2026

35th International Workshop
on Logic & Synthesis

May 29–31, 2026

Hong Kong, China

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Link to the workshop proceedings


Friday May 29
14:00–19:00: Registration & Reception Lobby @ Marco Polo Hongkong Hotel
Saturday May 30
09:00–09:10: Opening session Opening
09:10–10:10: Keynote Keynote 1 (Chair: Wei Zhang)
  AI-Hardware Co-Design: Advancing Quality, Productivity, and Reliability Deming Chen (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
10:10–10:50: Paper session Synthesis for FPGA (Chair: Heinz Riener)
29  Frontier-Based Joint Covering for Dual-Output LUT Mapping (Best student paper candidate) Yaojia Wang, Hongyang Pan and Keren Zhu
13  MFFW-Based Refactoring for LUT Networks Chengyu Ma, Yinshui Xia, Lunyao Wang and Zhufei Chu
10:50–11:10: Coffee break  
11:10–12:30: Paper session Logic Synthesis for Specialized Targets (Chair: Marcel Walter)
12  GLOW: Glitch Optimization with Retiming for Low Power (Best student paper candidate) Jiantao Liu, Carmine Rizzi, Pravriti Jaipuriyar, Ulrike Schorr, Sascha Richter, Ankush Sood and Lana Josipovic
Pattern-Guided Local Architecture–Synthesis Exploration for Arithmetic Datapaths Ruofei Tang, Yiwen Wang, Xing Li, Jiaping Tang, Lei Chen, Huawei Li, Mingxuan Yuan and Jianliang Xu
Quality-Driven Approximate Logic Synthesis via Library-Based Subcircuit Rewriting Wenhui Liang, Ruicheng Dai and Weikang Qian
Single-Rail Cascades for Symmetric Functions Tsutomu Sasao and Alan Mishchenko
12:30–14:00: Lunch  
14:00–15:30: Panel discussion Front-End EDA Agents: Who Owns the Intelligence, Who Signs Off, and What Should Be Standardized?
  Moderator:
Qiang Xu, CUHK / X-EPIC
Panelists:
Giovanni De Micheli, EPFL
Ankush Sood, Cadence
Fengbin Tu, HKUST
Yun Shao, Giga-da
Xi Wang, Southeast University / ChipEvo Intelligence
15:30–15:40: Poster session Poster Session (Chair: Min Li)
15  Mapping-Aware Resubstitution via Functional Reconstruction Yanzhen Wang, Chen Lv, Yinshui Xia, Lunyao Wang and Zhufei Chu
18  FAO: A Functionality-Aware Logic Synthesis Framework Shourui Ji, Mingxiao He, Xinyi Luo, Pengcheng Huang and Zhenyu Zhao
15:40–16:10: Poster & coffee break  
16:10–17:10: Paper session Core Logic Optimization and Representation Techniques (Chair: Zhiang Wang)
10  Inverter Redistribution through Self-Dual and Self-Anti-Dual Function Transformation Jingren Wang, Guangyu Hu, Shiju Lin and Hongce Zhang
14  VeLoR: Verification-Oriented Logic Representation and Parallel Solving for Combinational Equivalence Checking Zhang Hu, Yinshui Xia, Lunyao Wang and Zhufei Chu
21  A Framework for Post-Mapping Feedback-Guided Selective Logic Transformations Michael Feldmeier, Marcel Walter and Robert Wille
17:10–17:25: Benchmark session  
Sunday May 31
09:00–10:00: Keynote Keynote 2 (Chair: Zhufei Chu)
  Logic Synthesis at Scale and Speed Evangeline F.Y. Young (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China)
10:00–10:40: Paper session Logic Synthesis for Emerging Technology (Chair: Gengjie Chen)
FeSyn: BDD-based Logic Synthesis Approach Utilizing Ferroelectric Field-Effect Transistor Multiplexer Qianhuo Wu, Xiunan Sun, Lunyao Wang and Zhufei Chu
28  Post-Mapping Optimization Method for RSFQ Circuits Based on Path Balancing Yitian Fei, Chengyu Ma, Yinshui Xia, Lunyao Wang and Zhufei Chu
10:40–11:10: Coffee break  
11:10–12:30: Paper session Machine Learning for Logic Synthesis (Chair: Keren Zhu)
Efficient Hybrid-action Search with QoR Prediction for Logic Synthesis Sequence Optimization (Best student paper candidate) Yunfei Dai, Mingyang Chen, Kaixiang Zhu, Yuanqi Wang, Qing He, Yu He and Lingli Wang
16  Boolean Circuit Embedding under Equivalence Contrastive Constraints for Functionality Reasoning Xudong Hu, Yusen Mo and Min Li
20  AIG2PT: A Generative Pre-trained Transformer for Unconditional And-Inverter Graph Synthesis Isabella Venancia Gardner, Marcel Walter, Robert Wille and Michael Cochez
22  aigverse: A Unified Infrastructure for Machine Learning-Driven Logic Synthesis Marcel Walter, Isabella Venancia Gardner and Robert Wille
12:30–14:00: Lunch  
14:00–15:00: Paper session RTL Synthesis (Chair: Hongce Zhang)
Enhancing RTL Synthesis through Extended E-Graph Architectures and Functional Operators Yang Sun, Chengxi Li, Lei Chen, Yiwen Wang, Mingxuan Yuan and Evangeline Young
11  ParaYosys: Tail-Aware Partition-Based Parallel RTL Synthesis Zhengyi Zhang, Sijing Yang and Lingli Wang
26  RTLScout: Joint Agentic Code and Synthesis Optimization for Efficient Digital Circuits Felix Arnold, Ryan Amaudruz, Renzo Andri, Lukas Cavigelli and Dimitrios Tsaras
15:00–15:30: Contest Programming Contest Award (Attila Jurecska)
15:30–16:00: Coffee break  
16:00–17:00: Paper session Advanced Technology Mapping Methods (Chair: Rongliang Fu)
GNN-based Path-aware multi-view Circuit Learning for Technology Mapping Wentao Jiang and Zhufei Chu
25  Subclass Technology Mapping with Supergates Joshua Russell and Hava Siegelmann
27  YOCO: You Only Cut Once for Technology Mapping Xin Ning, Ruogu Ding, Ulf Schlichtmann and Weikang Qian
17:00–17:20: Closing session Closing Session & Best Paper Award
Monday June 1
Social Event Hiking Tour at Victoria Peak