IRIS lab provides a cozy place to train critical and creative thinking. Every student is directly guided by the coach. We co-work to solve interesting, practical, and timely problems. The research interests lie primarily in the area of Electronic Design Automation, particularly in 1) timing analysis and optimization, 2) engineering change order optimization, 3) physical design automation, 4) design for manufacturability, 5) data analytics based design automation. We have been working closely with the semiconductor industry.