Yuan and Sean Successfully Defend their PhD Thesis!

In March, Yuan successfully passed his PhD defense: “Trase-based Learning for Agile Hardware Design and Design Automation”. Yuan was one of the early members of the group and well-known for his consistent research output, dedication, and mentorship to new PhD students. He took his talents to Amazon AWS and will be working as an applied scientist.

In December, Sean passed his PhD defense. Sean was known for his discipline and mentorship for dozens of students (undergrads, MEng, and others), especially those working on HeteroCL. He was also the first person from the group to receive a best paper award from a top conference. He will be joining Amazon AWS to continue his research with a considerably larger salary.

Both Sean and Yuan will be missed from the group!