Dr. Jianli Chen

Distinguished Professor
Fuzhou University, China


Jianli Chen received the B.Sc. degree in information and computing sciences, the M.Sc. degree in computer application technology, and the Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics, all from Fuzhou University, in 2007, 2009, and 2012, respectively. He is currently a distinguished professor with the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science, Fuzhou University. His research interests include optimization theory and applications, and optimization methods for VLSI physical design automation. Dr. Chen received Best Paper Award from DAC 2017, Best Paper Award Nomination and Best-in-track Paper from ICCAD 2018. He and his group was the recipient of the First Place Award at the CAD Contest at ICCAD in 2017, and the First Place Award at the CAD Contest at ICCAD in 2018. Dr. Chen also received the CCF Integrated Circuit Early Career Award in 2018. He has served as a Design Automation Technical Committee of IEEE CEDA since January 2018.