T3S·Lab
Hardware-rooted security for the systems that run the world.
We study the security of modern computing platforms — with a focus on Arm CPUs, FPGAs, and the trusted execution environments that sit between them. Our work spans micro-architectural side channels, firmware attestation, FPGA-based confidential computing, and the operating-system primitives that make platform security tractable.
Director
Dr. Md. Armanuzzaman
Dr. Armanuzzaman is a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at UTEP, where he directs the T3S Lab. His research focuses on systems and software security — with emphasis on trusted execution environments, FPGA security, embedded and IoT systems, operating systems security, and machine learning security. Before joining UTEP, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Northeastern University's Khoury College of Computer Sciences. He earned his PhD from the University at Buffalo under Professor Ziming Zhao, and his BSc from Khulna University of Engineering and Technology. His work has appeared at ACM CCS, NDSS, ASIACCS, IEEE INFOCOM, and USENIX SEED.
Latest publications
- 2026CCS
- 2025CCS
- 2025IEEE TIFS
- 2025arXiv
News & announcements
- 2026 · 08Welcome Shovo and Monaem — two new PhD students join the lab for Fall 2026.
- 2026 · 05Lab finishes 42nd at MITRE eCTF 2026. Our implementation is open-sourced on GitHub.
- 2026 · 05New industry collaboration with Octavo Systems on FPGA Confidential Computing.
- 2026 · 01Paper accepted at ACM CCS 2026 on cryptographic practices in securing microcontrollers from embedded CTFs.
- 2025 · 11Paper accepted at ACM CCS 2025 — insights and challenges for securing microcontroller systems from embedded CTF competitions.