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                  Research and Teaching Interests: 
                  
                       Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT) for Education, Health, Transportation, and Power and Water Sustainability
										  Programmable Logic (FPGA), Re-Configurable Computing, AI-on-A-Chip, Neuromorphic Computing, and Quantum Computing
										  Modeling, Simulation and Validation for VLSI Circuits, Software, and IoT Systems | 
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                  | Citations and H-index by Google Scholar | 
                   
                
               
              
            
            
            
              
                
                  | 2013   | 
                   IEEE Design Automation Conference Prolific Author Award, “DAC 25 Club” | 
                   
                
                  | 2013   | 
                   IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) Top 10 Author Award for  fifth Decade | 
                   
                
           
            
              
                
                  | 2012   | 
                  US-China Ecopartnershp Award, US Department of State, China National Development and Reform Commission | 
                   
                
                  | 2011      | 
                  IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Darlington Best Paper Award | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 2010   | 
                   Best Paper Award, the ACM Trans. on Design Automation of Electronic  Systems | 
                   
                
                  | 2008      | 
                   Best Contribution Award, Programming Challenge, IEEE International Workshop on Logic and Synthesis | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 2007  | 
                  SRC Inventor Award | 
                   
                
                  | 2006   | 
                  ACM/IEEE International Symposium on  Physical Design Best Paper Award  | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 2005   | 
                   Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award | 
                   
                
                  | 2003   | 
                  IBM Faculty Partner Award | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 2003  | 
                  Best Student Paper Award, the 2003 IEEE International Conference on  Application Specific Integrated Circuits | 
                   
                
                  | 2003   | 
                  UCLA Chancellor’s Early Faculty Development Award  | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 2000   | 
                   National Science Foundation CAREER Award | 
                   
                
                  | 2000      | 
                  Distinguished PhD Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering  and Applied Science | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 1997   | 
                  Prize for Engineering and Technology, the Dimitris N. Chorafas  Foundation | 
                   
                
                  | 1993      | 
                  Best Paper Award, Chinese Computer Foundation CAD/CAM Conference | 
                   
                
               
            
              
                
                  | 1990   | 
                   Top Graduating Student Award, Fudan University | 
                 
                
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