Tanvir Hossain

PhD Researcher, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

University of Kansas

  • Hardware security
  • Side-channel analysis
  • Microelectronics trust
  • Secure COTS processors
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Iโ€™m a PhD researcher in Electrical Engineering at the University of Kansas, working on hardware security and microelectronics trust. My research develops techniques to detect hardware Trojans and protect sensitive computation on commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) processors using side-channel analysis, electromagnetic monitoring, and secure encoding.

Research focus

  • Hardware security: detecting and mitigating vulnerabilities in COTS ICs with formal verification and side-channel methods
  • Secure hardware design: attack-resilient architectures and cryptographic strategies for untrusted silicon
  • Engineering education: NSF-supported gamified modules that teach computer hardware fundamentals on FPGAs and embedded boards

My Vision

This platform serves as a dedicated space for my research activities in microelectronics, circuit design, and hardware security. I aim to share insights from my research and academic works, including research findings, project developments, and technical discussions. Occasionally, I will also explore philosophical perspectives and broader academic themes through blog posts.

I share research notes, tutorials, and broader reflections on the blog. If youโ€™re interested in collaboration, please get in touch.

Recent News

  • May 2026 ๐Ÿ“„ "SPHINX: A Framework for Security Primitive Hardware Identification and EXtraction" accepted to the Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI 2026)
  • May 2026 ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Serving as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member at IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI 2026)
  • March 2026 ๐Ÿ“„ Paper accepted to ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES): "Attacking the Protections of Hardware using Trojan-Assisted Meta Attacks"
  • January 2026 ๐Ÿ“„ Paper accepted to IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems (CHES) 2026: "On the Security of Lightweight Homomorphic Obfuscation for Protecting Against Hardware Trojans"
  • September 2024 ๐Ÿ“„ Paper accepted to 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), San Francisco, CA
  • June 2024 ๐Ÿ“„ Paper accepted to 2024 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Baltimore, Maryland

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