When? 18 January 2024, 3-4 p.m. Inaugural lecture, followed by a get-together with pizza and drinks
Where? Building MC, Open Space
Registration: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/de/b/0ce45c9f0d126a7662f67482c7427839-528798
Since April 2023, Yuval Yarom has been Professor of Computer Security at the Horst-Görtz-Institute for IT Security, Faculty of Computer Science of the Ruhr University Bochum, and Principal Investigator in the Cluster of Excellence CASA “Cyber Security in the Age of Large-Scale Adversaries”. His research lies at the interface between hardware and software security. ““The security of computer systems builds on basic properties of the processors, of the hardware. Without the hardware providing security capabilities, we do not have security at all.“ Making this hardware work in the first place means writing software. In IT security, there is specialized research for both areas, such as software security or embedded security, which relates to hardware. Yuval Yarom’s research combines both. For example, he focuses on solutions for cryptographic software that not only performs well independently, i.e. with the correct code but also takes into account the conditions of the hardware, i.e. in terms of implementation and efficiency.
The Faculty of Computer Science cordially invites all interested parties to Yuval Yarom’s inaugural lecture!
Abstract:
Over the past decades, the complexity of modern processors has increased exponentially. Mainstream, general-purpose processors have deviated from the Von Neumann model that they purport to support, creating a wide gap between the way programmers think about program execution and the actual execution model of the processor. In this talk we will discuss the security implications of this discrepancy, review examples of vulnerabilities and countermeasures, and consider future trends.
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