Computer Science Distinguished Lecture

CS Distinguished Lectures are free and open to everyone.  No registration is required.

Location:  Fred Kaiser Building (2332 Main Mall), Room 2020/2030

Speaker:  Dr. Stefan Saroiu, Microsoft Research

Title: Six Years of Rowhammer: Breakthroughs and Future Directions

Abstract:

This talk will present the work done over the past six years as part of Project STEMA at Microsoft. STEMA stands for Secure, Trusted, and Enhanced Memory for Azure. We will discuss our journey in understanding Rowhammer and our methodology for determining whether cloud servers are vulnerable to these attacks. We will also explain why Rowhammer is a significant concern, particularly in the context of nation-state attacks, and how this led us to develop a pragmatic solution called Panopticon.

Bio:

Stefan Saroiu is a researcher with Microsoft Research. His research interests cover many aspects of systems and networks, although his recent work has primarily focused on systems security. Stefan’s work has been published at top conferences in the fields of security, systems, networking, and mobile computing.