Bonan Yan, Ph.D.  

Assistant Professor, Peking University   

Education

Ph.D. in Electrical & Computer Engineering
Duke University
2017.8 - 2020.11, Advisors: Prof. Hai Li, Prof. Yiran Chen
M.S. in Electrical Engineering
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
2014.8 - 2017.4, Advisors: Prof. Hai Li, Prof. Yiran Chen
B.S. in Electrical & Information Engineering
Beihang University, Beijing, China
2010.9 - 2014.7, Undergraduate Research Advisor: Prof. Weisheng Zhao

Work 

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor  
Peking   University
2020.11 - Present
  • AGI Processor
  • VLSI Design
  • Computer Architecture
  • Hardware Cognitive Architecture
Cofounder & Chief Scientist  
Pimchip Technologies
2020.3 - 2020.11
  • Compute-In-Memory
  • VLSI Design
  • Edge AI Chip

Awards

ACM SIGDA Outstanding New Faculty Award
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Jun. 2024
DATE Outstanding Reviewer Award
Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE)
Mar. 2025
Peking University Weiming Young Fellow
Peking University Education Foundation
Jan. 2024
Peking University Boya Young Fellow
Peking University
Oct. 2023
CCF-Huawei Huyanglin Fund Outstanding Project Award
China Computer Federation (CCF)
May 2022
Teaching Achievement Award, Second Prize
Peking University
Oct. 2025
Outstanding Case in Undergraduate Curriculum Development for AI-Integrated Majors
Peking University
Top 20%, Oct. 2025
2024 Undergraduate Teaching Reform Project (Outstanding Grade)
Peking University
Apr. 2025
Outstanding Tutor Award
International Symposium of Integrated Circuits (ISIC)
Jul. 2023
Teaching Contest for Young Faculties, Second Prize
Peking University
Science and Technology Track, Mar. 2023
Best Teaching Demonstration Award
Peking University
Mar. 2023