 14-23, 2022.

  C59. FastGR: Global Routing on CPU-GPU with Heterogeneous Task Graph Scheduler

  • preprint | Best Paper Award
  • Siting Liu, Peiyu Liao, Zhitang Chen, Wenlong Lv, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Antwerp, Belgium, Mar 14-23, 2022.

  C58. DREAMPlace 4.0: Timing-driven Global Placement with Momentum-based Net Weighting

  • preprint
  • Peiyu Liao, Siting Liu, Zhitang Chen, Wenlong Lv, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Antwerp, Belgium, Mar 14-23, 2022.

  C57. Mixed-Cell-Height Legalization on CPU-GPU Heterogeneous Systems

  • preprint
  • Haoyu Yang, Kit Fung, Yuxuan Zhao, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Antwerp, Belgium, Mar 14-23, 2022.

  C56. FPGA-Accelerated Maze Routing Kernel for VLSI Designs

  • preprint
  • Xun Jiang, Yibo Lin and Zhongfeng Wang
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Virtual Conference, Jan 17-20, 2022.

  C55. Efficient Critical Paths Search Algorithm using Mergeable Heap

  • preprint
  • Kexing Zhou, Zizheng Guo, Tsung-Wei Huang and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Virtual Conference, Jan 17-20, 2022.

• 2021

  C54. A Provably Good and Practically Efficient Algorithm for Common Path Pessimism Removal in Large Designs

  • preprint
  • Zizheng Guo, Tsung-Wei Huang and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Dec 05-09, 2021.

  C53. GPU-accelerated Path-based Timing Analysis

  • preprint
  • Guannan Guo, Tsung-Wei Huang, Yibo Lin and Martin Wong
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Dec 05-09, 2021.

  C52. Ultrafast CPU/GPU Kernels for Density Accumulation in Placement

  • preprint
  • Zizheng Guo, Jing Mai and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Dec 05-09, 2021.

  C51. Interactive Analog Layout Editing with Instant Placement Legalization

  • preprint
  • Xiaohan Gao, Mingjie Liu, David Z. Pan and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Dec 05-09, 2021.

  C50. HeteroCPPR: Accelerating Common Path Pessimism Removal with Heterogeneous CPU-GPU Parallelism

  • preprint
  • Zizheng Guo, Tsung-Wei Huang and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Virtual Conference, Nov 01-04, 2021.

  C49. GPU-accelerated Critical Path Generation with Path Constraints

  • preprint
  • Guannan Guo, Tsung-Wei Huang, Yibo Lin and Martin Wong
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Virtual Conference, Nov 01-04, 2021.

  C48. Litho-Aware Redundant Local-Loop Insertion Framework With Convolutional Neural Network

  • preprint
  • Tong Qu, Yibo Lin, Tianyang Gai, Xiaojing Su, Shuhan Wang, Bojie Ma, Yajuan Su and Yayi Wei
  • Proceedings of SPIE, San Jose, CA, Sep 27, 2021.

  C47. Asynchronous Reinforcement Learning Framework for Net Order Exploration in Detailed Routing

  • preprint
  • Tong Qu, Yibo Lin, Zongqing Lu, Yajuan Su and Yayi Wei
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Virtual Conference, Feb 01-05, 2021.

  C46. Global Placement with Deep Learning-Enabled Explicit Routability Optimization

  • preprint
  • Siting Liu, Qi Sun, Peiyu Liao, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Virtual Conference, Feb 01-05, 2021.

  C45. Towards AQFP-Capable Physical Design Automation

  • preprint
  • Hongjia Li, Mengshu Sun, Tianyun Zhang, Olivia Chen, Nobuyuki Yoshikawa, Bei Yu, Yanzhi Wang and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Virtual Conference, Feb 01-05, 2021.

  C44. Layout Symmetry Annotation for Analog Circuits with Graph Neural Networks

  • preprint
  • Xiaohan Gao, Chenhui Deng, Mingjie Liu, Zhiru Zhang, David Z. Pan and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 18-21, 2021.

  C43. Deep Learning for Mask Synthesis and Verification: A Survey

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 18-21, 2021.

• 2020

  C42. DREAMPlace 3.0: Multi-Electrostatics Based Robust VLSI Placement with Region Constraints

  • preprint | slides
  • Jiaqi Gu, Zixuan Jiang, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov 2-5, 2020.

  C41. GPU-Accelerated Static Timing Analysis

  • preprint | slides
  • Zizheng Guo, Tsung-Wei Huang and Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov 2-5, 2020.

  C40. GPU Acceleration in VLSI Back-end Design: Overview and Case Studies

  • preprint | slides | Invited Tutorial
  • Yibo Lin
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Nov 2-5, 2020.

  C39. TEMPO: Fast Mask Topography Effect Modeling with Deep Learning

  • preprint | Best Paper Award
  • Wei Ye, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yuki Watanabe, Shigeki Nojima, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 20-23, 2020.

  C38. Adaptive Layout Decomposition with Graph Embedding Neural Networks

  • preprint | slides
  • Wei Li, Jialu Xia, Yuzhe Ma, Jialu Li, Yibo Lin and Bei Yu
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, Jul 19-23, 2020.

