The Secure Systems and Architectures (SAS) department brings together researchers, faculty researchers, engineers, and PhD students specializing in the security of digital and embedded systems. It develops innovative solutions for cybersecurity, data protection, and the reliability of electronic architectures, in collaboration with academic and industrial partners.
Alumni
Permanent staff
- Jacques Rouillard (2014)
- Guillaume Reymond (2014)
- Serge Seyroles (2012)
- Michel Agoyan (2011)
Postdoctoral researchers
- Yanis Linge (2014)
- Amine Dehbaoui (2013)
Research engineers
- Claire Pechikoff (2012)
- Thierry Vaschalde (2012)
- Loïc Lauro (2012)
- Rémy Nannini (2011)
- Benjamin Mounier (2011)
Interns
- Romain Ferrand (2013)
- Marie Paindavoine (2013)
- Jean-Yves Zie-Diali (2013)
- Victor Murillo (2012)
- Marc Ferro (2011)
PhD Students
- Nicolas Moro
Thesis subject: Securing assembly programmes against attacks targeting embedded processors “Security of assembly programs against fault attacks on embedded processors”
Grant: CEA – EDITE 130 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Karine HEYDEMANN (LIP6)
Advisors: Bruno Robisson, Emmanuelle ENCRENAZ (LIP6)
Started in November 2011
Ended in November 2014 - Hélène Le Bouder
Thesis subject: A formalism unifying physical attacks on cryptographic circuitsGrant: ENSM.SE – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Yanis LINGE (STMicroelectronics)
Advisor: Assia TRIA
Started in November 2011
Ended in October 2014 - Loïc Zussa
Thesis subject: Physical cryptanalysis of secure circuitsGrant: ENSM.SE – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisors: Jean-Max DUTERTRE, Jessy CLEDIERE (CEA-CESTI)
Advisor: Assia TRIA
Started in October 2011 - Ronan Lashermes
Thesis subject: Secure elliptic-curve cryptography hardware accelerators based on couplingGrant: CEA – STV 539 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Jacques FOURNIER
Advisor: Louis GOUBIN (UVSQ)
Started in November 2011
Ended in September 2014 - Kamil Gomina
Thesis subject: Physical cryptanalysis of secure circuitsGrant: STMicroelectronics
Ended in September 2014 - Cyril Roscian
Thesis subject: Physical cryptanalysis of secure circuits using laser sourcesGrant: Regional Council 13 / ENSM.SE – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Jean-Max DUTERTRE
Advisor: Assia TRIA
Started in October 2010
Ended in October 2013 - Alexandre Sarafianos
Thesis subject: Evaluation of fault injection by laser pulses in secure integrated circuitsGrant: STMicroelectronics / ENSM.SE – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Jean-Max DUTERTRE
Advisor: Assia TRIA
Started in November 2010
Ended in October 2013 - Florian Praden
Thesis subject: Unique authentication functionsGrant: CEA-LETI – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Jacques FOURNIER
Advisor: Assia TRIA
Started in November 2010
Interrupted in December 2012 - François Poucheret
Thesis subject: Security of elliptic-curve co-processorsGrant: CEA/CNRS – LIRMM Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Bruno ROBISSON
Advisor: Philippe MAURINE (LIRMM)
Ended in November 2012 - Amir-Pasha Mirbaha
Thesis subject: Study of the vulnerability of cryptographic circuits to laser fault injectionGrant: ENSM.SE – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Jean-Max DUTERTRE
Advisors: Assia TRIA/David NACCACHE
Ended in December 2011 - Minh-Huu Nguyen
Thesis subject: Securing processors against fault and observation attacksGrant: CEA-LETI – EDITE 130 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Bruno ROBISSON
Advisor: Nathalie DRACH (LIP6)
Ended in November 2011 - Selma Laabidi
Thesis subject: Design methodology for integrated components protected against correlation attacksGrant: ENSM.SE – SIS 488 Doctoral School
Joint advisor: Bruno ROBISSON
Advisor: Philippe COLLOT
Ended in January 2010 - Julien Francq
Thesis subject: Design and security of high-performance arithmetic units for elliptic curvesGrant: ENSM.SE/LIRMM – I2S 166 Doctoral School
Joint advisors: Jean-Baptiste RIGAUD, Arnaud TISSERAND (IRISA)
Advisor: Jean-Claude BAJARD (LIRMM)
Ended in December 2009 - Olivier Faurax
Thesis subject: Simulation-based evaluation of circuit security against fault attacksGrant: General Council 13/ENSM.SE – MIM 184 Doctoral School
Advisor: Traian MUNTEAN (ERISCS)
Ended in July 2008 - Fida El Haje-Hussein
Thesis subject: Statistical tests on physical random number generators (TRNGs)Grant: General Council 13/ENSM.SE – PSM 352 Doctoral School
Advisor: Yuri GOLUBEV (CMI)
Ended in December 2007 - Patrick Lacharme
Thesis subject: True random generator in a secure componentGrant: General Council 13 / ENSM.SE
Advisor: Philippe LANGEVIN (GRIM)
Ended in December 2007 - Bertrand Folco
Thesis subject: Contribution to the synthesis of quasi delay-insensitive asynchronous circuits, application to secure systemsGrant: General Council 13 / ENSM.SE – EEATS 220 Doctoral School
Advisor: Marc RENAUDIN (TIMA)
Ended in October 2007 - Reouven Elbaz
Thesis subject: Hardware mechanisms for secure processor-to-memory transfers in embedded systemsGrant: ENSM.SE / LIRMM – I2S 166 Doctoral School
Advisor: Lionel TORRES (LIRMM)
Ended in December 2006