叶涛

教授

教育背景

博士（斯坦福大学）

学士（清华大学）

研究领域
集成电路；人工智能加速芯片；类脑神经网络计算芯片；柔性电子；物联网传感器以及器件
学术领域
电子工程，计算机工程，人工智能与机器人
电子邮件
taoye@cuhk.edu.cn
个人简介

叶涛，香港中文大学（深圳）理工学院教授，国家级、广东省以及深圳市级人才项目获得者，卡内基梅隆大学电子与计算机工程系兼职教授。清华大学电子工程系毕业，美国斯坦福大学（Stanford University）博士学位。研究方向为集成电路，类神经网络电路及人工智能加速芯片，物联网传感器件与柔性电路。在集成电路设计及物联网技术领域有超过二十年的经验。首创及开发了多个物联网及边缘计算芯片核心技术，研制成功世界上第一款UHF RFID芯片，并参与了EPC Global无线射频识别技术的世界标准及协议的制定及实施。先后主持国家，省市及香港创新科技署科研项目30多项，累计获得经费超过一亿元。曾任Impinj Inc., Synopsys Inc., Magma Design Automation Inc., Silicon Architects Inc., 以及美国硅谷多家高科技企业的研发主管及顾问。担任多个国际标准委员会（ISO）成员，IEEE及国际学术会议主席，国际学术期刊编辑及学术委员会成员，以及国际自动识别协会AIM的专家委员会成员和AIM亚洲分会首席科学家。

