This course covers topics related to security and trustworthiness of electronic hardware. Lectures and in-class discussions on recent research papers cover the following topics: Trustworthiness of integrated circuits; counterfeit chips, hardware Trojans, reverse engineering and IP piracy. Design-for-Trust; hardware metering, logic encryption, split manufacturing, IC camouflaging. Encryption hardware; AES, DES, etc. Testability vs Security; misuse of test infrastructure to attack encryption hardware and countermeasures. Encrypted architectures; homomorphic encryption, privacy-preserving computation. Signal processing in the encrypted domain. Malware detection through hardware structures, side channel attacks, cyber-security for the smart grid. Lectures are complemented by hands-on lab exercises.

Engineering (Undergraduate) 4 credits - 15 Weeks

Sections (Fall 2023)

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ENGR-UH 4320-000 (17229)
08/29/2023 - 12/15/2023 Tue
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Early afternoon)
at Abu Dhabi
Instructed by

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ENGR-UH 4320-000 (17230)
08/29/2023 - 12/15/2023 Fri
9:00 AM - 12:00 AM (Morning)
at Abu Dhabi
Instructed by