Index - Professor

Name

Terry Tao YE

Title

Professor

Education Background

Ph.D. (Stanford University)

BS (Tsinghua University)

Research

Integrated circuits, AI acceleration chips, neuromorphic computing ICs, flexible electronics, IOT sensors and devices

Personal Website

taoye@cuhk.edu.cn

Office Address

Phone

Teaching Area

Other

Biography

Dr. Terry Tao Ye is the Professor at the School of Science and Engineering (SSE) of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHK(SZ)), and by courtesy, an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) of Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Ye is active in academic research as well as industrial applications in many areas that include VLSI IC Designs, AI Acceleration, Neuromorphic Computing ICs, Flexible Electronics and Devices.

Dr. Ye received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University and the Bachelor of Science in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University (Beijing). He is the recipient of multiple national-level, provincial-level as well as municipal-level talent programs. Before joining CUHK(SZ), Dr. Ye had been the Professor at the Institute of Nanoscience and Applications (INA) of Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) since 2017, as well as the Professor at Carnegie Mellon University-SYSU Joint Institute of Engineering since 2014. Prior to his return to academia, he had held various engineering and consulting roles at Impinj Inc., Synopsys Inc., Magma Design Automation Inc., Silicon Architects Inc. and many other Silicon Valley companies. He developed the world’s first UHF RFID transponder chip as well as China’s first low-power, lightweight RFID reader chip designed for mobile platforms. In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Ye is deeply committed to fostering industry–academic collaborations. He is the technical committee member/chair of many IEEE and ISO organizations, serves in the editorial board of numerous journals and conference proceeding publications. He is also the research fellow at the University of Hong Kong and the Chief Scientist of AIM Global (Asia).

