Jason Cong
For his impactful research and entrepreneurial work on electronic design automation, quantum and customized computing, FPGA, and highly scalable algorithms.
Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence, University of California, Los Angeles
- BS, Computer Science, Peking University, ’85
- MS, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ’87
- Ph.D., Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, ’90
Jason Cong is the Volgenau Chair for Engineering Excellence at the University of California, Los Angeles Department of Computer Science. A former department chair in computer science, Cong holds a joint appointment with UCLA’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and is the director of both the Center for Domain-Specific Computing and the VLSI Architecture, Synthesis and Technology (VAST) Laboratory.
Cong’s research interests include novel architectures and compilation for customizable computing and quantum computing. As an educator and researcher, he has published more than 500 times, earning 19 best paper awards and four 10-Year Most Influential Paper awards. In addition, five papers were inducted into the Technical Committee on FPGA Hall of Fame. With former students, Cong co-founded AutoESL (now part of AMD), which developed the most widely used high-level synthesis tool for integrated circuits.
Cong is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering, ACM, IEEE and the National Academy of Inventors. He is a recipient of the SIA University Research Award and the EDAA Achievement Award. He was honored with the IEEE Robert N. Noyce Medal in 2022 and the Phil Kaufman Award in 2024.
Current as of February 2025