A record of original research / scholarly accomplishments and demonstrated capacity to Develop a vigorous and independent program of research and scholarship in secure hardware systems including, but not limited to hardware verification, cryptographic hardware, side-channel and fault attacks, and trusted hardware. Qualified applicants will have demonstrated expertise in secure hardware systems, with research spanning areas such as silicon security and integrity verification, hardware-assisted cryptography and security algorithms, side-channel and fault attacks, trusted hardware, or related areas.