Jekyll2026-10-10T01:32:01+00:00http://trela.github.io/feed.xmlTRELATRELA, led by Prof. Yiorgos Makris, builds trusted and reliable integrated circuits and systems by combining machine learning, statistical analysis, and hardware design, with work spanning hardware security, AI for test, analog/RF ICs, and bio-security primitives.Welcome, Christos Koutoulis!2026-09-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2026/09/01/welcome-christos-koutoulisChristos Koutoulis is the newest Ph.D. member of the TRELA Lab. Christos, welcome!

Meet him and the rest of the team on the Team page or visit his profile.

]]>TRELA is now at UC San Diego2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2025/09/01/trela-at-uc-san-diegoThe Trusted and RELiable Architectures (TRELA) Lab has a new home at UC San Diego. We continue our work on trusted and reliable integrated circuits and systems, from hardware security and machine learning-based test to analog/RF ICs and bio-security primitives.

Interested in joining? See the Join us page.

]]>Prof. Makris elevated to IEEE Fellow2025-01-15T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2025/01/15/ieee-fellowProf. Yiorgos Makris has been elevated to the rank of IEEE Fellow, Class of 2025. UT Dallas news coverage.

]]>New SRC project on generative AI-based test generation2025-01-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2025/01/01/src-generative-ai-testThe Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) is funding our project “Generative AI-based Test Generation for Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuits” (2025 to 2028), which explores how large language models can learn to generate tests for integrated circuits.

]]>NSF grant to secure DNA storage access through CRISPR-PUFs2023-02-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2023/02/01/nsf-crispr-pufProfs. Bleris, Jones and Makris received a $300K NSF grant to secure access to DNA storage through CRISPR-based physical unclonable functions.

]]>NSF/ANR grant on errors in analog neural networks2022-08-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2022/08/01/nsf-chameleonProf. Makris received a $624K NSF grant (CHAMELEON) to study the impact and mitigation of errors in analog implementations of on-die neural networks.

]]>NSF TTP award to transition TRAP technology to practice2022-07-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2022/07/01/nsf-ttp-trapProfs. Makris and Sechen were awarded a $900K NSF grant to transition their transistor-level programmable fabric (TRAP) technology for hardware IP protection to practice.

]]>Press: engineered cell lines that resist illegal cloning2022-06-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2022/06/01/genetic-puf-pressUT Dallas published a news article on the Genetic PUF technology developed by Prof. Bleris and Prof. Makris.

]]>Genetic Physical Unclonable Functions in Science Advances2022-05-01T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2022/05/01/science-advances-genetic-pufOur manuscript “Genetic Physical Unclonable Functions in Human Cells” appears in Science Advances. The work brings the idea of hardware PUFs to living cells, enabling provenance attestation of human cell lines.

]]>NSF RINGS project on malicious hardware in NextG wireless networks2022-04-18T00:00:00+00:002026-10-10T01:31:27+00:00http://trela.github.io/2022/04/18/nsf-ringsA $1M NSF RINGS project on the resilience of NextG communication systems to malicious hardware modification attacks was announced.

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