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Honors/Awards for the Researchers of Nanoscape Lab

2025

  • Best Paper Nomination, 7th ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Machine Learning for CAD (MLCAD)
  • Best Paper Runner-up Award, 9th IEEE International Conference on Smart Internet of Things (SmartIoT)
  • HACK@DAC 2025, First Place, Hack the Silicon challenge (The World’s Largest Hardware Security Capture the Flag Competition), Dr. Bhunia served as the Faculty Advisor for the UF Student Team consisting of Sudipta Paria and Aritra Dasgupta
  • Graduate student Sudipta Paria, ECE Graduate Research Excellence Award, HWCOE, University of Florida
  • Graduate student Rohan Reddy Kalavakonda, Attributes of a Gator Engineer Award, HWCOE, University of Florida
  • Undergraduate Student Tianjun Wang, ECE Undergraduate Research Excellence Award, HWCOE, University of Florida
  • HACK@CHES 2025, Second Place, Hack the Silicon challenge (The World’s Largest Hardware Security Capture the Flag Competition), Dr. Bhunia served as the Faculty Advisor for the UF Student Team consisting of Sudipta Paria and Aritra Dasgupta
  • Asia-Pacific Artificial Intelligence Association (AAIA) Fellow for Dr. Bhunia

2024

  • Best Paper Nomination in IEEE Asian Test Symposium (ATS) 
  • University of Florida Research Foundation (UFRF) Professorship Award for Dr. Bhunia
  • HACK@DAC 2024, First Place, Hack the Silicon challenge (The World’s Largest Hardware Security Capture the Flag Competition), Dr. Bhunia served as the Faculty Advisor for the UF Student Team consisting of Sudipta Paria, Atri Chatterjee, and Aritra Dasgupta
  • Graduate student Aritra Dasgupta received the Best Poster Award (3rd Place) at the Center for Secure Microelectronics Ecosystem (CSME), Purdue University, 3rd Annual Review Meeting

2023

  • IEEE Fellow Elevation for Dr. Bhunia
  • IEEE Hardware Oriented Security and Test (HOST) Hall of Fame Induction for Dr. Bhunia

2022

  • Graduate student Prabuddha Chakraborty received the TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award, First Place
  • University of Florida (UF) 2022 Innovator of the Year Award for Dr. Bhunia
  • HWCOE Doctoral Dissertation Advisor/Mentoring Award for Dr. Bhunia
  • University of Florida (UF) ECE Department Staff Choice Award for Faculty for Dr. Bhunia

2021

  • Top Picks in Hardware and Embedded Security, IEEE Council of Electronic Design  Automation (CEDA) / Hardware Security and Trust Technical Committee (HSTTC)

2020

  • Best Paper Award, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine (CEM)
  • Best Poster Award, International Conference on Security, Privacy, and Applied Cryptography Engineering (SPACE)
  • IEEE Computer Society Distinguished Visitor (DV) Program, January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2022, for Dr. Bhunia

2019

  • Term Professorship for Three-year Period, University of Florida, Aug 1, 2019 – July 31, 2022, for Dr. Bhunia
  • Best Hardware Demo Award (First Place, out of 31 demos), IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)

2018

  • Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Innovation, for Dr. Bhunia
  • Research Promotion Initiative Award, University Relations, University of Florida, for Dr. Bhunia
  • Research Excellence Award, Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Florida, for Dr. Bhunia
  • Best Paper Award, ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (TODAES)
  • Best Hardware Demo Award (Third Place, out of 24 demos), IEEE Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
  • Best Poster Award (First Place), 2nd Workshop on Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE), 2018, co-located with IEEE HOST Symposium
  • IEEE-CS TCVLSI Distinguished Research Award for Dr. Bhunia for “contributions to VLSI design and test/validation, including innovative algorithms, architecture, circuit design methodologies and automation tools for low-power and secure electronic hardware.”
  • Graduate student Tamzidul Hoque received ECE Graduate Student Research Excellence Award

