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

• Ph.D. 2016
  Computer Engineering
  Virginia Tech
• Master's 2010
  Electrical Engineering
  Sabanci University, Turkey
• Bachelor's 2008
  Microelectronics Engineering
  Sabanci University, Turkey

Recent Publications

• An Extensive Study of Flexible Design Methods for the Number Theoretic Transform (2022)
• FAXID: FPGA-Accelerated XGBoost Inference for Data Centers using HLS (2022)
• High-Fidelity Model Extraction Attacks via Remote Power Monitors (2022)
• Towards AI-Enabled Hardware Security: Challenges and Opportunities (2022)
• 2Deep: Enhancing Side-Channel Attacks on Lattice-Based Key-Exchange via 2-D Deep Learning (2021)
• An Efficient Non-Profiled Side-Channel Attack on the CRYSTALS-Dilithium Post-Quantum Signature (2021)
• Efficient, Flexible, and Constant-Time Gaussian Sampling Hardware for Lattice Cryptography (2021)
• FALCON Down: Breaking FALCON Post-Quantum Signature Scheme through Side-Channel Attacks (2021)
• Single-Trace Side-Channel Attacks on omega-Small Polynomial Sampling (2021)
• Stealing Neural Network Models through the Scan Chain: A New Threat for ML Hardware (2021)

Awards & Honors