Guanglei Zhou is a Ph.D. candidate in computer engineering in the Duke ECE Department under the supervision of Prof. Yiran Chen. He received his M.A.Sc. degree in the UofT ECE department under the supervision of Prof. Jason Anderson. He received his B.ENG from CityU HK in 2020. His research interests focus on machine learning applications in Electronic Design Automation, especially post-training techniques in generative methods like Large Language Models (LLMs) and Diffusion Models.

💻 Experiences

• 2025.05 - 2025.08, CAD Research Intern in Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.
• 2024.05 - 2024.08, CAD Research Intern in Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.
• 2023.05 - 2023.08, CAD Research Intern in Intel Corp., Hillsboro, Oregon, USA.

📝 Publications

• First-author papers

  • [DAC’25] Guanglei Zhou, Bhargav Korrapati, Gaurav Rajavendra Reddy, Chen-Chia Chang, Jingyu Pan, Jiang Hu, Yiran Chen, and Dipto G. Thakurta, “PatternPaint: Practical Layout Pattern Generation Using Diffusion-Based Inpainting,” 62nd ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), San Francisco, June 22-25, 2025.

  • [SPIE’25] Guanglei Zhou, Bhargav Korrapati, Gaurav Rajavendra Reddy, Junyao Zhang, Yiran Chen, and Dipto G. Thakurta, “Vario: Enhance Pattern Diversity using Diffusion Model,” SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning, San Jose, Feb. 23-27, 2025.

  • [FPL’23] Guanglei Zhou, Mirjana Stojilović, and Jason H. Anderson, “GRAMM: Fast CGRA Application Mapping Based on A Heuristic for Finding Graph Minors,” 33rd International Conference on Field-Programmable Logic and Applications (FPL), Gothenburg, Sweden, 2023, pp. 305-310.

  • [ASP-DAC’23] Guanglei Zhou and Jason H. Anderson, “Area-Driven FPGA Logic Synthesis Using Reinforcement Learning,” 28th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Jan 16–19, 2023, Tokyo, Japan.

• Co-author papers

  • [DATE’25] Junyao Zhang, Guanglei Zhou, Feng Cheng, Jonathan Hao-Cheng Ku, Qi Ding, Jiaqi Gu, Hanrui Wang, Hai “Helen” Li, and Yiran Chen, “qGDP: Quantum Legalization and Detailed Placement for Superconducting Quantum Computers,” IEEE/ACM Proceedings Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), Lyon, France, Mar. 31–Apr. 02, 2025. (Best Paper Nomination)

  • [ASP-DAC’25] Chen-Chia Chang, Wan-Hsuan Lin, Jingyu Pan, Guanglei Zhou, Zhiyao Xie, Jiang Hu, and Yiran Chen, “PRICING: Privacy-Preserving Circuit Data Sharing Framework for Lithographic Hotspot Detection,” 28th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC), Jan 20–23, 2025, Tokyo, Japan.

  • [MICRO’23] Edward Hanson, Shiyu Li, Guanglei Zhou, Feng Cheng, Yitu Wang, Rohan Bose, Hai Li, and Yiran Chen, “Si-Kintsugi: Towards Recovering Golden-Like Performance of Defective Many-Core Spatial Architectures for AI,” IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), Toronto, Oct. 28–Nov. 01, 2023.

  • [ICCAD’23] Qijun Zhang, Shiyu Li, Guanglei Zhou, Jingyu Pan, Chen-Chia Chang, Yiran Chen, and Zhiyao Xie, “PANDA: Architecture-Level Power Evaluation by Unifying Analytical and Machine Learning Solutions,” IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Francisco, Oct. 29–Nov. 02, 2023.

• Survey

  • “A Survey: Collaborative Hardware and Software Design in the Era of Large Language Models”. IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine ( Volume: 25, Issue: 1, 2025).
  • “A Survey of Research in Large Language Models for Electronic Design Automation”. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems ( Volume: 30, Issue: 3, 2025).

🏆 Honors and Awards

• DATE Best Paper Nomination, DATE Conference, 2025
• 3rd place, SRC CADT Anneal Poster Competition, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), 2024
• Design Automation Conference (DAC) Young Fellow, Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2023 & 2025
• Edward S. Rogers Sr. Graduate Scholarship, University of Toronto, 2020, 2021
• HKSAR Government Scholarship (Top 1%), HKSAR Government, 2018, 2019
• HKSAR, China – APEC Scholarship (Top 1%), HKSAR Government, 2019
• CENG Dean’s Scholarships (Top 5 in College), College of Engineering, CityU, 2019
• Gold Peak Group Scholarships, Gold Peak Group & CityU, 2018
• Jockey Club Harmony Hall Scholarships, The Hong Kong Jockey Club & CityU, 2017

👨‍💼 Services

• Reviewer of ICCAD TCAD.