  C37. DREAMPlace 2.0: Open-Source GPU-Accelerated Global and Detailed Placement for Large-Scale VLSI Designs

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Yibo Lin, David Z. Pan, Haoxing Ren and Brucek Khailany
  • China Semiconductor Technology International Conference (CSTIC), Shanghai, China, Jun, 2020.

  C36. ReGDS: A Reverse Engineering Framework from GDSII to Gate-level Netlist

  • preprint
  • Rachel Selina Rajarathnam, Yibo Lin, Yier Jin and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE International Workshop on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), San Jose, CA, May 4, 2020.

  C35. S3DET: Detecting System Symmetry Constraints for Analog Circuits with Graph Similarity

  • preprint | slides | Best Paper Nomination
  • Mingjie Liu, Wuxi Li, Keren Zhu, Biying Xu, Yibo Lin, Linxiao Shen, Xiyuan Tang, Nan Sun and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Jan 13-16, 2020.

  C34. High-Definition Routing Congestion Prediction for Large-Scale FPGAs

  • preprint | slides
  • Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Wuxi Li, Yibo Lin, Love Singhal, Mahesh Iyer and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Jan 13-16, 2020.

• 2019

  C33. elfPlace: Electrostatics-based Placement for Large-Scale Heterogeneous FPGAs

  • preprint | slides
  • Wuxi Li, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Westminster, CO, Nov 4-7, 2019.

  C32. GeniusRoute: A New Analog Routing Paradigm Using Generative Neural Network Guidance

  • preprint | slides
  • Keren Zhu, Mingjie Liu, Yibo Lin, Biying Xu, Shaolan Li, Xiyuan Tang, Nan Sun and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Westminster, CO, Nov 4-7, 2019.

  C31. Mixed Precision Neural Architecture Search for Energy Efficient Deep Learning

  • preprint | slides
  • Chengyue Gong, Zixuan Jiang, Dilin Wang, Yibo Lin, Qiang Liu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Westminster, CO, Nov 4-7, 2019.

  C30. MAGICAL: Toward Fully Automated Analog IC Layout Leveraging Human and Machine Intelligence

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Biying Xu, Keren Zhu, Mingjie Liu, Yibo Lin, Shaolan Li, Xiyuan Tang, Nan Sun and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Westminster, CO, Nov 4-7, 2019.

  C29. OpenMPL: An Open Source Layout Decomposer

  • preprint | slides | release | Invited Paper
  • Wei Li, Yuzhe Ma, Qi Sun, Yibo Lin, Iris Hui-Ru Jiang, Bei Yu and David Z Pan
  • International Conference on ASIC (ASICON), Chongqing, China, Oct, 2019.

  C28. DREAMPlace: Deep Learning Toolkit-Enabled GPU Acceleration for Modern VLSI Placement

  • preprint | slides | release | Best Paper Award
  • Yibo Lin, Shounak Dhar, Wuxi Li, Haoxing Ren, Brucek Khailany and David Z. Pan
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Las Vegas, NV, Jun 2-6, 2019.

  C27. LithoGAN: End-to-End Lithography Modeling with Generative Adversarial Networks

  • preprint | slides | Best Paper Nomination
  • Wei Ye, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Las Vegas, NV, Jun 2-6, 2019.

  C26. WellGAN: Generative-Adversarial-Network-Guided Well Generation for Analog/Mixed-Signal Circuit Layout

  • preprint
  • Biying Xu, Yibo Lin, Xiyuan Tang, Shaolan Li, Linxiao Shen, Nan Sun and David Z. Pan
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Las Vegas, NV, Jun 2-6, 2019.

  C25. GAN-SRAF: Sub-Resolution Assist Feature Generation Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks

  • preprint | slides
  • Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yibo Lin, Zaiwei Zhang, Meng Li, Qixing Huang and David Z. Pan
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Las Vegas, NV, Jun 2-6, 2019.

  C24. Towards a Theoretical Understanding of Hashing-Based Neural Nets

  • preprint
  • Yibo Lin, Zhao Song and Lin F. Yang
  • International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), Okinawa, Japan, Apr 16-18, 2019.

  C23. Device Layer-Aware Analytical Placement for Analog Circuits

  • preprint | Best Paper Nomination
  • Biying Xu, Shaolan Li, Chak-Wa Pui, Derong Liu, Linxiao Shen, Yibo Lin, Nan Sun and David Z. Pan
  • ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), San Francisco, CA, Apr 14-17, 2019.

  C22. Litho-GPA: Gaussian Process Assurance for Lithography Hotspot Detection

  • preprint
  • Wei Ye, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Meng Li, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Eurpoe (DATE), Florence, Italy, Mar 25-29, 2019.

  C21. Semi-Supervised Hotspot Detection with Self-Paced Multi-Task Learning

  • preprint | release
  • Ying Chen, Yibo Lin, Tianyang Gai, Yajuan Su, Yayi Wei and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 21-24, 2019.

  C20. Tackling Signal Electromigration with Learning-Based Detection and Multistage Mitigation

  • preprint
  • Wei Ye, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 21-24, 2019.

