Leadership Activities
In this page we list the leadership roles and responsibilities taken by the students, postdocs and faculty members of the Nanoscape Lab.
Students/Postdocs Becoming Faculty Member
| Peyman Deghazadeh, PhD, 2024 | Florida Institute of Technology, Aug 2025 |
| Rasheed Almawazan, PhD 2024 | Price Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia, Jan 2025 |
| Patanjali SLPSK, Postdoc, 2020-2023 | Augusta University, May 2025 |
| Krishnendu Guha, Postdoc 2020-2022 | University College Cork, Ireland, Jan 2023 |
| Prabuddha Chakraborty, PhD 2022 | University of Maine, Aug 2022 |
| Sumaiya Shomaji, PhD 2021 | University of Kansas, Aug 2022 |
| Abdulrahman Alaql, PhD 2020 | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Jan 2021 |
| Tamzidul Hoque, PhD 2020 | University of Kansas, Aug 2020 |
| Robert Karam, PhD 2017 | University of South Florida, Aug 2017 |
| Xinmu Wang, PhD 2013 | Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xian, China, Aug 2016 |
| Rajat Subhra Chakraborty, PhD 2010 | Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India, Aug 2010 |
Professional Organization Foundation (Dr. Bhunia)
| Co-Founder, IEEE Intelligent Edge Computing (ICEdge) Conference | February, 2025 |
| Co-Founder, CADforAssurance Initiative (https://cadforassurance.org/), an academic dissemination effort for hardware assurance research artifacts, Sponsored by IEEE CEDA/HSTTC | October, 2020 |
| Co-Founder, Warren B. Nelms Annual IoT Conference, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL | December, 2019 |
| Founder and Faculty Advisor, IoT Students Club, Student Organization affiliated with the University of Florida | August, 2019 |
| Co-Founder, Journal on Hardware and System Security (HASS), Springer | April, 2016 |
| Co-Founder, Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE) | January, 2017 |
| Co-Founder,IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST) | March, 2016 |
| Education Director, Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) Research | January 2016 |
| Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member, Women in IoT (WIT) Workshop | October 2020 |
Editorial Activities (Dr. Bhunia)
| Co-Editor-in-Chief (EIC) for the Springer Journal on Hardware and System Security (HASS) | 2016-present |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT-J) | 2019-2024 |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE Design & Test (D&T) for Computers Magazine | 2024-present |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE Design & Test (D&T) for Computers Magazine, Tutorials Department | 2017-2013 |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems (TMSCS) | 2015-2018 |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the Springer Journal of Electronic Testing: Theory and Applications (JETT) | 2015-present |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE) | 2009-present |
| Associate Editor (AE) for the IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (TCAD) | 2014-2017 |
| Associate Editor (AE) for ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) | 2010-2016 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Design & Test Magazine, on Post-Quantum Cryptography | Oct 2024 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems(TCAD) Special Issue on “Hardware Oriented Security and Trust: Threats, Countermeasures and Design Tools” | Nov 2019 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) “Next generation computing and memory system using emerging devices” | Aug 2019 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems (TVLSI) “Machine Intelligence for Security and Privacy Analytics” | Aug 2019 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Computer Magazine (Computer) Special Issue on “Supply Chain Security for Cyber-Infrastructure” | Aug 2016 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC) Special Issue on “Security of Beyond CMOS Devices: Issues and Opportunities” | Sept 2016 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Trans. on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits (TCAD) and SystemsSpecial Issue on “Hardware Security and Trust” | June 2015 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS) Special Issue on “Computing in Emerging Technologies (Second Issue)” | March 2015 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected Topics in Circuits and Systems (JETCAS) Special Issue on “Computing in Emerging Technologies (First Issue)” | Dec 2014 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Design & Test of Computers (D&T) Special Issue on “Trusted System Design with Untrusted Components” | March 2013 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems (JETC) Special Issue on “Implantable Electronics” | June 2012 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE)Special Issue on “Low-Power Track papers in International Conference of VLSI Design” | Oct 2010 |
| Guest Editor (GE) for IEEE Design & Test of Computers (D&T) Special Issue on “Post-Silicon Calibration and Repair” | Nov 2010 |
Conference Organizing Leadership (Dr. Bhunia)
| Co-Program Chair, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Kolkata, India | 2026 |
| Co-General Chair, 2nd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Systems at the Edge (ICEdge) Conference | 2026 |
| Co-General Chair, 3rd Annual Warren B. Nelms IoT Conference | 2025 |
| Co-General Chair, 1st IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Systems at the Edge (ICEdge) Conference | 2025 |
| Co-General Chair, 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Internet of Things (AIIoT-25) | 2025 |
| Co-General Chair, 2nd Annual Warren B. Nelms IoT Conference | 2024 |
| Co-Program Chair, ESWEEK CASES (International Conference on Compilers, Architectures, and Synthesis for Embedded Systems) | 2023 |
| Co-Program Chair, VLSI Design and Embedded Systems (VLSI-D) | 2023 |
| Co-General Chair, 3rd Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE) | 2020 |
| Steering Committee Member, IEEE Int. Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2017-present |
| Steering Committee Member, IEEE Workshop on Physical Attacks and Inspection on Electronics (PAINE) | 2018 – 2019 |
| Co-General Chair, 1st Annual Warren B. Nelms IoT Conference | 2024 |
| Co-Program Chair, 4th IEEE International Verification and Security Workshop (IVSW) | 2019 |
| Co-General Chair of 3rd Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE) co-located with IEEE HOST Symposium | 2019 |
