Tyler K Bletsch

Tyler K Bletsch is an Associate Professor of the Practice in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University. His research interests include software security, robotics, project-oriented education, and datacenter efficiency. He teaches a variety of courses, including ECE 494, ECE 495, and ECE 496, focusing on projects and special topics in electrical and computer engineering. Bletsch has contributed to publications on topics such as Rowhammer mitigation and control-flow locking. His work spans both technical and interdisciplinary areas, including cybersecurity and computer architecture.

Tyler Bletsch is a researcher at Duke University with a focus on computer architecture and security. His work explores advanced techniques for mitigating code-reuse attacks, such as return-into-libc and jump-oriented programming, through control-flow locking and dynamic voltage scaling. Bletsch also investigates energy efficiency in high-performance computing (HPC) systems, including power-aware domain migration and domain distribution. His research spans both hardware and software solutions for improving system reliability and security, with applications in virtualized clusters and memory systems. Additionally, he has contributed to the understanding of rowhammer vulnerabilities and developed machine learning-based mitigation strategies.