MLCAD 2026: Call for Papers

ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Machine Learning for CAD

September 7-9, 2026 | Parnas Hotel Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea

The MLCAD Symposium is dedicated to the applications of Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) across all aspects of CAD and electronic system design. Sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Design Automation (SIGDA) and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA), MLCAD 2026 will be held in person on Jeju Island, South Korea. The event begins with a welcome reception on the evening of September 7, 2026. We invite papers covering any aspect of applying ML/AI to enhance the CAD of electronic chips and  systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, algorithms, tools, example applications,  benchmarks, datasets, and innovative solutions - such as using Large Language Models (LLMs) as agents for optimization, algorithm discovery,  and automation.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be full-length papers of up to six pages (PDF format, double-column, US letter size, using the ACM format). References and appendices are excluded from the page limit. To facilitate a double-blind review process, submissions must be anonymous. Papers must describe original work that has not been published, accepted, or is currently under review elsewhere.

Submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mlcad2026

Committees

General Chairs

• Yibo Lin, Peking University
• Youngsoo Shin, KAIST

Program Chairs

• Cunxi Yu, University of Maryland
• Vidya A. Chhabria, Arizona State University

Special Session Chairs

• Matthew Guthaus, University of California, Santa Cruz
• Lorenzo Servadei, Sony AI

Industrial Chairs

• Jeong-Taek Kong, Sungkyunkwan University
• Yu Huang, HiSilicon

Publication Chair

• Ioannis Savidis, Drexel University

Strategic Chair

• Igor Markov, Synopsys

Publicity Chair

• Callie Hao, Georgia Institute of Technology

Local Arrangement Chair

• SoYoung Kim, Sungkyunkwan University

Financial Chair

• Daijoon Hyun, Sejong University

Artifact Chair

• Caiwen Ding, University of Minnesota

Steering Committee

• Marilyn Wolf, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
• Paul Franzon, North Carolina State University
• Ulf Schlichtmann, Technical University of Munich
• Andrew Kahng, University of California, San Diego

Venue

September 7-9, 2026 | Parnas Hotel Jeju, Jeju Island, South Korea