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Journal Articles
Protecting Dynamically Obfuscated Scan Chain Architecture from DOSCrack with Trivium Pseudo-Random Number Generation Journal Article
In: Cryptography, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 6, 2025, ISSN: 2410-387X.
IC SEM Reverse Engineering Tutorial using Artificial Intelligence Journal Article
In: IEEE Design & Test, pp. 1–1, 2025, ISSN: 2168-2364.
MaGNIFIES: Manageable GAN Image Augmentation Framework for Inspection of Electronic Systems Journal Article
In: Journal of Hardware and Systems Security, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 44–59, 2024, ISSN: 2509-3436.
Maximizing Relation Extraction Potential: A Data-Centric Study to Unveil Challenges and Opportunities Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 167655–167682, 2024, ISSN: 2169-3536.
Resource Usage Evaluation of Discrete Model-Free Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms Journal Article
In: Reinforcement Learning Journal, vol. 5, pp. 2162–2177, 2024.
A Fast Object Detection-Based Framework for Via Modeling on PCB X-Ray CT Images Journal Article
In: ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 1–20, 2023, ISSN: 1550-4840.
A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Visual Printed Circuit Board Defects Journal Article
In: Journal of Hardware and Systems Security, vol. 7, no. 2–3, pp. 25–43, 2023, ISSN: 2509-3436.
FPIC: A Novel Semantic Dataset for Optical PCB Assurance Journal Article
In: ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 1–21, 2023, ISSN: 1550-4840.
A Survey and Perspective on Artificial Intelligence for Security-Aware Electronic Design Automation Journal Article
In: ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 1–57, 2023, ISSN: 1557-7309.
SECURE: A Segmentation Quality Evaluation Metric on SEM Images for Reverse Engineering on Integrated Circuits Journal Article
In: IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 137798–137809, 2023, ISSN: 2169-3536.
Why Is Deep Learning Challenging for Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Component Recognition and How Can We Address It? Journal Article
In: Cryptography, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 9, 2021, ISSN: 2410-387X.
The Big Hack Explained: Detection and Prevention of PCB Supply Chain Implants Journal Article
In: ACM Journal on Emerging Technologies in Computing Systems, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 1–25, 2020, ISSN: 1550-4840.
Component Detection and Evaluation Framework (CDEF): A Semantic Annotation Tool Journal Article
In: Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 26, no. S2, pp. 1470–1474, 2020, ISSN: 1435-8115.
He-ion Beam Imaging for Accurate Hardware Trojan Detection Journal Article
In: Microscopy and Microanalysis, vol. 26, no. S2, pp. 188–190, 2020, ISSN: 1435-8115.
Book Chapters
Machine Learning in Marketing Research Book Chapter
In: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robot Applications in Hospitality Businesses, Chapter 4, Kendall Hunt, 1, 2024, ISBN: 9798765783818.
Methods and Theories in AI and ML Approaches Book Chapter
In: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Robot Applications in Hospitality Businesses, Chapter 13, Kendall Hunt, 1, 2024, ISBN: 9798765783818.
Proceedings Articles
Genetic Algorithm-Assisted Golden-Free Standard Cell Library Extraction from SEM Images Proceedings Article
In: International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design (ISQED) 2025, (Accepted).
DOSCrack: Deobfuscation Using Oracle-Guided Symbolic Execution and Clustering of Binary Security Keys Proceedings Article
In: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), pp. 227–232, IEEE, 2024.
Semi-Supervised Semantic Annotator (S3A): Toward Efficient Semantic Labeling Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the 21st Python in Science Conference, pp. 7–12, SciPy, 2022, ISSN: 2575-9752.
A Comparison of Neural Networks for PCB Component Segmentation Proceedings Article
In: 2021 IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST), pp. 113–123, IEEE, 2021.
Logo Classification and Data Augmentation Techniques for PCB Assurance and Counterfeit Detection Proceedings Article
In: ISTFA 2021: Conference Proceedings from the 47th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, pp. 12–19, ASM International, 2021, ISSN: 0890-1740.
Framework for Automatic PCB Marking Detection and Recognition for Hardware Assurance Proceedings Article
In: Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference (GOMACTech), 2021.
SHADE: Automated Refinement of PCB Component Estimates Using Detected Shadows Proceedings Article
In: 2020 IEEE Physical Assurance and Inspection of Electronics (PAINE), pp. 1–6, IEEE, 2020.
Color Normalization for Robust Automatic Bill of Materials Generation and Visual Inspection of PCBs Proceedings Article
In: ISTFA 2020: Papers Accepted for the Planned 46th International Symposium for Testing and Failure Analysis, pp. 172–179, ASM International, 2020, ISSN: 0890-1740.
In-Situ Thickness Measurement of Die Silicon Using Voltage Imaging for Hardware Assurance Proceedings Article
In: Government Microcircuit Applications and Critical Technology Conference (GOMACTech), 2020.
Is Backside the New Backdoor in Modern SoCs?: Invited Paper Proceedings Article
In: 2019 IEEE International Test Conference (ITC), pp. 1–10, IEEE, 2019.
Miscellaneous
Hands-On Introduction to AI in Hardware Security: IC Reverse Engineering using Image Processing, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning Miscellaneous
2023, (University of Florida Disclosure T19288).
PCB Optical Database Miscellaneous
2023, (University of Florida Disclosure T19074).
He-Ion Imaging for Accurate Trojan Scanning Miscellaneous
2020, (University of Florida Disclosure T18084).
Patents
Techniques for printed circuit board component detection Patent
U.S. Patent App. No. 17/168,529, 2021, (U.S. Patent No. 11,520,967, issued Dec. 2022).
Hardware deprocessing using voltage imaging for hardware assurance Patent
U.S. Patent App. No. 17/167,381, 2021, (U.S. Patent No. 11,604,912, issued Mar. 2023).
PhD Theses
Framework for Applying Imitation Learning Methods on Reinforcement Learning Demonstrations PhD Thesis
University of Florida, 2024, (Embargoed access).
Unpublished
LfRLD: Learning From Reinforcement Learning Demonstrations Unpublished
2024, (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 License).
Abstracting General Syntax for XAI after Decomposing Explanation Sub-Components Unpublished
2024, (CC BY 4.0 License).
FICS PCB X-ray: A dataset for automated printed circuit board inter-layers inspection Unpublished
Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2022/924, 2022, (CC BY 4.0 License).
FICS-PCB: A Multi-Modal Image Dataset for Automated Printed Circuit Board Visual Inspection Unpublished
Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2020/366, 2020, (CC BY 4.0 License).