| 2013 |
IEEE Design Automation Conference Prolific Author Award, “DAC 25 Club” |
| 2013 |
IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC) Top 10 Author Award for fifth Decade |
| 2012 |
US-China Ecopartnershp Award, US Department of State, China National Development and Reform Commission |
| 2011 |
IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Darlington Best Paper Award |
| 2010 |
Best Paper Award, the ACM Trans. on Design Automation of Electronic Systems |
| 2008 |
Best Contribution Award, Programming Challenge, IEEE International Workshop on Logic and Synthesis |
| 2007 |
SRC Inventor Award |
| 2006 |
ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Physical Design Best Paper Award |
| 2005 |
Northrop Grumman Excellence in Teaching Award |
| 2003 |
IBM Faculty Partner Award |
| 2003 |
Best Student Paper Award, the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Application Specific Integrated Circuits |
| 2003 |
UCLA Chancellor’s Early Faculty Development Award |
| 2000 |
National Science Foundation CAREER Award |
| 2000 |
Distinguished PhD Award, UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science |
| 1997 |
Prize for Engineering and Technology, the Dimitris N. Chorafas Foundation |
| 1993 |
Best Paper Award, Chinese Computer Foundation CAD/CAM Conference |
| 1990 |
Top Graduating Student Award, Fudan University |