Research

What has happened to the sphere of cyber physical systems has left mankind speculating how it can get more from this already advanced field, taking it to further heights of modernization. However, while doing this, focus has to be put on the security of these systems, with the sophistication of attacks it has encountered. With this background, my research interests lie in the area of “Assured and Trusted Microelectronics”, an area that has seen fast paced research. My research agenda focuses specifically on the semiconductor supply chain security, security of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMIs), protection of hardware Intellectual Property, to list a few. 

My previous and current research investigates integration of security paradigms like blockchain technology, zero trust architecture and zero knowledge proofs in the hardware security domain. My doctoral dissertation research postulates a novel zero trust architecture enabled by blockchain technology and hardware oriented security primitives like physical unclonable functions for the security of semiconductor supply chain. More specifically, my dissertation focuses on prevention and detection of counterfeited, Trojan intruded, recycled etc., semiconductors including ASICS and FPGAs. The security framework developed during my Ph.D. dissertation project ensures security of microelectronics throughout the Supply Chain right from design phase to fabrication to post silicon to after-life. My experiments prove the successful implementation of external security paradigms in the hardware security domain. During my Ph.D. journey I worked on varied projects to secure the hardware, used in cyberphysical systems. A summary of my previous research and future research plans is summed up here.