Tsung-Yi Ho

Short CV

Tsung-Yi Ho received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2005. He is a Professor with the Department of Computer Science of National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. From 2007 to 2014 and 2015, he was with National Cheng Kung University and National Chiao Tung University, respectively. His research interests include design automation and test for microfluidic biochips and nanometer integrated circuits. He has presented 8 tutorials and contributed 8 special sessions in ACM/IEEE conferences, all in design automation for microfluidic biochips. He has been the recipient of many research awards, such as Dr. Wu Ta-You Memorial Award of National Science Council (NSC) of Taiwan, Junior Research Investigators Award of the Academia Sinica, Distinguished Young Scholar Award of the Taiwan IC Design Society, Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award of the Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering, the Delta Electronics K.T. Li Research Award, the ACM Taipei Chapter Young Researcher Award, the IEEE Tainan Chapter Gold Member Award, the Invitational Fellowship of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), the Humboldt Research Fellowship by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, and the Hans Fischer Fellow by the Institute of Advanced Study of the Technical University of Munich. He was a recipient of the Best Paper Awards at the VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) in 2013 and IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems in 2015. He currently serves as an ACM Distinguished Speaker, a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society, the Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Tainan Chapter, the Chair of the ACM SIGDA Taiwan Chapter, and Associate Editor of the ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems and IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration Systems, Guest Editor of IEEE Design & Test of Computers, and the Technical Program Committees of major conferences, including DAC, ICCAD, DATE, ASP-DAC, ISPD, ICCD, etc.


Selected Awards

  • 2014, Award for Junior Research Investigators, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
  • 2014, Best Paper Nomination, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
  • 2014, Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
  • 2013, Outstanding Young Electrical Engineer Award, Chinese Institute of Electrical Engineering
  • 2013, Best Paper Award, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
  • 2012, Dr. Ta-You Wu Memorial Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
  • 2012, Distinguished Young Scholar Award, Taiwan IC Design Society
  • 2012, Excellent Young Researcher Project Award, National Science Council, Taiwan
  • 2012, K. T. Li Young Scholar Research Award, ACM Taipei Section
  • 2012, Best Paper Award, Synthesis and System Integration of Mixed Information Technologies
  • 2012, Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
  • 2011, Best Paper Nomination, IEEE/ACM Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference
  • 2011, Hildegard Maier Research Fellowship, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
  • 2011, JSPS Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
  • 2005, Best Paper Nomination, ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference

Research Interests

  • Design Automation for Emerging Applications (with an emphasis on microfluidic biochips)
  • Design Automation for Nanometer Integrated Circuits

Selected Publications

  • Luo, Yan; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu; Ho, Tsung-Yi: Real-Time Error Recovery in Cyberphysical Digital-Microfluidic Biochips Using a Compact Dictionary. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 32 (12), 2013, 1839-1852.
  • Jia-Wen Chang; Sheng-Han Yeh; Tsung-Wei Huang; Tsung-Yi Ho: An ILP-Based Routing Algorithm for Pin-Constrained EWOD Chips With Obstacle Avoidance. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 32 (11), 2013, 1655-1667.
  • Chen, Ying-Han; Hsu, Chung-Lun; Tsai, Li-Chen; Huang, Tsung-Wei; Ho, Tsung-Yi: A Reliability-Oriented Placement Algorithm for Reconfigurable Digital Microfluidic Biochips Using 3-D Deferred Decision Making Technique. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 32 (8), 2013, 1151-1162.
  • Wu, Po-Hsun; Lin, Mark Po-Hung; Chen, Tung-Chieh; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Chen, Yu-Chuan; Siao, Shun-Ren; Lin, Shu-Hung: 1-D Cell Generation With Printability Enhancement. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 32 (3), 2013, 419-432.
  • Chang, Jia-Wen; Yeh, Sheng-Han; Huang, Tsung-Wei; Ho, Tsung-Yi: Integrated Fluidic-Chip Co-Design Methodology for Digital Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 32 (2), 2013, 216-227.
  • Yi-Ling Hsieh; Tsung-Yi Ho; Chakrabarty, K.: A Reagent-Saving Mixing Algorithm for Preparing Multiple-Target Biochemical Samples Using Digital Microfluidics. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 31 (11), 2012, 1656-1669.
  • Hsu, Kai-Ti; Sinha, Subarna; Pi, Yu-Chuan; Ho, Tsung-Yi: A Hierarchy-Based Distributed Algorithm for Layout Geometry Operations. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 31 (10), 2012, 1546-1557.
  • Huang, Tsung-Wei; Yeh, Shih-Yuan; Ho, Tsung-Yi: A Network-Flow Based Pin-Count Aware Routing Algorithm for Broadcast-Addressing EWOD Chips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 30 (12), 2011, 1786-1799.
  • Chou, Sheng; Han, Cheng-Shen; Huang, Po-Kai; Tien, Ko-Fan; Ho, Tsung-Yi: An Effective and Efficient Framework for Clock Latency Range Aware Clock Network Synthesis. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 30 (7), 2011, 1045-1057.
  • Huang, Tsung-Wei; Ho, Tsung-Yi: A Two-Stage Integer Linear Programming-Based Droplet Routing Algorithm for Pin-Constrained Digital Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 30 (2), 2011, 215-228.
  • Huang, Tsung-Wei; Lin, Chun-Hsien; Ho, Tsung-Yi: A Contamination Aware Droplet Routing Algorithm for the Synthesis of Digital Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 29 (11), 2010, 1682-1695.

For a full publication list please see here.


