SUSHI 2026

Sustainable Hardware Security (SUSHI’26),
co-located with ICCAD’26

NOVEMBER 12, 2026

SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, USA, San Jose Marriott

301 S Market St, San Jose, CA 95113​

Our Mission

SUSHI is a collaborative workshop focused on enhancing security in electronic design through expert dialogues and innovative research.

The workshop seeks to bring together leading researchers and experts from academia, industry, and government to foster knowledge exchange, generate innovative ideas, and engage in discussions on current challenges and future research directions.

In the AI era, trustworthy and secure hardware is becoming increasingly critical as intelligent systems are deployed across safety- and mission-critical domains, including critical infrastructure, automotive systems, healthcare, robotics, and space systems. The growing integration of AI accelerators and complex hardware–software stacks introduces new security challenges that must be addressed from the earliest stages of system design.

Key themes include security-by-design approaches for hardware, scalable assurance methodologies, security for AI-enabled and cyber-physical systems, and the integration of security considerations into electronic design automation (EDA).

SUSHI Workshop Agenda

Agenda

Ideas, insights, and conversations shaping the future of electronic design security.

  • Two featured panels
  • Industry and research perspectives

Morning 09:00–12:00

09:00

Opening

Welcome

Update on the January 2026 workshop.

Opening
  • Ahmad-Reza SadeghiTU Darmstadt
With
  • Gang QuUMD
  • Jeyavijayan RajendranTexas A&M
  • Sanjay (Jay) RekhiNIST
09:30

Industry spotlight — AMD

From Silicon to System: Trusted Provenance and Traceability

Speaker
  • Alex TzonkovAMD
10:00

Industry spotlight — Cadence

AI for Design, Design for AI, and Physical AI Assurance

Speaker
  • Jeremy MuldavinCadence
10:30

Coffee break

11:00

Featured panel

Semiconductor Trust and Resilience: National Priorities and Global Strategy

Moderator
  • Sanjay (Jay) RekhiNIST
Panelists
  • Kaushal SaxenaWaymo
  • Andres MarquezPacific Northwest National Laboratory
  • Ludwika AlvarezU.S. Department of Commerce
  • Farinaz KoushanfarUniversity of California, San Diego
12:00

Lunch break

Afternoon 13:30–16:30

13:30

Industry spotlight — Keysight

How AI Makes Testing for Hardware Security Vulnerabilities Easier

Speaker
  • Marc WittemanKeysight
14:00

Invited talk

Introduction to Quantum Computing and Security

Speaker
  • Warren SavageApplied Research Laboratory for Intelligence and Security, UMD
14:30

Industry spotlight — Synopsys / Ansys

Multiphysics Modeling and Analysis for Hardware Security Vulnerability Mitigation

Speaker
  • Lang LinSynopsys / Ansys
15:00

Coffee break

15:30

Featured panel

Rethinking Firmware Security in the AI Era

Moderator
  • Guru VenkataramaniGeorge Washington University
Panelists
  • Sanjay RekhiNIST
  • Bernard McScheaThe Aerospace Corporation
  • Sayak RayIntel
  • Houman HomayounUC Davis
16:30

Closing

Closing remarks

Program note: Agenda subject to change.

Organizing Committee

Jay Rekhi, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Jeyavijayan Rajendran, Texas A&M University, USA

Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt, Germany

Gang Qu, University of Maryland

Steering committee

Srini Devadas, MIT

Farinaz Koushanfar, UCSD

Jeyavijayan Rajendran, Texas A&M

Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt

Gang Qu, UMD

Cliff Wang, NSF

Contact

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi ahmad.sadeghi@trust.tu-darmstadt.de

Jeyavijayan “JV” Rajendran jv.rajendran@tamu.edu

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