ACM SIGDA is pleased to announce that Dr. Zishen Wan (Georgia Tech) received the 2026 ACM Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in Electronic Design Automation, presented at DAC 2026, for his dissertation:

“Tailored Computing: Cross-Layer System, Architecture, and Silicon Co-Design for Physical Intelligence”

The dissertation was supervised by Prof. Arijit Raychowdhury and Prof. Tushar Krishna.

The award recognizes an outstanding doctoral thesis that makes a substantial contribution to the field of electronic design automation.

Congratulations to Zishen and his advisors!

More about the award: https://www.sigda.org/acm-outstanding-ph-d-dissertation-award-in-electronic-design-automation/