Summary
Ko-lung Yuan is a senior software engineering leader with 11 years of experience specializeing in EDA, currently heading the Aprisa AI Team at Siemens EDA to develop AI-driven design exploration, agentic AI, and ML-enhanced Place & Route solutions. He has deep hands-on expertise in clock tree synthesis, RTL synthesis/optimization, placement optimization and fusion flows between RTL and P&R, grounded in roles from R&D engineer to technical lead and manager. Ko-lung has a track record of translating academic EDA insights from his MS at National Taiwan University into production tools across startups and large teams, including Mentor Graphics’ transition into Siemens EDA. He’s known for bridging algorithmic innovation with practical engineering, driving ML integration into traditionally heuristic EDA flows. Based in New Taipei, Taiwan, he combines domain specialization with leadership that builds cross-functional teams to tackle chip-design automation challenges. An underappreciated strength is his continuity across acquisitions and product transitions, giving him rare institutional memory in EDA product evolution.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (BE) Electrical Engineering at National Cheng Kung University
Master of Science (MS) Electronics Engineering (EDA group), Master of Science (MS) Electronics Engineering (EDA group) at National Taiwan University
English, Mandarin, Chinese