Dr. Love Kumar Sah
Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Education
PhD, Computer Science & Engineering
University of South Florida (USF), Tampa, FL
Micro-architectural Countermeasures for Control Flow and Misspeculation Based Software Attacks
MS, Computer Engineering
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
MSc, Computer System & Knowledge Engineering
Tribhuvan University (TU), Kathmandu, Nepal
Credit Transferred to USF
BE, Computer Engineering
Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Research Interests
Aiming to build secure, efficient, and evolving computing systems.
Hardware Security
Focusing on security vulnerabilities and protection mechanisms in hardware systems.
Embedded/Cyber-Physical Systems
Developing secure and efficient computing systems for embedded applications.
Design Automation
Creating automated design tools and methodologies for hardware systems.
Research Experiences for Undergraduate Students
Providing research opportunities for undergraduate students in CPE, EE, CS, or Math.
Highly motivated undergraduate students in CPE, EE, CS, or Math majors with excellent academic standings are welcome to join my lab and participate in various research projects. Please email me for more information.
Experience & Service
Academic and professional experience
Work Experience
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2021 - CurrentWestern New England University (WNEU)
Graduate Teaching Assistant
2014 - 2020University of South Florida
Lecturer
2010 - 2014Khwopa College of Engineering, TU, Nepal
Grants & Funding
NSF: Travel: Student Participation Grant for MWSCAS 2024
$30K2024-2025
Lead-PI: Dr Love K. Sah, ECE Dept. Western New England University
Awards & Recognition
Best Paper Nomination (3 out of 19 accepted papers)
3rd IEEE Asian Hardware Oriented Security and Trust Symposium (AsianHOST)
2018
Winner (2 out of 52 Engineering graduate research presentations)
10th Annual USF Graduate Student Research Symposium
2018
A. Richard Newton Young Student Fellow Award
53rd Design Automation Conference (DAC)
2017
Professional Service
Student Affairs Chairs
67th International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS), Springfield, MA, USA
Technical Program Committee
IEEE Computer Society Annual Symposium on VLSI (ISVLSI), Tampa, FL, USA
Special Session Chair
"Internet of Things (IoT) Growth Acceleration in a Post-pandemic World" 64th IEEE International Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MSWCAS), Lansing, MI, USA
Journal/Conference Paper Reviewer
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI), IEEE Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI-SoC), IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS)
Vice President
IEEE Computer Society USF Student Chapter
Teaching Experience
Western New England University
CPE690-40: Computer System Security & Trust (W21, F23)
CPE590-41: Digital Design Optimization Verification (F23)
CPE462/562: VHDL: Simulation & Synthesis (S21, S22, S23, S24)
CPE305: Data Structure for Firmware Design (F21, F22, F23)
EE285: C-Programming (S22, S23, S24)
CPE271: Digital System Design (S22, S23, S24)
EE205: Electrical Engineering I (F22)
University of South Florida
CDA4205: Computer Architecture (Sum17, Sum18)
CDA3103: Computer Organization (Sum 16)
Tribhuvan University
CT603: Computer Organization and Architecturer (S10, S11, S12, S13, S14)
EX511: Microprocessors (S10, S11, S12, S13, S14)
CT501: Object Oriented Programming (F10, F11, F12, F13)
CT401: Computer Programming (F10, F11, F12, F13)
Publications
Selected peer-reviewed conferences and journals