Security and trust are fundamental requirements for today's increasingly connected and complex electronic systems. From semiconductor devices and hardware platforms to software, AI systems, cloud infrastructure, and critical applications, security must be considered throughout the entire design and development lifecycle.
DAC's Security program addresses the technologies, methodologies, and design practices needed to create secure and trustworthy hardware and systems. Topics span hardware security, embedded and system security, secure architectures, hardware roots of trust, authentication and cryptography, side-channel and fault attacks, security verification, and methods for identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities before systems are deployed.
As semiconductor development becomes increasingly distributed and interconnected, security must also extend across IP, chiplets and multi-die systems, advanced packaging, third-party components, design tools, data, and global supply chains. At the same time, AI introduces new security considerations from protecting AI hardware, models, and data to understanding how AI can both strengthen security and create new attack surfaces.
Security is particularly critical in applications where a compromised electronic system can have real world consequences, including automotive and autonomous systems, aerospace and defense, healthcare, communications, industrial systems, financial infrastructure, and energy.
Through research presentations, engineering sessions, panels, and discussions, DAC brings together researchers and practitioners to share advances, real-world experience, and emerging approaches for building secure, resilient, and trustworthy electronic systems from silicon to system.