
- basuk@rpi.edu
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6431-7512
About
- Ph.D.: Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2012.
- M.S.: Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 2012.
- B.E.: Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2007.
Research
I lead the Trustworthy and Intelligent Embedded Systems (TIES) lab, where our research focus is improving the reliability and security of modern hardware -- ranging from System-on-Chips (SoCs) to AI Hardware to Quantum Computing Systems.
System Security, Hardware Reliability, Heterogenous Integration, AI Hardware, Quantum Computing
Teaching
Teaching at UT Dallas
Spring 2025: CE 6320: Applied Data Structures and Algorithms
- Class Timings: Monday and Wednesday; 1:00-2:15 pm. ECSN 4.110
- Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 3 to 4 pm
Fall 2024: CE 6320: Applied Data Structures and Algorithms
- Class Timings: Monday and Wednesday; 1:00-2:15 pm. GR 4.301
- Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 3 to 4 pm
Spring 2024: EE/CE 3320: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 11:30am - 12:45pm. ECSS 2.201
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 10 to 11 am
Fall 2023: CE 6320: Applied Data Structures and Algorithms
- Class Timings: Monday and Wednesday; 1:00-2:15 pm. GR 4.301
- Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 3 to 4 pm
Spring 2023: EE/CE 6304: Computer Architecture
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 2:30-3:45pm. ECSS 2.306
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 4 to 5 pm
Fall 2022: EE/CE 3320: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 10:00-11:15am. ECSN 2.110
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 9 to 10 am
Fall 2022: EEDG/CE 6310: Hardware Security
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 1:00-2:15pm. ECSN 2.126
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 12 to 1 pm
Spring 2022: EE/CE 3320: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 10:00-11:15am. ECSS 2.203
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 9 to 10 am
Spring 2022: EEDG/CE 6310: Hardware Security
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 5:30-6:45pm. ECSN 2.110
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 4 to 5 pm
FALL 2021: EE/CE 3320: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
- Class Timings: Monday and Wednesday; 8:30-9:45 am. CB3 1.302
- Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday: 10 to 11 am
SPRING 2021: EEDG/CE 7V80: SPCL TOPCS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 7-8:15pm. Online
- Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday: 3 to 4 pm
FALL 2020: EE/CE 3320: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
- Class Timings: Monday and Wednesday; 1:00-2:15 pm. ECSS 2.311
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 4 to 5 pm
SPRING 2020: EE/CE 3320: DIGITAL CIRCUITS
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 5:30-6:45 pm. GR 3.501
- Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday: 4 to 5 pm
FALL 2019: CE 7V80: SPCL TOPCS IN COMPUTER ENGINEERING
- Class Timings: Tuesday and Thursday; 7-8:15pm. ECSN 2.112
- Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday: 3 to 4 pm
I have mentored the following brilliant students.
PhD Students
- Ms. Amisha Srivastava, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
Publications: GoMACTECH 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, ISVLSI 2023, VLSID 2024, DAC 2024, IEEE TVLSI 2024, ACM GLSVLSI 2024, GoMACTECH 2025, VTS 2025.
- Mr. Sanjay Das, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: MWSCAS 2023, ITC 2023, VTS 2024, HOST 2024 (2 papers), DAC 2024 (2 papers), IEEE TVLSI 2024, IEEE ISVLSI 2024, TMLR 2024, NDSS 2025, VLSID 2025, RWS 2025, GoMACTECH 2025, DAC 2025, COINS 2025.
- Mr. Samit Miftah, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
Publications: HOST 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, ACM GLSVLSI 2024, DAC 2025, VTS 2025.
- Mr. Navnil Choudhury, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: GLSVLSI 2023, HOST 2024, ISQED 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE TVLSI 2024, IEEE ISVLSI 2024, IEEE QCE 2024, IEEE CAL 2024, NDSS 2025, GoMACTECH 2025, DAC 2025.
- Mr. Anand Menon, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: ISVLSI 2023, VTS 2024, GoMACTECH 2025, DAC 2025, VTS 2025.
Awards: McDermott Fellowship
- Mr. Ameya Bhave, Fall 2024 - present
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: DAC 2025.
- Mr. Swastik Bhattacharya, Fall 2024 - present
Research Area: AI Hardware
Publications: DAC 2025.
- Ms. Haimabati Dey, Fall 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Mohammad Hossein Gohari Nejad, Spring 2025 - present
Research Area: AI security
- Mr. Dismas Ezechukwu, Spring 2023 - present, Jointly with Prof. Dinesh Bhatia
Research Area: Reinforcement Learning
- Mr. Pandy Kalimuthu, Jointly with Prof. Benjamin Schaefer
Research Area: Post-Silicon Validation
Publications: VLSID 2021
MS Students
- Ms. Pranavi Somishetti, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Muskan Porwal, Spring 2025 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Rahil Jain, Spring 2025 – present
Research Area: Probabilistic Computing
Undergraduate Researchers
- Mr. Jonathan Edward Lee, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Omar Abiola Abioye, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Afreen Fatimah Khazi-Syed
Research Area: Functional Safety
Lab Alumni
PhD Students
- Dr. Abraham Kuruvila, Fall 2019 - Fall 2021
Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector, Post-Quantum Cryptography
Publications: ISVLSI 2020, ICCD 2020, IEEE TCAD 2021, PAINE 2020, DATE 2021, DAC 2021, Elsevier JEPE 2021, ACM JETC 2021 (CODES+ISSS 2021), IEEE TCAS II 2021, IEEE HOST 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Journal, 2022, ISLPED 2022, Elsevier Energy Reports 2022, VLSID 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024.
First Position: Samsung, Plano, TX
- Dr. Ayush Arunachalam, Fall 2020 - Summer 2023
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: PAINE 2020, ISQED 2021, TMS Annual Meeting 2022, JVSTA 2021, JVSTA 2022, AAAI 2022, TECHCON 2022, DCAS 2022, ITC 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022, GoMacTech 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, Techcon 2023, ITC 2023, JVSTA 2023, DAC 2024.
First Position: NXP Semiconductors, Austin, TX
- Dr. Xingyu Meng, Spring 2020 - Fall 2023
Research Area: Hardware Security
Publications: ISQED 2021, ISCAS 2021, DAC 2021, IEEE TCAD 2021, IEEE JETCAS 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, GLSVLSI 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022, GoMacTech 2023, IEEE TCAD 2023, IEEE ISQED 2024, ACM/IEEE DAC 2024.
First Position: Startup
- Dr. Shamik Kundu, Fall 2019 - Spring 2024
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: IOLTS 2020, ISVLSI 2020, IEEE TCAD 2021, IEEE TVLSI 2021, ISQED 2021 (2 publications), ACS Nano 2021, DAC 2021, IEEE TCAD 2021, VTS 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, VTS 2022, ISVLSI 2022, TECHCON 2022, DCAS 2022, ISLPED 2022, ITC 2022 (2 papers), IEEE D&T 2022, IOLTS 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022 (2 publications), ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022, GoMacTech 2023, IEEE TC 2023, Techcon 2023, IEEE ISVLSI 2023, IEEE MWSCAS 2023, IEEE TCAD 2023, IEEE HOST 2024 (3 papers), VTS 2024, ISQED 2024 (2 papers), DAC 2024 (2 papers), IEEE ISVLSI 2024, TMLR 2024, RWS 2025, COINS 2025.
