The Distinguished Lecture on “LLM-driven Intelligent Agent for PCB Design Automation: From Natural Language to Complete PCB Design” will take place as follows:
Date: 05 December 2025 (Friday)
Time: 10:30 – 11:30
Venue: Research Building N21, G/F, G013
The speaker is:
Prof. HUANG Zhicong, Associate Professor, South China University of Technology, China
The Lecture is:
LLM-driven Intelligent Agent for PCB Design Automation: From Natural Language to Complete PCB Design
Abstract:
PCB design has long been a time-consuming and labor-intensive process, involving multiple stages such as schematic creation, component placement, layout, and routing. Each step requires extensive manual operations by designers. Even with the assistance of modern EDA tools, these processes still demand significant time and effort. Traditional automation scripts or rule-based design assistants often struggle to flexibly handle complex design intents and dynamic user requirements. With the rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs), a new design paradigm is emerging — enabling full-process PCB design automation through natural language interaction with intelligent agents.
This talk will introduce an intelligent PCB design assistant system that integrates LLMs technology into the complete PCB design automation workflow. Through natural language interaction, the system helps users accomplish the entire design process, including schematic creation, component selection, layout and routing, copper pouring, and manufacturing file generation. And this talk will cover the following key topics: (1) Demonstration of natural-language-driven PCB design automation. (2) System architecture of the PCB design intelligent agent. (3) Future directions for intelligent and AI-assisted PCB design.
Biography:
Prof. HUANG Zhicong (Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Eng. degree in electrical engineering and automation and the M.Eng. degree in mechanical and electronic engineering from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2010 and 2013, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in power electronics from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, in 2018. In 2019, Dr. Huang was a Postdoctoral Fellow under the UM Macao Talent Program with the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI, Macau, China. Since 2020, he has been an Associate Professor with the Shien-Ming Wu School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. His research interests include wireless power transfer, large-scale renewable power plants, artificial intelligence for power electronics, and resonant power conversion. Dr. Huang serves as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics and has received reviewer awards from a variety of IEEE journals. He is listed among the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide by Elsevier and Stanford University.