学术著作

​​​​​Recent Journal Publications

  1. “Polyelectrolyte-based wireless and drift-free iontronic sensors for orthodontic sensing”, J Song, R Yang, J Shi, X Chen, S Xie, Z Liao, R Zou, Y Feng, Terry Tao Ye*, Chuan Fei Guo*; Science Advances, Feb, 2025, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.z34tmpgqn
  2. “qLIF: Mitigating the memory and computation overhead to implement spiking convolutional neural networks”, Silong Li, Ningning Wang, Xinyu Kang, Terry Tao Ye*; Neural Computing and Applications, 1-14 2025
  3. “Smartphone administered pulsed radio frequency energy therapy for expedited cutaneous wound healing”, M Yu, H Yang, H Ye, S Lin, Y Lu, H Deng, L Xu, Y Guo, JS Ho, Terry Tao Ye*; npj Digital Medicine 8 (1), 103, 2025
  4. “RV-SCNN: A RISC-V Processor With Customized Instruction Set for SNN and CNN Inference Acceleration on Edge Platforms”, X Wang, C Feng, X Kang, Q Wang, Y Huang, Terry Tao Ye*; IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, IEEE TCAD, 10(1) 2024
  5. “Flexible Piezoelectric Sensors Based on Ionic Liquid‐doped Poly (L‐Lactic Acid) for Human Coughing Recognition”, Z He, Y Liu, IS Babichuk, Z Zhou, Z Liu, X Yang, R Zhou, Y Pu, S Li, Y Chang, Terry Tao Ye, Zhaoli Gao, Jian Yang; Advanced Materials Technologies 9 (12), 2400386, 2024
  6. “Exploring RFID Technology for Wireless Control of Smart Antennas”, C Shen, Z Wang, L Yang, F Mei, Terry T Ye*. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. 5(30) 2024
  7. “Optimizing CNN Computation Using RISC-V Custom Instruction Sets for Edge Platforms”, Shihang Wang, Xingbo Wang, Zhiyuan Xu, Bingzhen Chen, Chenxi Feng, Qi Wang, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), May 2024, 73(5):1371-1384. (IF/JCR:3.7/Q2)
  8. “e-Bandage: Exploiting Smartphone as a Therapeutic Device for Cutaneous Wound Treatment”, M Yu, C Yi, S Lin, H Ye, J Xue, J Yin, R Zhong, H Yao, H Liao, Y Zhang, J Yang, Y Guo, X Song, Terry T Ye*. Advanced Intelligent Systems, March 2024, 6(3): 2300494. (IF/JCR:7.4/Q1)
  9. “Parasitic Capacitance Modeling and Measurements of Conductive Yarns for e-Textile Devices”, Ziqi Qu#, Zhechen Zhu#, Yulong Liu#, Mengxia Yu, Terry Tao Ye*. Nature Communications, 2023-05-15, 14(1):2785. (IF/JCR: 17.694 /Q1)
  10. “A Long-Range and Nearly Passive RFID-Controlled Information Metasurface”, Zhengxing Wang, Chuankui Shen, Junwei Wu, Hui Xu, Qiang Cheng, Terry Tao Ye*, Tie Jun Cui*. Advanced Optical Materials, 2023-02-06, 2203114. (IF/JCR:10.050/Q1)
  11. “Skin-Adhesive Flexible Force Sensors Based on Piezoelectric Poly (L-lactic Acid) for Human Behavior Recognition”, Chubin Lin, Wenjin Wu, Huiyu Zhu, Yuhui Qiu, Shaolong Cui, Weiquan Chen, Ivan S. Babichuk, Terry Tao Ye*, Zhaoli Gao*, Jian Yang*. Advanced Materials Technologies, July 2023, 8(14): 2202142. (IF/JCR: 8.856/Q1)
  12. “An All-Fabric Tactile-Sensing Keypad with Uni-Modal and Ultrafast Response/Recovery Time for Smart Clothing Applications”, Mingxun Chen#, Lulu Xu#, Yulong Liu#, Mengxia Yu#, Yi Li, Terry Tao Ye*. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2022-05-20, 14(21): 24946-24954. (IF/JCR 10.383 /Q1)
  13. “Utilizing Gradient Porous Graphene Substrate as the Solid-Contact Layer to Enhance Wearable Electrochemical Sweat Sensor Sensitivity”, Kankan Yeung, Jingwei Li, Ting Huang, Imman I Hosseini, Rakib Al Mahdi, Md Masruck Alam, Honglin Sun, Sara Mahshid, Jian Yang*, Terry Tao Ye*, Zhaoli Gao*. Nano Letters, 2022-08-09, 22(16): 6647-6654. (IF/JCR: 12.262/Q1)
  14. “E-Textile Battery-less Displacement and Strain Sensor for Human Activities Tracking”, Yulong Liu, Mengxia Yu, Bingyi Xia, Silong Wang, Miao Wang, Mingxun Chen, Siqi Dai, Tingzhe Wang, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2021-11-05, 8(22):16486-16497. (IF/JCR: 10.238 /Q1) 
  15. “Coolmax/Graphene-Oxide Functionalized Textile Humidity Sensor with Ultrafast Response for Human Activities Monitoring”, Lulu Xu, Heng Zhai, Xiao Chen, Yulong Liu, Miao Wang, Zhangchi Liu, Muhammad Umar, Chengyu Ji, Zhongda Chen, Lu Jin, Zekun Liu, Qingwen Song, Pengfei Yue, Yi Li*, Terry T. Ye*. Chemical Engineering Journal, 2021-05-15, 412: 128639. (IF/JCR: 13.273/ Q1)
  16. “Moisture-Resilient Graphene-Dyed Wool Fabric for Strain Sensing”, Lulu Xu#, Zekun Liu#, Heng Zhai#, Xiao Chen, Rujie Sun, Shida Lyu, Yangyang Fan, Yangpeiqi Yi, Zhongda Chen, Lu Jin, Jianbao Zhang, Yi Li*, Terry T. Ye*. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2020-02-27, 12(11): 13265-13274. (IF/JCR: 8.758 / Q1)