First Position: Intel Labs
- Dr. Chao Lu, Fall 2021 - Summer 2024
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: DCAS 2022, ISLPED 2022, ICCD 2022, GoMACTECH 2023, DATE 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE QCE 2024, IEEE CAL 2024.
First Position: Oak Ridge National Lab
Graduate Researchers
- Mr. Irfan Yakub, Spring 2023 - Summer 2023
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Felix Perez, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Ms. Srividya Gopala Reddy, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Monikka Rajan, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Ramyasree Manjunath, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Supriya Ravichandran, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: ISLPED 2022.
- Ms. Aiswarya Lakshmi KP, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Athulya Kizhakkayil, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Guangwei Zhao, (Fall 2020)
Publications: ACS Nano 2021
- Mr. Soumyadeep Chowdhury, (Spring 2020)
Undergraduate Researchers
- Ms. Shrutighna Chandupatla, (Summer 2024)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Mr. Gabriel Sonnenschein, (Summer 2024)
Research Area: LLM-based Hardware Verification
- Mr. Kai-Yuan Chiu, (Summer 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Afreen Fatimah Khazi-Syed, (Spring-Summer 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Jonathan Edward Lee, (Spring 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Omar Abiola Abioye, (Spring 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Ian Kintz, (Fall 2022 - Summer 2023)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Amartya Soham Sanyal, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Mollik Shafin Rahman, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Mr. Xavier Hernandez, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Ms. Britanny Hernandez, (Fall 2020-Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Bishal Neupane, (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Research Area: Security of Deep Learning architecture
- Mr. Rami Mohammed Ismael, (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Anand Menon, (Fall 2022)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Samiha Sharif, (Summer 2020)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Yug Pratap Singh, (Summer-Fall 2020)
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: DATE 2021
- Ms. Keerthana Yoginathan, (Summer 2020)
Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector
- Ms. Mythri Challa, (Summer 2020)
Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector
- Ms. Brittany Hernandez, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Logic Encryption - Mr. Gabriel Goldstein, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Mobile App Privacy - Ms. Gabrielle Siobhan Duncan, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Mobile App Privacy - Mr. Edgard Do Amaral Pinheiro, (Summer-Fall 2021)
Research Area: Power Systems Security
- Mr. Jason C Uwaeze, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Priyanka Ganeshan, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Processor-in-Memory Architecture
High-School Students
Through UTD WISE program
- Mr. Yahir Trejo, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
- Mr. Cameron Trevino, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
- Ms. Ruthie Schmiel, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
- Ms. Thalia Gonzalez, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
Research Area: Hacking VR devices
- Ms. Brianna Jimenez, (Fall 2020)
- Ms. Vanessa Vasquez, (Fall 2020)
- Mr. Rohan Cherukuru, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Mobile App Privacy
Through UTD Quantum Summer Camp
- Mr. Arpeet Nandi, (Summer 2024)
- Mr. Reshabh Chakrabarty, (Summer 2024)
- Ms. Saindhavi Hariharan, (Summer 2024)
- Ms. Lakshmi Siri Apalaneni, (Summer 2024)
- Mr. Manjit Mungara, (Summer 2024)
- Mr. Kedar Bulusu, (Summer 2023)
- Mr. Aryan Kondapally, (Summer 2023)
- Mr. Yash Patel, (Summer 2023)
Recognition
- NSF CAREER Award, 2025.
- 2nd Prize at HACK@DAC, 2025.
- IEEE Top Picks in Test and Reliability, 2024.
- 3rd Prize at Hack@DAC, 2024.
- Second Best Presentation Award, Women in Hardware and System Security, 2024.
- Assistant Professor Award at UTD Jonsson School Faculty Research Awards, 2024.
- IEEE Top Picks in Test and Reliability, 2023.
- 3rd Prize at Hack@DAC, 2022.
- Honorable Mention Award at International Conference on VLSI Design, 2021.
- 2nd Prize at NYU Cybersecurity Awareness Week Logic Locking Competition, 2021.
- 3rd Prize at NYU Cybersecurity Awareness Week Logic Locking Competition, 2020.
- Nominated for Blavatnik Awards for Young Scientists, 2019.
- Best Paper Award at the International Conference on VLSI Design 2011.
- Quarterly Achievement Award, 2015 fourth quarter, Synopsys Inc.
- College of Engineering Travel Grant for attending IEEE VLSI Test Symposium, 2011.
- CISE Departmental Travel Grant for attending IEEE International Test Conference, 2011.
- Outstanding Student Achievement Award from University of Florida Internal Center for the years 2008 and 2010.
- CISE Departmental Travel Grant for attending ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, 2008.
- Scholarship from National Brain Research Center (NBRC), India for summer internship at NBRC, 2006 (14 students all across India were selected for the scholarship)
Publications
- 1 book
- 2 book chapters
- 46 journal articles
- 94 referred conference papers and workshop proceedings
- 2 patents
- 1 tutorial
Books
[1] Deepraj Soni, Kanad Basu, Mohammed Nabeel, Najwa Aaraj, Marc Manzano and Ramesh Karri. Hardware Architectures for Post-Quantum Digital Signature Schemes. Springer, 2020.
Book Chapters
[2] Kanad Basu. Structural Signal Selection for Post-Silicon Validation, In: Post-Silicon Validation and Debug, Springer, 2018.
[1] Nirmalya Bandyopadhyay, Kanad Basu and Prabhat Mishra. HMDES, ISDL and Other Contemporary ADLs, In: Processor Description Languages: Applications and Methodologies, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2008.
Journal Articles
[46] Navnil Choudhury, Chao Lu, Kanad Basu. Quantum Assertion Scheme for Assuring Qudit Robustness, IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL), 2024.
[45] Shamik Kundu, Sanjay Das, Arnab Raha, Souvikk Kundu, Sayar Karmakar, Yiorgos Makris, Kanad Basu. Bit-by-Bit: Investigating the Vulnerabilities of Binary Neural Networks to Adversarial Bit Flipping, Transactions on Machine Learning Research (TMLR), 2024.
[44] Chao Lu, Christian Pilato, Kanad Basu. QHLS: An HLS Framework to Convert High-Level Descriptions to Quantum Circuits, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2024.
[43] Amisha Srivastava, Sanjay Das, Navnil Choudhury, Rafail Psiakis, Pedro Silva, Debjit Pal, Kanad Basu. SCAR: Power Side-Channel Analysis at RTL-Level, IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (TVLSI), 2024.
[42] Samit Miftah, Kshitij Raj, Xingyu Meng, Sandip Ray, Kanad Basu. System-on-Chip Information Flow Validation under Asynchronous Resets, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2024.
[41] Chao Lu, Navnil Choudhury, Utsav Banerjee, Abdullah Saki, Kanad Basu. QuBEC: Boosting Equivalence Checking for Quantum Circuits with QEC Embedding, IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2024.
