Leibo Liu Professor
Dr. Leibo Liu is a tenured professor at the School of Integrated Circuits, Tsinghua University. He is a Distinguished Professor under the National Major Talent Program of the Ministry of Education, an Outstanding Graduate Supervisor in Beijing, and the lead instructor of a National First-Class Undergraduate Course.
He earned his bachelor’s degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering in 1999 and his Ph.D. from the Institute of Microelectronics in 2004, both at Tsinghua University. After completing his Ph.D., he joined Tsinghua University as an assistant professor in 2004. From 2006 to 2017, he conducted research and visited several institutions, including IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre) in Europe, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Lincoln, and the University of Oxford.
His research focuses on mainly in twofold. First, Reconfigurable Computing and Software-Defined Chips. It includes the design architectures and compiling techniques for Software-Defined Chips and Reconfigurable Computing Processors (RCP), including applications in scientific computing, baseband DSP ICs, and AI computing. Second, Hardware Security and Trusted ICs. He developed reconfigurable cryptographic chips with built-in physical security enhancements and silicon-level primitives like PUF and TRNG Chips. He has published over 400 peer-reviewed papers, holds more than 200 authorized invention patents (including over 20 U.S. patents), authored 10 books, and contributed to the formulation of one national standard.
He has served as an Associate Editor for the IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine and as the Executive Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Chinese Academy of Engineering Journal Frontiers of Information and Electronic Engineering. He has also been a TPC member for ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuits Conference), CHES (Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems), and DAC (Design Automation Conference). He served as a committee member and conference chair for A-SSCC (Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference). Additionally, he is a Deputy Director of the Cryptographic Chip Committee of the Chinese Association for Cryptologic Research and a registered expert for ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 international standards.
Dr. Liu actively promotes the transformation and application of research outcomes, with key technologies being deployed in a series of major national projects. He has received numerous awards, including the National Technology Invention Award (Second Class), the China Patent Gold Award, the Ministry of Education Technology Invention Award (First Class), the China Institute of Electronics Technology Invention Award (First Class), and the Intel China Academic Achievement Award for Outstanding Collaboration. Notably, Microsoft Corporation has publicly acknowledged his technical contributions on its official website.
Dr. Liu is known for his teaching. He has received numerous teaching awards, including the National First-Class Undergraduate Course (Inaugural Batch), Tsinghua University's Excellent Undergraduate Course, First Prize in the Beijing Young Teachers' Teaching Competition, First Prize in the Tsinghua University Young Teachers' Teaching Competition, the Tsinghua University Young Teachers' Teaching Excellence Award, and the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) Teaching Pioneer Award. In addition, the Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) under his direction was selected for the Ministry of Education's first batch of International Platforms for Higher Education Online Teaching. Dr. Liu is the recipient of "Mentor and Friend" (Liang Shi Yi You) at Tsinghua University.
ORCID：https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7548-4116
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