Agenda
Ideas, insights, and conversations shaping the future of electronic design security.
- Two featured panels
- Industry and research perspectives
Morning 09:00–12:00
Opening
Welcome
Update on the January 2026 workshop.
Industry spotlight — AMD
Title TBD
Speaker- PJPrabhu JayannaAMD
Industry spotlight — Cadence
AI for Design, Design for AI, and Physical AI Assurance
Speaker- JMJeremy MuldavinCadence
Coffee break
Featured panel
Automotive, Healthcare & Hyperscalers
Panelists- KSKaushal SaxenaWaymo
- AMAndres MarquezPacific Northwest National Laboratory
Moderator to be announced.
Lunch break
Afternoon 13:30–16:30
Industry spotlight — Keysight / Riscure
How AI Makes Testing for Hardware Security Vulnerabilities Easier
Speaker- MWMarc WittemanSenior Director, Keysight Device Security
Invited talk
Introduction to Quantum Computing and Security
Speaker- WSWarren Savage
Industry spotlight — Synopsys / Ansys
Multiphysics Modeling and Analysis for Hardware Security Vulnerability Mitigation
Speaker- LLLang LinSynopsys / Ansys
Coffee break
Featured panel
Rethinking Firmware Security in the AI Era
Moderator- GVGuru VenkataramaniGeorge Washington University
- SRSanjay RekhiNIST
- BMBernard McScheaThe Aerospace Corporation
- SRSayak RayIntel
- HHHouman HomayounUC Davis
Closing
Closing remarks
Program note: Sessions marked tentative or to be announced are pending confirmation. Agenda subject to change.
Steering committee
Srini Devadas, MIT
Farinaz Koushanfar, UCSD
Jeyavijayan Rajendran, Texas A&M
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt
Gang Qu, UMD
Cliff Wang, NSF