[40] Udit Kumar, Ayush Arunachalam, Corbin Feit, S. Novia Berriel, Kanad Basu, Parag Banerjee, and Sudipta Seal. Real-Time Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Defect Engineering in CeO2 Nanostructures. AVS Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 2023
[39] Shamik Kundu, Suvadeep Banerjee, Arnab Raha, Fei Su, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. DiagNNose: Towards Error Localization in Deep Learning Hardware based on VTA-TVM Stack. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2023.
[38] Abhijitt Dhavlle, N Meraj Ahmed, Naseef Mansoor, Kanad Basu, Amlan Ganguly, Sai Manoj PD. Defense against On-Chip Trojans Enabling Traffic Analysis Attacks based on Machine Learning and Data Augmentation. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2023.
[37] Shamik Kundu, Suvadeep Banerjee, Arnab Raha, Fei Su, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. Trouble-shooting at GAN Point: Improving Functional Safety in Deep Learning Accelerators. IEEE Transactions on Computers (TC), 2023.
[36] Rakibul Hassan, Xingyu Meng, Kanad Basu, Sai Manoj PD. Circuit Topology-aware Vaccination-based Hardware Trojan Detection. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2023.
[35] Ioannis Zografopoulos, Abraham Peedikayil Kuruvila, Charalambos Konstantinou, Kanad Basu. Time Series-based Detection and Impact Analysis of Firmware Attacks in Microgrids. Elsevier Energy Reports, 2022.
[34] Shakya Chakrabarti, Akshay Wali, Harikrishnan Ravichandran, Shamik Kundu, Thomas Schranghamer, Kanad Basu, Saptarshi Das. Logic Locking of Integrated Circuits Enabled by Nanoscale MoS2 Based Memtransistors. ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2022.
[33] Rajesh Datta, Guangwei Zhao, Kanad Basu, Kaveh Shamsi. A Security Analysis of Circuit Clock Obfuscation. MDPI Cryptography, 2022.
[32] Ayush Arunachalam, Shamik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. A Novel Low-power Compression Scheme for Systolic Array-based Deep Learning Accelerators. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2022.
[31] Seetal Potluri, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu, Aydin Aysu. SeqL+: Secure Scan-Obfuscation with Theoretical and Empirical Validation. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2022.
[30] Shamik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. Analysis and Mitigation of DRAM Faults in Sparse-DNN Accelerators. IEEE Design and Test Journal (D&T), 2022.
[29] Xingyu Meng, Kshitij Raj, Sandip Ray, Kanad Basu. SEVNOC: Security Validation of System-on-Chip Designs with NoC Fabrics. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2022.
[28] Debjani SIhi, Biswanath Dari, Abraham Peedikayil Kuruvila, Gaurav Jha, Kanad Basu. Explainable Machine Learning Approach Quantified the Long-term (1981-2015) Impact of Climate and Soil Properties on Yields of Major Agricultural Crops across CONUS. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Journal, 2022.
[27] Abraham Kuruvila, Xingyu Meng, Shamik Kundu, Gaurav Pandey, Kanad Basu. Explainable Machine Learning for Intrusion Detection via Hardware Performance Counters. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2022.
[26] Ayush Arunachalam, S. Novia Berriel, Corbin Feit, Udit Kumar, Sudipta Seal, Kanad Basu, Parag Banerjee. A machine learning approach to thickness prediction from in situ spectroscopic ellipsometry data for atomic layer deposition processes. AVS Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 2022.
[25] Udit Kumar, Corbin Feit, S. Novia Berriel, Ayush Arunachalam, Kanad Basu, Parag Banerjee, Sudipta Seal. In situ Ellipsometry aided Rapid ALD Process Development and Parameter Space Visualization of Cerium Oxide Nano-films. AVS Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, 2021.
[24] Sanjeev Tannirkulam Chandrasekaran, Abraham Kuruvila, Kanad Basu and Arindam Sanyal. Real-Time Hardware Based Malware and Micro-architectural Attack Detection Utilizing CMOS Reservoir Computing. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs (TCASII), 2021.
[23] Abraham Kuruvila, Anushree Mahapatra, Ramesh Karri, Kanad Basu. Hardware Performance Counters: Ready-Made vs Tailor-Made. ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC), 2021.
[22] Nimisha Limaye, Nikhil Rangarajan, Satwik Patnaik, Ozgur Sinanoglu, Kanad Basu. PolyWorm: Leveraging Polymorphic Behavior to Implant Hardware Trojans. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), 2021.
[21] Abraham Peedikayil Kuruvila, Ioannis Zografopoulos, Kanad Basu, Charalambos Konstantinou. Hardware-Assisted Detection of Firmware Attacks in Inverter-Based Cyberphysical Microgrids. Elsevier International Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (JEPE), 2021.
[20] Wenye Liu, Chip-Hong Chang, Xueyang Wang, Chen Liu, Jason Fung, Mohammad Ebrahimabadi, Naghmeh Karimi, Xingyu Meng, Kanad Basu. Two Sides of the Same Coin: Boons and Banes of Machine Learning in Hardware Security. IEEE Journal on Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS), 2021.
[19] Xingyu Meng, Shamik Kundu, Arun Kanuparthi, Kanad Basu. RTL-ConTest: Concolic Testing on RTL for Detecting Security Vulnerabilities. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2021.
[18] Akshay Wali, Shamik Kundu, Andrew Arnold, Guangwei Zhao, Kanad Basu, and Saptarshi Das. Satisfiability Attack Resistant Camouflaged Two-Dimensional Heterostructure Devices. ACS Nano, 2021.
[17] Rana Elnaggar, Kanad Basu, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, and Ramesh Karri. Run-time Malware Detection Using Embedded Trace Buffers. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2021.
[16] Shamik Kundu, Suvadeep Banerjee, Arnab Raha, Suriyaprakash Natarajan and Kanad Basu, Towards Functional Safety of Systolic Array-based Deep Learning Hardware Accelerators. IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI), 2021.
[15] Siddhartha Sankar Rout, Sujay Deub and Kanad Basu, WiND: An Efficient Post-Silicon Debug Strategy for Network-on-Chip. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2021.
[14] Abraham Kuruvila, Shamik Kundu and Kanad Basu, Defending Hardware-based Malware Detectors against Adversarial Attacks. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2021.
[13] Virinchi Roy Surabhi, Prashanth Krishnamurthy, Hussam Amrouch, Kanad Basu, Jorg Henkel, Ramesh Karri and Farshad Khorrami, Hardware Trojan Detection Using Controlled Circuit Aging. IEEE Access, 2020.
[12] Kanad Basu, Suha Hussain, Ujjwal Gupta and Ramesh Karri. COPPTCHA: COPPA Tracking by Checking Hardware-level Activity. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS), 2020.
[11] Binod Kumar, Jay Adhaduk, Kanad Basu, Masahiro Fujita and Virendra Singh. A Methodology to Capture Fine-grained Internal Visibility during Multi-session Silicon Debug. IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI), 2020.
