Biography: Mark (Mohammad) Tehranipoor

Mark (Mohammad) Tehranipoor is currently the Charles Knapp Professor at the University of Connecticut. His current research projects include: computer-aided design and test for CMOS VLSI designs, reliable systems design at nanoscale, counterfeit electronics detection and prevention, supply chain risk management, and hardware security and trust. Dr. Tehranipoor has published over 220 journal articles and refereed conference papers and has given more than 125 invited talks and keynote addresses since 2006. He has published five books and ten book chapters. He is a recipient of several best paper awards as well as the 2008 IEEE Computer Society (CS) Meritorious Service Award, the 2012 IEEE CS Outstanding Contribution, the 2009 NSF CAREER Award, the 2009 UConn ECE Research Excellence Award, and the 2012 UConn SOE Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.

He serves on the program committee of more than a dozen of leading conferences and workshops. He served as Program Chair of the 2007 IEEE Defect-Based Testing (DBT) workshop, Program Chair of the 2008 IEEE Defect and Data Driven Testing (D3T) workshop, Co-program Chair of the 2008 International Symposium on Defect and Fault Tolerance in VLSI Systems (DFTS), General Chair for D3T-2009 and DFTS-2009, and Vice-general Chair for NATW-2011. He co-founded a new symposium called IEEE International Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) and served as HOST-2008 and HOST-2009 General Chair and Chair of Steering Committee. He is currently serving as an Associate EIC for IEEE Design & Test, an Associate Editor for JETTA, an Associate Editor for Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE), an IEEE Distinguished Speaker, and an ACM Distinguished Speaker. Dr. Tehranipoor is a Senior Member of the IEEE, Golden Core member of IEEE, and Member of ACM and ACM SIGDA. He is the founding director of Center for Hardware Assurance, Security, and Engineering (CHASE) and Comcast Center of Excellence in Security Innovation (CSI).