Publications
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2026
Invited: Post-Placement Buffering and Sizing Contest
A. B. Kahng, S. Kang, S. Kundu, Y. Liu, D. Markarian, S. Park and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM Intl. Symp. on Physical Design
Automated QoR improvement in OpenROAD with coding agents
Amur Ghose, Junyeong Jang, Andrew B. Kahng, Jakang Lee
arXiv (Cornell University)
2025
Toward an ML EDA Commons: Establishing Standards, Accessibility, and Reproducibility in ML-driven EDA Research
V. A. Chhabria, J. Hu, A. B. Kahng and S. S. Sapatnekar
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design
Recursive Learning-Based Virtual Buffering for Analytical Global Placement
A. B. Kahng, Y. Liu and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Machine Learning for CAD
ORFS-agent: Tool-Using Agents for Chip Design Optimization
A. Ghose, A. B. Kahng, S. Kundu and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Machine Learning for CAD
Invited: IEEE DATC RDF-2025: Enabling an EDA Research Ecosystem
V. A. Chhabria, A. Ghose, V. Gopalakrishnan, A. B. Kahng, S. Kundu, Y. Liu, Z. Wang and B.-Y. Wu
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Conf. on Computer-Aided Design
2024
Solvers, Engines, Tools and Flows: The Next Wave for AI/ML in Physical Design
A. B. Kahng
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design
OpenROAD and CircuitOps: Infrastructure for ML EDA Research and Education
V. A. Chhabria, W. Jiang, A. B. Kahng, R. Liang, H. Ren, S. S. Sapatnekar and B.-Y. Wu
Proc. IEEE VLSI Test Symposium
Strengthening the Foundations of IC Physical Design and ML EDA Research
V. A. Chhabria, V. Gopalakrishnan, A. B. Kahng, S. Kundu, Z. Wang, B.-Y. Wu and D. Yoon
Proc. International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
2023
OpenROAD and key directions for the open-source EDA community
A. B. Kahng
OSDA-2023, the 3rd Workshop on Open-Source Design Automation
IEEE CEDA DATC Emerging Foundations in IC Physical Design and MLCAD Research
J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, S. Kundu, Z. Wang and D. Yoon
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
An Open-Source Constraints-Driven General Partitioning Multi-Tool for VLSI Physical Design
I. Bustany, G. Gasparyan, A. B. Kahng, Y. Koutis, B. Pramanik and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
2022
RTL-MP: Toward Practical, Human-Quality Chip Planning and Macro Placement
A. B. Kahng, R. Varadarajan and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design
Leveling Up: A Trajectory of OpenROAD, TILOS and Beyond
A. B. Kahng
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design
Physically Accurate Learning-based Performance Prediction of Hardware-accelerated ML Algorithms
H. Esmaeilzadeh, S. Ghodrati, A. B. Kahng, J. K. Kim, S. Kinzer, S. Kundu, R. Mahapatra, S. D. Manasi, S. S. Sapatnekar, Z. Wang and Z. Zeng
Proc. ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD
From Global Route to Detailed Route: ML for Fast and Accurate Wire Parasitics and Timing Prediction
V. A. Chhabria, W. Jiang, A. B. Kahng, S. S. Sapatnekar
Proc. ACM/IEEE Workshop on Machine Learning for CAD
SpecPart: A Supervised Spectral Framework for Hypergraph Partitioning Solution Improvement
I. Bustany, A. B. Kahng, Y. Koutis, B. Pramanik and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
IEEE CEDA DATC: Expanding Research Foundations for IC Physical Design and ML-Enabled EDA
J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, R. Varadarajan and Z. Wang
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
A Mixed Open-Source and Proprietary EDA Commons for Education and Prototyping
A. B. Kahng
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
AI/ML, Optimization and EDA in TILOS, an NSF National AI Research Institute
A. B. Kahng
Synopsys APUP Special Session
A Supervised Spectral Framework for Hypergraph Partitioning Solution Improvement Congratulating Event
Bodhi Pramanik, Zhiang Wang, Ismail Bustany and Yiannis Koutis
ACM/IEEE William J. McCalla ICCAD Best Paper Award
IEEE CEDA DATC RDF and METRICS2.1: Toward a Standard Platform for ML-Enabled EDA and IC Design
A. B. Kahng, J. Jung, S. Kim and R. Varadarajan
ASP-DAC 2022 Tutorial
The OpenROAD Project: Today and Beyond
A. B. Kahng
UCLA ECE Department Colloquium