2017

  • Distinguished Speaker of the ACM (Aug 2017 – Aug 2020) for Dr. Bhunia
  • IEEE TTTC Service Award for Dr. Bhunia
  • Selection of co-authored paper in 21st Annual Best of Computing, Notable Books & Articles by ACM and ThinkLoud
  • Graduate student Sumaiya Shomaji wins the Best Poster Award (2nd place) in the 1st Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE)

2016

  • Best Paper Award, The IEEE 2016 Circuits and Systems Conference (BioCAS)
  • Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) Fellowship, India for Dr. Bhunia
  • Graduate student Robert Karam receives the NSF young professional award at IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Annual Conference (EMBC)
  • Graduate student Robert Karam receives the Gator Engineer Award for Professional Excellence

2013

  • Excellence in Research Award, EECS Department, Case Western Reserve University, for Dr. Bhunia
  • IBM Faculty Award, for Dr. Bhunia
  • Appointment for T. and A. Schroeder Chair Professorship in Computer Science and Engineering for Dr. Bhunia
  • Graduate student Abhishek Basak and Vaishnavi Ranganathan win the Best Student Paper Award (2nd Place) in IEEE EMBS Special Topic Conference on Point-of-Care Healthcare Tech. (PoCHT)

2012

  • Best Paper Award, 25th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID)
  • Graduate student Somnath Paul receives the EDAA Outstanding Dissertation Award from the European Design Automation Association
  • High School student Tatini Mal-Sarkar wins the Best Student Paper Award (Sponsored by Intel Corporation) in 25th IEEE International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI & Nanotechnology Systems (DFTS)

2011

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Development (CAREER) Award for Dr. Bhunia
  • Mike Mesarovic Award for Extraordinary Impact, EECS, Case Western Reserve University for Dr. Bhunia
  • Graduate student Somnath Paul earns the Ruth Barber Moon Award, from the Case School of Graduate Studies for excellence in academic promise and leadership quality

2010

  • Best Paper Nomination, IEEE Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (HOST)
  • Graduate student Somnath Paul thesis topic selected Semi-finalist in ACM Student Research Competition at 47th Design Automation Conference (DAC)

2009

  • Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Inventor Recognition Award for Dr. Bhunia
  • Graduate student Rajat Subhra Chakraborty earns the Ruth Barber Moon Award, from the Case School of Graduate Studies for excellence in academic promise and leadership quality

2008

  • Graduate student Seetharam Narasimhan earns the Ruth Barber Moon Award, from the Case School of Graduate Studies for excellence in academic promise and leadership quality

2006

  • Best Paper Nomination in Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conf. (ASP-DAC)

2005

  • Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) Technical Excellence Award (as a team member) for Dr. Bhunia
  • E.J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award by Test Technology Technical Council (TTTC), 3rd place for Dr. Bhunia

2004

  • Best Paper Award in International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD)

2003

  • Best Paper Award in Latin American Test Workshop (LATW)

