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I am a part of the VLSI Circuits and Systems Group (VCSG) and the Consortium
on Security and Privacy (CUSP) group. My research
advisor is Professor Wayne Burleson who leads VCSG and co-leads CUSP
together with Professor Kevin Fu. The CUSP mission statement is to
make RFID technology safer for consumers and it is my belief that will be
very important as RFID increasingly becomes more capable and
pervasive. RFID companies will readily advocate the benefits of the
technology, but these benefits come with user privacy and security
risks.
My research centers on improving privacy and security of ubiquitous
devices. Specifically, I am interested in cryptographic
adaptations for super small devices. Most cryptographic protocols and
hardware were designed for systems with immense resources. The target
chips had transistor counts in the billions while the microprocessor of a
RFID device may be between five and twenty thousand gates. To achieve
privacy and security on these miniature platforms, a different approach to
cryptography is needed.
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