Awad Amro

Awad Amro is an Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering (Focus on Digital Technologies) at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Department of Engineering Science. His research interests include Computer Architecture, Hardware Security, Hardware/Software Co-design, Security and Privacy. He is also a Tutorial Fellow at University College. Prior to joining Oxford, he led the Secure and Advanced Computer Architecture (SACA) research group at NC State as a tenured Associate Professor. He has held industrial positions at HP Labs, AMD Research, MediaTek USA, and various US government labs. His research has been featured in top conferences in computer architecture and has contributed to several publications.

Amro Awad is a researcher at the University of Oxford specializing in Computer Architecture and Hardware Security. His work focuses on enhancing the security and performance of non-volatile memory (NVM) systems, with an emphasis on secure memory management, side-channel attacks, and malware detection in IoT environments. Awad has published extensively on topics such as secure NVM recovery, memory access obfuscation, and the design of memory accelerators. His research also explores the challenges of persistently secure processors and the impact of memory management on system performance. By combining architectural insights with security principles, Awad contributes to the development of robust and efficient hardware solutions for modern computing systems.