Ren Walendy

This paper systematizes two decades of hardware reverse engineering research by analyzing 187 publications, identifying key technical methods and recommending improvements for reproducibility, standardization, and legal clarity.

The paper analyzes existing hardware Trojan datasets to demonstrate that standard cell libraries can be systematically exploited to create visually undetectable, stealthy hardware Trojans, exemplified by a backdoor in a RISC-V core.

This paper details the design and evolution of a Hardware Reverse Engineering (HRE) course, providing key lessons for educators teaching rapidly changing technical domains.