[10] Kanad Basu, Prashanth Krishnamurthy, Farshad Khorrami and Ramesh Karri. A Theoretical Study of Hardware Performance Counters-based Malware Detection. IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS), 2020.
[9] Kanad Basu, Samah Saeed, Christian Pilato, Mohammad Ashraf, Mohammad Nabeel, Krishnendu Chakraborty and Ramesh Karri. CAD-Base: An Attack Vector into the Electronics Supply Chain. Accepted for publication at ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Embedded Systems (TODAES), 2019.
[8] Jeff Zhang, Kanad Basu and Siddharth Garg. Fault-tolerant Systolic Array Based Accelerators for Deep Neural Network Execution. IEEE Design and Test of Computer (DNT), 2019.
[7] Mohammad Shayan, Kanad Basu and Ramesh Karri. Hardware Trojans Inspired IP Watermarks. IEEE Design and Test of Computer (DNT), 2019.
[6] Christian Pilato, Kanad Basu and Ramesh Karri. Black-Hat High-Level Synthesis: Myth or Reality? IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (TVLSI), 2019.
[5] Harshit Kumar, Tahereh Jabberi, Gleb Krylov, Kanad Basu, Eby Friedman, and Ramesh Karri. Toward increasing the difficulty of reverse engineering of RSFQ circuits. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 2019.
[4] Binod Kumar, Kanad Basu, Masahiro Fujita and Virendra Singh. Post-Silicon Gate-Level Error Localization with Effective & Combined Trace Signal Selection. IEEE Transactions on Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD), 2018.
[3] Kanad Basu, Chetan Murthy and Prabhat Mishra. Bitmask aware compression of NISC Control Words. Integration, the VLSI Journal (Elsevier), 2013.
[2] Kanad Basu and Prabhat Mishra. RATS: Restoration Aware Trace Signal Selection for Post-silicon Validation. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (TVLSI), 2013.
[1] Kanad Basu and Prabhat Mishra. Test Data Compression using Efficient Bitmask and Dictionary Selection Methods. IEEE Transactions on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) Systems (TVLSI), 2009.
Prominent Peer-Reviewed Conference and Workshop Proceedings
[94] Samit Miftah, Amisha Srivastava, Hyunmin Kim, Shiyi Wei, Kanad Basu. SymbFuzz: Symbolic Execution Guided Hardware Fuzzing. At IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2025.
[93] Navnil Choudhury, Ameya Bhave, Kanad Basu. Task Division of Quantum Circuits using ZX-calculus. At IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), 2025.
[92] Swastik Bhattacharya, Mohammad Hossein Gohari Nejad, Sanjay Das, Anand Menon,
Shamik Kundu, Souvik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Kanad Basu. Probing Model Robustness: Evolutionary Bit-Flip Attacks on Transformers vs. State Space Models, At SRC Techcon, 2025.
[91] Aidan O'Gara, Gabriel Kulp, Will Hodgkins, James Petrie, Vincent Immler, Aydin Aysu, Kanad Basu, Shivam Bhasin, Stjepan Picek, Ankur Srivastava. Hardware-Enabled Mechanisms for Verifying Responsible AI Development, At ICML Technical AI Governance Workshop, 2025.
[90] Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Sumit Mondal, Kanad Basu. CONCEAL: Covert NoC Exploitation in In-Memory Computing-based DNN Accelerators, At IEEE International Conference on Omni-layer Intelligent systems (COINS), 2025.
[89] Anand Menon, Samit Miftaha, Amisha Srivastava, Shamik Kundu, Souvik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Deepak Mathaikutty, Kanad Basu. OpenAssert: Towards Secure Assertion Generation using Large Language Models, At VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2025.
[88] Muhammad Usama Zubair, Kanad Basu, Waseem Abbas. Verification of Neural Network Robustness Against Weight Perturbations Using Star Sets, At IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI), 2025.
[87] Sanjay Das, Swastik Bhattacharya, Anand Menon, Shamik Kundu, Pooja Madhusoodhanan, Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai, Rubin Parekhji, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Suriya Natarajan, Kanad Basu. Machine Learning-Driven STL Generation for Enhancing Functional Safety of E/E Systems, At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2025.
[86] Navnil Choudhury, Ameya Shirish Bhave, Kanad Basu. ZXNet: ZX Calculus-Driven Graph Neural Network Framework for Quantum Circuit Equivalence Checking, At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2025.
[85] Samit Shahnawaz Miftah, Hyunmin Kim, Kanad Basu. InterConFuzz: A Fuzzing-based Comprehensive NoC Verification Framework, At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2025.
[84] Sakib Reza, Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu, Ifana Mahbub. Efficient Explainable Boosting Machine for RF Active Metasurface Array Synthesis, At IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium (RWS), 2025.
[83] Amurt Prakash, Abhijeet Singh, Pooja Madhusoodhanan, Padma Arvind, Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai, Sanjay Das, Kanad Basu. Advancing Functional Safety: Improving Failure Mode Analysis and Fault Injection Using Automation and GNN Algorithms, At International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2025.
[82] Sanjay Das, Kanad Basu. Selective Radiation Hardening for Edge AI Systems: Identifying and Protecting Critical Bits, At GoMacTech 2025.
[81] Navnil Choudhury, Kanad Basu. Scalable Error Detection and Verification for Enhanced Quantum Computing, At GoMacTech 2025.
[80] Amisha Srivastava, Kanad Basu. Securing Cryptographic Hardware: Detecting and Mitigating Power Side-Channel Attacks, At GoMacTech 2025.
[79] Anand Menon, Kanad Basu. AssertGen: Towards Secure Assertion Generation using Large Language Model, At GoMacTech 2025.
[78] Navnil Choudhury, Chaithanya Naik Mude, Sanjay Das, Preetham Chandra Tikkireddi, Swamit Tannu, Kanad Basu. Crosstalk-induced Side Channel Threats in Multi-Tenant NISQ Computers, At Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS), 2025.
[77] Shamik Kundu,Ifana Mahbub,Kanad Basu,Sanjay Das,Sakib Reza. Efficient Explainable Boosting Machine for RF Active Metasurface Array Synthesis, IEEE Radio Wireless Week (RWW), 2025.
[76] Chao Lu, Navnil Choudhury, Kanad Basu. QuaSi: A Scalable and Reliable Quantum Simulation-based Equivalence Checking Framework, IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), 2024.
[75] Zhepeng Wang, Yi Sheng, Niranjan Koirala, Kanad Basu, Taeho Jung, Cheng-Chang Lu, Weiwen Jiang. PristiQ: A Co-Design Framework for Preserving Data Security of Quantum Learning in the Cloud. At IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2024.
[74] Sakib Reza, Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu, Ifana Mahbub. Machine Learning Intervened RIS-based RF Interference Management For IoT. At IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2024.
[73] Navnil Choudhury, Kanad Basu. A Survey of Side-Channel Attacks in Superconducting Quantum Computers. At IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2024.
[72] Samit Miftah, Amisha Srivastava, Hynmin Kim, Kanad Basu. Assert-O: Context-based Assertion Optimization using LLMs. At ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2024.
[71] Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Explainability to the Rescue: A Pattern-Based Approach for Detecting Adversarial Attacks. At IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), 2024.