A University Research Perspective and Update on AI-Enhanced Co-Design of Microelectronics
A. B. Kahng
Sandia National Laboratories 2022 Workshop on AI-Enhanced Co-Design for Next-Generation Microelectronics
The OpenROAD Project: A Foundation for Research and Education in EDA and IC Design
A. B. Kahng
CICC-2022 Educational Session 3 on System Design with Open Source Tools
The OpenROAD Project: An open-source platform for IC design innovation
A. B. Kahng
2022 VLSI Symposium Circuits Workshop 2: The Emerging Ecosystem of Open-Source Chip Design
Challenges and Opportunities for AI in Electronic Design Automation
A. B. Kahng
2022 BrainLink X-Lab Day (Global Technology Networking for System Semiconductor Innovation)
2021
The OpenROAD Project: Unleashing Hardware Innovation
A. B. Kahng and T. Spyrou
Proc. Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference
Advancing Placement
A. B. Kahng
Proc. ACM/IEEE Intl. Symp. on Physical Design
A Novel Framework for DTCO: Fast and Automatic Routability Assessment with Machine Learning for Sub-3nm Technology Options
C. Chidambaram, A. B. Kahng, M. Kim, G. Nallapati, S.C. Song and M. Woo
Proc. IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology
CoRe-ECO: Concurrent Refinement of Detailed Place-and-Route for an Efficient ECO Automation
C.-K. Cheng, A. B. Kahng, I. Kang, M. Kim, D. Lee, B. Lin, D. Park and M. Woo
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer Design
DATC RDF-2021: Design Flow and Beyond
J. Chen, I. H.-R. Jiang, J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, S. Kim, V. N. Kravets, Y.-L. Li, R. Varadarajan and M. Woo
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
VeriGOOD-ML: An Open-Source Flow for Automated ML Hardware Synthesis
H. Esmaeilzadeh, S. Ghodrati, J. Gu, S. Guo, A. B. Kahng, J. K. Kim, S. Kinzer, R. Mahapatra, S. D. Manasi, E. Mascarenhas, S. S. Sapatnekar, R. Varadarajan, Z. Wang, H. Xu, B. R. Yatham and Z. Zeng
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
METRICS2.1 and Flow Tuning in the IEEE CEDA Robust Design Flow and OpenROAD
J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, S. Kim and R. Varadarajan
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
DAC-2021
A. B. Kahng
Design Automation Conference 2021, Panel Session: Exchanging EDA Data for AI/ML Using Standard API
2020
Open-Source EDA: If We Build It, Who Will Come?
A. B. Kahng
Proc. IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration
DATC RDF-2020: Strengthening the Foundation for Academic Research in IC Physical Design
J. Chen, I. H.-R. Jiang, J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, V. N. Kravets, Y.-L. Li, S.-T. Lin and M. Woo
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
Bridging Academic Open-Source EDA to Real-World Usability
A. Rovinski, T. Ajayi, M. Kim, G. Wang and M. Saligane
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
Contributions to OpenROAD from Abroad: Experiences and Learnings
M. Fogaça, E. Monteiro, M. Danigno, I. Oliveira, P. F. Butzen and R. Reis
ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
2019
OpenROAD: Toward a Self-Driving, Open-Source Digital Layout Implementation Tool Chain
T. Ajayi, D. Blaauw, T.-B. Chan, C.-K. Cheng, V. A. Chhabria, D. K. Choo, M. Coltella, S. Dobre, R. Dreslinski, M. Fogaça, S. Hashemi, A. Hosny, A. B. Kahng, M. Kim, J. Li, Z. Liang, U. Mallappa, P. Penzes, G. Pradipta, S. Reda, A. Rovinski, K. Samadi, S. S. Sapatnekar, L. Saul, C. Sechen, V. Srinivas, W. Swartz, D. Sylvester, D. Urquhart, L. Wang, M. Woo and B. Xu
Proc. Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference
Toward an Open-Source Digital Flow: First Learnings from the OpenROAD Project
T. Ajayi, V. A. Chhabria, M. Fogaça, S. Hashemi, A. Hosny, A. B. Kahng, M. Kim, J. Lee, U. Mallappa, M. Neseem, G. Pradipta, S. Reda, M. Saligane, S. S. Sapatnekar, C. Sechen, M. Shalan, W. Swartz, L. Wang, Z. Wang, M. Woo and B. Xu
Proc. ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference
DATC RDF-2019: Towards a Complete Academic Reference Design Flow
J. Chen, I. H.-R. Jiang, J. Jung, A. B. Kahng, V. N. Kravets, Y.-L. Li, S.-T. Lin and M. Woo
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
Looking Into the Mirror of Open Source
A. B. Kahng
Proc. ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design