Dr. Hai Li

Professor

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Biography

Hai 'Helen' Li is a Marie Foote Reel E'46 Distinguished Professor and Department Chair of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. She earned a B.S. and M.S. from Tsinghua University and a Ph.D. from Purdue University. Her research interests are primarily centered on neuromorphic circuits and systems, brain-inspired computing, machine learning acceleration, trustworthy AI, as well as conventional and emerging memory design and architecture. She actively contributes to the academic community by serving as an Associate Editor-in-Chief and Associate Editor for multiple IEEE and ACM journals, in addition to holding leadership roles such as General Chair and Technical Program Chair for various conferences. Dr. Li is a distinguished lecturer and has received numerous accolades, including the IEEE Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award and the Ten Year Retrospective Influential Paper Award at ICCAD. She has also been recognized as a fellow by the ACM, IEEE, and the National Academy of Inventors, and holds prestigious fellowships such as the TUM-IAS Hans Fischer Fellowship in Germany and ELATE Fellowship.

Research Interests

Awards

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IEEE Edward J. McCluskey Technical Achievement Award

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Ten Year Retrospective Influential Paper Award

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TUM-IAS Hans Fischer Fellowship

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ELATE Fellowship

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Distinguished Member

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Fellow

Courses

ECE 899: Special Readings in Electrical Engineering ECE 891: Internship ECE 661: Computer Engineering Machine Learning Deep Neural Nets ECE 550D: Fundamentals of Computer Systems Engineering ECE 493: Projects in Electrical and Computer Engineering

Requirements for Duke University

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.2
TOEFL
Listening
Required:22
Reading
Required:22
Writing
Required:24
Speaking
Required:26
Total
Required:90
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Prerequisites
Multivariable Calculus Introduction to Physics (mechanics) Introduction to Chemistry
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Specialization Notes

Department of Biomedical Engineering (MS program)