[70] Shamik Kundu, Mirazul Haque, Sanjay Das, Wei Yang, Kanad Basu. MENDNet: Just-in-time Fault Detection and Mitigation in AI Systems with Uncertainty Quantification and Multi-Exit Networks, At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024.
[69] Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Pooja Madhusoodhanan, Prasanth Viswanathan Pillai, Rubin Parekhji, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Suriya Natarajan, Kanad Basu. Graph Learning-based Fault Criticality Analysis for Enhancing Functional Safety of E/E Systems, AT ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024.
[68] Xingyu Meng, Amisha Srivastava, Ayush Arunachalam, Avik Ray, Pedro Henrique Silva, Rafail Psiakis, Yiorgos Makris, Kanad Basu. NSPG: Natural language Processing-based Security Property Generator for Hardware Security Assurance, AT ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2024.
[67] Shamik Kundu, Navnil Choudhury, Kanad Basu. QuEST: Quantum Circuit Output Estimation using Gaussian Distribution Analysis, At IEEE Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design (ISQED), 2024.
[68] Shamik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Deepak A. Mathaikutty, Kanad Basu. RASH: Reliable Deep Learning Acceleration using Sparsity-based Hardware, At IEEE Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design (ISQED), 2024.
[69] Xingyu Meng, Abhrajit Sengupta, Kanad Basu. A Needle in the Haystack: Inspecting Circuit Layout to Identify Hardware Trojans, At IEEE Symposium on Quality of Electronic Design (ISQED), 2024.
[66] Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Anand Menon, Yihui Ren, Shubha Kharel and Kanad Basu. Analyzing and Mitigating Circuit Aging Effects in Deep Learning Accelerators. At IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2024.
[65] Samit Miftah, Shamik Kundu, Austin Mordahl, Shiyi Wei and Kanad Basu. RTL-Spec: RTL Spectrum Analysis for Security Bug Localization. At IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), 2024.
[64] Shamik Kundu, Navnil Choudhury, Sanjay Das, Arnab Raha, Kanad Basu. QNAD: Quantum Noise Injection for Adversarial Defense in Deep Neural Networks. At IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), 2024.
[63] Amisha Srivastava, Sneha Thakur, Abraham Peedikayil Kuruvila, Poras T. Balsara, Kanad Basu. Hardware-based Detection of Malicious Firmware Modification in Microgrids. At International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2024.
[62] Ayush Arunachalam, Sanjay Das, Monikka Rajan, Fei Su, Xiankun Jin, Suvadeep Banerjee, Arnab Raha, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. Enhanced ML-based Approach for Functional Safety Improvement in Automotive AMS Circuits. At International Test Conference (ITC), 2023.
[61] Ayush Arunachalam, Kanad Basu. Feature- and Signal Selection-aware FuSa Violation Detection in Automotive AMS Circuits. At TECHCON 2023.
[60] Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Improving Fault Injection-based Functional Safety Evaluation using Machine Learning. At TECHCON 2023.
[59] Sanjay Das, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Bottlenecks in Secure Adoption of Deep Neural Networks in Safety-Critical Applications. At IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), 2023.
[58] Anand Menon, Amisha Srivastava, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Application Profiling Using Register-Instruction Hardware Performance Counters. At IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2023.
[57] Amisha Srivastava, Chao Lu, Navnil Choudhury, Ayush Arunachalam, Kanad Basu. Search Space Reduction for Efficient Quantum Compilation. At ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2023.
[56] Chao Lu, Christian Pilato, Kanad Basu. Towards High-Level Synthesis of Quantum Circuits. At Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2023.
[55] Chao Lu, Amisha Srivastava, Kanad Basu. Designing Complex Mathematical Functions using Quantum Hardware. At GoMacTech 2023.
[54] Xingyu Meng, Kanad Basu. Scalable Semi-formal SoC Security Validation. At GoMacTech 2023.
[53] Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Towards Radiation-aware Functional Safety in Online AI Accelerators. At GoMacTech 2023.
[52] Ayush Arunachalam, Kanad Basu. Detecting Radiation-aware Functional Safety Violation via Early Anomaly Detection. At GoMacTech 2023.
[51] Chao Lu, Utsav Banerjee, Kanad Basu. Design and Analysis of a Scalable and Efficient Quantum Circuit for LWE Matrix Arithmetic. IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2022.
[50] Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Detecting Functional Safety Violation in Online AI Accelerators. At IEEE International Symposium on On-Line Testing and Robust System Design (IOLTS), 2022.
[49] Ayush Arunachalam, Shamik Kundu, Fei Su, Suvadeep Banerjee, Robert Jin, Arnab Raha, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. Unsupervised Learning-based Early Anomaly Detection in AMS Circuits of Automotive SoCs. At International Test Conference (ITC), 2022.
[48] Shamik Kundu, Akul Malhotra, Arnab Raha, Sumeet Gupta, Kanad Basu. RIBoNN: Designing Robust In-Memory Binary Neural Network Accelerators. At International Test Conference (ITC), 2022.
[47] Chao Lu, Shamik Kundu, Abraham Peedikayil Kuruvila, Supriya Margabandhu Ravichandran, Kanad Basu. Design and Logic Synthesis of a Scalable, Efficient Quantum Number Theoretic Transform. At ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED), 2022.
[46] Ayush Arunachalam, Shamik Kundu, Fei Su, Suvadeep Banerjee, Robert Jin, Arnab Raha, Suriyaprakash Natarajan, Kanad Basu. A Novel Unsupervised Learning Framework for Early Anomaly Detection of AMS Circuits in Automotive SoCs. At TECHCON 2022.
[45] Ayush Arunachalam, Shamik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Kanad Basu. Fault Resilience of DNN Accelerators for Compressed Sensor Inputs. At ISVLSI 2022.
[44] Chao Lu, Ayush Arunachalam, Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu. Survey on Quantum Noise-Aware Machine Learning. At Dallas CAS 2022.
[43] X. Meng, M. Hassan, K. Basu, T. Hoque. A Semi-formal Information Flow Validation for Analyzing Secret Asset Propagation in COTS IC Integrated Systems. At Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2022.
[42] S. Kundu, S. Banerjee, A. Raha, Kanad Basu. Special Session: Effective In-field Testing of Deep Neural Network Hardware Accelerators. At VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2022.
[41] Ayush Arunachalam, S. Novia Berriel, Parag Banerjee, Kanad Basu. Machine Learning-enhanced Efficient Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Modeling. At AAAI Workshop on AI to Accelerate Science and Engineering (AI2ASE), 2022.
[40] Purab Ranjan Sutradhar, Kanad Basu, Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinakarrao, Amlan Ganguly. An Ultra-efficient Look-up Table based Programmable Processing in Memory Architecture for Data Encryption. At IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2022.
[39] Sudipta Seal, Udit Kumar, Corbin Feit, S. Novia Berriel, Ayush Arunachalam, Kanad Basu, Parag Banerjee. ALD deposited functional hetero-nano structured ceria films. At TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 2022.
