Regular biography
Simon Moore is a Fellow at the University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology, where he conducts research and teaching in computer architecture, with particular interests in secure and rigorously-engineered processors and subsystems. His work includes the CHERI secure processor, part of a full-stack security project involving RISC-V cores with CHERI security extensions and a complete software stack. Moore is also a Fellow and Director of Studies at Trinity Hall. He has supervised over 25 Ph.D. students, including Dr Daniel Greenfield, who received the UK Distinguished Dissertation prize for his research on Communication Locality in Computation.
Scholar-generated biography
Simon Moore is a Professor of Computer Engineering at the University of Cambridge, specializing in Computer Architecture, Security, VLSI Design, and System Photonics. His research focuses on advancing computer architecture through secure and efficient system design, with an emphasis on hardware-based security mechanisms and on-chip network optimization. Moore's work explores the integration of capabilities into architectures to enhance software safety and compartmentalization, as well as the development of secure and energy-efficient VLSI systems. His contributions span both theoretical and applied research, addressing challenges in system security, asynchronous logic, and high-performance computing.