IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)

May 4-7, 2026 Washington DC, USA

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.