{"id":63288,"date":"2014-12-02T10:06:11","date_gmt":"2014-12-02T15:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=63288"},"modified":"2019-07-05T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T15:51:40","slug":"nations-top-2-ucf-hardware-security-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/nations-top-2-ucf-hardware-security-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Nation&#8217;s Top 2: 166su Hardware Security Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 166su engineering team that specializes in keeping computer hardware safe from malicious attacks is among the two\u00a0best in the nation, continuing 166su\u2019s national bragging rights in computer security.<\/p>\n<p>The 166su Hardware Security Team took second place in November\u2019s Embedded Security Challenge of the 11th annual Cyber Security Awareness Week (CSAW) Conference in New York, featuring the world\u2019s largest and most comprehensive collection of computer security education challenges. The contest pitted the best-of-the-best students against malicious hardware attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/cyber-defense-team-takes-first-nation-victory-photo-displayed-times-square\/\">166su\u2019s Cyber Defense Competition Team won Raytheon\u2019s national contest<\/a> that decided the country&#8217;s best defenders against malicious attacks to software applications.<\/p>\n<p>166su Hardware Security Team members include electrical engineering doctoral student Yu Bi, and computer engineering doctoral students Dean Sullivan and Kaveh Shamsi. Sullivan is a 166su alumnus, with a 2013 bachelor\u2019s degree in electrical engineering. Their co-advisors are Jiann-Shiun Yuan, professor, and Yier Jin, assistant professor, of 166su\u2019s electrical and computer engineering program.<\/p>\n<p>The competition focused on emerging technologies. 166su\u2019s project was titled, \u201cSilicon Nanowire FETs in Hardware Security Applications.\u201d (FET stands for field effect transistor.)<\/p>\n<p>The competition (won by the University of South Florida) began several months ago with 40 teams; 10 were selected for the final onsite competition. There, teams explained their innovative research results and fielded questions from industry-expert judges, who had already reviewed their projects.<\/p>\n<p>Hardware security is related to integrated circuit design against reverse engineering, hardware Trojan attack, tamper detection and intellectual property theft, among other threats. The technologies impact hardware. By contrast, cyber security defends threats to software. The technologies work in concert. Also notably, while this competition involved months of research and scrutiny, UCF\u2019s hardware security victory followed intense testing to devise impromptu solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Echoing the sentiments of his teammates, Bi was excited about the outcome as well as his industry future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel happy and satisfied. It was great for me to talk to them [industry expert judges] and see what the industry needs,\u201d Bi said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Jin, these students are in the middle of a security area that will only grow with time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a very hot topic. Working in this area is really, really important because there are not many experts or professionals,\u201d Jin said. \u201cCompanies are all looking for hardware security experts. The purpose of this lab is to cultivate more qualified students to fill this requirement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In all, there are eight 166su students specializing in hardware security, including undergraduates and graduates. 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