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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
92
Citations
31334
World Ranking
274
National Ranking
134

Computer Science

D-Index
94
Citations
32524
World Ranking
488
National Ranking
264

Andrew B. Kahng publication distribution in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew B. Kahng sits on this spectrum.

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34 publications 1,065+

This scientist: 664 publications — 93rd percentile

93% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,065 publications or more.

Andrew B. Kahng D-index placement in Electronics and Electrical Engineering in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Electronics and Electrical Engineering scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Andrew B. Kahng sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 111+

This scientist: 92 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 111 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - ACM Fellow For contributions to physical design automation and to design for manufacturability of microelectronic systems.
  • 2010 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to the design for manufacturability of integrated circuits, and the technology roadmap of semiconductors

Overview

Andrew B. Kahng is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego, in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within engineering and computer science, with a focus on integrated circuit design and manufacturability.

The primary fields of study for Kahng include Engineering, with 46 publications, and Computer Science, with 38 publications. Within these broad fields, their work is particularly concentrated in several subfields:

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Artificial Intelligence

The main topics Kahng has addressed in their research encompass:

  • VLSI and FPGA Design Techniques
  • VLSI and Analog Circuit Testing
  • Embedded Systems Design Techniques
  • Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques
  • Manufacturing Process and Optimization
  • 3D IC and TSV technologies
  • Interconnection Networks and Systems

Their scientific output includes numerous publications, with a notable presence in various academic venues. Frequent publication venues are:

  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design
  • 2021 IEEE/ACM International Conference On Computer Aided Design (ICCAD)

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Kahng include:

  • "Cross-Layer Co-Optimization of Network Design and Chiplet Placement in 2.5-D Systems," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • "TritonRoute: The Open-Source Detailed Router," 2020, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • "TritonRoute-WXL: The Open-Source Router With Integrated DRC Engine," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • "PROBE3.0: A Systematic Framework for Design-Technology Pathfinding With Improved Design Enablement," 2023, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
  • "PROBE2.0: A Systematic Framework for Routability Assessment From Technology to Design in Advanced Nodes," 2021, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems

Kahng has collaborated frequently with other researchers in the field. Frequent coauthors include:

  • Zhiang Wang
  • Sachin S. Sapatnekar
  • Ravi Varadarajan
  • Hadi Esmaeilzadeh
  • Soroush Ghodrati

The awards received by Kahng reflect recognition within the professional community. They have been named an ACM Fellow in 2012 for contributions to physical design automation and design for manufacturability of microelectronic systems. In 2010, they were named an IEEE Fellow for contributions to the design for manufacturability of integrated circuits and the technology roadmap of semiconductors.

Best Publications

  • Fast spectral methods for ratio cut partitioning and clustering

    L. Hagen;A.B. Kahng

  • ORION 2.0: a fast and accurate NoC power and area model for early-stage design space exploration

    Andrew B. Kahng;Bin Li;Li-Shiuan Peh;Kambiz Samadi

  • Recent directions in netlist partitioning: a survey

    Charles J. Alpert;Andrew B. Kahng

  • Multilevel circuit partitioning

    C.J. Alpert;Jen-Hsin Huang;A.B. Kahng

  • Can recursive bisection alone produce routable placements

    Andrew E. Caldwell;Andrew B. Kahng;Igor L. Markov

  • A new adaptive multi-start technique for combinatorial global optimizations

    Kenneth D. Boese;Andrew B. Kahng;Sudhakar Muddu

  • CACTI 7: New Tools for Interconnect Exploration in Innovative Off-Chip Memories

    Rajeev Balasubramonian;Andrew B. Kahng;Naveen Muralimanohar;Ali Shafiee

  • VLSI Physical Design: From Graph Partitioning to Timing Closure

    Andrew B. Kahng;Jens Lienig;Igor L. Markov;Jin Hu

  • Cooperative mobile robotics: antecedents and directions

    Y.U. Cao;A.S. Fukunaga;A.B. Kahng;F. Meng

  • Zero skew clock routing with minimum wirelength

    Ting-Hai Chao;Yu-Chin Hsu;Jan-Ming Ho;A.B. Kahng

  • An analytical delay model for RLC interconnects

    A.B. Kahng;S. Muddu

  • Filling algorithms and analyses for layout density control

    A. B. Kahng;G. Robins;A. Singh;A. Zelikovsky

  • ORION 2.0: A Power-Area Simulator for Interconnection Networks

    A. B. Kahng;Bin Li;Li-Shiuan Peh;K. Samadi

  • Accuracy-configurable adder for approximate arithmetic designs

    Andrew B. Kahng;Seokhyeong Kang

  • 2001 technology roadmap for semiconductors

    A. Allan;D. Edenfeld;W.H. Joyner;A.B. Kahng

  • Implementation and extensibility of an analytic placer

    A.B. Kahng;Qinke Wang

  • Watermarking techniques for intellectual property protection

    A. B. Kahng;J. Lach;W. H. Mangione-Smith;S. Mantik

  • Layout decomposition for double patterning lithography

    Andrew B. Kahng;Chul-Hong Park;Xu Xu;Hailong Yao

  • A new class of iterative Steiner tree heuristics with good performance

    A.B. Kahng;G. Robins

  • On optimal interconnections for VLSI

    Andrew B. Kahng;Gabriel Robins

Frequent Co-Authors

Puneet Gupta
Puneet Gupta University of California, Los Angeles
Alexander Zelikovsky
Alexander Zelikovsky Georgia State University
Igor L. Markov
Igor L. Markov Synopsys (United States)
Gabriel Robins
Gabriel Robins University of Virginia
Charles J. Alpert
Charles J. Alpert Cadence Design Systems
Sherief Reda
Sherief Reda Brown University
Dennis Sylvester
Dennis Sylvester University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jason Cong
Jason Cong University of California, Los Angeles
Chung-Kuan Cheng
Chung-Kuan Cheng University of California, San Diego
Miodrag Potkonjak
Miodrag Potkonjak University of California, Los Angeles

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