Decades of research on hardware Trojan has mainly focused on detecting the alteration of design at the untrusted foundry. While various side-channel analysis (SCA) based techniques have been proposed for Trojan detecgtion, the requirement of golden (i.e., Trojan-free) chips and the impact of process variations deter their applicability. My research in this area focuses on developing golden-free SCA-based Trojan detection techniques and design-for-trust techniques (e.g., on-chip sensors) for Trojan detection.
Relevant Publications:
Hoque, T., Narasimhan, S., Wang, X., Mal-Sarkar, S., & Bhunia, S. (2017). Golden-Free Hardware Trojan Detection with High Sensitivity Under Process Noise. JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC TESTING-THEORY AND APPLICATIONS, 33(1), 107-124.
Hoque, T., Mustapa, M., Amsaad, F., & Niamat, M. (2015). Assessment of NAND based ring oscillator for hardware Trojan detection. In 2015 IEEE 58th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS).
Technical Demos:
Hoque, T. (2018). Golden Chip-Free Detection of Automatically Inserted Hardware Trojans. Hardware Demo in IEEE International Symp. on FICS Annual Conference on Cybersecurity. . (Best demo award)
Golden Chip-Free Detection of Automatically Inserted Hardware Trojans. Hardware Demo in IEEE International Symp. on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust. (Best demo award)