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MEST Center

National Microelectronic Security Training Center

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Welcome to the Micro-Electronics Security Training Center

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About MEST

Upcoming Events

Webinars

Dec 2024

Date/Time Event
12/02/2024 - 08/31/2025
12:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ChipCraft: The Art of Chip Design (Self-paced, Online)
Steve Hoover

Jan 2025

Date/Time Event
01/31/2025 - 12/31/2025
12:00 AM
Recommended Learning Journey for a Digital Designer
Synopsys Self-Paced Learning

May 2025

Date/Time Event
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Asynchronous Design
Dr. Jia Di
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Boolean Satisfiability Attack and Its Use in VLSI Testing
Dr. Ujjwal Guin
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Counterfeit Detection: Circuit Based
Dr. Mark M. Tehranipoor
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Hardware Trojans
Dr. Mark M. Tehranipoor
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Introduction to Large Language Models (LLMs)
Dr. Li-C Wang
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Introduction to Machine Learning
Dr. Li-C Wang
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Secure UAV Design
Dr. Md Tauhidur Rahman
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Security Primitives I: Introduction to Physical Unclonable Functions
Dr. Jim Plusquellic
05/27/2025 - 08/31/2030
12:00 AM
Security Primitives II: PUF Architectures
Dr. Jim Plusquellic
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
Security Primitives III: True Random Number Generators
Dr. Jim Plusquellic
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
System-on-Chip (SoC) Design
Dr. Christophe Bobda
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
System-on-Chip (SoC) Verification
Dr. Farimah Farahmandi
05/27/2025 - 05/31/2030
12:00 AM
UAV Programming - A Hands-on Experience
Dr. Md Tauhidur Rahman

Jul 2025

Date/Time Event
07/23/2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Zero Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) via Hardware Acceleration
Dr. Siddharth Garg

Premiere microelectronics security training materials offered by leading experts

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Contributors who are leading experts in their fields from industry, academia, and government agencies

50+

Live events are held each year, from webinars, to in-person, or on-campus and virtual courses and trainings, allowing for direct engagement with experts


Certificates

Currently offering 2 free certificates: 1) Hardware Security Certificate and 2) Digital Design Certificate

Participants

Over 6,000 and counting participants from government agencies, national labs, defense industry, and academia have attended our sessions to date

Topics

Offering comprehensive coverage of all security topics – from devices, architectures, to integrated circuits, to platforms, and to large systems.; including teaching use of state-of-the-art computer-aided design tools (CAD) and hands-on hardware design, hacking, and countermeasure tools.

Engagement

To date the MEST Center has engaged presenters and speakers from over 20 US states

Webinars

On-Site and Virtual Training

On-Campus Training

Certificate Programs

Courses

Meet the Leaders of MEST Center

Mark Tehranipoor

Co-Director

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

Waleed Khalil

Co-Director

THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY

Navid Asadi

Associate Director

UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA

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