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 recognizes the best and brightest. Each year, the Design Automation Conference names the top five young, global innovators in the field of electronic design automation. One June 23rd, Farahmandi became one of the top researchers selected to receive the award. 

Farahmandi’s cutting-edge research has earned her a reputation as a dedicated, influential researcher in the hardware security community. She is widely recognized for her work. Her research program thrives, focused on hardware security verification and validation, by extending it to AI-based approaches to ensure the security in microelectronics in pre and post fabrication stages. She is globally known for her pioneering research in the field of security verification. Her research will establish security, safety, and reliability of system-on-chips (SoCs) and system-in-packages (SiPs) deployed to modern critical industrial and DoD applications.