Shilong Zhang

Ph.D. candidate, School of EE, KAIST

  • location
    291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon 34141, Korea
  • Office
    School of Electrical Engineering (E3-2), 5219

Education

  • KAIST, School of Electrical Engineering Ph.D. (M.S. integrated) (Sep. 2023 – Present)
  • KAIST, School of Electrical Engineering M.S. (Sep. 2022 – Aug. 2023)
  • KAIST, School of Electrical Engineering B.S. (Sep. 2018 – Jun. 2022)
  • The Middle School Attached to Sichuan University (Sep. 2015 – Jun. 2018)

Honors

Research Interests

  • Machine learning guided computational lithography
  • Design automation

Publications

Journal Papers

  1. Shilong Zhang, Seohyun Kim, and Youngsoo Shin, “Synthesis of critical patterns for lithography optimizations through machine learning,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, submitted.
  2. Seohyun Kim, Shilong Zhang, and Youngsoo Shin, “ML-guided curvilinear OPC: fast, accurate, and manufacturable curve correction,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 19-28, Feb. 2025.
  3. Taeyoung Kim, Shilong Zhang, and Youngsoo Shin, “Model-based OPC with adaptive PID control through reinforcement learning,” IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, vol. 38, no. 1, pp. 48-56, Feb. 2025.

Conference Papers

  1. Shilong Zhang and Youngsoo Shin, “Integrated curvilinear OPC and SRAF optimization through reinforcement learning,” Proc. SPIE Photomask Technology, submitted.
  2. Geuna Chang, Shilong Zhang, Seohyun Kim, Woojin Kim, and Youngsoo Shin, “Verilog code generation of hierarchical design using LLMs,” Proc. Int’l Symp. on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD), submitted.
  3. Minseung Shin, Shilong Zhang, Geuna Chang, and Youngsoo Shin, “On-chip decoupling capacitor placement with impedance constraint for DRAM design,” Proc. Int’l Symp. on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD), submitted.
  4. Minseung Shin, Shilong Zhang, and Youngsoo Shin, “Fast and accurate analysis of power distribution network impedance for DRAM Design,” Proc. Int’l Symp. on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), May 2025.
  5. Shilong Zhang and Youngsoo Shin, “Unified inverse lithography technology (ILT) and fracturing through recurrent neural network,” Proc. SPIE Advanced Lithography, Apr. 2025.
  6. Shilong Zhang, Seohyun Kim, and Youngsoo Shin, “Fast and accurate matrix-OPC with MEEF prediction using Kolmogorov-Arnold network,” Proc. SPIE Advanced Lithography, Apr. 2025.
  7. Seohyun Kim, Gangmin Cho, Shilong Zhang, and Youngsoo Shin, “Fast and accurate curvilinear OPC with ML-guided curve correction,” Proc. Int’l SoC Design Conf. (ISOCC), Aug. 2024.