Publications as TUM-IAS-Fellow

2018

  • Zhu, Ying; Li, Bing; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Wang, Qin; Yao, Hailong; Wille, Robert; Schlichtmann, Ulf: Multi-channel and fault-tolerant control multiplexing for flow-based microfluidic biochips. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer-Aided Design - ICCAD '18, ACM Press, 2018 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2017

  • Wang, Qin; Xu, Yue; Zuo, Shiliang; Yao, Hailong; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Li, Bing; Schlichtmann, Ulf; Cai, Yici: Pressure-Aware Control Layer Optimization for Flow-Based Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems 11 (6), 2017, 1488-1499 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2016

  • Ho, Tsung-Yi; Yamashita, Shigeru; Banerjee, Ansuman; Roy, Sudip: Design of Microfluidic Biochips: Connecting Algorithms and Foundations of Chip Design to Biochemistry and the Life Sciences. 2016 29th International Conference on VLSI Design and 2016 15th International Conference on Embedded Systems (VLSID), IEEE, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Hu, Kai; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu: Wash Optimization and Analysis for Cross-Contamination Removal Under Physical Constraints in Flow-Based Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 35 (4), 2016, 559-572 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Li, Jain-De; Wang, Sying-Jyan; Li, Katherine Shu-Min; Ho, Tsung-Yi: Congestion- and timing-driven droplet routing for pin-constrained paper-based microfluidic biochips. 2016 21st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), IEEE, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Li, Jain-De; Wang, Sying-Jyan; Li, Katherine Shu-Min; Ho, Tsung-Yi: Test and diagnosis of paper-based microfluidic biochips. 2016 IEEE 34th VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), IEEE, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Li, Zipeng; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu: Optimization of 3D Digital Microfluidic Biochips for the Multiplexed Polymerase Chain Reaction. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems 21 (2), 2016, 1-27 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Li, Zipeng; Lai, Kelvin Yi-Tse; Yu, Po-Hsien; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Lee, Chen-Yi: Built-in self-test for micro-electrode-dot-array digital microfluidic biochips. 2016 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC), IEEE, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Li, Zipeng; Lai, Kelvin Yi-Tse; Yu, Po-Hsien; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu; Pajic, Miroslav; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Lee, Chen-Yi: Error recovery in a micro-electrode-dot-array digital microfluidic biochip? Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design - ICCAD '16, ACM Press, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Li, Zipeng; Lai, Kelvin Yi-Tse; Yu, Po-Hsien; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu; Lee, Chen-Yi: High-level synthesis for micro-electrode-dot-array digital microfluidic biochips. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Design Automation Conference on - DAC '16, ACM Press, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Qin Wang; Yizhong Ru; Yao, Hailong; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Cai, Yici: Sequence-pair-based placement and routing for flow-based microfluidic biochips. 2016 21st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), IEEE, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Su, Yi-Siang; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Lee, Der-Tsai: A routability-driven flow routing algorithm for programmable microfluidic devices. 2016 21st Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), IEEE, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Tseng, Tsun-Ming; Li, Bing; Li, Mengchu; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Schlichtmann, Ulf: Reliability-Aware Synthesis With Dynamic Device Mapping and Fluid Routing for Flow-Based Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 35 (12), 2016, 1981-1994 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Tseng, Tsun-Ming; Li, Mengchu; Li, Bing; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Schlichtmann, Ulf: Columba. Proceedings of the 53rd Annual Design Automation Conference on - DAC '16, ACM Press, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Wang, Qin; Cai, Yici; Li, Zeyan; Cheong, Haena; Kwon, Oh-Sun; Yao, Hailong; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Shin, Kwanwoo; Li, Bing; Schlichtmann, Ulf: Control-fluidic CoDesign for paper-based digital microfluidic biochips. Proceedings of the 35th International Conference on Computer-Aided Design - ICCAD '16, ACM Press, 2016 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Yao, Hailong; Wang, Qin; Shen, Yiren; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Cai, Yici: Integrated Functional and Washing Routing Optimization for Cross-Contamination Removal in Digital Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 35 (8), 2016, 1283-1296 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2015

  • Ibrahim, Mohamed; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu; Ho, Tsung-Yi: Efficient Error Recovery in Cyberphysical Digital-Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems 1 (1), 2015, 46-58 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Tseng, Tsun-Ming; Li, Bing; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Schlichtmann, Ulf: Reliability-aware synthesis for flow-based microfluidic biochips by dynamic-device mapping. Proceedings of the 52nd Annual Design Automation Conference on - DAC '15, ACM Press, 2015 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Tsun-Ming Tseng; Bing Li; Schlichtmann, Ulf; Tsung-Yi Ho: Storage and Caching: Synthesis of Flow-Based Microfluidic Biochips. IEEE Design & Test 32 (6), 2015, 69-75 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )

2014

  • Hsieh, Yi-Ling; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu: Biochip Synthesis and Dynamic Error Recovery for Sample Preparation Using Digital Microfluidics. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 33 (2), 2014, 183-196 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Luo, Yan; Chakrabarty, Krishnendu; Ho, Tsung-Yi: Biochemistry Synthesis on a Cyberphysical Digital Microfluidics Platform Under Completion-Time Uncertainties in Fluidic Operations. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 33 (6), 2014, 903-916 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )
  • Wu, Po-Hsun; Lin, Mark Po-Hung; Chen, Tung-Chieh; Yeh, Ching-Feng; Ho, Tsung-Yi; Liu, Bin-Da: Exploring Feasibilities of Symmetry Islands and Monotonic Current Paths in Slicing Trees for Analog Placement. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 33 (6), 2014, 879-892 mehr… BibTeX Volltext ( DOI )