Meet Our Experts

The Minds Powering CEDAR

A Global Network of Researchers, Innovators, and Industry Leaders

Professor Evangeline F.Y. Young

Chair Professor (CUHK), Project Coordinator | B.Sc. (CUHK), Ph.D. (UT Austin)

Evangeline F.Y. Young is the CEDAR Director and the Chairperson of Department of Computer Science & Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), specializing in VLSI CAD, algorithms, and AI. She is a globally recognized EDA researcher, editor, and conference leader whose team has won multiple international EDA competition championships.

Professor Tsung-Yi Ho

Professor (CUHK), Co-Principal Investigator | Ph.D. (NTU)

Tsung-Yi Ho is a Professor and internationally recognized expert in design automation and emerging computing technologies. He is an ACM Distinguished Member, IEEE CEDA Vice President for Technical Activities, and recipient of multiple prestigious international fellowships and best paper awards.

Professor Qiang Xu

Professor (CUHK), Co-Principal Investigator | B.E. (BUPT), M.E. (BUPT), Ph.D. (McMaster)

Qiang Xu is a Professor whose research spans AI safety and security, learning-based testing, electronic design automation, hardware security, and approximate computing. He has supervised nearly 20 Ph.D. graduates, with students receiving prestigious dissertation awards from EDAA and IEEE TTTC.

Professor Bei Yu

Professor (CUHK), Co-Principal Investigator | M.E. (Tsinghua), Ph.D. (Texas)

Bei Yu is an Associate Professor at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) specializing in machine learning, combinatorial optimization, and VLSI CAD. He is an active leader in the EDA community, serving on major conference committees and editorial boards, including DAC, ICCAD, DATE, ASP-DAC, and ACM TODAES.

Professor Martin Ding Fat Wong

Chair Professor (HKBU), Co-Principal Investigator

Martin D.F. Wong is a world-renowned EDA researcher, ACM Fellow, and IEEE Fellow. He has published 500+ research papers, supervised 65 PhD graduates, received numerous international awards, and is ranked among the world’s leading researchers in Electronic Design Automation.

More Team Members to Be Featured…

CEDAR brings together a diverse group of researchers, industry experts, and collaborators.
More profiles will be published as they become available.

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