Bio
Aydin Aysu is an Associate professor and Bennett Faculty Fellow at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of North Carolina State University, where he leads the HECTOR: Hardware Cybersecurity Research Lab. Dr. Aysu conducts research on cybersecurity with an emphasis on hardware-based security. The focus of his research is the development of secure systems that prevent advanced cyber attacks targeting hardware vulnerabilities. To that end, his research interests cover applied cryptography, computer architecture, and digital hardware design. He also works on cybersecurity education and the societal impacts of cybersecurity. Prior to joining NC State, he was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. from Virginia and his M.S from Sabanci University in Istanbul, Turkey. He is an IEEE senior member and has an Erdös number of 3.