Pramod P. Khargonekar Faculty Award for Excellence
Assistant Professor and Walden Rhines Endowed Professor in Hardware Security, Farimah Farahmandi, was notified that she is the recipient of the 2024-2025 Pramod P. Khargonekar Award for the most outstanding junior faculty member who underwent tenure and promotion review in 2024. The Khargonekar Award comes on the heels of Dr. Farahmandi’s strongest tenure package for […]
Young UF faculty member racks in the awards and fans
According to the story of the college in the following link: https://www.eng.ufl.edu/news/honors-awards/young-uf-faculty-member-racks-in-the-awards-and-fans/ If Grammy Awards were given to faculty, Farimah Farahmandi, Ph.D., would top the nominations list. Fact is, she is often called “rockstar” in the halls and labs of the University of Florida’s Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) department. Since joining the Herbert Wertheim […]
Farimah Farahmandi named a top innovator in DAC’s Under 40 Innovator Awards
DAC is the largest industry event devoted to electronic computer-aided design. The award recognizes the top five young innovators who have made a significant impact in the field of electronics design and automation. Young innovators are redefining and shaping the future of the design automation field in industry, research labs, start-ups and academia, and DAC […]
Farahmandi Named Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi, ECE Assistant Professor and Associate Director of Florida Institute for Cybersecurity (FICS) at the University of Florida, has been named as the inaugural Walden C. Rhines Endowed Professor for Hardware Security. She is the first ever Assistant Professor that has been bestowed with this distinction. The endowment will support Dr. Farahmandi’s research […]
FARAHMANDI RECEIVES “EXCELLENCE AWARD FOR ASSISTANT PROFESSORS in College of Engineering and University Level
At the Herbert Wertheim College Of Engineering Faculty and Staff awards luncheon held recently, Farahmandi was recognized with the honor of receiving the “Excellence Award for Assistant Professors.” Excellence Awards for Assistant Professors or is a one-time allocation in support of research. This award is conferred upon an Assistant Professor whose research performance during the year demonstrates […]
FARAHMANDI RECEIVES NSF CAREER AWARD FOR AI-ASSISTED SECURITY VERIFICATION FRAMEWORK
Yangbin Wang Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor Farimah Farahmandi has received an NSF CAREER award in support of her project “SAIF: Security Assurance through AI and Formal Approaches for System-on-Chips.” The project seeks to enhance the safety and security of microelectronics by creating an innovative AI-assisted security verification framework for modern complex system-on-chip (SoC) devices. […]
FARAHMANDI WORKS TO OPTIMIZE CHIP LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT
Yangbin Wang Rising Star Endowed Assistant Professor Farimah Farahmandi has received funding from the Office of Naval Research in support of her project “Optimized System Design for Assurance and Life-cycle Management (SaLEM).” The objective of the $498K project is to develop a sustainable and security-aware life-cycle management solution, called SALeM, that monitors the run-time behaviors […]
Silicon Design and Assurance Lab (SiLDA): A Research Incubator for Cybersecurity Testing and Assurance
Launching this month, Dr. Farahmandi’s lab, the Silicon Design and Assurance Lab (SiLDA) opened its doors for students and fellows to study and collaborate in Malachowsky Hall. This lab will serve as an incubator facilitating the development of groundbreaking, interdisciplinary work. Housed in the new Malachowsky Hall for Data Sciences & Information Technology, the SiLDA […]
Farahmandi receives $600k grant for fault-injection research
ECE Assistant Professor Farimah Farahmandi has received funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) in support of her 3-year project, “FAME: Fault-Injection Assessment and Mitigation of Microelectronics at Pre-silicon.” The $600k grant supports work which aims to counter fault-injection attacks by discovering the most vulnerable locations in order to develop more efficient solutions for […]