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.
Ramash Karri – NYU
For 15+ years of contribution to the field of hardware security.
Waleed Khalil – The Ohio State University
For 20+ years of contribution to the field of hardware security.