CV

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Contact Information

Name Hanyu Wang
Professional Title PhD Student, Computer Science
Email hanyuwang@g.ucla.edu

Professional Summary

PhD student at UCLA working on mathematical optimization problems in electronic design automation, including quantum circuit synthesis, logic synthesis, and LLM agents for hardware design.

Experience

  • 2024 - present

    Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Graduate Research Assistant
    VAST Research Group, UCLA
    • Advisor: Prof. Jason Cong
  • 2022 - 2024

    Zurich, Switzerland

    Research Intern
    DYNAMO Research Group, ETH Zurich
    • Advisor: Prof. Lana Josipović
  • 2021 - 2022

    Lausanne, Switzerland

    Research Intern
    Integrated Systems Laboratory, EPFL
    • Advisor: Prof. Giovanni De Micheli
  • 2019 - 2021

    Shanghai, China

    Research Intern
    Emerging Computing Technology Laboratory, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    • Advisor: Prof. Weikang Qian
  • 2020 - 2020

    Ithaca, NY, USA

    Research Intern (Remote)
    Computer Systems Laboratory, Cornell University
    • Advisor: Prof. Zhiru Zhang

Education

  • 2024 - present

    Los Angeles, CA, USA

    PhD
    University of California, Los Angeles
    Computer Science
    • Advisor: Prof. Jason Cong, VAST research group
    • Interests: quantum computing, electronic design automation
  • 2021 - 2024

    Zurich, Switzerland

    MSc
    ETH Zurich
    Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
  • 2017 - 2021

    Shanghai, China

    BEng
    UM-SJTU Joint Institute, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
    Electrical and Computer Engineering

Honors & Awards

Best Paper Award Nominations: DAC 2021, IWLS/ICCAD 2023 (MapBuf), DATE 2024 (VACSEM)
Competition: 1st place, IWLS 2022 programming contest
Competition: 1st place, Global Router Contest 2020, UW-Madison
Scholarship: Sam and Daisy Wu Research Scholarship (2020), Liming Yu Scholarship (2018), John Wu & Jane Sun Excellence Scholarship (2017)

Teaching

ETH Zurich: Teaching assistant for VLSI 1: HDL-based design for FPGAs (2022), VLSI 2: backend design (2023), and VLSI 4: measurement and testing of VLSI circuits (2023)
UM-SJTU Joint Institute: Teaching assistant for VE475 Introduction to Cryptography, VP260 Honors Physics II, and VP160 Honors Physics I (2019)