Research

Research Interests:

• Hardware Security
  • Side-Channel Attacks and Defenses
  • Homomorphic Encryption
  • Post-Quantum Cryptography

• FPGA based Digital Hardware Design
  • Implementation of Cryptographic Algorithms
  • Implementation of Communication Algorithms
  • Implementation of Image and Video Processing Algorithms

Here is the list of my publications:

• Aydin, F., Aysu, A.: Exposing Side-Channel Leakage of SEAL Homomorphic Encryption Library. In Proceedings of the 2022 Workshop on Attacks and Solutions in Hardware Security, November 2022.

• Sayad, H., Aliasgari, M., Aydin, F., Potluri, S., Aysu, A., Edmonds, J., Tehranipoor, S.: Towards AI-Enabled Hardware Security:Challenges and Opportunities. 2022 IEEE 28th International Symposium on On-Line Testing and Robust System Design (IOLTS), September 2022.

• Aydin, F., Karabulut, E., Potluri, S., Alkim, E., Aysu, A.: RevEAL: Single-Trace Side-Channel Leakage of the SEAL Homomorphic Encryption Library. In Proceedings of the Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE), March 2022.

• Basso, A., Aydin, F., Dinu, D., Friel J., Varna, A., Sastry, M. Ghosh, S.: Where Star Wars Meets Star Trek: SABER and Dilithium on the Same Polynomial Multiplier. Cryptology ePrint Archive, December 2021.

• Aydin, F., Aysu, A., Tiwari, M., Gerstlauer, A., Orshansky, M.: Horizontal Side-Channel Vulnerabilities of Post-quantum Key Exchange and Encapsulation Protocol. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems, October 2021.

• Kashyap, P., Aydin, F., Potluri., S., Franzon, P., Aysu, A.: 2Deep: Enhancing Side-Channel Attacks on Lattice-Based Key-Exchange via 2D Deep Learning. IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, November 2020.

• Regazzoni, F., Bhasin, S., Pour., A. A., Alshaer, I., Aydin, F., Aysu, A., Beroulle, V., Di Natale, G., Franzon, P., Hely, D., Homma, N., Ito, A., Jap, D., Kashyap, P., Polian, I., Potluri, S., Ueno, R., Vatajelu, E. I., and Yli-Mayry, V.: Machine Learning and Hardware Security: Challenges and Opportunities. In Proceedings of the 2020 International Conference On Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD), November 2020.

• Aydin, F., Kashyap. P., Potluri, S., Franzon., P, and Aysu, A.: DeePar-SCA: Breaking Parallel Architectures of Lattice Cryptography via Learning Based Side-Channel Attacks. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Embedded Computer Systems: Architectures, Modelling Simulation (SAMOS), Samos Island, Greece, July 2020.

• Gener, Y.S., Aydin, F., Gören, S., and Ugurdag, H.F.: Semi- and Fully-Random Access LUTs for Smooth Functions. VLSI-SoC: New Technology Enabler. VLSI-SoC 2019. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Springer, Cham.

• Levent, V. E, Saglam, G., Ugurdag, H. F., Annafianto, N. F. R., Aydin, F., Tesfay, S. W., Aly, B., Elamassie, M, Kebapci, B., and Uysal. M.: FPGA Based DCO-OFDM PHY Transceiver for VLC Systems. In Proceedings of International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), Bursa, Turkey, 2018.

• Levent, V. E., Güzel, A. E., Tosun, M., Buyukmihci, M., Aydin, F., Gören, S., Erbas, C., Akgün, T., and Ugurdag, H. F., Tools and Techniques for Implementation of Real-Time Video Processing Algorithms. Journal of Signal Processing Systems.

• Aydin, F., Ugurdag, H. F., Levent, V. E., Güzel, A. E., Annafianto, N. F. R., Özkan, M. A., Akgün, T., and Erbas, C., Rapid Design of Real-Time Image Fusion on FPGA Using HLS and Other Techniques. In Proceedings of IEEE/ACS International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), Aqaba, Jordan, 2018.

• Master's Thesis:  Image Fusion Hardware Implementation with an Optimized Reduction Circuit, 2018.