Course Acknowledgements

Fall 2025

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This course was developed with significant inspiration from a variety of excellent courses. We’d like to specifically thank Prof. Mohit Tiwari for his course with the same name, which served as a foundational influence.

Other courses that provided valuable inspiration include:

• Secure Hardware Design (MIT) by Prof. Mengjia Yan
• Secure Computer Systems (CMU) by Prof. Wenting Zheng and Prof. Dimitrios Skarlatos
• Advanced Computer Security (UIUC) by Prof. Christopher W. Fletcher
• Reliability of Cloud-Scale Systems (UIUC) by Prof. Tianyin Xu
• Hardware Security (UW) by Prof. David Kohlbrenner
• Advanced Topics on Secure Hardware (UC Berkeley) by Prof. Dawn Song, Prof. Krste Asanović, and Prof. David Kohlbrenner

We’d like to thank all the people who developed these great courses and were willing to share them publicly. We highly encourage you to check out their course materials as a complementary source.