Research

Trustworthy and Intelligent Embedded System (TIES) Research Group

We are part of NSF CHEST and TxACE.

Faculty

• Dr. Kanad Basu
  
  

PhD Students

• Ms. Amisha Srivastava, Fall 2022 - present
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  Publications: GoMACTECH 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, ISVLSI 2023, VLSID 2024, DAC 2024, IEEE TVLSI 2024, ACM GLSVLSI 2024.
  
  

• Mr. Sanjay Das, Fall 2022 - present
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  Publications: MWSCAS 2023, ITC 2023, VTS 2024, HOST 2024 (2 papers), DAC 2024 (2 papers), IEEE TVLSI 2024, IEEE ISVLSI 2024, TMLR 2024, RWW 2025.
  
  

• Mr. Samit Miftah, Fall 2022 - present
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  Publications: HOST 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, ACM GLSVLSI 2024.
  
  

• Mr. Navnil Choudhury, Fall 2022 - present
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  Publications: GLSVLSI 2023, HOST 2024, ISQED 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE TVLSI 2024, IEEE ISVLSI 2024, IEEE QCE 2024.
  
  

• Mr. Anand Menon, Spring 2024 - present
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  Publications: ISVLSI 2023, VTS 2024
  Awards: McDermott Fellowship
  
  

• Mr. Ameya Bhave, Fall 2024 - present
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  
  

• Mr. Swastik Bhattacharya, Fall 2024 - present
  Research Area: AI Hardware
  
  

• Mr. Daksith Chandrasekara, Fall 2024 - present
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  
  

• Ms. Haimabati Dey, Fall 2024 - present
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  
  

• Mr. Dismas Ezechukwu, Spring 2023 - present, Jointly with Prof. Dinesh Bhatia
  Research Area: Reinforcement Learning
  
  

• Mr. Pandy Kalimuthu, Jointly with Prof. Benjamin Schaefer
  Research Area: Post-Silicon Validation
  Publications: VLSID 2021
  
  

MS Students

• Ms. Pranavi Somishetti, Spring 2024 - present
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

Undergraduate Researchers

• Mr. Jonathan Edward Lee, Spring 2024 - present
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  
  

• Mr. Omar Abiola Abioye, Spring 2024 - present
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  
  

• Ms. Afreen Fatimah Khazi-Syed
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  
  

Lab Alumni

PhD Students

• Dr. Abraham Kuruvila, Fall 2019 - Fall 2021
  Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector, Post-Quantum Cryptography
  Publications: ISVLSI 2020, ICCD 2020, IEEE TCAD 2021, PAINE 2020, DATE 2021, DAC 2021, Elsevier JEPE 2021, ACM JETC 2021 (CODES+ISSS 2021), IEEE TCAS II 2021, IEEE HOST 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Journal, 2022, ISLPED 2022, Elsevier Energy Reports 2022, VLSID 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024.
  First Position: Samsung, Plano, TX
  
  

• Dr. Ayush Arunachalam, Fall 2020 - Summer 2023
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  Publications: PAINE 2020, ISQED 2021, TMS Annual Meeting 2022, JVSTA 2021, JVSTA 2022, AAAI 2022, TECHCON 2022, DCAS 2022, ITC 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022, GoMacTech 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, Techcon 2023, ITC 2023, JVSTA 2023, DAC 2024.
  First Position: NXP Semiconductors, Austin, TX
  
  

• Dr. Xingyu Meng, Spring 2020 - Fall 2023
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  Publications: ISQED 2021, ISCAS 2021, DAC 2021, IEEE TCAD 2021, IEEE JETCAS 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, GLSVLSI 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022, GoMacTech 2023, IEEE TCAD 2023, IEEE ISQED 2024, ACM/IEEE DAC 2024.
  First Position: Startup
  
  

• Dr. Shamik Kundu, Fall 2019 - Spring 2024
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  Publications: IOLTS 2020, ISVLSI 2020, IEEE TCAD 2021, IEEE TVLSI 2021, ISQED 2021 (2 publications), ACS Nano 2021, DAC 2021, IEEE TCAD 2021, VTS 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, VTS 2022, ISVLSI 2022, TECHCON 2022, DCAS 2022, ISLPED 2022, ITC 2022 (2 papers), IEEE D&T 2022, IOLTS 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022 (2 publications), ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022, GoMacTech 2023, IEEE TC 2023, Techcon 2023, IEEE ISVLSI 2023, IEEE MWSCAS 2023, IEEE TCAD 2023, IEEE HOST 2024 (3 papers), VTS 2024, ISQED 2024 (2 papers), DAC 2024 (2 papers), IEEE ISVLSI 2024, TMLR 2024, RWW 2025.
  First Position: Intel Labs
  
