Welcome to the Trustworthy and Embedded Systems (TIES) research lab, where our primary focus is on ensuring the reliability, security, and efficiency of embedded systems! Our research spans hardware-based malware detection, functional safety in automobiles, hardware security, edge computing, neuromorphic computing, and quantum computing. We strive to develop innovative solutions, cutting-edge algorithms, and secure hardware designs that contribute to the advancement of these critical areas, ensuring a trustworthy and resilient foundation for emerging technologies.


News
- 11/23: Paper titled “RTL-Spec: RTL Spectrum Analysis for Security Bug Localization” has been accepted for publication at IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust
- 11/23: Paper titled “QNAD: Quantum Noise Injection for Adversarial Defense in Deep Neural Networks” has been accepted for publication at IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust
- 11/23: Congrats Xingyu for defending your PhD thesis. Congrats Dr. Meng. Xingyu is the third PhD graduate from TIES lab.
- 11/23: Paper titled “Hardware-based Detection of Malicious Firmware Modification in Microgrids” has been accepted for publication at International Conference on VLSI Design
- 10/23: Paper titled “Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Defect Engineering in CeO2 Nanostructures” has been accepted for publication at AVS Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A.
- 09/23: Congratulations Ayush for defending your PhD thesis. Congrats Dr. Arunachalam. Ayush is the second PhD graduate from TIES lab. He will be joining NXP semiconductors in Austin, TX.
- 07/23: Paper titled “DiagNNose: Towards Error Localization in Deep Learning Hardware based on VTA-TVM Stack” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
- 07/23: Paper titled “Enhanced ML-based Approach for Functional Safety Improvement in Automotive AMS Circuits” has been accepted for publication at IEEE International Test Conference
- 06/23: Congrats Sanjay for winning the NSF-CISE MWSCAS Participation Award
- 06/23: Dr. Basu is serving as a Finance Chair for IEEE VLSI Test Symposium 2024
- 0623: Dr. Basu is serving as a Technical Program Committee Member for ACMIEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design 2023
- 05/23: Paper titled “Defense against On-Chip Trojans Enabling Traffic Analysis Attacks based on Machine Learning and Data Augmentation” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems
- 05/23: Paper titled “Application Profiling Using Register-Instruction Hardware Performance Counters” has been accepted for publication at ISVLSI 2023
- 04/23: Paper titled “Feature- and Signal Selection-aware FuSa Violation Detection in Automotive AMS Circuits” has been accepted for publication at TECHCON 2023
- 04/23: Paper titled “Improving Fault Injection-based Functional Safety Evaluation using Machine Learning” has been accepted for publication at TECHCON 2023
- 04/23: Paper titled “Bottlenecks in Secure Adoption of Deep Neural Networks in Safety-Critical Applications” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS) 2023
- 03/23: Paper titled “Search Space Reduction for Efficient Quantum Compilation” has been accepted for publication at ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
- 0223: Dr. Basu is serving as a Technical Program Committee Member for ACMIEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design 2023 and INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPILERS, ARCHITECTURES, AND SYNTHESIS FOR EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 2023
- 01/23: Paper titled “Trouble-shooting at GAN Point: Improving Functional Safety in Deep Learning Accelerators” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Computers
- 01/23: Paper titled “Circuit Topology-aware Vaccination-based Hardware Trojan Detection” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems