Computer architecture

Architectural Defenses against Indirect Threats

Yasser Shalabi, Graduate Student, Computer Science, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Feb 2, 12:00 - 13:00

B9 L2 H2

Computer architecture

The potential of indirect execution attacks – e.g. Return-Oriented-Programming and Transient-Execution based Side-channels – threaten all modern computing platforms. Standard security policies are unable to eliminate these threats. What is the role of hardware in mitigating these threats? Why are the latest processor designs no longer proactively eliminating threats? In this talk, we will explore these questions and reconsider the role of hardware in securing systems. I will present Record-and-Replay as a fundamental solution that can enable a hardware-software co-design that can strengthen the security of modern computing platforms.

Rawan Naous: a student with a knack for success

1 min read · Tue, Nov 22 2016

system on chip wireless communications network Computer architecture

"KAUST is a unique place!" said Rawan. "The university has an interdisciplinary environment that offers great opportunities both at academic and social level. Working at KAUST has made possible improving my professional skills while raising a family, a mission impossible for most women out there."

Suhaib Fahmy

Associate Professor, Computer Science

Computer architecture reconfigurable computing

Professor Fahmy’s research explores novel ways to integrate accelerated computation and communication to improve computing systems' efficiency, latency, and security.

Rawan Naous

Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering

system on chip wireless communications network Computer architecture integrated system technology and design

Rawan Naous graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Electrical engineering under the supervision of Professor Khaled Nabil Salama. Research Interest Rawan's research interests include Mixed Analog-Digital IC Design, System on Chip solutions, wireless communications networks, Computer Architecture, Integrated System Technology and Design, HW/SW Co-design, FPGA based system modeling.

Jinane Bazzi

Ph.D. Student, Electrical and Computer Engineering

In-memory computing Computer architecture Deep learning

Jinane Bazzi is an MS/PhD student at KAUST, focusing on developing compute-in-memory architectures for efficient neural network computations, driven by a passion for advancing AI hardware.

Jian Weng

Assistant Professor, Computer Science

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Jian Weng, an assistant professor of computer science at KAUST, is actively working on improving computer systems' energy efficiency and performance by reforming software and hardware interfaces.

Elmootazbellah Elnozahy

Professor (former), Computer Science

High Performance Computing power-aware computing fault tolerance distributed systems Computer architecture Cryptography

Elmootazbellah (Mootaz) Elnozahy is a renowned computer scientist who has filed, individually and with colleagues, 58 U.S. patents. He has successfully secured research and development funding grants of ~$320M.

Ahmad Tariq Sheikh

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Computer Science

Computer architecture Fault-Tolerant Computing