Welcome to the UC Santa Cruz VLSI Design Automation (VLSI-DA) group web page. VLSI-DA was founded at UC Santa Cruz in the Department of Computer Engineering in Fall 2006. It is currently a small, but fast growing group. The primary research focus of the group is on physical circuit design. Often, this involves writing Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools for large-scale circuit optimization. Topics being investigated include design for variability and reliability, thermal-aware design, and error tolerant circuit design.

If you are interested in learning more about our group, please do not hesitate to contact me. Potential students should look at the "How to Join" section on the left.