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I am a researcher in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). I completed my Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technology from Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia.

My research centers on the trust and security of integrated circuits (ICs), encompassing a wide range of challenges at the intersection of trustworthiness, chip design, system integrity, and privacy. Current research interest include:
- Trustworthy IC design
- Security-aware electronic design automation (EDA)
- Reverse engineering and countermeasures
- Circuit obfuscation and IP protection
- Post-quantum cryptographic accelerators
- Security primitives (PUFs/TRNGs)
- Reliable and fault-tolerant digital design
- ML/AI-assisted chip design

I am always open to working with highly motivated students and researchers. If you are interested in joining my research group, the first step is to reach out via email for an initial discussion. Please send an email with title Applicaiton for Phd - FIRST NAME LAST NAME for inquiries.

Ph.D. Candidates: Please refer to the official graduate school admissions schedule here before reaching out with your CV and research interests.
BS/MS Students: Please contact me early to discuss potential research topics.

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News

Jun/2025 - I will be joining the University of Idaho as a tennure-track Assistant Professor in the Fall, 2025.
May/2025 - Cool paper on the security evaluation of reconfigurable-based obfuscation at DATE 2025. Link here.
Jan/2025 - My new book is out on FPGA-like obfuscation. Link here.
Jun/2024 - My paper on FPGA-inspired obfuscation appears on ACM Computing Surveys.
Jan/2024 - Cool reading, link to the full text of my thesis: here.
Sep/2023 - I got a runner-up award for SRC Competition at ESWEEK, 2023: See here.
Aug/2023 - My preprints with results from fabricated chip: SRAM bias.
Feb/2023 - My paper on LUT-based obfuscation appears on IEEE TCAD.
Feb/2023 - News coverage of the HeLLo CTF'22 contest here.
Feb/2023 - Our team won the HeLLo CTF'22 contest and presentation here.
May/2022 - Giorgi Basiashvili has defended his thesis titled "Hardware digital obfuscation". Link here.
Sep/2020 - I have a new preprint out that is worth checking. See here.

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Publications

Visit the following links to see the updated list of publications.

My Research Gate Profile » My ORCID Profile » My Google Scholar Profile »

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Grants

I have started my group, more funding coming soon.

SG Startup Grant

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Awards and Honors

• Volunteer Organizing committee of CSAW'18 Europe Cybersecurity competition (2019)
• First Place in HelloCFT'22 Secured First Place in the Global Hardware Security Competition
• Second position in ACM SIGBED SRC Award at ESWEEK 2023

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Courses

• XX TBD (Fall 2025) - See MyUI canvas for the course material

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Github and databases

Selected projects and contributions from my past research efforts

• TTech-LIB An open-source library for the large polynomial multipliers
• hASIC A CAD tool with Tuneable Obfuscation Technique with hybrid-ASIC (hASIC)
• SRAM-PUFs The measurement of the TALTECH PUF's chip

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Designed chips

• TALTECH PUF TSMC 65NM LP for the evaluation of SRAM-PUFs
• SCALLER TSMC 65NM GP for the evaluation of our ring oscillators
• hASIC Tapeout ready layouts for the obfuscated designs (AES-128, SHA-256 and RISC-V), more details in my TCAD paper

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Advising and mentoring

• Giorgi Basiashvili M.Sc. candidate, Computer Engineering, qualified 2022
• Muhammad Asfand Hafeez B.Sc. candidate, Electrical Engineering, qualified 2021
• Carlos Gewehr P.hD. candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering, ongoing
• Kevin Xu P.hD. candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering, ongoing
• Frances Adiwijaya B.Sc. candidate, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Research Project

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Seminars and talks

• MDTS 2025 My pitch on "AI Power and Security Impacts: Wide-Bandgap, RF, Power Electronics and Chiplets" as a panel moderator
• University of Birmingham Invited talk on "Pushing the Boundries of IP Piracy with Reconfigurable-based Obfuscation"
• Aalto University, Finland Invited talk on "Memory Hierachy and Performance Considerations"
• Auburn University Invited talk on "Robustness Evaluation of SRAM-based PUF"
• California State University, Northridge Invited talk on "Modern Data Hazards Techniques in Pipelined Processors"
• UMass, Dartmouth Invited talk on "Security Landscape of Globalzied IC Supply chain in the Era of AI"
• SAFEST workshop My talk on reconfigurable-based obfuscation
• IEEE AsianHOST My talk on FDOME: Flexible Design Obfuscation Method for Embedded-ASIC
• SMAER4ALL My talk on SRAM-based PUF: Evaluating the robustness of SRAM-based PUFs

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Contact

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