  17. “Wirelessly Pattern Reconfigurable Yagi Antenna Based on Radio Frequency Identification”, C Shen, Z Wang, L Yang, F Mei, Terry T Ye*. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2024-03-09, 2024: 3660051.
  18. “Exploiting the Self-Attention Mechanism in Gas Sensor Array (GSA) Data with Neural Networks”, Ningning Wang, Silong Li, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2023-02-02, 23 (6): 5988-5996.
  19. “Filters in Generalized Box Configuration with Redundant Resonances and Redundant Couplings”, Yi Zeng, Ming Yu*, Giuseppe Macchiarella, Di Lu, Terry Tao Ye. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, 2023-06-01, 71(6):2545-2557.
  20. “Raman Mapping of Piezoelectric Poly (L-lactic Acid) Films for Force Sensors”, Ivan S Babichuk, Chubin Lin, Yuhui Qiu, Huiyu Zhu, Terry Tao Ye*, Zhaoli Gao*, Jian Yang*. RSC advances, 2022-09-28, 12(43):27687-27697.
  21. “Battery-less Sensing of Body Movements Through Differential Backscattered RFID Signals”, Tingzhe Wang#, Siqi Dai#, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022-05-01, 22(9):8490-8498.
  22. “Multiplication Through a Single Look-Up-Table (LUT) in CNN Inference Computation”, Shiyu Xu#, Qi Wang, Xingbo Wang, Shihang Wang, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2022-06-03,41(6): 1916-1928.
  23. “State-of-the-Art: AI-Assisted Surrogate Modeling and Optimization for Microwave Filters”, Yang Yu, Zhen Zhang*, Qingsha S Cheng*, Bo Liu, Yi Wang, Cheng Guo, Terry Tao Ye. IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques, November 2022, 70(11): 4635-4651.
  24. “Optical Curvature Sensor with High Resolution Based on In-Line Fiber Mach-Zehnder Interferometer and Microwave Photonic Filter”, Dongrui Xiao, Guoqing Wang, Feihong Yu, Shuaiqi Liu, Weijie Xu, Liyang Shao, Chao Wang, Perry Ping Shum, Terry Tao Ye, Zhangqi Song. Optics Express, February 2022, 30(4): 5402-5413.
  25. “Moving Target Localization and Activity/Gesture Recognition for Indoor Radio Frequency Sensing Applications”, Yingxiang Sun, Haoqiu Xiong, Danny Kai Pin Tan, Tony Xiao Han, Rui Du, Xun Yang, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Sensors Journal , 2021-11-01, 21(21): 24318-24326.
  26. “A Fast Self-Jamming Cancellation Architecture and Algorithm for Passive RFID Sensor System”, Chuankui Shen, Haoqiu Xiong, Wang Xu, Fengcheng Mei, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Communications Letters, 2021-03-17, 25(6): 2009-2013.
  27. “Highly Stable and Precise Demodulation of an FBG-Based Optical Current Sensor Using a Dual-Loop Optoelectronic Oscillator”, Dongrui Xiao, Guoqing Wang, Feihong Yu, Shuaiqi Liu, Liyang Shao, Chao Wang, Hongyan Fu, Perry Ping Shum, Terry Tao Ye, Weizhi Wang. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2021-09-15, 39 (18): 5962-5972.
  28. “Optical Sensor Network Interrogation System Based on Non-uniform Microwave Photonic Filters”, Dongrui Xiao, Liyang Shao, Chao Wang, Weihao Lin, Feihong Yu, Guoqing Wang, Terry Tao Ye, Weizhi Wang, Mang I Vai. Optics Express, 2021-01-18, 29(2): 2564-2576.
  29. “ “Unconventionally Shaped” Antenna Design for UHF RFID Tags”, Silong Wang, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*. International Journal of Antennas and Propagation, 2021-07-01, 2021, Article Number: 9965252.
  30. “Characterization and Modeling of Embroidered NFC Coil Antennas for Wearable Applications”, Lulu Xu, Xiao Chen, Sirui Tan, Zhirun Hu, Baoan Ying, Terry Tao Ye*, Yi Li*. IEEE Sensors Journal , December 2020, 20(23): 14501-14513.
  31. “Blind Symbol Rate Estimation Based on BPF Bank”, Chuankui Shen, Terry Tao Ye*. Digital Signal Processing, May 2020, 100: 102698.
  32. “Broadband and Fast Carrier Cancellation for Backscattered RFID Communications”, Haoqiu Xiong, Chuankui Shen, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, 2020-12-08, 31(1): 84-87.
  33. “Deformation-Resilient Embroidered NFC Antenna and Energy Harvester for Wearable Applications”, Lulu Xu, Zekun Liu, Xiao Chen, Rujie Sun, Zhirun Hu, Zijian Zheng, Terry Tao Ye*, Yi Li*. Advanced Intelligent System, 2019-7-30, 1(6): 1900056.  
  34. “Characterizations and Optimization Techniques of Embroidered RFID Antenna for Wearable Applications”, Yulong Liu, Mengxia Yu, Lulu Xu, Yi Li, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, Mar 2020, 4(1): 38-45.
  35. “Exploiting Embroidered UHF RFID Antennas as Deformation Sensors”, Mengxia Yu, Xuanyu Shang, Miao Wang, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*. IEEE Journal of Radio Frequency Identification, December 2020, 4(4): 406-413.

