Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi and his team have been honored with the Intel Academic Leadership Award at the prestigious USENIX Security conference 2021.

The award recognizes the significant impact on shaping international cyber security research, particularly in hardware-based security, and transferring knowledge and insights to academic and industrial security community.

In addition, Intel also recognizes with the award the work of TU Darmstadt together with Texas A&M University for designing and organizing the world’s largest hardware security competition HACK@Event. The Award was announced and presented at the internationally renowned cyber security conference USENIX Security 2021.

The U.S. semiconductor giant Intel thus honors the excellent research work and the international impact of Prof. Sadeghi’s work. “We are very proud of this award”, says a delighted Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi. “Throughout my career I have worked with many large multinational enterprises. My encounters with Intel were always accompanied with passion for deep and visionary research. Intel seeks to work with top innovative minds worldwide, no matter where they are” says the computer science professor in laudation of the award.