Tsung-Yi Ho

Tsung-Yi Ho is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. He holds the Hans Fischer Fellowship at the Technical University of Munich's Institute for Advanced Study (TUM-IAS). His primary research focuses on design automation for microfluidic biochips and nanometer integrated circuits, emphasizing reliability, optimization, and interdisciplinary applications in bioengineering.

Ho received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from National Taiwan University in 2005. He has held positions at National Cheng Kung University and National Chiao Tung University before joining National Tsing Hua University. His work bridges algorithmic design with practical biochip fabrication, addressing challenges like contamination control, routing optimization, and fault tolerance in microfluidic systems.

His research interests span design automation for emerging technologies, including paper-based biochips and 3D microfluidic architectures. He has pioneered methods for integrating hardware-software co-design principles into biochip development, enhancing both functionality and reliability. His contributions include novel routing algorithms, contamination mitigation techniques, and reliability-aware synthesis frameworks.

Ho has authored over 100 publications, including influential papers in IEEE Transactions on CAD and ACM journals. He serves on the editorial boards of multiple top-tier journals and chairs professional chapters for ACM and IEEE. His awards include the Humboldt Research Fellowship, Dr. Wu Ta-You Memorial Award, and Best Paper Awards at VLSI Test Symposium and IEEE Transactions on CAD.

His current projects involve optimizing control-fluidic co-design for paper-based biochips and developing AI-driven frameworks for microfluidic functionality prediction. He collaborates widely, leading cross-disciplinary initiatives at TUM-IAS and Taiwan's academic institutions.