Colloquium

The IC2Tech/CINSER Annual Colloquium is a half-day event that will be held online on

Thursday, April 17, 2025 from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Central

This is a free event that is open to the public.

IC2Tech/CINSER 2025 Annual Colloquium

Assured Microelectronics: A National Security Necessity

Tentative Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions
• Keynote 1: "Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Hardware Security with Analog Innovations" Dr. Waleed Khalil, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
• Panel/Conversation - Critical Issues in Technology and National Security
• Keynote 2: "Microelectronics Assurance in an Untrusted Supply Chain: Can AI Help?":  Dr. Swarup Bhunia, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
• Closing 

Keynotes

Keynote 1

Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Hardware Security with Analog Innovations

Speaker: Waleed Khalil, Ph. D.

Abstract:  
Advances in microelectronics have had a tremendous positive impact on society, providing users with more features, more automation, and more connectivity. However, these advancements come at a cost, as increasing complexities in designs and increased reliance on offshoring lead to growing threats and vulnerabilities. While there has been some research into hardware security to address these issues, most efforts have focused on the digital realm, where it is easier to analyze circuits in the abstracted 1's and 0's. Unfortunately, this approach leaves significant gaps in analog hardware security that must be addressed.

This keynote talk will highlight the progress made by the analog community to complement the digital domain and establish a more secure and resilient hardware platform. By addressing these vulnerabilities, we can ensure the integrity and trustworthiness of our electronic systems, safeguarding critical infrastructures and sensitive data. A multidisciplinary approach, involving stringent supply chain oversight, advanced authentication mechanisms, and continuous monitoring, is essential to detect and mitigate potential vulnerabilities in hardware components and designs.

Join us as we explore the strides taken by the analog community to build towards a more secure and resilient hardware landscape.

Biography:

Waleed Khalil, Ph. D. Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department/ElectroScience Lab, Ohio State University Co-Director: Center of Excellence for Enabling Cyber Defense in Analog and Mixed Signal Domain (CYAN) and Co-Director: National Microelectronic Security Training (MEST) Center Dr. Waleed Khalil received his BS and MS degrees from the University of Minnesota, and his PhD degree from Arizona State University. He is currently serving as a Professor at the ECE department and the ElectroScience Lab, The Ohio State University. He also serves as Co-Director of the Air Force Center of Excellence for Enabling Cyber Defense in Analog and Mixed Signal Domain (CYAN) and The National MicroElectronics Security Training Center (MEST). Prior to joining OSU in 2009, he spent 16 years at Intel Corporation where he held various positions in research and product groups.  His group’s research is focused on integrated circuits and systems, with applications in the areas of hardware security and trust, wireless and wireline communications, heterogeneous chip integration, and image sensors. He is the recipient of OSU’s College of Engineering Lumley Research Award and IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu/Fred H. Pumphrey's Distinguished Teacher Award. His research group has received several best paper awards in several conferences. He authored 19 issued and several other pending patents, over 120 journal and conference papers and three books/book chapters. He served as an Associate Editor for the Journal of Solid-State Circuits and is currently serving as the Associate VP for Publications at the IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society and Co-general Chair for the IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST).

Keynote 2

Microelectronics Assurance in an Untrusted Supply Chain: Can AI Help?

Speaker: Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D.

Abstract: 
Recent discoveries and reports on numerous security attacks on microchips and circuits violate the well-
regarded concept of hardware trust anchors. The current business model and the supply chain eco-system for microelectronics give rise to unprecedented security and trust issues and accentuate the need for secure,
trustworthy hardware. Consequently, verification of hardware for security and trust has become an integral part of the modern electronic system design flow. The talk will cover a spectrum of challenges associated with microelectronics assurance in current supply chain and describe emerging solutions in creating trustworthy hardware that can enable microelectronics security for the mass. It will outline the need and challenges for verification of an electronic design’s security properties. Finally, it will outline how AI-driven assurance of hardware, specifically the usage of generative AI, is creating a promising new paradigm of microelectronics security and trust.

Biography:

Swarup Bhunia, Ph.D. Semmoto Endowed Chair Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida Director, Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World  Dr. Swarup Bhunia is currently a preeminence professor of cybersecurity and Semmoto Endowed Chair Professor of Internet of Things (IoT) at University of Florida. He serves as the Director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World. Earlier, he was appointed as the T. and A. Schroeder associate professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Case Western Reserve University. He has over twenty years of research and development experience with 10 authored/edited books and over 350 publications in peer-reviewed journals and premier conferences and 40 granted patents. His research interests include hardware security and trust, adaptive nanocomputing and novel test methodologies. Dr. Bhunia received IBM Faculty Award, National Science Foundation career development award, Semiconductor Research Corporation Inventor Recognition Award, IEEE HOST Hall of Fame award, University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship Award, SRC technical excellence award as a team member, and several best paper awards/nominations. He is co-founding editor-in-chief of a Springer journal on hardware and systems security. Dr. Bhunia received his PhD from Purdue University on energy-efficient and robust electronics. He is a Fellow of the IEEE

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