2022 Research Projects
Towards Robust Cross-Device Side-Channel Attacks (C)
Project ID:
P1_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Boyang Wang
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. J. M. Emmert


Reverse Engineering Methodology for FPGA Bitstreams and CPSs (C)
Project ID:
P2_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. J. M. Emmert, Dr. Nicloa Bezzo
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Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Ranga Vemuri(UC) and Nicloa Bezzo, James Lambert, Zach Collier (UVa)


On-Chip and Continuous Monitoring of EM Signals for Secure Microelectronics and Obfuscations (C)
Project ID:
P3_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Rashmi Jha
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. J. M. Emmert


Synthetic and Natural Benchmarks for Hardware Security and Trust (C)
Project ID:
P4_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Ranga Vemuri
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. J. M. Emmert


Automated Synthesis and Validation of On-Chip Security Integrity Monitors (C)
Project ID:
P5_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Ranga Vemuri
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
N/A


ARIA: Additive Components for Hardware Reliability, Integrity, and Aging Monitoring (C)
Project ID:
P6_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Rashmi Jha
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
N/A


Assuring Trust in CHEST Devices with Near-Optimal Data Collection and Distributed Sensors
Project ID:
P7_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Negin Alemazkoor
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Arsalan Heydarian, Dr. James H. Lambert


Feedback Control of Hardware Security Countermeasures with Deep Reinforcement Learning
Project ID:
P8_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Afsaneh Doryab
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. James H. Lambert, Dr. Zachary A. Collier


Security Audit Dashboard for Embedded Hardware Devices of Industrial Facilities
Project ID:
P9_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. James H. Lambert
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Zachary Collier


Playbook for Stress Testing and Resilience of Semiconductor Supply Chains
Project ID:
P10_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. James H. Lambert
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Zachary Collier


Risk-aware Detection, Prediction, and Mitigation in CPS under Cyber-Attack
Project ID:
P11_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Nicloa Bezzo
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
N/A


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
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Yiorgos Makris


Scalable Security Verification Framework for Digital and Analog/Mixed-Signal System-on-Chips (C)
Project ID:
P13_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Kanad Basu
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Yiorgos Makris


Formal Security Evaluation of Executing Untrusted Binaries on Embedded Processors (C)
Project ID:
P14_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Kevin Hamlen
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Yiorgos Makris


Design Obfuscation and Performance Locking Solutions for Analog/RF ICs (C)
Project ID:
P15_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Yiorgos Makris
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Ken O, Dr. Andrew Marshall


CAD Flow Development for Design Obfuscation through Post-Fabrication Transistor-Level Programming (TRAP) (C)
Project ID:
P16_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Yiorgos Makris
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Carl Sechen, Dr. Benjamin Carrion Schaefer


Is ARM TrustZone Trustable? (C)
Project ID:
P17_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Yunsi Fei
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
N/A


Evaluating the Potential for Fully Homomorphic Encryption on Accelerator Platforms
Project ID:
P18_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. David Kaeli
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
N/A


Fingerprinting FPGA Circuits Using Communication Interfaces
Project ID:
P19_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Houman Homayoun
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. J. M. Emmert


Translation of Learning models into Logic for Real-Time Hardware monitoring and Security
Project ID:
P20_22
Principal Investigator:
Dr. Avesta Sasan
Email:
Co-Principal Investigator(s):
Dr. Houman Homayoun

