IEEE Fellow; Preeminence Professor of Cybersecurity and Semmoto Endowed Chair Professor of Internet of Things in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Director of the Warren B. Nelms Institute for the Connected World, University of Florida, USA; Recipient of IEEE-CS TCVLSI Distinguished Research Award (2018), IBM Faculty Award (2013), National Science Foundation (NSF) career development award (2011), Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) technical excellence award as a team member (2005).