UK-US Semiconductor Security Workshop

 
This workshop brings together leading UK and US industry, government and academic experts in semiconductor security to discuss the challenges and opportunities in this sector. The outputs of the workshop will be published as a whitepaper. The themes of the workshop will include: 

  • Hardware Security Primitives
  • RISC-V security 
  • Semiconductor supply chain security 
  • Hardware-based attacks and countermeasures 
  • Formal methods and tools for secure design and verification 
  • System security 

Link to Final Agenda

Workshop Chairs


Prof. Máire O’Neill, FREng
Regius Professor in Electronics and Computer Engineering, Director, Research Institute in Secure Hardware & Embedded Systems (RISE), Queens University Belfast, UK
Prof. Mark M. Tehranipoor
Intel Charles E. Young Pre-eminences Endowed Chair Professor in Cybersecurity, Chair, Department of ECE, University of Florida, US

Speakers

Richard Duffy – DSIT
Dr. Pauline Paki -DHS
Dr. James Wilson – DARPA
Mike O’Brien, CHIPS Program Office
NCSC Representative
Prof. Bob Madahar, DSTL
David Maidment – Arm
Dr. Angela Dalton – AMD
Dan O’Loughlin – Qualcomm
Doug Gardner – Analog Devices
Manuel Offenberg – Seagate Federal
Adam Cron – Synopsys
Shawn Fetterolf – Intel
Prof. Máire O’Neill – Queens University Belfast
Prof. Mark M. Tehranipoor – University of Florida
Dr. Patrik Ekdahl – Ericsson
Sid Allman – Marvell
John Oakley – Semiconductor Research Corporation
Prof. John Goodenough – University of Sheffield
Prof. Waleed Khalil – Ohio State University
Prof. John Goodacre – Digital Security by Design – University of Manchester
Dr. Shreyas Sen – Purdue University
Prof. Simon Moore –
University of Cambridge
Prof. Gang Qu – University of Maryland
Dr. Aydin Aysu – North Carolina State University
Dr. Dan Page – University of Bristol
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi – University of Florida
Dr. Ahmad Atamli – University of Southampton
Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar – University of California San Diego
Prof. Ramesh Karri, New York University

08:30 – 09:30Registration & Welcome (Ministerial and others)
09:30 – 09:45UK Semiconductor Strategy
Richard Duffy, Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), UK
09:45 – 10:00US CHIPS Act
Mike O’Brien, CHIPS Program Office, US
10:00 – 10:15NCSC Perspective
UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), UK
10:15 – 10:30DHS Perspective
Dr. Pauline Paki, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), US
10:30 – 10:45DARPA Perspective
James Wilson, DARPA, US
10:45 – 11:20Break & Networking
11:20 – 11:40Dan O’Loughlin, VP Engineering, Qualcomm, US
11:40 – 12:00Adam Cron, Distinguished Architect, Synopsys, US
12:00 – 12:20John Oakley, Science Director, Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC), US
12:20 – 13:00Emerging Research
Prof. John Goodenough, University of Sheffield, UK
Prof. Waleed Khalil, Ohio State University, US
Prof. Farinaz Koushanfar, University of California, San Diego, US
13:00 – 14:00Lunch & Networking
14:00 – 15:00Panel Discussion:
Is Secure-by-Design Hardware Achievable?
Chair: John Oakley, SRC
Panellists:
Prof. Bob Madahar, DSTL, UK
Prof. John Goodacre, Director, DSbD Programme, UK
Dr. Patrik Ekdahl, Ericsson, UK
Manuel Offenberg, Seagate Federal, Inc., US
Sid Allman, Senior Technical Director, Marvell, US
15:00 – 15:20Dr. Angela Dalton, Director of Research and Advanced Development, AMD, US
15:20 – 15:40Break
15:40 – 16:00Doug Gardner, Chief Technologist, Analog Devices, US
16:00 – 16:20David Maidment, Senior Director Secure Devices Ecosystem, Arm, UK
16:20 – 17:00Emerging Research
Dr. Shreyas Sen, Purdue University, US
Prof. Simon Moore, University of Cambridge, UK
Dr. Aydin Aysu, North Carolina State University, US
17:00Day 1 – Closing Remarks

AGENDA – DAY 2 – 29th November 2023

09:00 – 09:30Day 2 Welcome
09:30 – 10:10Emerging Research Session
Prof. Gang Qu, University of Maryland, US
Prof. John Goodacre, University of Manchester, UK
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi, University of Florida, US
10:10 – 10:30Sid Allman, Senior Technical Director, Custom Silicon Architecture & Solutions, Marvell Technologies, US
10:30 – 10:50Shawn Fetterolf, Intel, US
10:50 – 11:20Break & Networking
11:20 – 11:40Manuel Offenberg, CTO/Chief Architect, Seagate Federal, Inc., US
11:40 – 12:20Emerging Research
Dr. Dan Page, University of Bristol, UK
Prof. Ramesh Karri, New York University, US
Dr. Ahmad Atamli, University of Southampton, UK
12:20 – 13:30Round Table Discussions:
Pre-Silicon Security
– Security of IPs and SoCs at the higher levels of abstractions.
Chair: Adam Cron, Synopsys

Post-Silicon Security
– Security requirements during post-silicon validation.
Chair: Doug Gardner, Analog Devices

System Security
– Security of a complete system (hardware, software and firmware) given the complex interactions between the many components in the system.
Chair: Prof. John Goodenough, University of Sheffield

Supply Chain Security
– Security of the electronics supply chain and techniques to ensure security of devices and systems.
Chair: Prof. Waleed Khalil, Ohio State University
13:30 – 14:30Lunch & Networking
14:30 – 15:00Round Table Discussion Feedback
– Report back on high-level ideas from discussions
15:00 – 15:30Closing & Future Collaborative Opportunities