Schedule
| Session 0: Opening and Keynote | |
| 8:00 AM – 8:45 AM | Check-in and Networking Breakfast |
| 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM | Opening |
| 9:00 AM – 9:45 AM | Keynote |
| Parthasarathy Ranganathan | |
| 9:45 AM – 10:15 AM | Lightning Talks of Posters |
| 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM | Break |
| Session 1: Agentic Foundations and Initial Experiences (Session chair: Anna Goldie) | |
| 10:30 AM – 11:30 AM | Invited Talks |
| Chi Wang: Frontiers of Agentic AI | |
| Yizhou Sun: ARLArena: A Unified Framework for Stable Agentic Reinforcement Learning | |
| Jason Cong: High-Level Synthesis in the Agentic Era | |
| Kartik Hegde: LLMs in Production With Chip Teams: Opportunities, Challenges, and Lessons Learned | |
| 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | Panel Discussion (Parthasarathy Ranganathan, Chi Wang, Yizhou Sun, Jason Cong, Kartik Hegde) |
| 12:00 PM – 1:15 PM | Lunch Break |
| Session 2: Chip Design in Agentic Era: Industry Perspectives and Practices (Session chair: Yakun Sophia Shao) | |
| 1:15 PM – 2:15 PM | Invited Talks |
| Thomas Andersen: Is Agentic AI the Future of Chip Design Automation? | |
| Vikas Gupta: Exploring AI-Driven Approaches for Scalable ASIC Design and Implementation | |
| Chia-Tung (Mark) Ho: Learning Agentic AI for Hardware Design Automation: From Hand-Crafted Workflows to Trainable, Self-Improving Agents | |
| Kexun Zhang: Chip Design and Verification in the Era of Agentic AI | |
| 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM | Panel Discussion (Thomas Andersen, Vikas Gupta, Mark Ho, Kexun Zhang, Anna Goldie, Azalia Mirhoseini) |
| 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| Session 3: Latest Academia Research on Agentic EDA (Session chair: Luca Carloni) | |
| 3:00 PM – 4:15 PM | Invited Talks |
| David Z. Pan: Agentic AI for Analog/RF IC Design Automation | |
| Jishen Zhao: Towards Self-evolving LLM Multi-Agent System for Automated RTL Design and Verification | |
| Zhiru Zhang: Filling in the Missing Pieces Toward Autonomous Accelerator Design | |
| Cunxi Yu: When AI Agents Meet Chip Design: The Power of Domain Knowledge | |
| 4:15 PM – 4:45 PM | Panel Discussion (David Z. Pan, Jishen Zhao, Zhiru Zhang, Cunxi Yu) |
| 4:45 PM – 5:00 PM | Coffee Break |
| Reception and Poster Session | |
| 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM | Dinner Reception and Posters |