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Dr. Farahmandi Receives $500K DARPA Grant to Enhance Chip Security, Speed Time to Market
Published: Aug 3rd, 2021
ECE Assistant Professor and member of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research Farimah Farahmandi has been awarded a $500K grant from the DARPA for her project, SHINE.
Dr. Asadi Works to Secure Chip Fabrication
Published: Jul 20th, 2021
ECE Assistant Professor and member of the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research Navid Asadi is partnering with the Office of Naval Research (ONR) on a system which promises secure fabrication of electronic systems.
ARM/SRC Supports Dr. Farahmandi in Developing Secure and Extensible SoC Architecture
Published: Jul 9th, 2021
With the ubiquitous use of IoT devices in all walks of life, SoCs are subjected to various attacks to extract security assets throughout their lifecycle.
Collaboration with NIST on Evaluating Side-Channel Attacks
Published: Jul 9th, 2021
In 2016 the American National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) started a post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standardization process…
Dr. Forte Awarded Yatauro Faculty Fellowship
Published: Jul 9th, 2021
Associate Professor and Director of the FICS Research SCAN Lab Dr. Domenic Forte has been awarded the Steven A. Yatauro Faculty Fellowship.
FICS Research Faculty, Forte and Maghari, invent new “Universal Testing Technique”
Published: Jul 9th, 2021
An article recently published in the Academic Times profiled exciting new technology invented by researchers at the Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research which promises a new way to detect recycled (previously used) and counterfeit electronic parts, especially chips.
Dr. Traynor Awarded $1.7 Million to Secure Cellular Networks
Published: Jul 1st, 2021
Patrick Traynor, Ph.D., the John H. and Mary Lou Dasburg Preeminent Chair in Engineering, was recently awarded a $1.7 million grant from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate.
Dr. Wally Rhines Now Chairs FICS Research Advisory Board
Published: Apr 20th, 2021
Visionary Leader in EDA, Dr. Walden ‘Wally” Rhines, son of the founding chair of the UF Department of Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) Dr. Frederick N. Rhines, is also is […]
FICS-eChain: Enabling End-to-End Protection of Electronics Devices and Systems
Published: Apr 20th, 2021
In the modern digital era, counterfeit electronic devices and systems pose a severe threat to undisruptive service, users’ privacy as well as the national economy, and security. Adversaries can inject […]
FICS Research & Embry-Riddle establish Center for Aeronautical Resilience (CAR)
Published: Apr 16th, 2021
Mark Tehranipoor, Ph.D., the Intel Charles E. Young Endowed Professor in Cybersecurity in ECE, Director of FICS, has received a $1.75M grant from the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) to […]