 

Recent Conference Proceedings

  1. “RWriC: A Dynamic Writing Scheme for Variation Compensation for RRAM-Based In-Memory Computing”, Y Huang, J He, T Cheng, C Y Tsui, Terry T Ye*. Proceedings of the 61st Design Automation Conference, 2024-06, DAC 2024. (Accepted)
  2. “Low-Power Consumption Inference of ECG Signals Using Differential Logic Networks”, C Feng, X Wang, Terry T Ye*; 2024 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems APCCAS 2024, 20-24
  3. “Computation Complexity Reduction Based on Quick Leaky-Integrate-And-Fire Mechanism for SNNs”, X Kang, S Li, X Wang, Z Xu, Y Li, Terry T Ye*; 2024 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems APCCAS 2024, 471-474
  4. “A Low-Noise, High-Input-Impedance Pre-Amplifier for Piezoelectric MEMS Microphone”, Weiye Song, Yucong Huang, Zihan Chen, Terry T Ye*. IEEE 22nd Interregional NEWCAS Conference, 2024-06, NEWCAS 2024. (Accepted)
  5. “A Pattern Reconfigurable Yagi Uda Antenna Controlled by UHF RFID Technology”, C Shen, W Li, Z Wang, Terry T Ye*. 2024 18th Annual IEEE International Conference on RFID, 2024-06, IEEE RFID 2024. (Accepted)
  6. “RV-GEMM: Neural Network Inference Acceleration with Near-Memory GEMM Instructions on RISC-V”, X Wang, C Feng, B Chen, Q Wang, Y Huang, Terry T Ye*. 21st ACM International Conference on Computing Frontiers, May 2024, CF’24.
  7. “FlexBits: A Configurable Lightweight RISC-V Micro-Architecture for Flexible Bit-Width Execution”, Z Xu, X Kang, X Wang, B Chen, Terry T Ye*. Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, Apr. 2024, AICAS 2024.
  8. “RISCV-FNT: A Fast FNT-Based RISC-V Processor for CNN Acceleration”, B Chen, X Wang, Y Huang, Z Xu, Terry T Ye*. Proceedings of the 6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems, Apr. 2024, AICAS 2024.
  9. “An RFID-Controlled Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface”, C Shen, W Li, Z Wang, Terry T Ye*. 2024 IEEE International Workshop on Antenna Technology, Apr. 2024, iWAT 2024.
  10. “Respiration Sensing with Embroidered RFID Tags in Face Masks”, M Yu, L Zhong, S Wang, Y Guo, TT Ye*. 2023 IEEE 13th International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, Proceedings, 2023, Pages 29-32, IEEE RFID-TA 2023.
  11. “An FPGA-Based Edge Computing and Accelerating Platform for Fast Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis”, S Li, J Qiu, Y Huang, X Tang, Terry Tao Ye*, Proceedings Volume 12464, Medical Imaging 2023: Image Processing:124643O (2023) 12464, 841-848, SPIE Medical Imaging 2023.
  12. “RVComp: Analog Variation Compensation for RRAM-based In-Memory Computing”, Jingyu He, Yucong Huang, Miguel Lastras, Terry Tao Ye, Chi-Ying Tsui, Kwang-Ting Cheng. Proceedings of the 28th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference, Jan. 2023, Pages 246-251, ASP-DAC 2023.
  13. “Design and Optimization Techniques of Wireless Transfer System for Readout of in-Vivo Devices”, Mengxia Yu, Terry Tao Ye*. 2022 IEEE 8th International Conference on Computer and Communications, Dec. 2022, ICCC 2022.
  14. “An FPGA-Based Edge Computing and Accelerating Platform for Fast Diabetic Retinopathy Diagnosis”, Silong Li, Jiaming Qiu, Yijin Huang, Xiaoying Tang, Terry Tao Ye*. Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, Volume 12464, 2023.
  15. “A Method of Fast M-Type Approximation on Probabilistic Shaping for Optical Communication”, Jianghan Zhu, Xu Li*, Yibo Lv, Terry Tao Ye*. 2021 IEEE 94th Vehicular Technology Conference, Sep. 2021, VTC 2021.
  16. “55nm CMOS Analog Circuit Implementation of LIF and STDP Functions for Low-Power SNNs”, Zhitao Yang, Jianghan Zhu, Yucong Huang, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design, Jul. 26, 2021, ISLPED 2021.
