Microarchitecture & security
Discovering how hidden processor behavior exposes information, and developing hardware defenses that learn from execution.
BRAIN SPEC Lab · NC State
Research
Computer architecture, hardware security, and AI.
Research
Secure AI accelerators
Investigating the security consequences of performance optimizations in on-chip accelerators, including data-dependent timing, sparsity, and power gating.
AI for computer architecture
Developing compact learning mechanisms and tools that help architects explain hardware behavior and improve processor performance.
In the news
Media coverage
19 research media items across 14 outlets, including syndicated stories and two newsletter mentions. Two additional university announcements appear below.
ASPLOS 2026 · AI for computer architecture
CacheMind
CacheMind project
Kaushal Mhapsekar, via NC State News
AI-Powered Tool Helps Computer Architects Boost Processor Performance
New AI Tool Helps Computer Architects Boost Processor Performance
CacheMind turns chip tuning into a conversation, exposing hidden cache failures and lifting processor performance
AI-Powered Tool Helps Computer Architects Boost Processor Performance
AI Tool Enhances Processor Performance
AI tool for improving cache performance
CacheMind helps developers improve processor performance
Russian-language coverage; English descriptive title.
CacheMind explains cache misses in natural language
Russian-language coverage; English descriptive title.
IEEE Computer Architecture Letters 2026 · Accelerator privacy
FeatureBleed
FeatureBleed leaks hidden attributes via accelerator timing
Saved article screenshot.
Weekly Research Digest: February 23–March 1, 2026
Newsletter mention featuring FeatureBleed among the highlighted papers.
MICRO 2025 · IEEE Micro Top Picks 2026
GateBleed
GateBleed project
GateBleed project, NC State
Three artifact-evaluation badges · MICRO 2025
GateBleed earned Artifacts Available; Artifacts Evaluated — Functional; Results Reproduced.
Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data
Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data
Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data
NC State researchers uncover hardware flaw exposing sensitive training data from artificial intelligence systems
Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data
Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data
Researchers sound alarm over AI hardware vulnerabilities that expose training data
Hardware Vulnerability Allows Attackers to Hack AI Training Data
Republication of the NC State research story.
Cyber & AI Weekly — October 20th
News roundup mention. The displayed publication date differs from the date in the title.
Research innovation and academic recognition
University news
Catalyzing Creative Concepts to Solve Commercial Challenges
Prometheus and the Chancellor’s Innovation Fund.
CSE Launches Unique Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Announcement of the CSE Fellows cohort, including Samira Mirbagher Ajorpaz.
Coverage and original headline clippings collected in the September 2026 CV. Headlines link to the publishers; some coverage republishes the same university research release.