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PhD in Electrical Engineering

Professor
Director, HKUST Integrated Circuit Design Center (ICDC)
Director, HKUST-Qualcomm Joint Innovation and Research Lab
Director, Optical Wireless Lab
Director, Dual Master's Degree Programme Focusing on Future Energy and Power System Smart Operation and Management

C. Patrick Yue (S’93–M’98–SM’05–F’15) received the B.S. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering (Highest Hons.) from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1994 and 1998, respectively. 

His research interest includes optical wireless physical layer circuits and systems, high-speed wireline communication SoC, millimeter-wave communication and sensing circuits, indoor positioning and image processing technologies for robotic applications, and edge computing accelerator design for IoT applications.

Prof. Chik Patrick YUE

PhD in Electrical Engineering

Professor
Director, HKUST Integrated Circuit Design Center (ICDC)
Director, HKUST-Qualcomm Joint Innovation and Research Lab
Director, Optical Wireless Lab
Director, Dual Master's Degree Programme Focusing on Future Energy and Power System Smart Operation and Management

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PhD, Stanford
Fellow, IEEE
Fellow, OSA

C. Patrick Yue (S’93–M’98–SM’05–F’15) received the B.S. degree in Electronic and Computer Engineering (Highest Hons.) from the University of Texas at Austin in 1992, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1994 and 1998, respectively. 

Based on his Ph.D. thesis work, he co-founded Atheros Communications in 1998 and contributed to the development and deployment of the world's first IEEE802.11a CMOS Wi-Fi transceiver system-on-chip (SoC). In 2002, he joined Aeluros to work on CMOS high-speed PHY/SerDes IC design and signal integrity issues in chip packaging. Between 2001 and 2003, while working at the start-ups, he served as a Consulting Assistant Professor at Stanford in the EE Department focusing on research in the area of high-frequency CMOS IC design and RF device modeling. In 2003, he joined Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In 2006, he moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara and was promoted to full professor in 2010. Since 2011, he has been a Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering. From 2014 to 2015, he served as the first Associate Provost for Knowledge Transfer at HKUST. In 2016, he took a sabbatical leave from HKUST to Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC as a Visiting Chair Professor in the Institute of Microelectronics. In 2017, he founded LiPHY Communications to commercialize visible light communication (VLC) technology for smart building and IoT market. Currently, he is the Director of the HKUST Integrated Circuit Design Center (ICDC), the Optical Wireless Lab (OWL), and the HKUST-Qualcomm Joint Innovation and Research Lab. His research interest includes optical wireless physical layer circuits and systems, high-speed wireline communication SoC, millimeter-wave communication and sensing circuits, indoor positioning and image processing technologies for robotic applications, and edge computing accelerator design for IoT applications.

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Li Wang
Li WANG

Ph.D (Google Scholar)

Dr. Wang obtained his Bachelor's degree in electronics from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology in August 2016 and his PhD degree from the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in November 2021. Since then, he has been a postdoctoral fellow in the IC Design Center and the Optical Wireless Lab at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research areas include wireline, mmWave, optical and IoT transceiver IC, as well as frequency synthesis and antenna design.

Dr. Wang has presented at IEEE conferences such as VLSI-C, CICC, ESSCIRC and IPC. He has published 34 papers, including 11 as the first author, and holds 2 U.S. patents and 2 Chinese patents.

From 2019 to 2020, Dr. Wang served as a Teaching Assistant Coordinator (TAC) in the ECE Department of HKUST. He was also the Chair of the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Hong Kong Student Chapter from 2018 to 2021. During his service period, the Hong Kong Student Chapter received the Best SSCS Chapter Award in 2018. Additionally, Dr. Wang was awarded the SENG Top Research Postgraduate in 2018.

