Sandip Kundu

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Title: Computing Security: Today, Tomorrow and Beyond

Abstract:

Computer hardware consists of a set of computing systems, including processors, storage devices, and networks, that enable the processing and interchange of electronic data. The computing hardware is driven by software, which includes system software that manages resources and application software that caters to the users. The users, who are clients of the processed data, are the final component of this trio. Computing brings beneficial effects when there is good data, good processing systems, good software, and good users. However, if any of the agents in this process becomes hostile, the engineered applications, from finance and banking to transportation, education, and healthcare, may suffer from serious harm. In this talk, I speculate about some of the security threats that are not quite in the radar today, but may become a serious concern in the future.

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Bio

Sandip Kundu is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Recently he also served as a program director at the National Science Foundation. Kundu began his career at IBM Research as a Research Staff Member; then worked at Intel Corporation as a Principal Engineer before joining UMass Amherst as a professor in 2005. He has published nearly 300 research papers in VLSI design and test, holds several key patents including ultra-drowsy sleep mode in processors, and has given more than a dozen tutorials at various conferences. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, Fellow of the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Senior International Scientist of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and was a Distinguished Visitor of the IEEE Computer Society. He has served as associate editor of a number of IEEE and ACM journals. He has been the Technical Program Chair/General Chair of multiple conferences including ICCD, ATS, ISVLSI, DFTS and VLSI Design.