Dr. Xin Li is currently a professor of electrical and computer engineering at both Duke University and Duke Kunshan University. His research interests include integrated circuits, signal processing and data analytics. He is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). In 2005, he co-founded Xigmix Inc. to commercialize his Ph.D. research and served as chief technical officer until the company was acquired by Extreme DA in 2007. In 2011, Extreme DA was acquired by Synopsis. From 2009 to 2012, he was the assistant director of the FCRP Focus Research Center for Circuit & System Solutions. From 2014 to 2015, he was the assistant director of the Center for Silicon System Implementation at Carnegie Mellon University. He has a B.Sc. and M.Sc. in electronics engineering from Fudan University, China, and a Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.