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Ryan Kastner

UC San Diego Health System · US
Area of research
Hardware and Architecture · Artificial Intelligence
Research interest
Research interests include Embedded Systems Design Techniques, Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs) and Hardware Security, Security and Verification in Computing, and Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques.
h-index
44
citations
7,146
works
367
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

<scp>CGRA4ML</scp> : A Hardware/Software Framework to Implement Neural Networks for Scientific Edge Computing
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
PrioriFI: More Informed Fault Injection for Edge Neural Networks
Proceedings of the 31st ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 2 2026cited by 0position: contributordoi
Greater than the Sum of its LUTs: Scaling Up LUT-based Neural Networks with AmigoLUT
Proceedings of the 2025 ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays 2025cited by 13position: contributordoi
Greater than the Sum of its LUTs: Scaling Up LUT-based Neural Networks with AmigoLUT
2025cited by 11position: lastdoi
<scp>Tailor</scp> : Altering Skip Connections for Resource-Efficient Inference
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems 2024cited by 13position: contributordoi
TOP: Towards Open &amp; Predictable Heterogeneous SoCs
IEEE Transactions on Computers 2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
FKeras: A Sensitivity Analysis Tool for Edge Neural Networks
ACM Journal on Autonomous Transportation Systems 2024cited by 5position: contributordoi
eXpect: On the Security Implications of Violations in AXI Implementations
Proceedings of the 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design 2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Pentimento: Data Remanence in Cloud FPGAs
Proceedings of the 29th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 2 2024cited by 2position: contributordoi
Turn on, Tune in, and Listen up: Maximizing Side-Channel Recovery in Cross-Platform Time-to-Digital Converters
ACM Transactions on Reconfigurable Technology and Systems 2024cited by 1position: contributordoi
Junkyard Computing: Repurposing Discarded Smartphones to Minimize Carbon
2023cited by 47position: middledoi
Security Verification of the OpenTitan Hardware Root of Trust
IEEE Security &amp; Privacy 2023cited by 21position: contributordoi
A Framework for Design, Verification, and Management of SoC Access Control Systems
IEEE Transactions on Computers 2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Turn on, Tune in, Listen up: Maximizing Side-Channel Recovery in Time-to-Digital Converters
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays 2023cited by 12position: contributordoi
Adapting Skip Connections for Resource-Efficient FPGA Inference
Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/SIGDA International Symposium on Field Programmable Gate Arrays 2023cited by 2position: contributordoi
Automated Generation, Verification, and Ranking of Secure SoC Access Control Policies
Proceedings of Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things Week 2023 2023cited by 0position: contributordoi
Sherlock: A Multi-Objective Design Space Exploration Framework
ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems 2022cited by 24position: contributordoi
Cut and Forward: Safe and Secure Communication for FPGA System on Chips
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 2022cited by 8position: contributordoi
Renée: New Life for Old Phones
IEEE Embedded Systems Letters 2022cited by 4position: contributordoi
A Remote Control System for Emergency Ventilators During SARS-CoV-2.
2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
Underwater Depth Calibration Using a Commercial Depth Camera
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Underwater Networks &amp; Systems 2022cited by 1position: contributordoi
An Overview of Hardware Security and Trust: Threats, Countermeasures, and Design Tools
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 2021cited by 174position: contributordoi
Hardware Information Flow Tracking
ACM Computing Surveys 2021cited by 81position: lastdoi
Hardware Information Flow Tracking
ACM Computing Surveys 2021cited by 72position: contributordoi
S2N2: A FPGA Accelerator for Streaming Spiking Neural Networks
2021cited by 65position: lastdoi
An Overview of Hardware Security and Trust: Threats, Countermeasures, and Design Tools
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 2020cited by 194position: middledoi
Low-cost 3D scanning systems for cultural heritage documentation
Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development 2020cited by 29position: lastdoi
Memory-Based High-Level Synthesis Optimizations Security Exploration on the Power Side-Channel
IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems 2020cited by 12position: contributordoi
O(N)-Space Spatiotemporal Filter for Reducing Noise in Neuromorphic Vision Sensors
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing 2018cited by 100position: lastdoi
Distributed compressed sensing based channel estimation for underwater acoustic multiband transmissions
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2018cited by 28position: lastdoi

Grants

REU Site: Engineers for Exploration
NSF2548467$520,3372026–2029PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Pentimenti - Securing Cloud FPGAs from Analog Temporal Side Channels
NSF2418269$420,0002024–2028PIRePORTER
Collaborative Research: SaTC: CORE: Medium: Hardware Security Insights: Analyzing Hardware Designs to Understand and Assess Security Weaknesses and Vulnerabilities
NSF2247755$723,0682023–2027PIRePORTER
REU Site: Engineers for Exploration
NSF2244123$440,0002023–2026PIRePORTER
REU Site: Engineers for Exploration
NSF1852403$453,4632019–2023PIRePORTER
Student Travel Support for the International Symposium on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)
NSF1830895$18,0002018–2019PIRePORTER
SaTC: STARSS: Small: Property Driven Hardware Security
NSF1718586$358,0002017–2022PIRePORTER
TWC: Medium: Collaborative: Computational Blinking - Computer Architecture Techniques for Mitigating Side Channels
NSF1563767$816,0002016–2021PIRePORTER
REU Site: Engineers for Exploration
NSF1560162$461,7712016–2020PIRePORTER
TWC: Small: Employing Information Theoretic Metrics to Quantify and Enhance the Security of Hardware Designs
NSF1527631$532,0002015–2019PIRePORTER
REU Site: Engineers for Exploration
NSF1263320$380,0002013–2017PIRePORTER
I-Corps: Provable Hardware Design for Integrity and Security
NSF1339522$50,0002013–2013PIRePORTER
SHF: Medium: Collaborative Research: Building Critical Systems with Verifiable Properties Using Gate Level Analysis
NSF1162177$448,0002012–2015PIRePORTER
TC: Large: Collaborative Research: 3Dsec: Trustworthy System Security through 3-D Integrated Hardware
NSF0910581$482,0002010–2014PIRePORTER
CSR-EHS:Architecture and Design Tools for Software Defined Acoustic Modem
NSF0816419$208,0002008–2011PIRePORTER
CSR-EHS:Architecture and Design Tools for Software Defined Acoustic Modem
NSF0720450$120,0002007–2008PIRePORTER
Adaptive Radiolocation for Mobile Sensor Networks
NSF0411321$415,1062004–2008PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

· 22 papers (2020–2026)Andres Meza · University of California San Diego8 papers (2023–2026) · 8 papers (2023–2026)Francesco Restuccia · University of California, San Diego7 papers (2022–2026)Wei Hu · Northwestern Polytechnical University4 papers (2016–2021)J. Duarte · California Institute of Technology4 papers (2023–2025) · 3 papers (2023–2024)Colin Drewes · Stanford University3 papers (2023–2024)N. V. Tran · Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory3 papers (2024–2026)Q Gautier · University of California, San Diego2 papers (2016–2020)Alric Althoff · American Rock Mechanics Association2 papers (2015–2016)Farinaz Koushanfar · UC San Diego Health System2 papers (2023–2024)Timothy Sherwood · University of California System2 papers (2013–2014)Armaiti Ardeshiricham · University of California San Diego2 papers (2017–2021)Curt Schurgers · University of San Diego2 papers (2017–2020)Jason Oberg · Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna2 papers (2014–2016)Alireza Khodamoradi · Advanced Micro Devices (United States)2 papers (2018–2021)Bill Hunter · Georgia Institute of Technology2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2023–2024) · 2 papers (2021–2021)