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ThumbPod: a next generation
biometrically secure wireless embedded system
We are
presently designing a next generation embedded system named ThumbPod.
ThumbPod is an embedded system which will include a microprocessor, a
biometric fingerprint sensor (with its associated signal processing
hardware), a cryptographic co-processor, and a memory module--all embedded
within a single system. ThumbPod will communicate with the outside world via
two ports: Infrared (for wireless communication) and USB (for high-bandwidth
communication).
ThumbPod
will have application in the areas of secure credit cards, secure memory
storage, high-bandwidth video/audio encryption, etc. ThumbPod is a driver for
our research in hardware and software architectures for low power embedded
systems.
The
ThumbPod developments span several areas, illustrating the multi-disciplinary
nature of our group. The application is developed as a co-design of the following
four elements:
The
ThumbPod project received an honorable mention award at the 2003 DAC/ISSCC
Student Design Contest.
The ThumbPod-II
project won 3rd place award at the 2005 DAC/ISSCC Student Design
Contest
 
( ThumbPod-2
chip)
( Testing Setup )
The following students are involved in the design of Thumbpod: Yi
Fan, Alireza Hodjat, David Hwang, Bo-Cheng Lai, Kazua Sakiyama, Patrick
Schaumont, Shenglin Yang. The project is advised by Professor Verbauwhede.
Publications
- D. Hwang, P. Schaumont, K.
Tiri, and I. Verbauwhede, "Making embedded systems
secure," IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine, 2005. [accepted]
- P. Schaumont, D. Hwang, I.
Verbauwhede, " Platform-based
design for an embedded fingerprint authentication device," IEEE Transactions on
Computer Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems, 2005. [accepted]
- Kris Tiri, David Hwang,
Alireza Hodjat, Bo-Cheng Lai, Shenglin Yang, Patrick Schaumont, and
Ingrid Verbauwhede, "Prototype IC with WDDL and Differential
Routing - DPA Resistance Assessment,” Workshop on Cryptographic Hardware and
Embedded Systems (CHES 2005), August 2005. [accepted]
- Kris Tiri, David Hwang,
Alireza Hodjat, Bo-Cheng Lai, Shenglin Yang, Patrick Schaumont, and
Ingrid Verbauwhede, "AES-Based Cryptographic and Biometric
Security Coprocessor IC in 0.18-um CMOS Resistant to Side-Channel Power
Analysis Attacks," 2005 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits (VLSI
SYMPOSIUM 2005), June 2005. [accepted]
- Kris Tiri, David Hwang,
Alireza Hodjat, Bo-Cheng Lai, Shenglin Yang, Patrick Schaumont, and
Ingrid Verbauwhede, "A Side-Channel Leakage Free Coprocessor IC
in 0.18um CMOS for Embedded AES-based Cryptographic and Biometric
Processing," Proc. 2005 Design Automation Conference (DAC 2005), June 2005.
[accepted] (Winner DAC/ISSCC 2005 Student Design Contest 3rd place
operational category)
- S. Yang and I. Verbauwhede,
"Automatic
Secure Fingerprint Verification System Based on Fuzzy Vault Scheme,” IEEE International
Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2005),
pp. 609-612, March 2005. PDF
- D. Hwang and I.
Verbauwhede, "Design of portable biometric
authenticators--energy, performance, and security tradeoffs," IEEE Transactions on
Consumer Electronics, vol. 50, no. 4, pp. 1222-1231, November 2004. PDF
- S. Yang and I. Verbauwhede,
"Secure
fuzzy vault based fingerprint verification system," Proc. 38th Asilomar
Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Volume 1, pp. 577-581,
November 2004. PDF
- P. Schaumont and I.
Verbauwhede, "Thumbpod puts security under your thumb," Xilinx Xcell Journal, October 2003 (Winter 2004).
PDF
- P. Schaumont, and I.
Verbauwhede, "Domain specific codesign for embedded
security," IEEE Computer, vol. 36, no. 4, pp. 68-74, April 2003. PDF
- P. Schaumont, K. Sakiyama,
Y. Fan, D. Hwang, B. Lai, A. Hodjat, S. Yang, and I. Verbauwhede, "Testing
ThumbPod: softcore bugs are hard to find," Proc. IEEE International
High Level Design Validation and Test Workshop (HLDVT 2003), pp. 77-82,
November 2003. PDF
- S. Yang and I. Verbauwhede,
"A
secure fingerprint matching technique," Proc. ACM Workshop on
Biometrics: Methods and Applications, pp. 89-94, November 2003. PDF
- S. Yang, K. Sakiyama, and
I. Verbauwhede, "A compact and efficient fingerprint
verification system for secure embedded systems," Proc. 37th IEEE Asilomar
Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, pp. 2058-2062, November
2003. PDF
- D. Hwang, P. Schaumont, Y. Fan, A. Hodjat, B.C. Lai, K. Sakiyama, S. Yang,
and I. Verbauwhede, "Design flow for HW / SW acceleration
transparency in the ThumbPod secure embedded system," Proc. 40th ACM/IEEE Design
Automation Conference (DAC 2003), pp. 60-65, June 2003. PDF
- P. Schaumont and I.
Verbauwhede, "Domain specific tools and methods for application
in security processor design," Kluwer Journal for Design
Automation of Embedded Systems, pp. 365-383, November 2002. PDF
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