ECpE Seminar with Kanad Basu: Security: The Next Grand Challenge for Hardware design (and what to do about it).

When

November 29, 2022    
10:15 am - 11:30 am

Where

3043 ECpE Building Addition
Coover Hall, Ames

Event Type

Title: Security: The Next Grand Challenge for Hardware design (and what to do about it).

 

Abstract: Anti-virus software (AVS) tools are used to detect Malware in a system. However, software-based AVS are vulnerable to attacks. A malicious entity can exploit these vulnerabilities to subvert the AVS. Recently, hardware components such as Hardware Performance Counters (HPC) have been used for Malware detection, in the form of Anti-virus Hardware (AVH). In this talk, we will discuss HPC-based AVHs for improving embedded security and privacy.  Subsequently, we will discuss their pitfalls. Next, we will present PREEMPT, a zero overhead, high-accuracy and low-latency technique to detect Malware by re-purposing the embedded trace buffer (ETB), a debug hardware component available in most modern processors. Finally, we will present some hardware security challenges and potential solutions, in utilizing the hardware as a root of trust. We will conclude the talk with future research directions and challenges.

 

Bio: Kanad Basu received his Ph.D. from the department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, University of Florida. His thesis was focused on improving signal observability for post-silicon validation. Post-PhD, Kanad worked in various semiconductor companies like IBM and Synopsys. During his PhD days, Kanad interned at Intel. Currently, Kanad is an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of the University of Texas at Dallas, where he leads the Trustworthy and Intelligent Embedded Systems (TIES) lab. Prior to this, Kanad was an Assistant Research Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of NYU. He has authored 1 book, 2 US patents, 2 book chapters and several peer reviewed journal and conference articles. He has graduated 1 PhD student and currently, his lab has 8 PhD students. Kanad was awarded the ”Best Paper Award” at the International Conference on VLSI Design 2011 and an honorable mention award at the same conference in 2021. Several News agencies have covered his research including NBC Austin and CBS Dallas-Fort Worth. Kanad’s current research interests are hardware and systems security, functional safety, deep learning hardware and quantum computing. Undergraduate and graduate teams mentored by Kanad has won several national and international cybersecurity competitions. His research is supported by NSF, SRC, DARPA and Ford Motors. His research team is part of TxACE (Texas Analog Center of Excellence) and CHEST IUCRC.

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