Wei Li @ NUS
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Wei Li

Assistant Professor
School of Computing
National University of Singapore
Ph.D. (CMU), BSc and M.Phil. (CUHK)

E-mail: weili3@nus.edu.sg

I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at the National University of Singapore (NUS). I am looking for self-motivated students to join my group; please feel free to reach out!
Prospective students: please see the Join Us or 知乎（中文） page for research directions and opportunities.

About

Wei Li (Neway) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing at National University of Singapore. He received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Prof. Shawn Blanton and Prof. José Moura. Before joining CMU, he received his Bachelor of Science (ELITE STREAM) and Master of Philosophy degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Computer Science and Engineering Department, advised by Prof. Bei Yu and Prof. Michael R. Lyu.

Wei is named a 2026 ML and Systems Rising Star, and a recipient of Croucher Fellowship (2026), Apple PhD Fellowship in Integrated Systems (2022, 2024), and the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (2024). His research has been recognized with Best Paper Awards at ASP-DAC (2021), ISSTA (2019), and ICTAI (2019), along with a Best Paper Honorable Mention at ICLAD (2025). His contributions deliver proven industrial impact, with algorithms integrated into Apple's industrial physical design flows and a joint patent filing with NVIDIA for differentiable global routing.

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  • 04-2026: I am named one of the 2026 ML and Systems Rising Stars.

  • 01-2026: I am humbled and honored to receive the Croucher Fellowship!

  • 06-2025: We win the Best Paper Honorable Mention Award at ICLAD 2025.

  • 04-2025: I am humbled and thrilled to receive the Jack and Mildred Bowers Scholarship in Engineering for the 2024-2025 academic year!

  • 04-2024: I am excited to receive the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship! [News]

  • 03-2024: I am humbled to receive the Apple Ph.D. Fellowship in Integrated Systems for the second time!

  • 05-2023: Started an internship at NVIDIA Research EDA group.

  • 11-2022: Passed the qualifying exam!

  • 05-2022: Started an internship at Apple SoC PD group.

  • 03-2022: My M.Phil. thesis, "Irregular Deep Data Embedding and Learning," is recognized as the Faculty Outstanding Thesis. Many thanks to my M.Phil. advisor, Prof. Yu.

  • 02-2022: I am humbled and thrilled to receive the Apple Ph.D. Fellowship in Integrated Systems!