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Lin WANG

Ph.D (Google Scholar)

Dr. Wang received the B.Sc. degree in applied physics from the Hefei University of Technology (HFUT), Hefei, China, in 2015, and the M.Eng. degree in integrated circuit engineering from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, in 2019. In 2024, she received the Ph.D. degree in the State-Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (AMSV), University of Macau (UM). Her research interests are focused on the high-speed wireline transceiver design.

Ph.D (Google Scholar)

Dr. Hong received his M.Sc. and B.Eng. degrees in integrated circuit design engineering from HKUST and Guangdong University of Technology in 2019 and 2018, respectively. He also received his Ph.D. degree in Dept. ECE, HKUST in 2024. He was a Research Assistant with the China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute in 2017. His current research interests include computer architecture, deep learning, and 3D computer vision.

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Fuzhan Chen
Fuzhan CHEN

Ph.D Student (Google Scholar)

Fuzhan received his bachelor's degree from Hefei University of Technology in 2017 and master's degree from Institute of Microelectronics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2020, both in microelectronic science and engineering. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE, HKUST, under the joint PhD training program in partnership with SUSTech. His research focuses on high-speed optical and wireline communication integrated circuit design.
Fuzhan has presented at IEEE conferences such as CICC and ESSCIRC. He has published 8 papers, including 3 as the first author, and holds 1 Chinese patent. He was awarded HKUST Redbird Academic Excellence Fellowship in 2024.

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Chongyun Zhang
Chongyun ZHANG

Ph.D Student (Google Scholar)

Chongyun received his B.Eng. degree in electronic science and technology from Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China, in 2020. He is now pursuing his PhD degree in ECE department, HKUST. He has presented at ISSCC-SRP and VLSI-C and holds 1 PRC patent. He served as the TAC in the ECE Department of HKUST from 2023 to 2024 and as the Chair of the IEEE SSCS Hong Kong Student Chapter from 2021 to 2024. He was awarded 2022-23 Senior Teaching Assistant Fellowship of ECE department, HKUST. His current research focuses on high-speed, low-power integrated circuit design for optical communication.

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Xinyi Liu
Xinyi LIU

Ph.D Student

Xinyi received her B.Sc. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Southern University of Science and Technology in 2020. Now she is pursuing her PhD degree in ECE, HKUST, under the joint PhD training program in partnership with SUSTech. Her current research mainly focuses on visible light communication.

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Johar Abdekhoda
Johar ABDEKHODA

Ph.D Student

Johar received his B.Sc. and M.Sc degrees both in Electronics Engineering and from Urmia University, Urmia, Iran. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Electronics Engineering through the Sharif University of Technology (SUT) and HKUST dual-degree program. His research interests include high-speed serial links, data converters, RFICs, and phased arrays.

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Shaokang Zhao
Shaokang ZHAO

MPhil Student

Shaokang received his B.Eng degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2022 majoring Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated System. He is currently pursuing his MPhil degree in ECE, HKUST. His research focuses on wireline transmitter design.

Ph.D Student (Google Scholar)

Sarah received her bachelor's degree in Microelectronics Science and Engineering from Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in 2023. Now she is pursuing her PhD degree in ECE, HKUST. Her current research mainly focuses on high-speed optical communication and wireline integrated circuit design.

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Juho JEON

MPhil Student

Juho received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2024. He is currently pursuing MPhil degree in ECE, HKUST. His research focuses on high-speed analog-to-digital converter design and optical wireline IC design.

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Xionghui ZHOU

Ph.D Student

Xionghui received his B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Macau in 2021 and M.Sc. in Microelectronics from the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed Signal VLSI (AMSV), University of Macau (UM) in 2024. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE, HKUST. His research mainly focuses on wireline IC design.

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Jennifer Jia FU

Ph.D Student

Jennifer Jia FU received her B.Eng. and  M.Sc. degrees in Electronic Science and Technology from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) and Microelectronics and Solid State Electronics from Peking University (PKU) in 2020 and 2023, respectively. She is now pursuing her PhD degree in ECE, HKUST. Her current research interest focuses on high-speed optical communication  and wireline integrated circuit design.

