Research Interests
- Secure Execution Environment
- Trustworthy cloud, enclaves
- Side channels (microarchitecture, timing, caches, etc.)
- Memory encryption and integrity verification
- Computer Architecture
- Parallel and multicore architecture
- Memory hierarchy and memory systems
- Persistent memory
Professional Activities
- Program Chair, IEEE Intl. Symp. on High Performance Computer Architecture (HPCA), 2020.
- General Co-Chair, IEEE Intl. Symp. on Workload Characterization (IISWC), 2019.
- Steering Committee Chair, IISWC.
- NSF Program Director, 2015-2018
- Notable Presentations
- Keynote Presentation at ISLVLSI 2019
- ECE Distinguished Lecture, GWU, 2019
- Keynote Presentation at Future Digital Finance, 2019
- Cadence Distignuished Speaker, 2018
- Keynote Presentation at ICCD 2017
- Keynote Presentation at IEEE SmartCloud 2017
- GWU ECE Advisory Board member, 2018 – present
Honors & Awards
- ACM Distinguished Speaker (2019-2022)
- ISCA Hall of Fame (2018)
- HPCA Hall of Fame (2011)
- IEEE Fellow (2017)
- MICRO Best Paper Runner-Up (2017)
- Outstanding mentoring of young faculty (2016)
- “Thank a Teacher” recipient (F2013, S2014, F2014, F2015)
- ISPASS Best Paper Finalist (2013)
- IPDPS Best Paper Finalist (2012)
- IEEE Micro Top Picks (2011)
- IBM Faculty Partnership Award (2010, 2005)
- Waseda GCOE Visiting Professor (2008)
- HPCA Best Paper Finalist (2005)
- NSF CAREER Award (2004)