[38] Abraham Kuruvila, Sayar Karmakar and Kanad Basu. Time Series-based Malware Detection using Hardware Performance Counters. At IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), 2021.
[37] Shamik Kundu, Kanad Basu, Mehdi Sadi, Twisha Titirsha, Shihao Song, Anup Das, Ujjwal Guin. Special Session: Reliability Analysis for ML/AI Hardware. At IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2021.
[36] Xingyu Meng, Kshitij Raj, Atul Prasad Deb Nath, Kanad Basu and Sandip Ray. SoCCAR: Detecting SoC Security Violations Under Asynchronous Resets. At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2021.
[35] Naimul Hassan, Alexander J. Edwards, Dhritiman Bhattacharya, Mustafa Munawar Shihab, Varun Venkat, Peng Zhou, Xuan Hu, Shamik Kundu, Abraham Peedikayil Kuruvila, Kanad Basu, Jayasimha Atulasimha, Yiorgos Makris and Joseph S. Friedman. Secure Logic Locking with Strain-Protected Nanomagnet Logic. At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2021.
[34] M Meraj Ahmed, Abhijitt Dhavlle, Naseef Mansoor, Purab Sutradhar, Sai Manoj P D, Kanad Basu and Amlan Ganguly. What Can a Remote Access Hardware Trojan do to a Network-on-Chip? At IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2021.
[33] Xingyu Meng, Rakibul Hassan, Sai Manoj PD and Kanad Basu. Can Overclocking Detect Hardware Trojans? At IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), 2021.
[32] Ayush Arunachalam, Shamik Kundu, Arnab Raha, Suvadeep Banerjee, Suriya Natarajan and Kanad Basu. HardCompress: A Novel Hardware-based Low Power Compression Scheme for DNN Accelerators. At International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2021.
[31] Ayesha Siddique, Kanad Basu and Khaza Anuarul Hoque. Exploring Fault-Energy Trade-offs in Approximate DNN Hardware Accelerators. At International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2021.
[30] Shamik Kundu, Xingyu Meng and Kanad Basu. Application of Machine Learning in Hardware Trojan Detection. At International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED), 2021.
[29] Pandy Kalimathy, Kanad Basu and Benjamin Carrion Schaefer. Efficient Hierarchical Post-Silicon Validation and Debug. At International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2021.
[28] Yug Pratap Singh, Abraham Kuruvila and Kanad Basu. Hardware-assisted Detection of Malware in Automotive-Based Systems. At Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2021.
[27] Abraham Kuruvila, Ayush Arunachalam and Kanad Basu. Benefits and Challenges of Utilizing Hardware Performance Counters for COPPA Violation Detection. At IEEE International Conference on PHYSICAL ASSURANCE and INSPECTION of ELECTRONICS (PAINE), 2020.
[26] M Meraj Ahmed, Abhijitt Dhavlle, Naseef Mansoor, Purab Sutradhar, Sai Manoj Pudukotai Dinakarrao, Kanad Basu and Amlan Ganguly. Defense against On-Chip Trojans Enabling Traffic Analysis Attacks. At ACM Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST), 2020.
[25] Shohidul Islam, Abraham Kuruvila, Kanad Basu and Khaled Khasawneh. ND-HMDs: Non-Differentiable Hardware Malware Detectors against Evasive Transient Execution Attacks. At IEEE International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD), 2020.
[24] Shamik Kundu, Ahmet SoyyiÄŸit, Khaza Hoque and Kanad Basu. High-level Modeling of Manufacturing Faults in Deep Neural Network Accelerators. At IEEE International Symposium on On-Line Testing and Robust System Design (IOLTS), 2020.
[23] Abraham Kuruvila, Shamik Kundu, and Kanad Basu. Analyzing the Efficiency of Machine Learning Classifiers in Hardware-based Malware Detectors. At IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), 2020.
[22] Jiafeng Xie, Kanad Basu, Kris Gaj and Ujjwal Guin. Special Session: The Recent Advance in Hardware Implementation of Post-Quantum Cryptography. At VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2020.
[21] Aditya Rohan, Kanad Basu, and Ramesh Karri. Can Monitoring System State + Instruction Sequences aid Malware Detection? At IEEE Asian Test Symposium (ATS), 2019.
[20] Deepraj Soni, Kanad Basu, Mohammed Nabeel, and Ramesh Karri. A Hardware Evaluation Study of NIST Post-Quantum Cryptographic Signature schemes. At NIST PQC Standardization Conference, 2019.
[19] Kanad Basu, Rana Elnaggar, Krishnendu Chakrabarty, and Ramesh Karri. Preempt: PReempting malware by Examining Embedded Processor Traces. At ACM/IEEE Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2019.
[18] Chistian Pilato, Kanad Basu, Mohammed Shayan, Francesco Regazzoni and Ramesh Karri. High-Level Synthesis of Benevolent Hardware Trojans for IP Watermarking. At Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference (DATE), 2019.
[17] Sidhartha Sankar Rout, Kanad Basu and Sujay Deb. Efficient Post-Silicon Validation of Network-on-Chip using Wireless Links. IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2019.
[16] Jeff Zhang, Tianyu Gu, Kanad Basu and Siddharth Garg. Analyzing and mitigating the impact of permanent faults on a systolic array based neural network accelerator. IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2018.
[15] Binod Kumar, Kanad Basu and Virendra Singh. A Technique for Electrical Error Localization with Learning Methods During Post-silicon Debugging. IEEE International Conference on Green and Sustainable Computing (IGSCC), 2018.
[14] Sourav Das, Kanad Basu, Janardhan Rao Doppa, Partha Pratim Pande, Ramesh Karri, Krishnendu Chakrabarty. Abetting Planned Obsolescence by Aging 3D Networks-on-Chip. IEEE International Symposium on Network on Chips (NOCS), 2018.
[13] Ankit Jindal, Binod Kumar, Kanad Basu, and Masahiro Fujita. ELURA: A Methodology for Post-silicon Gate-level Error Localization using Regression Analysis. IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2018.
[12] Binod Kumar, Kanad Basu, Masahiro Fujita and Virendra Singh. RTL Level Trace Signal Selection and Coverage Estimation During Post-Silicon Validation. IEEE International High Level Design Validation and Test Workshop (HLDVT), 2017.
[11] Binod Kumar, Kanad Basu, Ankit Jindal, Masahiro Fujita, and Virendra Singh. Improving post-silicon error detection with topological selection of trace signals. IEEE/IFIP International Conference on on Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), 2017.
[10] Kanad Basu, Rishi Kumar, Santosh Kulkarni and Rohit Kapoor. Deterministic Shift Power Reduction in Test Compression. IEEE International Symopsium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT), 2017.
[9] Binod Kumar, Kanad Basu, Ankit Jindal, Brajesh Pandey and Masahiro Fujita. A Formal Perspective on Effective Post-Silicon Debug and Trace Signal Selection. IEEE International Symopsium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT), 2017.
[8] Subhadip Kundu, Kanad Basu and Rohit Kapur. Observation-Point identification based on Signal Selection Methods for improving Diagnostic Resolution. International Test Conference – India (ITC-India), 2017.
