Conference Papers

Jackey Z. Yan and Chris Chu, "Optimal Slack-Driven Block Shaping Algorithm in Fixed-Outline Floorplanning", in Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), March 2012.
Jackey Z. Yan, Chris Chu and Wai-Kei Mak, "SafeChoice: A Novel Clustering Algorithm for Wirelength-Driven Placement", in Proceedings of ACM International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), March 2010. (Nominated for ISPD Best Paper Award) [PDF][Slides]
Jackey Z. Yan, Natarajan Viswanathan and Chris Chu, "Handling Complexities in Modern Large-Scale Mixed-Size Placement", in Proceedings of IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), July 2009. [PDF][Slides]
Jackey Z. Yan and Chris Chu, "DeFer: Deferred Decision Making Enabled Fixed-Outline Floorplanner", in Proceedings of IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), June 2008. (Nominated for DAC Best Paper Award) [PDF][Slides]
Song Sun, Zijun Yan and Joseph Zambreno, "Experiments in Attacking FPGA-Based Embedded Systems using Differential Power Analysis", in Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Electro/Information Technology (EIT), May 2008. [PDF][Slides]

Journal Papers

Jackey Z. Yan, Chris Chu and Wai-Kei Mak, "SafeChoice: A Novel Approach to Hypergraph Clustering for Wirelength-Driven Placement", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, vol. 30, no. 7, pp. 1020-1033, July 2011. [PDF]
Jackey Z. Yan and Chris Chu, "DeFer: Deferred Decision Making Enabled Fixed-Outline Floorplanning Algorithm", IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 367-381, March 2010. [PDF]
Song Sun, Zijun Yan and Joseph Zambreno, "Demonstrable Differential Power Analysis Attacks on Real-World FPGA-Based Embedded Systems", Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 119-130, April 2009. [PDF]

Zijun Yan, "GPRS Wireless Communication System Based on ARM and Embedded Linux". (Excellent Undergraduate Thesis Award) [PDF][Pic1][Pic2]