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Awards and honors

Publications

Recent Journal Publications

1. “Polyelectrolyte-based wireless and drift-free iontronic sensors for orthodontic sensing”, J Song, R Yang, J Shi, X Chen, S Xie, Z Liao, R Zou, Y Feng, Terry Tao Ye*, Chuan Fei Guo*; Science Advances, Feb 2025, DOI Link
2. “qLIF: Mitigating the memory and computation overhead to implement spiking convolutional neural networks”, Silong Li, Ningning Wang, Xinyu Kang, Terry Tao Ye*; Neural Computing and Applications, 1-14 2025
3. “Smartphone administered pulsed radio frequency energy therapy for expedited cutaneous wound healing”, M Yu, H Yang, H Ye, S Lin, Y Lu, H Deng, L Xu, Y Guo, JS Ho, Terry Tao Ye*; npj Digital Medicine 8(1), 103, 2025
4. “RV-SCNN: A RISC-V Processor With Customized Instruction Set for SNN and CNN Inference Acceleration on Edge Platforms”, X Wang, C Feng, X Kang, Q Wang, Y Huang, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 10(1) 2024
5. “Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors Based on Ionic Liquid‐doped Poly (L‐Lactic Acid) for Human Coughing Recognition”, Z He, Y Liu, IS Babichuk, Z Zhou, Z Liu, X Yang, R Zhou, Y Pu, S Li, Y Chang, Terry Tao Ye, Zhaoli Gao, Jian Yang; Advanced Materials Technologies 9(12), 2400386, 2024
6. “Exploring RFID Technology for Wireless Control of Smart Antennas”, C Shen, Z Wang, L Yang, F Mei, Terry T Ye*; IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 5(30) 2024
7. “Optimizing CNN Computation Using RISC-V Custom Instruction Sets for Edge Platforms”, Shihang Wang, Xingbo Wang, Zhiyuan Xu, Bingzhen Chen, Chenxi Feng, Qi Wang, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Transactions on Computers, May 2024, 73(5):1371-1384
8. “e-Bandage: Exploiting Smartphone as a Therapeutic Device for Cutaneous Wound Treatment”, M Yu, C Yi, S Lin, H Ye, J Xue, J Yin, R Zhong, H Yao, H Liao, Y Zhang, J Yang, Y Guo, X Song, Terry T Ye*; Advanced Intelligent Systems, March 2024, 6(3): 2300494
9. “Parasitic Capacitance Modeling and Measurements of Conductive Yarns for e-Textile Devices”, Ziqi Qu#, Zhechen Zhu#, Yulong Liu#, Mengxia Yu, Terry Tao Ye*; Nature Communications, 2023-05-15, 14(1):2785
10. “A Long-Range and Nearly Passive RFID-Controlled Information Metasurface”, Zhengxing Wang, Chuankui Shen, Junwei Wu, Hui Xu, Qiang Cheng, Terry Tao Ye*, Tie Jun Cui*; Advanced Optical Materials, 2023-02-06, 2203114
11. “Skin-Adhesive Flexible Force Sensors Based on Piezoelectric Poly (L-lactic Acid) for Human Behavior Recognition”, Chubin Lin, Wenjin Wu, Huiyu Zhu, Yuhui Qiu, Shaolong Cui, Weiquan Chen, Ivan S. Babichuk, Terry Tao Ye*, Zhaoli Gao*, Jian Yang*; Advanced Materials Technologies, July 2023, 8(14): 2202142
12. “An All-Fabric Tactile-Sensing Keypad with Uni-Modal and Ultrafast Response/Recovery Time for Smart Clothing Applications”, Mingxun Chen#, Lulu Xu#, Yulong Liu#, Mengxia Yu#, Yi Li, Terry Tao Ye*; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022-05-20, 14(21): 24946-24954
13. “Utilizing Gradient Porous Graphene Substrate as the Solid-Contact Layer to Enhance Wearable Electrochemical Sweat Sensor Sensitivity”, Kankan Yeung, Jingwei Li, Ting Huang, Imman I Hosseini, Rakib Al Mahdi, Md Masruck Alam, Honglin Sun, Sara Mahshid, Jian Yang*, Terry Tao Ye*, Zhaoli Gao*; Nano Letters, 2022-08-09, 22(16): 6647-6654
14. “E-Textile Battery-less Displacement and Strain Sensor for Human Activities Tracking”, Yulong Liu, Mengxia Yu, Bingyi Xia, Silong Wang, Miao Wang, Mingxun Chen, Siqi Dai, Tingzhe Wang, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021-11-05, 8(22):16486-16497
15. “Coolmax/Graphene-Oxide Functionalized Textile Humidity Sensor with Ultrafast Response for Human Activities Monitoring”, Lulu Xu, Heng Zhai, Xiao Chen, Yulong Liu, Miao Wang, Zhangchi Liu, Muhammad Umar, Chengyu Ji, Zhongda Chen, Lu Jin, Zekun Liu, Qingwen Song, Pengfei Yue, Yi Li*, Terry T. Ye*; Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021-05-15, 412: 128639
16. “Moisture-Resilient Graphene-Dyed Wool Fabric for Strain Sensing”, Lulu Xu#, Zekun Liu#, Heng Zhai#, Xiao Chen, Rujie Sun, Shida Lyu, Yangyang Fan, Yangpeiqi Yi, Zhongda Chen, Lu Jin, Jianbao Zhang, Yi Li*, Terry T. Ye*; ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020-02-27, 12(11): 13265-13274
17. “Wirelessly Pattern Reconfigurable Yagi Antenna Based on Radio Frequency Identification”, C Shen, Z Wang, L Yang, F Mei, Terry T Ye*; International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2024-03-09, 2024: 3660051
18. “Exploiting the Self-Attention Mechanism in Gas Sensor Array (GSA) Data with Neural Networks”, Ningning Wang, Silong Li, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023-02-02, 23(6): 5988-5996
19. “Filters in Generalized Box Configuration with Redundant Resonances and Redundant Couplings”, Yi Zeng, Ming Yu*, Giuseppe Macchiarella, Di Lu, Terry Tao Ye; IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2023-06-01, 71(6):2545-2557
20. “Raman Mapping of Piezoelectric Poly (L-lactic Acid) Films for Force Sensors”, Ivan S Babichuk, Chubin Lin, Yuhui Qiu, Huiyu Zhu, Terry Tao Ye*, Zhaoli Gao*, Jian Yang*; RSC Advances, 2022-09-28, 12(43):27687-27697

