Farinaz Koushanfar
Professor and Henry Booker Faculty Scholar
Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE)
Director
Adaptive Computing and Embedded Systems (ACES) Lab
Founding Co-Director
Center for Machine-Integrated Computing and Security (MICS)
Research
- Robust Automated and Adaptive Learning
- Security and Privacy
- Holistic Co-Design and Optimization of Data / Algorithm / Software (/Hardware)
- Cryptographically Secure Privacy-Preserving Computing
- Robust Distributed and Federated Learning
Research
My research interests are focused on development of scalable and efficient machine learning algorithms on resource-constrained platforms. In my research group, we enable realization of end-to-end frameworks that address robustness and real-world practicality. The research directions can be broadly categorized into the following topics:
Robust Automated and Adaptive Learning
Security and Privacy
Holistic Co-Design and Optimization of Data / Algorithm / SW (/HW)
Cryptographically Secure Privacy-Preserving Computing
Robust Distributed and Federated Learning
News
I'm giving the IEEE CEDA Keynote at ICCAD 2022
I'm giving the Keynote talk at IEEE AsianHOST 2022
I chaired the program for NDSS 2022 (together with my wonderful co-chair Wenyuan Xu)!
Congratulations to ACES Lab Post-doc, Dr. Zahra Ghodsi, who will join Purdue ECE as an Assistant Professor in 2023.
My (single-author) paper on provably secure hardware obfuscation published in IEEE Trans. on Information Forensics and Security 2012 is among the 7 papers selected this year for TOP PICKS in Hardware and Embedded Systems Security all times!
Our MICS center had it's official launch Summit in October 2018! Go MICS!
Contact
Farinaz Koushanfar, Ph.D., Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, UC San Diego (UCSD)
E-mail: farinaz (at) ucsd (dot) edu
Office: Room 6401, Jacobs Hall (EBU-1)
Address:
9500 Gilman Dr., MC-0407
La Jolla, CA 92093
Administrator: Ms. Wyn Hughes
Office: Jacobs Hall, Room 2904
Phone: (858) 534-3294
E-mail: whughes (at) ucsd (dot) edu