Chen Chen

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I am a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou) (HKUST(GZ)), advised by Prof. Hongce Zhang. I am also a visiting scholar at the University of Maryland, College Park, where I work closely with Prof. Cunxi Yu.

Research Interests:

  • Logic Synthesis and Technology Mapping
  • Equality Saturation
  • Formal Verification Using Algebraic Methods
  • Graph Learning in Electronic Design Automation
  • Vibe Coding for EDA Algorithms Evolution
  • Formal Verification for Vibe Coding

Education

2022 - present Ph.D. in Microelectronics, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)


Advisor: Hongce Zhang

M.S. in Electronic Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.S. in Electronic Information Technology, Macau University of Science and Technology

Experiences

2024.09-2025.06

Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland, College Park (with Prof. Cunxi Yu on logic synthesis and ML for formal verification)

2021.09-2022.02

Independent Study and Research, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (with Prof. Wei Zhang on High-Radix Fast Fourier Transform for CNN Accelerator on FPGA using HLS)

Publications

[Google Scholar: 0k+ citations and an h-index of 1]

2026

1. ReVEAL: GNN-Guided Reverse Engineering for Formal Verification of Optimized Multipliers
Chen Chen, Daniela Kaufmann, Chenhui Deng, Hongce Zhang, and Cunxi Yu
TACAS 2026
2. eLogic: A E-Graph-based Logic Rewriting Framework for Majority-Inverter Graphs
Rongliang Fu, Wei Xuan, Shuo Yin, Guangyu Hu, Chen Chen, Hongce Zhang, Bei Yu, and Tsung-Yi Ho
DATE 2026

2025

3. Revisit Choice Network for Synthesis and Technology Mapping
Chen Chen, Jiaqi Yin, and Cunxi Yu
ICCAD 2025
4. e-boost: Boosted E-Graph Extraction with Adaptive Heuristics and Exact Solving
Jiaqi Yin, Zhan Song, Chen Chen, Yaohui Cai, Zhiru Zhang, and Cunxi Yu
ICCAD 2025
5. ReVEAL: Reverse Engineering of Multiplier Architectures via Graph Learning for Computer Algebra Verification
Chen Chen, Daniela Kaufmann, Chenhui Deng, Hongce Zhang, and Cunxi Yu
IWLS 2025
6. E-morphic: Scalable Equality Saturation for Structural Exploration in Logic Synthesis
Chen Chen *, Guangyu Hu *, Cunxi Yu, Yuzhe Ma, and Hongce Zhang
DAC 2025
7. BoolE: Exact Symbolic Reasoning via Boolean Equality Saturation
Jiaqi Yin, Zhan Song, Chen Chen, Qihao Hu, and Cunxi Yu
DAC 2025

2024

8. E-Syn: E-Graph Rewriting with Technology-Aware Cost Functions for Logic Synthesis
Chen Chen *, Guangyu Hu *, and Zuo Dongsheng, Cunxi Yu, Yuzhe Ma, and Hongce Zhang
DAC 2024

Awards

2025
Best Paper Nomination at ICCAD
2025
Best Paper Nomination at DAC
2023

Service

Artifact Evaluation Committee

The 19th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods (IFM2024)
The 20th International Conference on Integrated Formal Methods (IFM2025)
The 31th International Conference on Tools and Algorithms for the Construction and Analysis of Systems (TACAS2025)

Reviewer

ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)

Last updated on 2025-12-25