It's me!

Chia-Hung (Terry) Liu, Ph.D.

Introduction

Summary

Hi This is Terry, a software R&D engineer in Synopsys. Now I am working with the parser team in Verification Group (VG) and maintaing the complier for hardware description language (HDL). I received my Ph.D. degree in Dept. Electronics Engineering, National Chiao Tung University (where I spent my college life), under the guidance of Prof. Juinn-Dar Huang. My PhD dissertation discussing the design automation problems on microfluidic biochips, within the broad area of electronic design automation (EDA). I also published some research papers on this topic. My research interests include high-level synthesis, design automation for VLSI, machine learning, bio-electronics, and algorithm design for biochips.

motto

業精於勤，荒於嬉；行成於思，毀於隨。--唐.韓愈

meaning: The progress of studies comes from hardsmart work and is retarded by frivolities. Doing a good job lies in thinking over, and destroyed by random.

Education

Publications

Refereed Journal Paper:

  1. Chia-Hung Liu**, Kuo-Cheng Shen, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Reactant minimization for sample preparation on microfluidic biochips with various mixing models," IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2015. (to appear) (top-tier journal in EDA field)
  2. Chia-Hung Liu*, Ting-Wei Chiang, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Reactant minimization in sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips," IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2015. (to appear) (top-tier journal in EDA field) IEEE-xplore
  3. Juinn-Dar Huang, Chia-Hung Liu*, and Huei-Shan Lin, "Reactant and waste minimization in multi-target sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips," IEEE Transaction on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), vol. 32, no. 10, pp. 1484-1494, Oct. 2013. (top-tier journal in EDA field) IEEE-xplore

Refereed Conference Paper:

International Conference Proceedings:

  1. Chi-Mei Huang, Chia-Hung Liu, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Volume-oriented sample preparation for reactant minimization on flow-based microfluidic biochips with multi-segment mixers," in Proc. of ACM/IEEE Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, pp. 1114–1119, Mar. 2015. ACM-DL
  2. Juinn-Dar Huang* and Chia-Hung Liu, "Sample preparation for droplet-based microfluidics," in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Circuits (ISIC), pp. 364–367, Dec. 2014. IEEE-xplore
  3. Chia-Hung Liu*, Hao-Han Chang, Tung-Che Liang, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Sample preparation for many-reactant bioassay on DMFBs using common dilution operation sharing," in Proc. of IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD'13), 2013, pp.615–621. (top-tier conference in EDA field) IEEE-xplore
  4. Chia-Hung Liu*, Kuang-Cheng Liu, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Latency-optimization synthesis with module selection for digital microfluidic biochips," in Proc. of IEEE International SOC Conference (SOCC'13), pp. 159-164, 2013. IEEE-xplore
  5. Ting-Wei Chiang, Chia-Hung Liu*, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Graph-based optimal reactant minimization for sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips," in Proc. of IEEE International Symposium on VLSI Design, Automation & Test (VLSI-DAT'13), 2013, pp. 79-82. IEEE-xplore
  6. Juinn-Dar Huang, Chia-Hung Liu*, and Ting-Wei Chiang, "Reactant minimization during sample preparation on digital microfluidic biochips using skewed mixing trees," in Proc. of IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD'12), 2012, pp.377-383. (top-tier conference in EDA field) IEEE-xplore

Domestic Conference Proceedings:

  1. Chia-Hung Liu*, Kuo-Cheng Shen, Yi-Ling Chen, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Reactant Minimization for Sample Preparation on Flow-Based Microfluidic Biochips," in Proc. of 26th VLSI Design/CAD Symposium, Aug. 2015.(Best paper candidate)
  2. Chia-Hung Liu, Hao-Han Chang, Tung-Che Liang, Tien-Kuo Lin*, and Juinn-Dar Huang*, "Sample Preparation in Many-Reactant Bioassays on DMFBs for Reactant Cost Minimization," in Proc. of 25th VLSI Design/CAD Symposium, Aug. 2014.
  3. Chia-Hung Liu*, Hao-Han Chang, and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Graph-based optimal reactant minimization for single-target sample preparation on DMFBs" in Proc. of 24th VLSI Design/CAD Symposium, Aug. 2013.
  4. Chia-Hung Liu* and Juinn-Dar Huang, "Tree-based dilution algorithm for reactant minimization on digital microfluidic biochips" in Proc. of 24th VLSI Design/CAD Symposium, Aug. 2013.

Honors and awards

Presentation

  1. Chia-Hung Liu. "Reactant Minimization during Sample Preparation on Digital Microfluidic Biochips using Skewed Mixing Trees," Electron. Des. Autom. Workshop, Ministry of Education, Taiwan, Dec. 2012.

Work Experience

Synopsys

Software R&D Engineer - complier team in Verification Group (VG) (2015 - Present)

Teaching experience

Teaching Assistant, National Chiao Tung University, (2009 - 2015)

Adjunct Assistant, National Cheng Kung University, (2012)

Instructor & Teaching Assistant, Yanzhan Learning Center (2007 - 2010)

Research experience

Visiting Researcher, Dept. Computer Science & engineering, UC San Diego, 2014

Advisor: Prof. C.-K. Cheng (Dept. CSE), Prof. Eric Halgren (Dept. Neuroscience)

Research Assistant, National Chiao Tung University, 2007 - 2015

Advanced Design Automation Research Lab., Advisor: Prof. Juinn-Dar Huang

Student mentored

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Selected relevant courses

Most courses are in the area of Electronics Engineering (EE), Computer Science (CS), and biomedical engineering (BE).

EE CS BE
  • Digital Integrated Circuits
  • Integrated Circuit Design Laboratory
  • 3D Integrated Circuits
  • Microelectronics
  • Intro. to Analog Integration Circuit
  • Electromagnetism
  • Nanometer RF Engineering
  • Courses in EDA field
    • Special Topics in CAD
    • Intro. to VLSI/SOC Physical Design Automation
    • Intro. to HLS
    • VLSI Testing and Design for Testability)
  • Advanced Algorithms
  • Formal Languages and Theory of Computation
  • Biochip Technology
  • Clinical Application of Medical Electronic Devices
  • Human Physiology

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