21. “Battery-less Sensing of Body Movements Through Differential Backscattered RFID Signals”, Tingzhe Wang#, Siqi Dai#, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022-05-01, 22(9):8490-8498
22. “Multiplication Through a Single Look-Up-Table (LUT) in CNN Inference Computation”, Shiyu Xu#, Qi Wang, Xingbo Wang, Shihang Wang, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2022-06-03, 41(6):1916-1928
23. “State-of-the-Art: AI-Assisted Surrogate Modeling and Optimization for Microwave Filters”, Yang Yu, Zhen Zhang*, Qingsha S Cheng*, Bo Liu, Yi Wang, Cheng Guo, Terry Tao Ye; IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, November 2022, 70(11):4635-4651
24. “Optical Curvature Sensor with High Resolution Based on In-Line Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer and Microwave Photonic Filter”, Dongrui Xiao, Guoqing Wang, Feihong Yu, Shuaiqi Liu, Weijie Xu, Liyang Shao, Chao Wang, Perry Ping Shum, Terry Tao Ye, Zhangqi Song; Optics Express, February 2022, 30(4):5402-5413
25. “Moving Target Localization and Activity/Gesture Recognition for Indoor Radio Frequency Sensing Applications”, Yingxiang Sun, Haoqiu Xiong, Danny Kai Pin Tan, Tony Xiao Han, Rui Du, Xun Yang, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Sensors Journal, 2021-11-01, 21(21):24318-24326
26. “A Fast Self-Jamming Cancellation Architecture and Algorithm for Passive RFID Sensor System”, Chuankui Shen, Haoqiu Xiong, Wang Xu, Fengcheng Mei, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Communications Letters, 2021-03-17, 25(6):2009-2013
27. “Highly Stable and Precise Demodulation of an FBG-Based Optical Current Sensor Using a Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator”, Dongrui Xiao, Guoqing Wang, Feihong Yu, Shuaiqi Liu, Liyang Shao, Chao Wang, Hongyan Fu, Perry Ping Shum, Terry Tao Ye, Weizhi Wang; Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2021-09-15, 39(18):5962-5972
28. “Optical Sensor Network Interrogation System Based on Non-uniform Microwave Photonic Filters”, Dongrui Xiao, Liyang Shao, Chao Wang, Weihao Lin, Feihong Yu, Guoqing Wang, Terry Tao Ye, Weizhi Wang, Mang I Vai; Optics Express, 2021-01-18, 29(2):2564-2576
29. “Unconventionally Shaped Antenna Design for UHF RFID Tags”, Silong Wang, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*; International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2021-07-01, Article Number: 9965252
30. “Characterization and Modeling of Embroidered NFC Coil Antennas for Wearable Applications”, Lulu Xu, Xiao Chen, Sirui Tan, Zhirun Hu, Baoan Ying, Terry Tao Ye*, Yi Li*; IEEE Sensors Journal, December 2020, 20(23):14501-14513
31. “Blind Symbol Rate Estimation Based on BPF Bank”, Chuankui Shen, Terry Tao Ye*; Digital Signal Processing, May 2020, 100:102698
32. “Broadband and Fast Carrier Cancellation for Backscattered RFID Communications”, Haoqiu Xiong, Chuankui Shen, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 2020-12-08, 31(1):84-87
33. “Deformation-Resilient Embroidered NFC Antenna and Energy Harvester for Wearable Applications”, Lulu Xu, Zekun Liu, Xiao Chen, Rujie Sun, Zhirun Hu, Zijian Zheng, Terry Tao Ye*, Yi Li*; Advanced Intelligent Systems, 2019-07-30, 1(6):1900056
34. “Characterizations and Optimization Techniques of Embroidered RFID Antenna for Wearable Applications”, Yulong Liu, Mengxia Yu, Lulu Xu, Yi Li, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, March 2020, 4(1):38-45
35. “Exploiting Embroidered UHF RFID Antennas as Deformation Sensors”, Mengxia Yu, Xuanyu Shang, Miao Wang, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, December 2020, 4(4):406-413