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Zilu Liu
Zilu LIU

Ph.D Student

Elsie received her B.Eng. degree in Information Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2020. She is now pursuing her PhD degree in ECE department, HKUST. She has presented at IEEE conferences including International Microwave Symposium (IMS). She served as the TAC in the ECE Department of HKUST from 2021 to 2023 and as the Co-Chair of the IEEE SSCS Hong Kong Student Chapter from 2021 to 2024. Her current research focuses on mmWave transmitter integrated circuit design.

 

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Matthew Ruitao Ma
Matthew Ruitao MA

Ph.D Student

Matthew received his bachelor's degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Beijing Institute of Technology in 2022, followed by his MSc degree in Integrated Circuit Design Engineering from HKUST in 2023. After serving as a research assistant for one year in the Department of ECE at HKUST, he is currently pursuing his PhD degree here under the joint PhD training program in partnership with BICI. His current research interests focus on the design of mm-Wave transmitters for 5G and 6G technologies.

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Toni LEUNG

Research Assistant

Toni Leung received his BEng. in Electronic and Computer Engineering and MSc. degree in Integrated Circuit Design Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He is currently a research assistant in the Department of ECE at HKUST. His current research focuses on the design of mm-Wave receivers/transceivers for 5G and 6G technologies.

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Hongyu BAO

Ph.D Student

Hongyu received his bachelor's degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) in 2022, followed by his MSc degree in Integrated Circuit Design through the joint master's degree program between Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2024. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE, HKUST. His research focuses on mmWave transceiver design.

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Sungjun LEE

MPhil Student

Sungjun received his B.Eng. degree in ECE from HKUST in 2024. He is currently pursuing his MPhil degree in ECE, HKUST.

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Clare Outong GAO

Ph.D Student

Clare received her B.Sc. degree in Electronic Science and Technology from Beijing Technology and Business University in 2020, and M.Eng. degree in Integrated Circuit Engineering from South China University of Technology in 2023. She is pursuing her PhD degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECE) department, under the HKUST * ASTRI part-time PhD programme. Her current research focuses on mmWave integrated circuit design.

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Wenhui OU

Ph.D Student

Wenhui received his B.Eng. degree from Central South University in 2021, followed by his master’s degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2024. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE, HKUST. His research focuses on the design of deep learning hardware.

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Dongjun WU

Ph.D Student

Dongjun received his B.Eng. degree from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China in 2022, followed by his master's degree from Nanyang Technological University in 2023. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE, HKUST. His research focuses on the design of RISC-V acceleration and AI application.

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Alexandra GECIOVA

Ph.D Student

Alexandra has received a Master's Degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Edinburgh. She is pursuing a PhD degree in Electronics and Computer Engineering (ECE) at HKUST. Her research project focuses on real-time low-latency accelerators for 3D model reconstruction.

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Wilkins Yijian WU

Ph.D Student

Wilkins received his B.Eng. degree in Computer Science and  M.Sc. degree in Information Technology from HKUST. He is currently pursuing his PhD degree in ECE at HKUST. His research focuses on computer 3D vision.

MPhil Student

Jacky received his bachelor's degree in Information Systems from Staffordshire University. He is currently pursuing his MPhil degree in ECE, HKUST under the dual master's degree programme in partnership with University of Strathclyde (UoS). His research focuses on big data analytics and machine learning.

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Muhammad Javaid ASLAM

Ph.D Student (Google Scholar)

Javaid has received B.Sc. in Electronics and Communication Engineering in 2008  and M.Sc. in Energy Engineering in 2019 degrees  from UET, Lahore. He has worked as Electrical testing engineer for Energy Meters from 2009 to 2012. He has been working as Lecturer in the Electrical Engineering department with SCET from 2012-2014 and with University of Gujrat since 2014. His research interests include Machine Learning for optimization, Load Forecasting, EDA and Smart Power Networks.