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2022 Research Projects

Towards Robust Cross-Device Side-Channel Attacks (C)

Project ID:

P1_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Boyang Wang

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. J. M. Emmert

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Reverse Engineering Methodology for FPGA Bitstreams and CPSs (C)

Project ID:

P2_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. J. M. Emmert, Dr. Nicloa Bezzo

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Ranga Vemuri(UC) and Nicloa Bezzo, James Lambert, Zach Collier (UVa)

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On-Chip and Continuous Monitoring of EM Signals for Secure Microelectronics and Obfuscations (C)

Project ID:

P3_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Rashmi Jha

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. J. M. Emmert

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Synthetic and Natural Benchmarks for Hardware Security and Trust (C)

Project ID:

P4_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Ranga Vemuri

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. J. M. Emmert

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Automated Synthesis and Validation of On-Chip Security Integrity Monitors (C)

Project ID:

P5_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Ranga Vemuri

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

N/A

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ARIA: Additive Components for Hardware Reliability, Integrity, and Aging Monitoring (C)

Project ID:

P6_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Rashmi Jha

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

N/A

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Assuring Trust in CHEST Devices with Near-Optimal Data Collection and Distributed Sensors

Project ID:

P7_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Negin Alemazkoor

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Arsalan Heydarian, Dr. James H. Lambert

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Feedback Control of Hardware Security Countermeasures with Deep Reinforcement Learning

Project ID:

P8_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Afsaneh Doryab

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. James H. Lambert, Dr. Zachary A. Collier

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Security Audit Dashboard for Embedded Hardware Devices of Industrial Facilities

Project ID:

P9_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. James H. Lambert

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Zachary Collier

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Playbook for Stress Testing and Resilience of Semiconductor Supply Chains

Project ID:

P10_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. James H. Lambert

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Zachary Collier

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Risk-aware Detection, Prediction, and Mitigation in CPS under Cyber-Attack

Project ID:

P11_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Nicloa Bezzo

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

N/A

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Stochasticity, Polymorphism and Non-Volatility: Three Pillars of Security and Trust Intrinsic to Emerging Technologies (C)

Project ID:

P12_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Joseph S. Friedman

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Yiorgos Makris

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Scalable Security Verification Framework for Digital and Analog/Mixed-Signal System-on-Chips (C)

Project ID:

P13_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Kanad Basu

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Yiorgos Makris

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Formal Security Evaluation of Executing Untrusted Binaries on Embedded Processors (C)

Project ID:

P14_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Kevin Hamlen

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Yiorgos Makris

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Design Obfuscation and Performance Locking Solutions for Analog/RF ICs  (C)

Project ID:

P15_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Yiorgos Makris

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

 Dr. Ken O, Dr. Andrew Marshall 

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CAD Flow Development for Design Obfuscation through Post-Fabrication Transistor-Level Programming (TRAP) (C)

Project ID:

P16_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Yiorgos Makris

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

 Dr. Carl Sechen, Dr. Benjamin Carrion Schaefer 

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Is ARM TrustZone Trustable? (C)

Project ID:

P17_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Yunsi Fei

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

N/A

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Evaluating the Potential for Fully Homomorphic Encryption on Accelerator Platforms

Project ID:

P18_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. David Kaeli

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

N/A

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Fingerprinting FPGA Circuits Using Communication Interfaces

Project ID:

P19_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Houman Homayoun

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. J. M. Emmert

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Translation of Learning models into Logic for Real-Time Hardware monitoring and Security

Project ID:

P20_22

Principal Investigator:

Dr. Avesta Sasan

Co-Principal Investigator(s):

Dr. Houman Homayoun

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