# Haichuan Liu

> Haichuan Liu (刘海川) — Ph.D. student at IC@PKU, Peking University. Research: high-performance EDA, GPU acceleration, static timing analysis, and timing-driven optimization.

## Pages

- [About](https://lhaic.top/): bio and recent activities
- [Publications](https://lhaic.top/publications/): full publication list
- [Activities](https://lhaic.top/activities/): news and awards archive
- [CV](https://lhaic.top/cv/): curriculum vitae
- [Sitemap](https://lhaic.top/sitemap/): human-readable site index

## Publications

- [RAPID: An Efficient and Accurate Ratio-Based Analytical Proxy for Interconnect Delay](https://lhaic.top/publication/2027-01-25-rapid) — ASPDAC'27, 2027 ([PDF](https://lhaic.top/files/ASPDAC2027_RAPID.pdf))
- [PACT: A Runtime Contract for Sparse-Topology Updates in GPU-Accelerated Timing ECOs](https://lhaic.top/publication/2027-01-25-pact) — ASPDAC'27, 2027 ([PDF](https://lhaic.top/files/ASPDAC2027_PACT.pdf))
- [ScoutCell: Sensitivity-Guided Coupling Optimization for Timing-Driven Standard Cell Synthesis](https://lhaic.top/publication/2026-11-08-scoutcell) — ICCAD'26, 2026 ([PDF](https://lhaic.top/files/ICCAD2026_ScoutCell.pdf))
- [ElmoreCeff: A GPU-Friendly Elmore-Like Delay Calculator with a Closed-Form Effective Capacitance Model](https://lhaic.top/publication/2026-05-08-elmoreceff) — ISEDA'26, 2026 ([PDF](https://lhaic.top/files/ISEDA2026_ElmoreCeff.pdf))
- [HeteroSTA: A CPU-GPU Heterogeneous Static Timing Analysis Engine with Holistic Industrial Design Support](https://lhaic.top/publication/2026-01-19-heterosta) — ASPDAC'26, 2026 ([PDF](https://arxiv.org/pdf/2511.11660v1))
- [IncreGPUSTA: GPU-Accelerated Incremental Static Timing Analysis for Iterative Design Flows](https://lhaic.top/publication/2025-10-26-incregpusta) — ICCAD'25, 2025 ([PDF](https://lhaic.top/files/ICCAD2025_IncreGPUSTA.pdf))


## Activities

- [Recognized as an Outstanding Graduate of Peking University](https://lhaic.top/posts/2026/06/outstanding-graduate-pku/) — 2026-06-11
- [Named an Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Municipal Institutions of Higher Learning](https://lhaic.top/posts/2026/06/outstanding-graduate-beijing/) — 2026-06-11
- [Received the National Scholarship for Academic Year 2024-2025](https://lhaic.top/posts/2025/12/nationalscholarship2025/) — 2025-12-31
- [Won Second Place in the EDAthon 2025 Contest](https://lhaic.top/posts/2025/12/edathon2025/) — 2025-12-01


## Machine-readable

- [profile.json](https://lhaic.top/api/profile.json): structured profile data
- [publications.json](https://lhaic.top/api/publications.json): publications with BibTeX and abstracts
- [posts.json](https://lhaic.top/api/posts.json): activity (news & awards) entries
- [search.json](https://lhaic.top/search.json): site search index
- [publications.bib](https://lhaic.top/publications.bib): BibTeX for all publications
- [api-catalog](https://lhaic.top/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 API catalog
- [sitemap.xml](https://lhaic.top/sitemap.xml): XML sitemap
- [feed.xml](https://lhaic.top/feed.xml): Atom feed