publications

2026

1. MLCAD

   

   From Tool Invocation to Source-Mechanism Exploration: Protected White-Box DSE for Open-Source EDA

   Zhiyu Zheng , Yiming Du , Ziyi Wang, and 1 more author

   In Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD, 2026

   Accepted

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   @inproceedings{zheng2026reviewdse,
     title = {From Tool Invocation to Source-Mechanism Exploration: Protected White-Box {DSE} for Open-Source {EDA}},
     author = {Zheng, Zhiyu and Du, Yiming and Wang, Ziyi and Wang, Zhiang},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD},
     year = {2026},
     note = {Accepted},
     archiveprefix = {arXiv},
     primaryclass = {cs.AR},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.11294},
   }

2. DATE

   

   CHIP-MAP: A Collaborative Optimization Framework for Macro Placement Using Large Language Models

   Yiming Du , RenYe Yan , Yunfan Yang, and 7 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2026 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference, 2026

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   @inproceedings{du2026chipmap,
     title = {{CHIP-MAP}: A Collaborative Optimization Framework for Macro Placement Using Large Language Models},
     author = {Du, Yiming and Yan, RenYe and Yang, Yunfan and Qu, Frank and Tan, Jiajun and Zheng, Zhiyu and Gan, Yiming and Liang, Ling and Wang, Zongwei and Cai, Yimao},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 Design, Automation \& Test in Europe Conference},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.23919/DATE69613.2026.11539734},
     url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11539734},
   }

3. DATE

   

   SONIC: Smart Optimization for Neural-Integrated CMP with Timing-Aware Fills

   Jiajun Tan , Qichao Ma , Yiming Du, and 6 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 2026 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference, 2026

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   @inproceedings{tan2026sonic,
     title = {{SONIC}: Smart Optimization for Neural-Integrated CMP with Timing-Aware Fills},
     author = {Tan, Jiajun and Ma, Qichao and Du, Yiming and Gan, Yiming and Liang, Ling and Lin, Yibo and Zhu, Ming and Wang, Zongwei and Cai, Yimao},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2026 Design, Automation \& Test in Europe Conference},
     year = {2026},
     doi = {10.23919/DATE69613.2026.11539303},
     url = {https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11539303},
   }

2025

1. Patent

   

   A progressive macro-cell placement optimization method and related device based on large language models

   Ming Zhu , Ling Liang , Yiming Du, and 1 more author

   2025

   Chinese invention patent, application no. 202510832720.2, substantive examination

   Bib

   @misc{zhu2025progressive,
     title = {A progressive macro-cell placement optimization method and related device based on large language models},
     author = {Zhu, Ming and Liang, Ling and Du, Yiming and others},
     year = {2025},
     note = {Chinese invention patent, application no. 202510832720.2, substantive examination},
   }

2. Patent

   

   A macro-cell placement evaluation and optimization method based on large language models

   Yimao Cai , Ling Liang , Yiming Du, and 2 more authors

   2025

   Chinese invention patent, application no. 202510751333.6, substantive examination

   Bib

   @misc{cai2025macro,
     title = {A macro-cell placement evaluation and optimization method based on large language models},
     author = {Cai, Yimao and Liang, Ling and Du, Yiming and Wang, Zongwei and others},
     year = {2025},
     note = {Chinese invention patent, application no. 202510751333.6, substantive examination},
   }