MAJOR NEWS
Dr. Patrick Traynor and FICS Director Kevin Butler win Best Paper Award
FICS Associate Director wins ACM/IEEE DAC under 40 Innovators Award. 
Congratulations to Dr. Farimah Farahmandi on receiving the ACM/IEEE DAC Under 40 Innovators Award! This prestigious award honors only five outstanding innovators under the age of 40 who are leading advancements in the design and automation of electronics. Dr. Farahmandi expressed her gratitude for this recognition, acknowledging the crucial support from her students, mentor, and sponsors: “I am very grateful for the hard work, dedication, and support from my incredible students, mentor, and my sponsors.
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
FICS Research student presents research at DAC 2024
FICS Research Ph.D. student Galib Ibne Haidar presented his research at the Design Automation Conference (DAC). His work examines the shift in the semiconductor industry from System-on-Chips (SoCs) to System-in-Packages (SiPs). A key focus of his research is the IEEE 1838 standard, which aims to facilitate testing in this heterogeneous integration domain.
The GATE-SiP research paper highlights vulnerabilities in the IEEE 1838 standard, identifying several attack vectors, including man-in-the-middle, tamper, sniffing, and spoofing attacks. The paper also proposes solutions to these vulnerabilities, introducing a novel protocol designed to extend the standard. Specifically, the GATE-SiP research includes a new authentication protocol to counter man-in-the-middle attacks, and a partial encryption protocol to prevent tamper, sniffing, and spoofing attacks.
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