activity
20242026
most citedMIST: A Co-Design Framework for Heterogeneous, Multi-Stage LLM Inference

1 citations · 1 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

12 papers

cs.AI2026

REASON: Accelerating Probabilistic Logical Reasoning for Scalable Neuro-Symbolic Intelligence

Zishen Wan, Che-Kai Liu, Jiayi Qian +3

Neuro-symbolic AI systems integrate neural perception with symbolic reasoning to enable data-efficient, interpretable, and robust intelligence beyond purely neural models. Although…

cs.AR2026

SATA: Sparsity-Aware Scheduling for Selective Token Attention

Zhenkun Fan, Zishen Wan, Che-Kai Liu +5

Transformers have become the foundation of numerous state-of-the-art AI models across diverse domains, thanks to their powerful attention mechanism for modeling long-range dependen…

cs.AR2025

A 28nm 1.80Mb/mm2 Digital/Analog Hybrid SRAM-CIM Macro Using 2D-Weighted Capacitor Array for Complex Number Mac Operations

Shota Konno, Che-Kai Liu, Sigang Ryu +2

A 28nm dense 6T-SRAM Digital(D)/Analog(A) Hybrid compute-in-memory (CIM) macro supporting complex num-ber MAC operation is presented. By introducing a 2D-weighted Capacitor Array,…

cs.AR2025

Cross-Layer Design of Vector-Symbolic Computing: Bridging Cognition and Brain-Inspired Hardware Acceleration

Shuting Du, Mohamed Ibrahim, Zishen Wan +7

Vector Symbolic Architectures (VSAs) have been widely deployed in various cognitive applications due to their simple and efficient operations. The widespread adoption of VSAs has,…

cs.AR2025

NSFlow: An End-to-End FPGA Framework with Scalable Dataflow Architecture for Neuro-Symbolic AI

Hanchen Yang, Zishen Wan, Ritik Raj +5

Neuro-Symbolic AI (NSAI) is an emerging paradigm that integrates neural networks with symbolic reasoning to enhance the transparency, reasoning capabilities, and data efficiency of…

cs.ET2025

HyDra: SOT-CAM Based Vector Symbolic Macro for Hyperdimensional Computing

Md Mizanur Rahaman Nayan, Che-Kai Liu, Zishen Wan +2

Hyperdimensional computing (HDC) is a brain-inspired paradigm valued for its noise robustness, parallelism, energy efficiency, and low computational overhead. Hardware accelerators…

cs.RO2025

Generative AI in Embodied Systems: System-Level Analysis of Performance, Efficiency and Scalability

Zishen Wan, Jiayi Qian, Yuhang Du +6

Embodied systems, where generative autonomous agents engage with the physical world through integrated perception, cognition, action, and advanced reasoning powered by large langua…

cs.AR2025★ 1 cited

MIST: A Co-Design Framework for Heterogeneous, Multi-Stage LLM Inference

Abhimanyu Rajeshkumar Bambhaniya, Hanjiang Wu, Suvinay Subramanian +8

Modern LLM serving now spans multi-stage pipelines including RAG retrieval and KV cache reuse, each with distinct compute, memory, and latency demands. Inference engines expose a l…

cs.AR2025

CogSys: Efficient and Scalable Neurosymbolic Cognition System via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design

Zishen Wan, Hanchen Yang, Ritik Raj +4

Neurosymbolic AI is an emerging compositional paradigm that fuses neural learning with symbolic reasoning to enhance the transparency, interpretability, and trustworthiness of AI.…

cs.ET2025

Characterization and Mitigation of ADC Noise by Reference Tuning in RRAM-Based Compute-In-Memory

Ying-Hao Wei, Zishen Wan, Brian Crafton +2

With the escalating demand for power-efficient neural network architectures, non-volatile compute-in-memory designs have garnered significant attention. However, owing to the natur…

cs.RO2024

VAP: The Vulnerability-Adaptive Protection Paradigm Toward Reliable Autonomous Machines

Zishen Wan, Yiming Gan, Bo Yu +3

The next ubiquitous computing platform, following personal computers and smartphones, is poised to be inherently autonomous, encompassing technologies like drones, robots, and self…

cs.AR2024

Towards Efficient Neuro-Symbolic AI: From Workload Characterization to Hardware Architecture

Zishen Wan, Che-Kai Liu, Hanchen Yang +13

The remarkable advancements in artificial intelligence (AI), primarily driven by deep neural networks, are facing challenges surrounding unsustainable computational trajectories, l…