{"id":3664,"date":"2020-10-21T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T16:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.research.ece.ncsu.edu\/aaysu\/?page_id=3664"},"modified":"2026-03-30T17:47:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:47:53","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/aaysu\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3664\" class=\"elementor elementor-3664\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-786864f7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"786864f7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-51d6ccc3\" data-id=\"51d6ccc3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c77333e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3c77333e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1102\" src=\"https:\/\/research.ece.ncsu.edu\/aaysu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/ChatGPT-Image-Aug-19-2025-11_50_22-AM.png\" alt=\"The Mission of HECTOR LAB is to develop systems that prevent advanced cybersecurity threats targeting hardware vulnerabilities.\" width=\"430\" height=\"690\" \/><\/figure><\/div><h2 style=\"color: #cc0000\">Mission<\/h2><p>At HECTOR, we build secure systems from the hardware up. Hardware trust anchors every layer of computing. Modern attacks target silicon and its interfaces. Higher layers cannot fully contain them. Security begins with secure hardware.<\/p><p>Our work spans hardware and its boundaries, encompassing microarchitecture, firmware, software, and protocols. We study and prevent implementation attacks, including side-channel and fault injection. We harden designs against reverse engineering. We build secure identities and attestation. We design and evaluate next-generation cryptography, including post-quantum methods. We take hardware security beyond cryptography and into AI\/ML systems. We develop automation and design tools that enable practical security.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;font-size: 16px\"><b>Positions available:<\/b> I am always looking for talented PhD students. 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