Short Course C

 

MASSIMO ALIOTO, National University of Singapore (NUS)

Title: Pushing hardware security into silicon chips: from building blocks to secure systems

Abstract: Hardware security has become a crucial aspect in the design of today’s Systems on Chips (SoCs), in view of their unprecedented level of pervasiveness and connectivity. Indeed, a wide range of applications and systems require security to be rooted on hardware, due to tight resource constraints or demanding levels of security (e.g., connected devices, automotive, blockchain and crypto-currency e-wallets). Hardware security is now being explicitly demanded by users, a major area of interest for the entire semiconductor industry, and a highly inter-disciplinary research domain embracing integrated circuit manufacturing and design.
In this tutorial, hardware security is introduced in an accessible manner from the ground up, from foundations to cutting-edge techniques, while gaining an insight into the requirements of real-world applications. Techniques to create on-chip security primitives for root/chain of trust are discussed, ranging from PUFs, to TRNGs, lightweight ciphers, devices/sensors for physical integrity assurance, and counteraction of advanced attacks (from non-invasive to invasive). Emphasis is given on low-cost techniques for security down to low-end devices, for pervasive adoption. At the end of the tutorial, attendees will be able to understand basic principles of hardware security, its state of the art, and the challenges ahead.

Biography: Massimo Alioto is with the ECE Department of the National University of Singapore, where he leads the Green IC research group, and the Integrated Circuits and Embedded Systems area. Previously, he held positions at Intel Labs (2013), University of Michigan - Ann Arbor (2011-2012), University of California – Berkeley (2009-2011), EPFL – Lausanne, and the University of Siena.
He is (co)author of 250+ publications, and three books with Springer. His primary research interests include ultra-low power VLSI circuits and systems, self-powered nodes, near-threshold circuits for green computing, widely energy-scalable integrated systems, hardware security, and emerging technologies.
Prof. Alioto is the Editor in Chief of the IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, and was the Deputy Editor in Chief of the IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (2018). He was IEEE Distinguished Lecturer, and the Chair of the “VLSI Systems and Applications” IEEE CASS Technical Committee. He has served as Guest Editor of numerous journal special issues (e.g., TCAS-I, JETCAS, TCAS-II), and as Associate Editor of several IEEE and ACM journals. He is/was Technical Program Chair of a number of IEEE conferences (e.g., ISCAS 2022, SOCC, PRIME, ICECS), Track Chair (e.g., ICCD, ISCAS, ICECS, VLSI-SoC), and TPC member (ISSCC, ASSCC). He is currently member of the IEEE CASS Board of Governors, and an IEEE Fellow.