Online SPARC Workshop 2025

A Workshop on "Spintronics and Hardware Security"

27 Feb, 28 Feb, & 1st March 2025

Distinguished Speakers: Prof. Rajendra Bishnoi, Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft, Netherlands)

Prof. Jayasimha Atulasimha, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA

Prof. Sarani Bhattacharya (IIT Kharagpur, India)

Prof. Debayan Das (IISc Bangalore, India)

Prof. Shubham Sahay (IIT Kanpur, India)

Prof. Debanjan Bhowmik (IIT Bombay, India)

Prof. Sonal Shreya (Aarhus University, Denmark)

Mode of delivery: Online only

Course Coordinators: Prof. Sparsh Mittal, and Prof Tanmoy Pramanik, IIT Roorkee

In Memory of (Late) Prof. B.K. Kaushik

Dr. Brajesh Kumar Kaushik was a distinguished researcher and an inspiring educator whose contributions to the fields of nanoelectronics, VLSI design, and optoelectronic systems have significantly advanced our technical knowledge. His relentless pursuit of knowledge and innovation is evident in his extensive body of research, which has earned global recognition and enriched the academic community. As a professor at IIT Roorkee, he has nurtured many young minds, fostering a culture of excellence and curiosity. Dr. Kaushik will also be a guiding light for students and researchers. His dedication to pushing the boundaries of technology continues to inspire future generations, leaving an indelible mark on the world of electronics and communication engineering.

Overview

This workshop offers an in-depth exploration of spintronics, micro-architectural security, and hardware security primitives, focusing on their integration and applications in modern technology. Participants will learn the fundamentals of spintronics, including spin-dependent phenomena and devices like MTJs and STT-RAM, and their role in enabling hardware security solutions such as PUFs and TRNGs. The workshop will also address micro-architectural vulnerabilities, hardware security threats, and innovative primitives based on technologies like 3D NAND flash memory. Additionally, it will highlight the transformative potential of spintronics-based neuromorphic computing for AI systems and spintronics-based Ising computing for solving complex optimization problems. Through lectures, and case studies, attendees will gain practical skills in designing and characterizing secure systems, while exploring emerging trends like quantum spintronics and neuromorphic computing. Ideal for researchers and engineers, this workshop bridges physics, materials science, and computer science to advance secure and efficient computing.

Objectives

The primary objectives of the course are as follows :

To provide participants with a fundamental understanding of magnetism and a thorough understanding of the concept of magnetoresistance and to offer insight into applications of spintronic technology in modern systems, including magnetic memory (MRAM, STT-RAM), logic devices, and sensors.
To provide participants with valuable insights into the role of spintronics in hardware security, including its use in physically unclonable functions (PUFs) and true random number generators (TRNGs).
To analyze the unique properties of spintronic devices that make them suitable for security applications, such as stochastic behavior and nanoscale features.
To study micro-architectural security to understand vulnerabilities in processor designs, including speculative execution attacks and cache-based side-channel attacks.
To learn how spintronic devices can mimic neural networks for energy-efficient and high-performance neuromorphic computing and to Understand the principles of Ising computing and its implementation using spintronic devices.
To explore hardware security principles, focusing on threats like side-channel attacks, fault injection, reverse engineering, and counterfeiting.
To investigate hardware security primitives based on emerging technologies, such as 3D NAND flash memory, for applications like PUFs and secure storage.

Target Audience

This course will be useful for all (BTech/MSc/MTech/PhD) students, teachers, and engineers working in the fields of physics, electronics and electrical engineering, nanotechnology, and computer science particularly those interested in magnetism, spintronics, and its applications in hardware security, as well as those interested in addressing micro-architectural vulnerabilities and designing secure systems .
This course will also be useful for executives, engineers, or researchers from manufacturing, service, and government organization including R&D laboratories interested in device physics and circuits.
Industry experts working on memory technologies, secure hardware design, or emerging computing paradigms will also benefit from the workshop.

Distinguished Speakers

Prof. Rajendra Bishnoi,

Delft University of Technology (TU-Delft, Netherlands)

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Prof. Sarani Bhattacharya

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (India)

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Prof. Debayan Das

Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, (India)

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Prof. Shubham Sahai,

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (India)

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Prof. Jayasimha Atulasimha

Virginia Commonwealth University (USA)

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Prof. Debanjan Bhowmik

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (India)

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Prof. Sonal Shreya

Aarhas University (Denmark)

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About Course Coordinator

Prof. Sparsh Mittal is an Associate Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has received his PhD degree from Iowa State University and a BTech degree from IIT Roorkee. His research interests are Architectures for machine learning, neural network accelerators, computer architecture, high-performance computing, VLSI.

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About Course Coordinator

Dr. Tanmoy Pramanik received his Ph. D. degree specializing in solid-state electronics from The University of Texas at Austin in 2018. He is currently working as an assistant professor in the Department of Electronics & Communication at IIT Roorkee. Before his appointment at IIT Roorkee, he worked as a quality & reliability R&D engineer at Intel’s Technology Development organization in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he was actively involved in developing Intel’s magnetic random access memory technology on the 22 nm technology node. His research interests include the fabrication, characterization, and modeling of magnetic random-access memory devices, the growth and characterization of thin films for device application, and memory reliability of cache and embedded memories in advanced technology nodes.

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About SPARC

The Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), an initiative of Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, aims at improving the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions by facilitating academic and research collaborations between top ranked Indian Institutions and globally ranked Foreign Institutions, through Joint Research Projects involving mobility of students and faculty. The SPARC Scheme is expected to have a major impact in providing the best international expertise to address major national problems, expose Indian academicians to the best collaborators abroad, enable international faculty to stay in India for a longer duration, provide Indian students an opportunity to work in the world class laboratories, to develop strong bilateral relationships in research, and improve the international ranking of Indian Institutions.

About the Institute

The Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has an illustrious history and a glorious past. It has its foundation as the Thomson College, which was founded in 1847, to train technical manpower for construction of Ganga canal. It was the first Engineering College in the then British Empire. In The year 1949, this great institution was accorded the status of the first technological university of independent India and was renamed as University of Roorkee. On September 21, 2001, the Government of India declared it as the Nation’s seventh Indian Institute of Technology.

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