  

• Dr. Chao Lu, Fall 2021 - Summer 2024
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  Publications: DCAS 2022, ISLPED 2022, ICCD 2022, GoMACTECH 2023, DATE 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE QCE 2024.
  First Position: Oak Ridge National Lab
  
  

Graduate Researchers

• Mr. Irfan Yakub, Spring 2023 - Summer 2023
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Felix Perez, (Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  

• Ms. Srividya Gopala Reddy, (Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Ms. Monikka Rajan, (Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Ms. Ramyasree Manjunath, (Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

• Ms. Supriya Ravichandran, (Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  Publications: ISLPED 2022.
  

• Ms. Aiswarya Lakshmi KP, (Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Ms. Athulya Kizhakkayil, (Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Guangwei Zhao, (Fall 2020)
  Publications: ACS Nano 2021
  

• Mr. Soumyadeep Chowdhury, (Spring 2020)

Undergraduate Researchers

• Ms. Shrutighna Chandupatla, (Summer 2024)
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  

• Mr. Gabriel Sonnenschein, (Summer 2024)
  Research Area: LLM-based Hardware Verification
  

• Mr. Kai-Yuan Chiu, (Summer 2024)
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

• Ms. Afreen Fatimah Khazi-Syed, (Spring-Summer 2024)
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

• Mr. Jonathan Edward Lee, (Spring 2024)
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

• Mr. Omar Abiola Abioye, (Spring 2024)
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

• Mr. Ian Kintz, (Fall 2022 - Summer 2023)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Amartya Soham Sanyal, (Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Mollik Shafin Rahman, (Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  

• Mr. Xavier Hernandez, (Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Quantum Computing
  

• Ms. Britanny Hernandez, (Fall 2020-Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Bishal Neupane, (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Security of Deep Learning architecture
  

• Mr. Rami Mohammed Ismael, (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Anand Menon, (Fall 2022)
  Research Area: Hardware Security
  

• Ms. Samiha Sharif, (Summer 2020)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Mr. Yug Pratap Singh, (Summer-Fall 2020)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  Publications: DATE 2021
  

• Ms. Keerthana Yoginathan, (Summer 2020)
  Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector
  

• Ms. Mythri Challa, (Summer 2020)
  Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector
  

• Ms. Brittany Hernandez, (Fall 2020)
  Research Area: Logic Encryption

• Mr. Gabriel Goldstein, (Fall 2020)
  Research Area: Mobile App Privacy

• Ms. Gabrielle Siobhan Duncan, (Fall 2020)
  Research Area: Mobile App Privacy

• Mr. Edgard Do Amaral Pinheiro, (Summer-Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Power Systems Security
  

• Mr. Jason C Uwaeze, (Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Functional Safety
  

• Ms. Priyanka Ganeshan, (Fall 2021)
  Research Area: Processor-in-Memory Architecture
  

High-School Students

Through UTD WISE program

• Mr. Yahir Trejo, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
  

• Mr. Cameron Trevino, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
  

• Ms. Ruthie Schmiel, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
  

• Ms. Thalia Gonzalez, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
  

Research Area: Hacking VR devices

• Ms. Brianna Jimenez, (Fall 2020)
  

• Ms. Vanessa Vasquez, (Fall 2020)
  

• Mr. Rohan Cherukuru, (Fall 2020)
  

Research Area: Mobile App Privacy

Through UTD Quantum Summer Camp

• Mr. Arpeet Nandi, (Summer 2024)
  

• Mr. Reshabh Chakrabarty, (Summer 2024)
  

• Ms. Saindhavi Hariharan, (Summer 2024)
  

• Ms. Lakshmi Siri Apalaneni, (Summer 2024)
  

• Mr. Manjit Mungara, (Summer 2024)
  

• Mr. Kedar Bulusu, (Summer 2023)
  

• Mr. Aryan Kondapally, (Summer 2023)
  

• Mr. Yash Patel, (Summer 2023)
  

Current Research Interests

• Hardware-based Malware Detector: Application of debug and test hardware for Malware detection.

• Functional Safety and Security: Functional testing for ensuring functional safety in automobiles.

• Hardware Security: Verifying security vulnerabilities in next generation hardware.

• Edge Computing: Developing efficient inference algorithm and securing them in the edge.

• Neuromorphic Computing: Designing low-power neuromorphic computing hardware.

• Quantum Computing: Developing EDA tools for Quantum circuits.

Sponsors