Yiyu Shi

Dr. Yiyu Shi is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. He serves as the site director of the National Science Foundation I/UCRC Alternative and Sustainable Intelligent Computing and directs the Sustainable Computing Lab (SCL). Additionally, he is a visiting scientist at Boston Children’s Hospital, affiliated with Harvard Medical School.

• Education: B.S. in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University (2005), M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA (2007, 2009).

His research focuses on hardware intelligence and biomedical applications, with specific interests in machine learning, quantum computing, and edge computing. He has developed hardware/software co-design frameworks for DNN workflows, TinyML, and quantum advantage exploration.

Dr. Shi has received numerous accolades, including the IEEE Computer Society Mid-Career Research Achievement Award, NSF CAREER Award, and the Donald O Pederson Best Paper Award from IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design. Other honors include IBM Invention Achievement Award, Humboldt Research Fellowship, and IEEE St. Louis Section Outstanding Educator Award.

He actively contributes to academic service as Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the IEEE VLSI CAS Newsletter, Associate Editor for IEEE and ACM journals, and former Education Chair of ACM SIGDA (2018–2021). He is also an IEEE CEDA Distinguished Lecturer and ACM Distinguished Speaker.