Recent Conference Proceedings

1. “RWriC: A Dynamic Writing Scheme for Variation Compensation for RRAM-Based In-Memory Computing”, Y Huang, J He, T Cheng, C Y Tsui, Terry T Ye*. Proceedings of the 61st Design Automation Conference, 2024-06, DAC 2024. (Accepted)
2. “Low-Power Consumption Inference of ECG Signals Using Differential Logic Networks”, C Feng, X Wang, Terry T Ye*; 2024 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems APCCAS 2024, 20-24
3. “Computation Complexity Reduction Based on Quick Leaky-Integrate-And-Fire Mechanism for SNNs”, X Kang, S Li, X Wang, Z Xu, Y Li, Terry T Ye*; 2024 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems APCCAS 2024, 471-474
4. “A Low-Noise, High-Input-Impedance Pre-Amplifier for Piezoelectric MEMS Microphone”, Weiye Song, Yucong Huang, Zihan Chen, Terry T Ye*. IEEE 22nd Interregional NEWCAS Conference, 2024-06, NEWCAS 2024. (Accepted)
5. “A Pattern Reconfigurable Yagi Uda Antenna Controlled by UHF RFID Technology”, C Shen, W Li, Z Wang, Terry T Ye*. 2024 18th Annual IEEE International Conference on RFID, 2024-06, IEEE RFID 2024. (Accepted)
6. “RV-GEMM: Neural Network Inference Acceleration with Near-Memory GEMM Instructions on RISC-V”, X Wang, C Feng, B Chen, Q Wang, Y Huang, Terry T Ye*. 21st ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers, May 2024, CF’24.
7. “FlexBits: A Configurable Lightweight RISC-V Micro-Architecture for Flexible Bit-Width Execution”, Z Xu, X Kang, X Wang, B Chen, Terry T Ye*. Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, Apr. 2024, AICAS 2024.
8. “RISCV-FNT: A Fast FNT-Based RISC-V Processor for CNN Acceleration”, B Chen, X Wang, Y Huang, Z Xu, Terry T Ye*. Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, Apr. 2024, AICAS 2024.
9. “An RFID-Controlled Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface”, C Shen, W Li, Z Wang, Terry T Ye*. 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, Apr. 2024, iWAT 2024.
10. “Respiration Sensing with Embroidered RFID Tags in Face Masks”, M Yu, L Zhong, S Wang, Y Guo, TT Ye*. 2023 IEEE 13th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, Proceedings, 2023, Pages 29-32, IEEE RFID-TA 2023.
11. “An FPGA-Based Edge Computing and Accelerating Platform for Fast Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis”, S Li, J Qiu, Y Huang, X Tang, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings Volume 12464, Medical Imaging 2023: Image Processing:124643O (2023) 12464, 841-848, SPIE Medical Imaging 2023.
12. “RVComp: Analog Variation Compensation for RRAM-based In-Memory Computing”, Jingyu He, Yucong Huang, Miguel Lastras, Terry Tao Ye, Chi-Ying Tsui, Kwang-Ting Cheng. Proceedings of the 28th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, Jan. 2023, Pages 246-251, ASP-DAC 2023.
13. “Design and Optimization Techniques of Wireless Transfer System for Readout of in-Vivo Devices”, Mengxia Yu, Terry Tao Ye*. 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Computer and Communications, Dec. 2022, ICCC 2022.
14. “An FPGA-Based Edge Computing and Accelerating Platform for Fast Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis”, Silong Li, Jiaming Qiu, Yijin Huang, Xiaoying Tang, Terry Tao Ye*. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 12464, 2023.
15. “A Method of Fast M-Type Approximation on Probabilistic Shaping for Optical Communication”, Jianghan Zhu, Xu Li*, Yibo Lv, Terry Tao Ye*. 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference, Sep. 2021, VTC 2021.
16. “55nm CMOS Analog Circuit Implementation of LIF and STDP Functions for Low-Power SNNs”, Zhitao Yang, Jianghan Zhu, Yucong Huang, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Jul. 26, 2021, ISLPED 2021.
17. “Analog Circuit Implementation of Neural Networks for In-Sensor Computing”, Jianghan Zhu, Bingzhen Chen, Zhitao Yang, Lingxiao Meng, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI, Pages 150-156, Jul. 2021, ISVLSI 2021.
18. “Customized Instruction on RISC-V for Winograd-Based Convolution Acceleration”, Shihang Wang, Jianghan Zhu, Qi Wang, Can He, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings - 32nd IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors, Pages 65-68, Jul. 2021, ASAP 2021.
19. “Wearable Deformation Sensor with Ambient Interference Rejection Using Differential Backscattered RFID Signals”, Siqi Dai, Tingzhe Wang, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*. 2021 15th Annual IEEE International Conference on RFID, IEEE RFID 2021.
20. “Embroidered Inductive Strain Sensor for Wearable Applications”, Yulong Liu#, Miao Wang#, Mengxia Yu, Bingyi Xia, Terry Tao Ye*. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, Mar. 2020, PerCom Workshops 2020.

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