[7] Kanad Basu, Prabhat Mishra, Priyadarsan Patra, Amir Nahir, Allon Adir. Dynamic Selection of Trace Signals for Post-Silicon Debug. International Workshop on Microprocessor Test and Verification (MTV), 2013.
[6] Kanad Basu, Prabhat Mishra and Priyadarsan Patra. Observability-aware Directed Test Generation for Soft Errors and Crosstalk Faults. IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2013.
[5] Kanad Basu, Prabhat Mishra and Priyadarsan Patra. Constrained Signal Selection for Post Silicon Validation. IEEE International High Level Design, Validation and Test Workshop (HLDVT), 2012.
[4] Kanad Basu, Prabhat Mishra and Priyadarsan Patra. Efficient Combination of Trace and Scan Signals for Post-Silicon Validation and Debug. IEEE International Test Conference (ITC), 2011.
[3] Kanad Basu and Prabhat Mishra. Efficient Trace Data Compression using Statically Selected Dictionary. IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2011.
[2] Kanad Basu and Prabhat Mishra. Efficient Trace Signal Selection for Post Silicon Validation and Debug. International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID), 2011 (Best Paper Award).
[1] Kanad Basu and Prabhat Mishra. A Novel Test-Data Compression Technique using Application-Aware Bitmask and Dictionary Selection Methods. ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), 2008.
Patents
[2] Kanad Basu, Raghu Gaurav Gopalakrishnasetty and Hari Krishnan Rajeev. Automatic test pattern generation (ATPG) considering crosstalk effects. US9218447B2
[1] Prabhat Mishra, Seok-won Seong, Kanad Basu, Weixun Wang, Xiaoke Qin. Bitmaksk-based Code Compression Technique and Decompression Mechanism. Provisional Patent UF 12654, 2007.
Students
PhD Students (At RPI)
- Mr. Samit Miftah, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
Publications: HOST 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, ACM GLSVLSI 2024, DAC 2025, VTS 2025, MICRO 2025.
Mr. Navnil Choudhury, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: GLSVLSI 2023, HOST 2024, ISQED 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE TVLSI 2024, IEEE ISVLSI 2024, IEEE QCE 2024, IEEE CAL 2024, NDSS 2025, GoMACTECH 2025, DAC 2025, QCE 2025.Mr. Hanpei Liu, Fall 2025 - present
Research Area: AI Hardware
Publications: TBD.
PhD Students (At UTD)
- Ms. Amisha Srivastava, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
Publications: GoMACTECH 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, ISVLSI 2023, VLSID 2024, DAC 2024, IEEE TVLSI 2024, ACM GLSVLSI 2024, GoMACTECH 2025, VTS 2025.
- Mr. Sanjay Das, Fall 2022 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: MWSCAS 2023, ITC 2023, VTS 2024, HOST 2024 (2 papers), DAC 2024 (2 papers), IEEE TVLSI 2024, IEEE ISVLSI 2024, TMLR 2024, NDSS 2025, VLSID 2025, RWS 2025, GoMACTECH 2025, DAC 2025, COINS 2025.
- Mr. Anand Menon, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: ISVLSI 2023, VTS 2024, GoMACTECH 2025, DAC 2025, VTS 2025.
Awards: McDermott Fellowship
- Mr. Ameya Bhave, Fall 2024 - present
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: DAC 2025.
- Mr. Swastik Bhattacharya, Fall 2024 - present
Research Area: AI Hardware
Publications: DAC 2025.
- Mr. Pandy Kalimuthu, Jointly with Prof. Benjamin Schaefer
Research Area: Post-Silicon Validation
Publications: VLSID 2021
MS Students
- Ms. Pranavi Somishetti, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Muskan Porwal, Spring 2025 - present
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Rahil Jain, Spring 2025 – present
Research Area: Probabilistic Computing
Undergraduate Researchers
- Mr. Jonathan Edward Lee, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Omar Abiola Abioye, Spring 2024 - present
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Afreen Fatimah Khazi-Syed
Research Area: Functional Safety
Lab Alumni
PhD Students
- Dr. Abraham Kuruvila, Fall 2019 - Fall 2021
Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector, Post-Quantum Cryptography
Publications: ISVLSI 2020, ICCD 2020, IEEE TCAD 2021, PAINE 2020, DATE 2021, DAC 2021, Elsevier JEPE 2021, ACM JETC 2021 (CODES+ISSS 2021), IEEE TCAS II 2021, IEEE HOST 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems Journal, 2022, ISLPED 2022, Elsevier Energy Reports 2022, VLSID 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024.
First Position: Samsung, Plano, TX
- Dr. Ayush Arunachalam, Fall 2020 - Summer 2023
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: PAINE 2020, ISQED 2021, TMS Annual Meeting 2022, JVSTA 2021, JVSTA 2022, AAAI 2022, TECHCON 2022, DCAS 2022, ITC 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022, GoMacTech 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, Techcon 2023, ITC 2023, JVSTA 2023, DAC 2024.
First Position: NXP Semiconductors, Austin, TX
- Dr. Xingyu Meng, Spring 2020 - Fall 2023
Research Area: Hardware Security
Publications: ISQED 2021, ISCAS 2021, DAC 2021, IEEE TCAD 2021, IEEE JETCAS 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, GLSVLSI 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022, GoMacTech 2023, IEEE TCAD 2023, IEEE ISQED 2024, ACM/IEEE DAC 2024.
First Position: Startup
- Dr. Shamik Kundu, Fall 2019 - Spring 2024
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: IOLTS 2020, ISVLSI 2020, IEEE TCAD 2021, IEEE TVLSI 2021, ISQED 2021 (2 publications), ACS Nano 2021, DAC 2021, IEEE TCAD 2021, VTS 2021, IEEE TCAD 2022, VTS 2022, ISVLSI 2022, TECHCON 2022, DCAS 2022, ISLPED 2022, ITC 2022 (2 papers), IEEE D&T 2022, IOLTS 2022, IEEE TCAD 2022 (2 publications), ACS Applied Nano Materials 2022, GoMacTech 2023, IEEE TC 2023, Techcon 2023, IEEE ISVLSI 2023, IEEE MWSCAS 2023, IEEE TCAD 2023, IEEE HOST 2024 (3 papers), VTS 2024, ISQED 2024 (2 papers), DAC 2024 (2 papers), IEEE ISVLSI 2024, TMLR 2024, RWS 2025, COINS 2025.
First Position: Intel Labs
- Dr. Chao Lu, Fall 2021 - Summer 2024
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: DCAS 2022, ISLPED 2022, ICCD 2022, GoMACTECH 2023, DATE 2023, GLSVLSI 2023, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE TCAD 2024, IEEE QCE 2024, IEEE CAL 2024.
First Position: Oak Ridge National Lab
Graduate Researchers
- Mr. Irfan Yakub, Spring 2023 - Summer 2023
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Felix Perez, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Ms. Srividya Gopala Reddy, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Monikka Rajan, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Ramyasree Manjunath, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Supriya Ravichandran, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
Publications: ISLPED 2022.
