Funded PhD position in VLSI circuit design and/or hardware security

Dr. Selçuk Köse in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of South Florida is seeking graduate students (Ph.D. degree seeking in Electrical Engineering) starting Fall 2017 and beyond. Interested applicants are encouraged to provide a curriculum vitae and transcripts summarizing the academic/research strengths. Some of the possible research areas include but not limited to

On-chip voltage regulation; power/thermal management; PUF design; side-channel and covert channel attacks; hardware Trojan detection; computer architecture.

Dedicated students who are interested in

1. designing, analyzing, fabricating, and testing state-of-the-art CMOS;
2. developing efficient and secure on-chip power delivery architectures;
3. hardware security primitives (PUFs, side-channel countermeasures, etc)
4. developing mathematical models for security metrics;
5. developing design methodologies, guidelines, and algorithms for CAD tools

are encouraged to apply.

Contact:
Selçuk Köse, Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering Department
University of South Florida
4202 E. Fowler Ave. ENB118, Office 372A
Tampa, FL 33620
E-mail: kose@usf.edu
Website: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~kose/
PH: (813) 974-6636