Nikhilesh Singh
Nikhilesh Singh

Hello, I am a Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi at the System Security Lab (SSL), TU Darmstadt. We are working on various topics involving Hardware Security, AI Security and AI for System Security. At SSL, I am also contributing to EU projects, CROSSCON and HYDRANOS.

Prior to this, I was a Ph.D. student at the Department of CSE, IIT Madras with Prof. Chester Rebeiro at the Secure Architecture For Embedded Systems (SAFE) Lab. At IITM, we worked on topics related to timing-based micro-architectural attacks and their countermeasures, handling false-positives on the detection of cyber attacks, hardware designs for ground-up security and the broader utilization of AI in the security and safety of systems. I am also a part of the Open Malware Research initiative at IIT Madras.

When I am not in the lab, I like listening to non-fiction podcasts and reading books. For collaborations and reassuring discussions on cyber security feel free to reach out to me!


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  • Feb 2026: Our paper What the Fuzz! Pushing Beyond Randomness in Hardware Security with Generative AI is accepted to the DATE 2026 Focus Session.
    Authors: Nikhilesh Singh, Mohamadreza Rostami, Lichao Wu, Chen Chen, Stephen Muttathil, Jeyavijayan Rajendran, and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi.
  • Feb 2026: Our paper Advanced Hybrid Hardware Fuzzing is accepted to the DATE 2026 Focus Session.
    Authors: Chen Chen, Stephen Muttathil, Mohamadreza Rostami, Nikhilesh Singh, Lichao Wu, Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, and Jeyavijayan Rajendran.
  • Feb 2026: Our paper AttackonCTF: Defending Hardware Security Competition Benchmarks in the Age of LLMs is accepted to DAC 2026.
    Authors: Mohamadreza Rostami, Nikhilesh Singh, Stephen Muttathil, Lichao Wu, Chen Chen, Huimin Li, Jeyavijayan Rajendran, and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi.
  • Nov 2025: Our paper AegisSat: Securing AI-Enabled SoC FPGA Satellite Platforms is accepted to Security for Space Systems (3S) 2025.
    Authors: Huimin Li, Vusal Novruzov, Nikhilesh Singh, Lichao Wu, Mohamadreza Rostami, and Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi.
  • Oct 2025: Organized Tutorial Session at ICCAD 2025.

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