  17. “Analog Circuit Implementation of Neural Networks for In-Sensor Computing”, Jianghan Zhu, Bingzhen Chen, Zhitao Yang, Lingxiao Meng, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings of IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI, ISVLSI, Pages 150-156, Jul. 2021, ISVLSI 2021.
  18. “Customized Instruction on RISC-V for Winograd-Based Convolution Acceleration”, Shihang Wang, Jianghan Zhu, Qi Wang, Can He, Terry Tao Ye*. Proceedings - 32nd IEEE International Conference on Application-Specific Systems, Architectures and Processors, Pages 65-68, Jul. 2021, ASAP 2021.
  19. “Wearable Deformation Sensor with Ambient Interference Rejection Using Differential Backscattered RFID Signals”, Siqi Dai, Tingzhe Wang, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*. 2021 15th Annual IEEE International Conference on RFID, IEEE RFID 2021.
  20. “Embroidered Inductive Strain Sensor for Wearable Applications”, Yulong Liu#, Miao Wang#, Mengxia Yu, Bingyi Xia, Terry Tao Ye*. 2020 IEEE International Conference on Pervasive Computing and Communications Workshops, Mar. 2020, PerCom Workshops 2020.
  21. “Analog Circuit Implementation of Neurons with Multiply-Accumulate and RELU Functions”, Yucong Huang, Zhitao Yang, Jianghan Zhu, Terry Tao Ye*. ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, Sep. 2020, Pages 493-498, GLSVLSI 2020.
  22. “Analog Circuit Implementation of LIF and STDP Models for Spiking Neural Networks”, Zhitao Yang, Yucong Huang, Jianghan Zhu, Terry Tao Ye*. ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, Sep 2020, Pages 469-474, GLSVLSI 2020.
  23. “Coupled Planar Coil (CPC) Antenna as a Displacement Sensor for NFC or HF RFID Tags”, Yulong Liu, Terry Tao Ye*. 2020 IEEE International Conference on RFID, IEEE RFID 2020.
  24. “Fabrics-Based Embroidered Passive Displacement Sensors for On-Body Applications”, Yulong Liu, Miao Wang, Bingyi Xia, Terry Tao Ye*. 2020 International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks, Feb. 2020, Pages 230-235, EWSN 2020.
  25. “Chronological Classification of Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas Using Deep Learning Network”, Xia Yiting, Jiang Yiwei, Li Tianran, Ye Tao*. 2020 Conference on Sound and Music Technology, Oct. 2020, CSMT2020.
  26. “Coarse-to-fine Kidney Segmentation Incorporating Abnormality Detection and Correction”, Yue Zhang, Jiaming Qiu, Dabin Jie, Jiong Wu, Terry Tao Ye, Xiaoying Tang*. Pervasive Health: Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare - Conference Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Image Computing and Digital Medicine, Dec. 2020, Pages 91-94, ISICDM 2020.
  27. “Analog Implementation of Reconfigurable Convolutional Neural Network Kernels”, Jianghan Zhu, Yucong Huang, Zhitao Yang, Xiaoying Tang, Terry Tao Ye*. Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems 2019, Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 2019, Pages 265-268, APCCAS 2019.
  28. “Improving Symbol Rate Estimation Accuracy by Bandpass Filter Bank”, Chuankui Shen, Terry Ye*. 2019 19th IEEE International Conference on Communication Technology, Xian, China, Oct. 2019, Pages 203-209, ICCT 2019.
  29. “Deformation Sensitivity Study of Embroidered UHF RFID Antennas”, Yu Mengxia, Shang Xuanyu, Wang Miao, Liu Yulong, Ye Terry Tao*. 2019 IEEE International Conference on RFID Technology and Applications, Pisa, Italy, Sep. 2019, Pages 322-326, IEEE RFID-TA 2019.
  30. “Passive Embroidered Stretch Sensor Utilizing UHF RFID Antennas”, Mengxia Yu, Silong Wang, Yulong Liu, Lulu Xu, Terry Tao Ye*. 2019 IEEE Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing, Leicester, United Kingdom, Aug. 2019, Pages 497-501, IEEE UIC 2019.
  31. “Textile Based Embroidery-Friendly RFID Antenna Design Techniques”, Liu Yulong#, Xu Lulu, Li Yi, Ye Terry Tao*. 13th Annual IEEE International Conference on RFID, Phoenix, AZ, US, Apr. 2019, IEEE RFID 2019.