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Qiaochu Zhang

Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Qiaochu Zhang's research includes analog, mixed-signal, radio-frequency integrated circuits, computer-aided design algorithms, and advanced computing architectures. Dr. Zhang received the B.S. degree (Hons.) in physics from Fudan University, Shanghai, China, in 2017, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, CA, USA, in 2024. From 2023 to 2024, he was with NXP Semiconductors, San Jose, CA, USA, working on radio-frequency integrated circuits for wireless communications. In 2024, he joined the Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Virginia (UVA), Charlottesville, VA, USA, where he is currently an assistant professor. Dr. Zhang was a recipient of the USC Provost’s Fellowship from 2017 to 2020. From 2021 to 2022, he was a USC Ming Hsieh Institute (MHI) Ph.D. Scholar. In addition, he received the IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) Student Travel Grant Award in 2023 and the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society (SSCS) Predoctoral Achievement Award for 2022-2023. 
 

Education

B.S. Fudan University, 2017

Ph.D. University of Southern California, 2024

Research Interests

Mixed-Signal VLSI Design Data Converters, Frequency Synthesizers, Transceivers
Electronic Design Automation Machine Learning Based Design Automation
Mixed-Signal Computing Neural Network Accelerators, Combinatorial Optimization Accelerators
Low Power Design