Suwan Kim
Ph.D. Candidate, SNUCAD Lab., Department of ECE, Seoul National University, 2019.9 - (Present)
Email: suwankim@snucad.snu.ac.kr
Tel: +82-2-880-9134
Address: SNU Computer-Aided Design Lab, #062, Bldg 301-Room 614,
                Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE),
                Seoul National University, 1, Gwanak-gu, Seoul,
                Republic of Korea. (Zip code: 08826)
Education
- M.S. + Ph.D., Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Seoul National University, 2019.09 - PRESENT
(Advisor: Prof. Taewhan Kim)
- B.S., Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), Seoul National University, 2013.03 - 2019.08
- B.S., Dept. of Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering (NAOE), Seoul National University, 2013.03 - 2019.08
- Samsung Electronics Device Solutions, 2023.09
Experience
- R&D Intern, Samsung System LSI, 2022.11 - 2022.12
Application of the academic reinforcement learning-based macro placer on industrial designs
Publications
- Suwan Kim and Taewhan Kim
"Optimal Transistor Folding and Placement for Synthesizing Standard Cells of Complementary FET Technology"
IEEE/ACM Design Automation Conference (DAC), June 2024
- Suwan Kim and Heechun Park
"Comprehensive Physical Design Flow Incorporating 3D Connections for Monolithic 3D ICs"
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD),
Early access (https://doi.org/10.1109/TCAD.2024.3357600)
- Suwan Kim, Hyunbum Park, Kyeonghyeon Baek, Kyu-Myung Choi, and Taewhan Kim
"Methodology of Resolving Design Rule Checking Violations Coupled with Fully Compatible Prediction Model"
International Symposium on Physical Design (ISPD), March 2024
- Suwan Kim and Taewhan Kim
"Design and Technology Co-optimization for Useful Skew Scheduling on Multi-bit Flip-flops"
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), October 2023
- Kyeonghyeon Baek, Hyunbum Park, Suwan Kim, Kyu-Myung Choi, and Taewhan Kim
"Pin Accessibility and Routing Congestion Aware DRC Hotspot Prediction using Graph Neural Network and U-Net"
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), October 2022
- Suwan Kim, Sehyeon Chung, Taewhan Kim, and Heechun Park
"Tightly Linking 3D via Allocation towards Routing Optimization for Monolithic 3D ICs"
IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), August 2022
- Suwan Kim and Taewhan Kim
"Pin Accessibility-driven Placement Optimization with Accurate and Comprehensive Prediction Model"
IEEE/ACM Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), March 2022
- Suwan Kim and Taewhan Kim
"Practical Approach to Cell Replacement for Resolving Pin Inaccessibility"
IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), August 2021
- Suwan Kim, Kyeongrok Jo, and Taewhan Kim
"Boosting Pin Accessibility Through Cell Layout Topology Diversification"
Proceedings of the 26th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASPDAC), January 2021
- 김수완, 김태환
"ECO 라우팅 단계에서의 셀 교환을 통한 회로 타이밍 향상"
대한전자공학회 학술대회, 2020
Teaching and Assistantships
- Logic Design for System Architect, Samsung Device Solution
- Digital Computer Concept and Practice, ECE, SNU
- Introduction to Algorithms, ECE, SNU
- Digital Logic Design and Lab, ECE, SNU
Miscellaneous
- Military Service: Auxiliary Police in Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency 2014 - 2016