| Co-General Chair of 2nd Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE) co-located with IEEE HOST Symposium | 2018 |
| Industrial Liaison, 11th IEEE Int. Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2018 |
| Tutorial Chair, 32nd International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design) | 2019 |
| General Chair, 10th IEEE Int. Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2017 |
| Co-General Chair of 1st Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE) co-located with IEEE HOST Symposium | 2017 |
| Steering Committee Member, IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST) | 2016-present |
| General Chair, 1st IEEE Asian Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST) | 2016 |
| Program Chair, 9th IEEE Int. Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2016 |
| Co-Organizer, 5-day Dagstuhl Seminar w/ ~30 participants, on “Foundations of Secure Scaling” | 2016 |
| Publicity Chair, 29th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design) | 2016 |
| Publicity Chair, 33rd International Conference on Computer Design (ICCD) | 2015 |
| Publicity Chair, 4th Intl. Conf. on Security, Privacy and Applied Cryptography Eng. (SPACE) | 2015 |
| Vice Program Chair, 8th IEEE Int. Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2015 |
| North America Liaison for the 16th IEEE Latin American Test Workshop (LATW) | 2014 |
| Publicity Chair, 3rd Intl. Conf. on Security, Privacy and Applied Cryptography Eng. (SPACE) | 2014 |
| Program Chair, 18th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT) | 2014 |
| Publicity Chair, 7th IEEE Intl. Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2014 |
| Program Chair, 9th IEEE/ACM Intl. Symposium of Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH) | 2013 |
| Publicity Chair, 6th IEEE Intl. Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) | 2013 |
| Publicity Chair, 2nd Intl. Conf. on Security, Privacy and Applied Cryptography Eng. (SPACE) | 2012 |
| Program Chair, 17th IEEE Intl. Mixed-Signals, Sensors, and Systems Test Workshop (IMS3TW) | 2011 |
| Publication Chair, 11th IEEE International On-Line Testing Symposium (IOLTS), 2005 | 2005 |
Workshop & Special Session Organization (Dr. Bhunia)
| Organizer of a Series of 10 IEEE CEDA and IEEE HSTTC Sponsored Virtual Panels on Hardware Assurance | 2020-2025 |
| Organizer of a Special Session on Hardware Obfuscation in 63rd IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), to be held Springfield, MA, USA. | 2020 |
| Organizer and Co-Chair of Special Session on Advanced Logic Locking Techniques for Hardware IP Protection in the Global Supply Chain at International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) | 2019 |
| Co-organizer of the Logic Locking Conquest, co-located with 16th Annual CSAW conference, with Prof. Ramesh Karri, New York University, and Yier Jin, U. of Florida | 2019 |
| Organizer of Second Working Group Meeting on Logic Locking and Anti-Trojan Solutions co-located with International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD) | 2019 |
| Organizer of First Working Group Meeting on Logic Locking and Anti-Trojan Solutions co-located with Design Automation Conference (DAC) | 2019 |
| Moderator of Panel on Architecture, IP, or CAD: What’s Your Pick for SoC Security?, in Design Automation Conference (DAC) | 2019 |
| Co-organizer of Special Session, “Security for IoT Worlds: Internet of Things or Internet of Threats”, in Design Automation Conference (DAC) | 2018 |
| Steering Committee Chair, 1st Workshop on Physical Attacks and Inspection (PAINE) | 2018 |
| Special Session Chair, IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI) | 2019 |
| General Co-Chair of 1st Workshop for Women in Hardware and Systems Security (WISE) co-located with IEEE HOST Symposium | 2017 |
| Co-Organizer for Internet of Things (IoT) and Automotive Security Workshop (IASW) co-located with IEEE HOST Symposium | 2017 |
| Moderator of Panel on Crowdsourcing and Resource Sharing in Securing Future IoT Systems, 1st Internet of Things (IoT) and Automotive Security Workshop (IASW) | 2017 |
| Co-Organizer and moderator of a hot topic session on Hot Topic: Physical Attacks: Can Test Save Us?, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) | 2017 |
| Organizer and moderator of Panel on IoT Security: The Prospects and Challenges, GLSVLSI | 2016 |
| Moderator of Panel on Test Opportunities for Secure Hardware, IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) | 2016 |
| Organizer of Mini Symposia, “Biomedical Systems – Can you hack them?” in 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC) | 2016 |
| Moderator of a panel on Cybersecurity Metrics and Standards, FICS Annual Conference on Cybersecurity | 2016 |
| Organizer and moderator of a Special Session onHardware Authentication: From IC to IoT, International Conference on Computer Aided Design (ICCAD) | 2015 |
| Organizer and Moderator of Panel on Beyond-CMOS computing, IEEE VLSI Design and Test Symposium (VDAT) | 2014 |
| Organizer of Panel on What Lies in Our (Nanoelectronic) Future? IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Nanoscale Architectures (NANOARCH) | 2013 |
| Co-organizer and Moderator, Hot Topic Session on Hardware Security, at the IEEE VLSI Test Symposium (VTS) | 2010 |
Subcommittee/Track Chair of Technical Program Committee
| Track Chair of Safety and Security, 32nd International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID) | 2019 |
| Track Chair of Safety and Security, Embedded Systems and VLSI Design Conference (EVLSID) | 2018 |
| Track Chair of Security and Fault-Tolerant Systems Track, 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) | 2016 |
| Track Chair for Prototyping, Verification, Modeling, and Simulation, 23rd IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC) | 2015 |
| Track Chair of Security and Fault-Tolerant Systems Track, 20th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC) | 2015 |
| Track Chair of Digital Design Track, 27th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design) | 2014 |
| Track Chair for Track T6-Devices, Circuits and Systems for Emerging Technologies, 21st IFIP/IEEE International Conference on Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC) | 2013 |
| Track Chair of Low Power Track, 24th International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design) | 2011 |
| Track Chair of Low Power Track, 23rd International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSI Design) | 2010 |