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The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into Internet of Things (IoT) and edge computing systems has intensified the need for robust, hardware-rooted trust mechanisms capable of ensuring device authenticity and AI model…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Maryam Taghi Zadeh , Mohsen Ahmadi

Disordered photonic structures are promising materials for the realization of physical unclonable functions (PUF), physical objects that can overcome the limitations of conventional digital security methods and that enable cryptographic…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-03-06 Sara Nocentini , Ulrich Rührmair , Mauro Barni , Diederik S. Wiersma , Francesco Riboli

A physical unclonable function (PUF), analogous to a human fingerprint, has gained an enormous amount of attention from both academia and industry. SRAM PUF is among one of the popular silicon PUF constructions that exploits random initial…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2017-05-23 Yansong Gao , Hua Ma , Said F. Al-Sarawi , Derek Abbott , Damith C. Ranasinghe

We propose a theoretical framework to quantitatively describe Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs), including extensions to quantum protocols, so-called Quantum Readout PUFs (QR-PUFs). (QR-) PUFs are physical systems with challenge-response…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-08 Giulio Gianfelici , Hermann Kampermann , Dagmar Bruß

Quantum Physical Unclonable Functions (QPUFs) offer a physically grounded approach to secure authentication, extending the capabilities of classical PUFs. This review covers their theoretical foundations and key implementation challenges -…

Advances in technology have enabled tremendous progress in the development of a highly connected ecosystem of ubiquitous computing devices collectively called the Internet of Things (IoT). Ensuring the security of IoT devices is a high…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-09-18 Vishalini R. Laguduva , Sheikh Ariful Islam , Sathyanarayanan Aakur , Srinivas Katkoori , Robert Karam

Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) exploit the intrinsic complexity and irreproducibility of physical systems to generate secret information. PUFs have the potential to provide fundamentally higher security than traditional cryptographic…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-02-12 Omid Kavehei , Chun Hosung , Damith Ranasinghe , Stan Skafidas

Binarized Neural Networks (BNNs) deployed on memristive crossbar arrays provide energy-efficient solutions for edge computing but are susceptible to physical attacks due to memristor nonvolatility. Recently, Rajendran et al. (IEEE Embedded…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Bijeet Basak , Nupur Patil , Kurian Polachan , Srinivas Vivek

Physically unclonable functions (PUFs) are designed to act as device 'fingerprints.' Given an input challenge, the PUF circuit should produce an unpredictable response for use in situations such as root-of-trust applications and other…

Due to the diverse and mobile nature of the deployment environment, smart commodity devices are vulnerable to various attacks which can grant unauthorized access to a rogue device in a large, connected network. Traditional digital…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-05-06 Md Faizul Bari , Parv Agrawal , Baibhab Chatterjee , Shreyas Sen

Radio frequency (RF) fingerprinting is a tool which allows for authentication by utilizing distinct and random distortions in a received signal based on characteristics of the transmitter. We introduce a deep learning-based authentication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-15 Justin McMillen , Gokhan Mumcu , Yasin Yilmaz

The Internet of Drones (IoD) is an emerging and crucial paradigm enabling advanced applications that require seamless, secure communication across heterogeneous and untrusted domains. In such environments, access control and the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-12-29 Xuanyu Chen , Yue Zheng , Junqing Zhang , Guanxiong Shen , Chip-Hong Chang

In this letter, a physical unclonable function (PUF)-advanced encryption standard (AES)-PUF is proposed as a new PUF architecture by embedding an AES cryptographic circuit between two conventional PUF circuits to conceal their…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-10-18 Weize Yu , Jia Chen

Mobile and embedded devices are becoming inevitable parts of our daily routine. Similar to other electronic devices such as read access memory (RAM) and storage, mobile devices require to authenticate and to be authenticated in a secure…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Alireza Shamsoshoara

Simple authentication protocols based on conventional physical unclonable function (PUF) are vulnerable to modeling attacks and other security threats. This paper proposes an arbiter PUF based on a linear feedback shift register…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-19 Yao Wang , Xue Mei , Zhengtai Chang , Wenbing Fan , Benqing Guo , Zhi Quan

Embedded software used in industrial systems frequently relies on data that ensures the correct and efficient operation of these systems. Thus, companies invest considerable resources in fine-tuning this data, making it their valuable…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Bernhard Fischer , Daniel Dorfmeister , Flavio Ferrarotti , Manuel Penz , Michael Kargl , Martina Zeinzinger , Florian Eibensteiner

Recently, major progress has been made towards the realisation of quantum internet to enable a broad range of classically intractable applications. These applications such as delegated quantum computation require running a secure…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-04 Mina Doosti , Niraj Kumar , Mahshid Delavar , Elham Kashefi

Hardware security has been a key concern in modern information technologies. Especially, as the number of Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices grows rapidly, to protect the device security with low-cost security primitives becomes essential,…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2022-09-01 Xinrui Guo , Xiaoyang Ma , Franz Muller , Kai Ni , Thomas Kampfe , Yongpan Liu , Vijaykrishnan Narayanan , Xueqing Li

With rapid advancements in electronic gadgets, the security and privacy aspects of these devices are significant. For the design of secure systems, physical unclonable function (PUF) and true random number generator (TRNG) are critical…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Simranjeet Singh , Furqan Zahoor , Gokulnath Rajendran , Sachin Patkar , Anupam Chattopadhyay , Farhad Merchant

Physical unclonable functions (PUFs) are hardware structures in a physical system (e.g. semiconductor, crystals etc.) that are used to enable unique identification of the semiconductor or to secure keys for cryptographic processes. A PUF…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Vladlen Galetsky , Soham Ghosh , Christian Deppe , Roberto Ferrara