- Ms. Aiswarya Lakshmi KP, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Athulya Kizhakkayil, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Guangwei Zhao, (Fall 2020)
Publications: ACS Nano 2021
- Mr. Soumyadeep Chowdhury, (Spring 2020)
Undergraduate Researchers
- Ms. Shrutighna Chandupatla, (Summer 2024)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Mr. Gabriel Sonnenschein, (Summer 2024)
Research Area: LLM-based Hardware Verification
- Mr. Kai-Yuan Chiu, (Summer 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Afreen Fatimah Khazi-Syed, (Spring-Summer 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Jonathan Edward Lee, (Spring 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Omar Abiola Abioye, (Spring 2024)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Mr. Ian Kintz, (Fall 2022 - Summer 2023)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Amartya Soham Sanyal, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Mollik Shafin Rahman, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Mr. Xavier Hernandez, (Spring 2022)
Research Area: Quantum Computing
- Ms. Britanny Hernandez, (Fall 2020-Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Bishal Neupane, (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Research Area: Security of Deep Learning architecture
- Mr. Rami Mohammed Ismael, (Fall 2021-Spring 2022)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Anand Menon, (Fall 2022)
Research Area: Hardware Security
- Ms. Samiha Sharif, (Summer 2020)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Mr. Yug Pratap Singh, (Summer-Fall 2020)
Research Area: Functional Safety
Publications: DATE 2021
- Ms. Keerthana Yoginathan, (Summer 2020)
Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector
- Ms. Mythri Challa, (Summer 2020)
Research Area: Hardware-based Malware Detector
- Ms. Brittany Hernandez, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Logic Encryption - Mr. Gabriel Goldstein, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Mobile App Privacy - Ms. Gabrielle Siobhan Duncan, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Mobile App Privacy - Mr. Edgard Do Amaral Pinheiro, (Summer-Fall 2021)
Research Area: Power Systems Security
- Mr. Jason C Uwaeze, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Functional Safety
- Ms. Priyanka Ganeshan, (Fall 2021)
Research Area: Processor-in-Memory Architecture
High-School Students
Through UTD WISE program
- Mr. Yahir Trejo, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
- Mr. Cameron Trevino, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
- Ms. Ruthie Schmiel, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
- Ms. Thalia Gonzalez, (Fall 2023 – Spring 2024)
Research Area: Hacking VR devices
- Ms. Brianna Jimenez, (Fall 2020)
- Ms. Vanessa Vasquez, (Fall 2020)
- Mr. Rohan Cherukuru, (Fall 2020)
Research Area: Mobile App Privacy
Through UTD Quantum Summer Camp
- Mr. Arpeet Nandi, (Summer 2024)
- Mr. Reshabh Chakrabarty, (Summer 2024)
- Ms. Saindhavi Hariharan, (Summer 2024)
- Ms. Lakshmi Siri Apalaneni, (Summer 2024)
- Mr. Manjit Mungara, (Summer 2024)
- Mr. Kedar Bulusu, (Summer 2023)
- Mr. Aryan Kondapally, (Summer 2023)
- Mr. Yash Patel, (Summer 2023)
Recent News
- 07/25: Paper titled "SymbFuzz: Symbolic Execution Guided Hardware Fuzzing" has been accepted for publication at IEEE/ACM International Conference on Microarchitecture (MICRO), 2025.
- 07/25: Team from the TIES lab won the second prize at HACK@DAC 2025
- 07/25: Paper titled "Task Division of Quantum Circuits using ZX-calculus" has been accepted for publication at IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE25).
- 07/25: Paper titled "Probing Model Robustness: Evolutionary Bit-Flip Attacks on Transformers vs. State Space Models" has been accepted for publication at SRC Techcon.
- 06/25: Paper titled “Hardware-Enabled Mechanisms for Verifying Responsible AI Development” has been accepted for publication at ICML 2025 Workshop Technical AI Governance Workshop
- 06/25: Paper titled “CONCEAL: Covert NoC Exploitation in In-Memory Computing-based DNN Accelerators” has been accepted for publication at IEEE COINS 2025
- 06/25: Dr. Basu is serving as the Technical Committee Member for IEEE DATE 2026 and IEEE Quantum Week 2026
- 05/25: Paper titled “Enhancing AMS Circuit Reliability: An Anomaly Dataset for Functional Safety Research in Automotive SoCs” has been accepted for publication at ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, 2025
- 05/25: Paper titled “Quantum Leak: Timing Side-Channel Attacks on Cloud-Based Quantum Services” has been accepted for publication at ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI, 2025
- 04/25: Dr. Basu is honored with Fellow, Eugene McDermott Distinguished Professor. Thanks UTD!!
- 04/25: Paper titled “OpenAssert: Towards Secure Assertion Generation using Large Language Models” has been accepted for publication at IEEE VLSI Test Symposium 2025.
- 03/25: Paper titled “Verification of Neural Network Robustness Against Weight Perturbations Using Star Sets” has been accepted for publication at CAI 2025
- 02/25: The TIES lab has won the NSF CAREER Award!
- 02/25: Paper titled “InterConFuzz: A Fuzzing-based Comprehensive NoC Verification Framework” has been accepted for publication at DAC 2025
- 02/25: Paper titled “ZXNet: ZX Calculus-Driven Graph Neural Network Framework for Quantum Circuit Equivalence Checking” has been accepted for publication at DAC 2025
- 02/25: Paper titled “Machine Learning-Driven STL Generation for Enhancing Functional Safety of E/E Systems” has been accepted for publication at DAC 2025
- 01/25: Dr. Basu is serving as the TPC member for IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust and ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Low Power Electronics and Design 2025
- 01/25: Dr. Basu is serving as the Hardware Hacking Chair for IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust
- 12/24: Paper titled “Selective Radiation Hardening for Edge AI Systems: Identifying and Protecting Critical Bits” has been accepted for publication at GoMacTech 2025
- 12/24: Paper titled “Scalable Error Detection and Verification for Enhanced Quantum Computing” has been accepted for publication at GoMacTech 2025
- 12/24: Paper titled “Securing Cryptographic Hardware: Detecting and Mitigating Power Side-Channel Attacks” has been accepted for publication at GoMacTech 2025
- 12/24: Paper titled “AssertGen: Towards Secure Assertion Generation using Large Language Model” has been accepted for publication at GoMacTech 2025
- 10/24: Paper titled “Toward Functional Safety of Systolic Array-Based Deep Learning Hardware Accelerators” has been included at IEEE Top Picks in VLSI Test and Reliability
- 09/24: Paper titled “Crosstalk-induced Side Channel Threats in Multi-Tenant NISQ Computers” has been accepted for publication at Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS)
- 09/24: Paper titled “Quantum Assertion Scheme for Assuring Qudit Robustness” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Computer Architecture Letters (CAL)
- 09/24: Paper titled “Efficient Explainable Boosting Machine for RF Active Metasurface Array Synthesis” has been accepted for publication at IEEE Radio Wireless Week(RWW) 2025
07/24: Paper titled “QuaSi: A Scalable and Reliable Quantum Simulation-based Equivalence Checking Framework” has been accepted for publication at IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE24)