Xuan (Silvia) Zhang
Associate Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Contact
- xuan.zhang@northeastern.edu
- 360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
Research Focus
Artificial intelligence (AI) hardware, machine vision sensors, machine learning for electronic design automation, efficiency/security/privacy for autonomous systems, computer architecture, integrated circuits/VLSI design
Education
- PhD, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell, 2012
Honors & Awards
- 2020 NSF CAREER Award
Research Overview
Artificial intelligence (AI) hardware, machine vision sensors, machine learning for electronic design automation, efficiency/security/privacy for autonomous systems, computer architecture, integrated circuits/VLSI design
Department Research Areas
Selected Publications
- Z. Dong, W. Cao, M. Zhang, D. Tao, Y. Chen, and X. Zhang, “CktGNN: Circuit graph neural network for electronic design automation,” in The Eleventh International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2023.
- J. Gao, W. Cao, and X. Zhang, “RoSE: Robust analog circuit parameter optimization with sampling-efficient reinforcement learning,” in Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2023.
- T. Ma, A. J. Boloor, X. Yang, W. Cao, P. Williams, N. Sun, A. Chakrabarti, and X. Zhang, “LeCA: In-sensor learned compressive acquisition for efficient machine vision on the edge,” in Proceedings of the 50th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 2023.
- T. Ma, Y. Feng, X. Zhang, and Y. Zhu, “CamJ: Enabling system-level energy modeling and architectural exploration for in-sensor visual computing,” in Proceedings of the 50th Annual International Symposium on Computer Architecture (ISCA), 2023.
Dec 19, 2023
New Faculty Spotlight: Xuan (Silvia) Zhang
Xuan (Silvia) Zhang joins the Electrical and Computer Engineering department in January 2024 as an Associate Professor.