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Yi Li

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Prof. Yi Li
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
School of Integrated Circuits
Luoyu Road 1037, Wuhan 430074, Hubei, China

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email: liyi@hust.edu.cn

Research Field and Activities

  • High-performance memristive devices
  • High-performance metal-oxide memristor/ReRAM
  • Memristive in-memory computing
  • Memristive neuromorphic computing

Short Biography

Yi Li is currently the deputy dean and professor of the School of Integrated Circuits, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is also the Deputy Director of Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Memory and is the co-founder of the Chua Memristor Institute in Wuhan, China.
He received B. S. and Ph.D. degree in Microelectronics from Huazhong University in 2009 and 2014, respectively. In 2016, he was a short-term visiting scholar in Department of Physics, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan.
His research interest includes the development of emerging semiconductor devices, such as memristor and resistive random access memory (ReRAM), for emerging applications in neuromorphic computing and in-memory computing. He is also involved in the advancement of non von Neumann computing through cross-level collaborative design of hardware and architecture.
He has presided over major research projects and programs. These include the “Brain Science and Brain-like Research” initiative under the National Science and Technology Innovation 2030, the “Basic Research on New Devices in the Post-Moore Era”, a major research program by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC). In addition to these, he has collaborated with Huawei on multiple research projects.
He has published over 100 papers in international journals, such as Science Advances, Advanced Materials, InfoMat, IEEE EDL/TED/TCAS-I/TCAS-II, APL, JAP, etc. and conferences, such as IEDM, DAC, IMW, EDTM. He has applied for more than 100 invention patents, and has been authorized 13 US patents and more than 80 Chinese invention patents.

Selection of recent publications

  • Y. Li, Y. Zhong, L. Xu, et al., “Ultrafast Synaptic Events in a Chalcogenide Memristor,” Scientific Reports, vol. 3, no. 1619, 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep01619
  • Y. Li, Y. Zhong, J. Zhang, et al., “Activity-Dependent Synaptic Plasticity of a Chalcogenide Electronic Synapse for Neuromorphic Systems,” Scientific Reports, vol. 4, no. 4906, 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/srep04906
  • M. Xu, X. Mai, J. Lin, W. Zhang, Y. Li, Y. He, H. Tong, X. Hou, P. Zhou, and X. Miao, “Recent Advances on Neuromorphic Devices Based on Chalcogenide Phase-Change Materials,” Advanced Functional Materials, vol. 30, no. 2003419, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202003419
  • Y. Zhang, X. Wang, Y. Li, and E. G. Friedman, “Memristive Model for Synaptic Circuits,” IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 64, no. 7, pp. 767–771, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2016.2605069
  • Z.-R. Wang, Y.-T. Su, Y. Li, Y.-X. Zhou, T.-J. Chu, K.-C. Chang, T.-C. Chang, T.-M. Tsai, S. M. Sze, and X.-S. Miao, “Functionally Complete Boolean Logic in 1T1R Resistive Random Access Memory,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 179–182, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2016.2645946
  • S. Kim, J. Chen, Y.-C. Chen, M.-H. Kim, H. Kim, M.-W. Kwon, S. Hwang, M. Ismail, Y. Li, X.-S. Miao, Y.-F. Chang, and B.-G. Park, “Neuronal Dynamics in HfOx/AlOy-Based Homeothermic Synaptic Memristors with Low-Power and Homogeneous Resistive Switching,” Nanoscale, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 237–245, 2019. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C8NR06694A
  • Y. Zhang, Y. Li, X. Wang, and E. G. Friedman, “Synaptic Characteristics of Ag/AgInSbTe/Ta-Based Memristor for Pattern Recognition Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, vol. 64, no. 4, pp. 1806–1811, 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TED.2017.2671433
  • J. J. Zhang, H. J. Sun, Y. Li, Q. Wang, X. H. Xu, and X. S. Miao, “AgInSbTe Memristor with Gradual Resistance Tuning,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 102, no. 18, p. 183513, 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4804983
  • Y. Li, L. Xu, Y. P. Zhong, Y. X. Zhou, S. J. Zhong, Y. Z. Hu, L. O. Chua, and X. S. Miao, “Associative Learning with Temporal Contiguity in a Memristive Circuit for Large-Scale Neuromorphic Networks,” Advanced Electronic Materials, vol. 1, 1500125, 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.201500125
  • X.-D. Huang, Y. Li, H.-Y. Li, K.-H. Xue, X. Wang, and X.-S. Miao, “Forming-Free, Fast, Uniform, and High Endurance Resistive Switching from Cryogenic to High Temperatures in W/AlOx/Al₂O₃/Pt Bilayer Memristor,” IEEE Electron Device Letters, vol. 41, no. 4, pp. 549–552, 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/LED.2020.2977397
  • J. Li, Y. Xue, Y. Li, H. Jia, Z. Zhou, L. Yang, S. Ren, J. Chen, Y. He, K. Xue, M. Xu, and X. Miao,“Fully Analog Iteration for Solving Matrix Equations with In-Memory Computing,”Science Advances, vol. 11, eadr6391, 2025.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adr6391
  •  J. Li, S. Ren, Y. Li, L. Yang, Y. Yu, R. Ni, H. Zhou, H. Bao, Y. He, J. Chen, H. Jia, and X. Miao,“Sparse Matrix Multiplication in a Record-Low Power Self-RectifyingMemristor Array for Scientific Computing,”Science Advances, vol. 9, eadf7474, 2023.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adf7474
  •  L. Yang, X. Huang, Y. Li, H. Zhou, J. Li, Y. Yu, S. Ren, H. Bao, F. Wang, G. Pu, X. Li, and X. Miao,“In-Memory Search with Memristors for Highly Efficient Similarity-Measurement-Based Data Mining,”InfoMat, vol. 5, no. 5, e12416, 2023.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/inf2.12416
  • Z. Zhou, J. Li, H. Jia, L. Yang, H. Zhou, H. Bao, Y. Fu, Y. Li, and X. Miao,
    “ArPCIM: An Arbitrary-Precision Analog Computing-in-Memory Accelerator with Unified INT/FP Arithmetic,”IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers, vol. 72, no. 5, pp. 2229–2242, 2025.DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSI.2024.349182