  C19. LithoROC: Lithography Hotspot Detection with Explicit ROC Optimization

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Wei Ye, Yibo Lin, Meng Li, Qiang Liu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Tokyo, Japan, Jan 21-24, 2019.

• 2018

  C18. Machine Learning for Yield Learning and Optimization

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Yibo Lin, Mohamed Baker Alawieh, Wei Ye and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE International Test Conference (ITC), Phoenix, Arizona, Oct, 2018.

  C17. Learning Long Term Dependencies via Fourier Recurrent Units

  • preprint | release
  • Jiong Zhang, Yibo Lin, Zhao Song and Inderjit S Dhillon
  • International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), Stockholm, Sweden, Jun 10-15, 2018.

  C16. Data Efficient Lithography Modeling with Residual Neural Networks and Transfer Learning

  • preprint | slides
  • Yibo Lin, Yuki Watanabe, Taiki Kimura, Tetsuaki Matsunawa, Shigeki Nojima, Meng Li and David Z. Pan
  • ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Monterey, CA, Mar 25-28, 2018.

  C15. A Practical Split Manufacturing Framework for Trojan Prevention via Simultaneous Wire Lifting and Cell Insertion

  • preprint
  • Meng Li, Bei Yu, Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Wuxi Li and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Jeju, Korea, Jan 22-25, 2018.

  C14. Layout-dependent aging mitigation for critical path timing

  • preprint
  • Che-Lun Hsu, Shaofeng Guo, Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Meng Li, Runsheng Wang, Ru Huang and David Z Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Jeju, Korea, Jan 22-25, 2018.

• 2017

  C13. Patterning Aware Design Optimization of Selective Etching in N5 and Beyond

  • preprint | slides
  • Yibo Lin, Peter Debacker, Darko Trivkovic, Ryoung-han Kim, Praveen Raghavan and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), Boston, MA, Nov 5-8, 2017.

  C12. Machine learning for mask/wafer hotspot detection and mask synthesis

  • preprint | Invited paper
  • Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Jiaojiao Ou and David Z Pan
  • Photomask Technology, Oct 16, 2017.

  C11. Placement Mitigation Techniques for Power Grid Electromigration

  • preprint
  • Wei Ye, Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Wuxi Li, Yiwei Fu, Yongsheng Sun, Canhui Zhan and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), Taipei, Jul 24-26, 2017.

  C10. Concurrent Pin Access Optimization for Unidirectional Routing

  • preprint
  • Xiaoqing Xu, Yibo Lin, Vinicius Livramento and David Z. Pan
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), Austin, TX, Jun 18-22, 2017.

  C9. DSAR: DSA aware routing with simultaneous DSA guiding pattern and double patterning assignment

  • preprint
  • Jiaojiao Ou, Bei Yu, Xiaoqing Xu, Joydeep Mitra, Yibo Lin and David Z. Pan
  • ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), Portland, OR, Mar 19-22, 2017.

• 2016

  C8. MrDP: Multiple-row detailed placement of heterogeneous-sized cells for advanced nodes

  • preprint | slides | release
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Xiaoqing Xu, Jhih-Rong Gao, Natarajan Viswanathan, Wen-Hao Liu, Zhuo Li, Charles J Alpert and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Austin, TX, Nov 7-10, 2016.

  C7. A novel unified dummy fill insertion framework with SQP-based optimization method

  • preprint
  • Yudong Tao, Changhao Yan, Yibo Lin, Sheng-Guo Wang, David Z. Pan and Xuan Zeng
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Austin, TX, Nov 7-10, 2016.

  C6. Detailed placement in advanced technology nodes: a survey

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology (ICSICT), Hangzhou, China, Oct 25-28, 2016.

  C5. Triple/quadruple patterning layout decomposition via novel linear programming and iterative rounding

  • preprint | slides | release | Best Student Paper Award
  • Yibo Lin, Xiaoqing Xu, Bei Yu, Ross Baldick and David Z. Pan
  • Proceedings of SPIE, San Jose, CA, Feb 21-25, 2016.

  C4. Stitch aware detailed placement for multiple e-beam lithography

  • preprint | slides
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Yi Zou, Zhuo Li, Charles J Alpert and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), Macau, China, Jan 25-28, 2016.

• 2015

  C3. Triple patterning aware detailed placement toward zero cross-row middle-of-line conflict

  • preprint | slides | release
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu, Biying Xu and David Z. Pan
  • IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), Austin, TX, Nov 2-6, 2015.

  C2. High performance dummy fill insertion with coupling and uniformity constraints

  • preprint | slides | release
  • Yibo Lin, Bei Yu and David Z. Pan
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jun 7-11, 2015.

  C1. Pushing multiple patterning in sub-10nm: are we ready?

  • preprint | Invited Paper
  • David Z. Pan, Lars Liebmann, Bei Yu, Xiaoqing Xu and Yibo Lin
  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, CA, Jun 7-11, 2015.

PhD Thesis

• 2018

  1. Bridging Design and Manufacturing Gap through Machine Learning and Machine-Generated Layout

  • Yibo Lin
  • PhD Thesis, University of Texas at Austin, 2018.