HOST 2026 | IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust

Jim Plusquellic University of New Mexico	Mark Tehranipoor University of Florida	Saverio Fazzari Booz Allen Hamilton	Farinaz Koushanfar UC San Diego	Ken Mai Carnegie Mellon University	Matt Casto AFRL
Srini Devadas MIT	Yousef Iskander Microsoft	Gang Qu University of Maryland	Swarup Bhunia University of Florida	Cliff Wang NSF

Jim Plusquellic - University of New Mexico & Mark Tehranipoor - University of Florida

For contributions as HOST co-founders, general chairs, steering committee, and numerous initiatives since the beginning of the conference.
Saverio Fazzari - Booz Allen Hamilton

For contributions to establishing HOST as a preeminent conference in the government and industrial sectors.
Farinaz Koushanfar - UC San Diego

For contributions as the first General Chair not co-located with DAC and Steering Committee member.
Ken Mai - Carnegie Mellon University

For serving as General Chair in 2011 and 2012 during early transitional years from workshop to symposium.
Matt Casto - AFRL

Providing 15+ years of leadership, vision, and support to grow the hardware security community.
Srini Devadas - MIT

For outstanding innovations in the field of hardware and architecture security.
Yousef Iskander - Microsoft

For 15+ years of contribution to the field of hardware security and supporting academic research.
Gang Qu - University of Maryland

For 20+ years of contribution to the field of hardware security and community service.
Swarup Bhunia - University of Florida

For his contribution to IEEE technical events and supporting the hardware security community.
Cliff Wang - NSF

For 15+ years of contribution to the field of hardware security and supporting/advocating academic research.

IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)