EECE 7390 — Computer Hardware Security
4 semester hoursGraduateLectureusually offered: springtypical days: W/FBostonTraditional
Covers computer hardware and embedded system security and trust, a major concern for national security. Topics include crypto engineering, side-channel attacks, hardware security primitives, counterfeit electronics detection and prevention, logic locking and obfuscation, hardware Trojan detection and isolation, passive and active metering for the prevention of piracy, FPGA security, and artificial intelligence security from a hardware perspective. Reviews the foundations of the new and evolving area of hardware security and trust, as well as the state-of-the-art on trusted and assured microelectronics and system-on-chip design. Discusses current frontier papers to motivate research interests and ideas in building secure and trustworthy computer hardware systems.
Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2024 | 1 | 28 | 40 | 70% | 12.0 |
| Spring 2025 | 1 | 42 | 45 | 93% | 3.0 |
Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.
Meeting times
Share of recent sections by weekday: M 0% · T 0% · W 100% · Th 0% · F 100%
Common patterns: WF (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Spring
- Xiaolin Xu (100% of students) · reviews
Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.
Links
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