Aydin Aysu
Biography
Dr. Aysu received his B.S degree in microelectronics engineering with a mathematics minor and his M.S degree in electrical engineering from Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey. He received his Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from Virginia Tech and was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin before he joined NC State. Dr. Aysu conducts research on cybersecurity with an emphasis on hardware-based security. The focus of his research is the development of secure systems that prevent advanced cyber attacks targeting hardware vulnerabilities. To that end, his research interests cover applied cryptography, computer architecture, and digital hardware design. He also works on cybersecurity education and the societal impacts of cybersecurity.
Education
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Ph.D.
2016
Computer Engineering
Virginia Tech -
Master's
2010
Electrical Engineering
Sabanci University, Turkey -
Bachelor's
2008
Microelectronics Engineering
Sabanci University, Turkey
Research Focus
- Computer Architecture and Systems
Funded Research
- Enabling Secure and Efficient Sharing of Accelerators in Expeditionary Systems
- ML-Based Security Analysis and Mitigation of Homomorphic Encryption Side-Channels, CAEML Core Project 5A4
- CAREER: Physical Side-Channels Beyond Cryptography: Transforming the Side-Channel Framework for Deep Learning
- FPGA Hardware Accelerator for Real Time Security, CAEML Core Project
- Differential Power Analysis of Deep Neural Networks with Mitigation at the Architecture Level
- Enabling Side-Channel Attacks on Post-Quantum Protocols through Machine Learning, CAEML Core Project P18-13 funded with industry membership dues
- CRII: SaTC: Secure Instruction Set Extensions for Lattice-Based Post-Quantum Cryptosystems
Highlighted Awards
- NSF CAREER Award (2020)
- Bennett Faculty Fellow Award (2020)
Awards & Honors
- 2020 - Best Paper Award, Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference
- 2019 - Faculty Research and Professional Development Award (FRPD), NC State
- 2019- NSF Research Initiation Initiative (CRII) Award
- 2019- Best Paper Award, ACM Great Lake Symposium on VLSI, Microelectronic Systems Education
- 2019- Best Student Paper Nominee, IEEE International Conference on Hardware Security and Trust
- 2018- Best Paper Nominee, IEEE International Conference on Hardware Security and Trust
- 2017- Top 50 Article, IEEE Embedded System Letters
Recent News
NC State Faculty Members Awarded Funded Research for Secure Virtualization
Posted on September 20, 2021 | Filed Under: Research
The Office of Naval Research has granted Amro Awad and Aydin Aysu—both assistant professors of electrical and computer engineering at NC State—research funding to discover more secure virtualization techniques in hardware accelerators.
Researchers Develop Toolkit to Test Apple Security, Find Vulnerability
Posted on September 13, 2021 | Filed Under: Research and Smart
New toolkit allows users to test the hardware security of Apple devices and finds iTimed vulnerability
This post was originally published in NC State News.
Aysu and Ozturk Recipients of ECE Faculty Awards
Posted on October 20, 2020 | Filed Under: Awards
ECE is proud to announce that Aydin Aysu and Mehmet Ozturk are the 2020 recipients of the Departmental Faculty Awards — the Bennet Faculty Fellow Award and the William F. Lane Outstanding Teaching Award.
Recent Media Mentions
NC State researchers find security vulnerabilities with some older iPhones
September 14, 2021
Preventing AI From Divulging Its Own Secrets
May 6, 2020