Crucible Computing Group
Haoran Jin
Hardware for AI
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Haoran Jin is a PhD student specializing in hardware for AI under the supervision of Nathan Bleier. His research focuses on neural processing unit design and hardware optimization for transformer-based models.
Projects
Publications
Conference papers (6)
2026
- Duplication-Aware Retiming and Cell Interface Redesign for Superconductor Circuit MinimizationPanagiotis Papanikolaou, Alex Vanasse, Haoran Jin, Georgios Tzimpragos, Jennifer VolkACM Conference (2026)
- TensorLift: Automatic Extraction of Tensor-Level ISA Semantics from Accelerator RTL via MLIR Semantic LiftingRuijie Gao, Haoran Jin, Jirong Yang, Nathaniel BleierICCAD 2026
- æSIP: μArch-aware ASIP-ISA Co-Design via Program Synthesis, Equality Saturation, and External Don’t CaresHaoran Jin, Jirong Yang, Barry Lyu, Ruijie “Jerry” Gao, Nathan BleierISCA (2026)
- Precision As You Need: Stochastic Computing Is a Dense Adaptive QuantizerHaoran Jin, Kangqi Zhang, Jirong Yang, Barry Lyu, Qiuyi "Rachel" Ding, Ruijie Gao, Nathaniel BleierNeurIPS 2026
2024
- SCGen: A Versatile Generator Framework for Agile Design of Stochastic CircuitsZexi Li, Haoran Jin, Kuncai Zhong, Guojie Luo, Runsheng Wang, Weikang Qian2024 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE)
2022
- Exploiting Uniform Spatial Distribution to Design Efficient Random Number Source for Stochastic ComputingKuncai Zhong, Zexi Li, Haoran Jin, Weikang QianProceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (2022)
Patents & preprints (1)
2026
- Agents' Last ExamYiyou Sun, Xinyang Han, Weichen Zhang, Yuanbo Pang, Tianyu Wang, Yuhan Cao, Yixiao Huang, Chris Duroiu, Haoyun Zhang, Jeffrey Lin, Weishu Zhang, Tyler Zeng, Ying Yan, Bo Liu, Hanson Wen, Mingyang Xu, Xiaoyuan Liu, Zimeng Chen, Weiyan Shi, Amanda Dsouza, Vincent Sunn Chen, Patrick Bryant, Carl Boettiger, Yamini Rangan, Bradley Rothenberg, Kyle Steinfeld, Arvind Rao, Tapio Schneider, Georgios Yannakakis, Laure Zanna, Kaan Ozbay, Ida Sim, Tarek Zohdi, George Em Karniadakis, Jack Gallant, Teresa Head-gordon, Yushan Li, Wenxi Deng, Tao Sun, Huiqi Wang, Zhun Wang, Justin Xu, Chris Yuhao Liu, Yafei Cheng, Rongwang Hu, Aras Bacho, Shengcao Cao, Zengyi Qin, Yixiong Chen, Hengduan Fan, Hao LiuarXiv (2026)