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Invited Talks

2024

Invited Talk
Title: Evolutionary Large Language Models for Hardware Security: The Challenging Obstacles
@ Temple University, College of Engineering Seminar Series, Virtual (Zoom), Oct 2024


Invited Talk | Special Session
Title: From Full-Custom to Gate-Array ASIC for Hardware IP Protection
@ IEEE Dallas Circuits and Systems Conference (IEEE DCAS), Virtual (Zoom), April 2024

2023

Invited Talk | Special Session
Title: Metrics-to-methods: Decisive reverse engineering metrics for resilient logic locking
@ ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), Knoxville, TN, June 2023.

2022

Invited Talk
Title: Security of Hardware Generators: Secure from Construction
@ CAD4Sec Workshop 2022 co-located with Design Automation Conference, San Francisco, CA, July 2022.


Invited Talk
Title: IP Protection through Logic Locking: What to Expect From the State-of-the-art Techniques
@ Micro-Electronics Security Training (MEST) Center Webinar, Virtual (Zoom), March 2022.

2021

Invited Talk
Title: The Usage and Applicability of Satisfiability Modulo Theory (SMT) on Logic Locking
@ IEEE CEDA – CADforAssurance, Virtual (Zoom), March 2021.

2019

Invited Talk | Special Session
Title: Threats on Logic Locking: A Decade Later
@ ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), Tysons Corner, VA, May 2019.

Tutorials and Training Sessions

2021

Tutorial
Title: SMT attack: How Satisfiability Module Theories Enhance De-Obfuscation Capability?
@ IEEE CEDA – CADforAssurance, Virtual (Zoom), May 2021.

Campus and Departmental Talks

2024

CECS College Seminar
Title: Automation in Hardware Security: From Design to Verification and Testing
@ University of Central Florida, College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) Virtual Series (Zoom), February 2024.

2023

Invited Talk
Title: Microelectronics Supply Chain Security: Building Secure Hardware by Construction
@ University of Central Florida, ECE Department, Orlando, FL, April 2023.

2022

Invited Talk
Title: Hardware Security from High-Level Abstraction Level
@ University of Florida, ECE Seminar Series, Gainesville, FL, November 2022.

2021

ECE Seminar
Title: Evolution of Logic Locking: Moving Towards Next Generation Logic Locking Countermeasures
@ George Mason University, ECE Seminar Series, Fairfax, VA, April 2021.

Panel and Roundtable Discussions

2022

Panel Presenter
Title: Hardware Security from High-Level Abstraction Level
@ NIST-AFRL Meeting, Virtual (Zoom).

Organizing and Technical Committee

2025

  • TPC Member, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference
  • TPC Member, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • Hardware Demo Chair, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • Session Chair, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS)

2024

  • TPC Member, Design Automation and Test in Europe (DATE) Conference
  • TPC Member, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • TPC Member, IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD)
  • TPC Member, ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
  • TPC Member, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)
  • Session Chair, IEEE Int’l Conference on Physical Assurance and Inspection of Electronics (PAINE)
  • Session Chair, ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
  • Session Chair, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)
  • Hardware Competition Chair, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)

2023

  • TPC Member, ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI)
  • Publicity Chair, CAD4Sec Workshop, Co-located with Design Automation Conference (DAC)
  • TPC Member, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • Publicity Chair, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • TPC Member, IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2023

2022

  • Session Chair, IEEE Int’l Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • Publicity Chair, CAD4Sec Workshop, Co-located with Design Automation Conference (DAC)

2018

  • Student Organizing Team, Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust (CHEST)

2015

  • AV Chair, Computer Architecture & Digital Systems Conference (CADS)

Journal Papers Review

2024

  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (IEEE TVLSI)
  • Springer Journal of Electronic Testing
  • MDPI Electronics
  • MDPI Cryptography

2023

  • Elsevier Microprocessors and Microsystems (Elsevier MICPRO)
  • Springer Journal of Electronic Testing
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (IEEE TIFS)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (IEEE TVLSI)
  • ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (ACM JETC)
  • IEEE Embedded System Letter (IEEE ESL)
  • MDPI Sensors

2022

  • Springer Journal of Electronic Testing
  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (IEEE TVLSI)
  • ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (ACM JETC)
  • IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (IEEE TETC)
  • MDPI Cryptography

2021

  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD)
  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (IEEE TVLSI)
  • ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (ACM TODAES)

2020

  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (IEEE TVLSI)

2019

  • IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD)

2018

  • IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (IEEE TVLSI)
  • IEEE Transactions on Computers (IEEE TC)

Other Conference Papers Reviews (Second/Sub)

2024

  • IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS)
  • IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)

2023

  • IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)

2022

  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC)

2021

  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC)
  • IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)
  • ACM Great Lake Symposioum on VLSI (GLSVLSI)

2020

  • ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC)
  • ACM Great Lake Symposioum on VLSI (GLSVLSI)

2019

  • IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI)

University/College/Department Services

2025

  • Florida Cluster Initiatives (FCI) Faculty Fellow, Student and Postdoc Engagement