Other Student Awards/Accomplishments

  • Graduate student Habibur Rahman won the IoT Innovator Award for his demo, sponsored by UF Innovate, at the 3rd Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference, Dec 4-5, Gainesville, FL.
  • Graduate student Rohan Reddy Kalavakonda and undergraduate student Jeremiah Hidayat won the Best Demo Award, second place at the 3rd Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference, Dec 4-5, Gainesville, FL.
  • Graduate student Archit Jaiswal receives the 62nd DAC Richard Newton Young Fellow Award, June 2025.
  • Graduate student Sudipta Paria received the Best Demo Award (Honorable Mention) at the Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference, University of Florida, 2024
  • Graduate student Shuo Yang wins Best Hardware Demo Award for his demo on HaHa Board for hardware security education, in 4thFICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2019
  • Graduate student Tamzidul Hoque wins Best Hardware Demo Award for his demo on IP Trust Verification Using Machine Learning, in 4thFICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2019
  • Graduate students Prabuddha Chakraborty and Jonathan Cruz win Best Poster Award for their poster on Machine Learning based Attacks on Obfuscat, in 4thFICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2019
  • Graduate student Tamzidul Hoque selected as Semi-finalist in TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Doctoral Thesis Competition, April 2019
  • Three hardware demos by graduate students in Nanoscape (Tamzidul Hoque, Naren Masna, Prabuddha Chakraborty, Jonathan Cruz, and Shuo Yang) are selected for presentation in IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), Washington DC, USA, May 6 – May 10, 2019.
  • Three hardware demos by graduate students in Nanoscape (Tamzidul Hoque, Naren Masna, Fengchao Zhang, Jason Vosatka, Jonathan Cruz, and Shuo Yang) are selected for presentation in IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), Washington DC, USA, April 30 – May 4, 2018.
  • Graduate students Tamzidul Hoque and Shuo Yang win Best Demo Award for their demo on Golden-free Trojan Detection Using Self-Referencing, in 3rd FICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2018
  • Graduate student Atul Prasad Debnath win Best Poster Award for his poster on Patchable Hardware, in 3rd FICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2018
  • Graduate student Robert Karam selected as Semi-finalist in TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Competition, April 2017
  • Graduate students Shuo Yang and Jason Vosatka win Best Demo Award for their demo on Hardware Hacking Student Education Platform (HaHa SEP), in 2nd FICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2017
  • Graduate student Tamzidul Hoque wins Best Demo Award for their demo on Self-referencing based hardware Trojan detection, in 2nd FICS Annual Conference, Gainesville, Florida, March 2017.
  • Graduate student Robert Karam’s paper is selected for presentation in SIGDA Student Research Forum at ASP-DAC 2017 (SRF ASP-DAC 2017), January 2017
  • Graduate student Kai Yang receives the 53rd DAC Richard Newton Young Fellow Award, June 2016
  • Graduate student Abhishek Basak selected as Semi-finalist in TTTC’s E. J. McCluskey Doctoral Thesis Competition, April 2015
  • Graduate students Abhishek Basak, Fengchao Zhang, and Vida Pashaei selected for participation in the final round of competition, in Embedded Systems Challenge (ESC) in NYU-Poly Cyber Security Awareness Week, 2014.
  • Team of graduate students (Andrew Hennessey, Fengchao Zhang, and Yu Zheng) enters into the final round of CSI CyberSEED week Hardware Challenge, U. of Connecticut (UCONN), 2014
  • Undergraduate students Patrick Landis and Schuyler Thomson are awarded the Best Senior Project in the department of EECS, Spring 2013
  • Graduate students Yu Zheng and Abhishek Basak receive honorable mention in the final round of competition, in Embedded Systems Challenge (ESC) in NYU-Poly Cyber Security Awareness Week, 2013
  • Graduate student Abhishek Basak is selected Student Paper Competition (SPC) Finalist in 34th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2012
  • Graduate student Vaishnavi Ranganathan and Anandaroop Ghosh receive the Young Student Fellowship (YSSP) in Design Automation Conference (DAC), May 2012
  • Graduate students Xinmu Wang, Aswin Krishna, and Seetharam Narasimhan win the Third Prize in the NYU-Poly CSAW Hardware Trojan Design Challenge [7th Annual CSAW Challenge], 2010
  • Graduate student Rajat Subhra Chakraborty selected Semi-finalist in the TTTC E. J. McCluskey Best Doctoral Thesis Award contest, held at the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS), 2010
  • Graduate student Seetharam Narasimhan’s PHD Topic selected in Design Automation Conference (DAC) PhD forum, 2010
  • Graduate student Xinmu Wang receives the Young Student Fellowship (YSSP) in Design Automation Conference (DAC), 2010
  • Graduate student Seetharam Narasimhan selected as Student Paper Competition (SPC) Finalist in the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), 2009