2025 Rama Divakaruni Technical Excellence Award

Presented to Dr. Shimeng Yu of Georgia Institute of Technology

The 2025 awardee, Professor Shimeng Yu (Georgia Institute of Technology), is recognized for pioneering system-technology co-optimization (STCO) and developing the NeuroSim simulator. His work models emerging memory technologies and advances efficient AI hardware design, bridging theory and practical implementation in collaboration with leading semiconductor companies. Dr. Yu’s innovations continue to shape next-generation computing. He is currently Theme Leader of two SRC/DARPA JUMP 2.0 projects on intelligent memory/storage and heterogeneous/monolithic 3D integration. 

Prof. Yu’s research interests are semiconductor devices and integrated circuits for AI hardware and 3D stacked systems. He has published over 500 research papers, cited more than 35,000 times, and holds an H-index of 85—a measure of both productivity and impact in his field.

Yu’s laudable awards include several new and young faculty awards as well as awards recognizing his research acumen, including the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society Distinguished Lecturer (2021), the IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Lecturer (2022), and Intel Outstanding Researcher Award (2023). He is an IEEE Fellow and actively participates in several flagship conferences. Congratulations, Professor Yu!