Author_Institution :
Lab. Hubert Curien, Univ. of Lyon, St. Etienne, France
Abstract :
Teaching FPGA security to electrical engineering students is new at graduate level. It requires a wide field of knowledge and a lot of time. This paper describes a compact course on FPGA security that is available to electrical engineering master´s students at the Saint-Etienne Institute of Telecom, University of Lyon, France. It is intended for instructors who wish to design a new course on this topic. The paper reviews the motivation for the course, the pedagogical issues involved, the curriculum, the lab materials and tools used, and the results. Details are provided on two original lab sessions, in particular, a compact lab that requires students to perform differential power analysis of FPGA implementation of the AES symmetric cipher.
Keywords :
computer science education; cryptography; educational courses; electrical engineering education; embedded systems; field programmable gate arrays; laboratory techniques; teaching; AES symmetric cipher; FPGA security; France; Lyon University; differential power analysis; electrical engineering students; laboratory sessions; teaching; Ciphers; Embedded systems; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; Power demand; Power measurement; FPGA security; cryptography; data security; digital system design; education; embedded system security;
