Office: 4124 SC
Email: mdhicks2@illinois.edu
Mailing address:
201 North Goodwin Ave
Urbana, IL 61801
I am currently a Ph.D. student studying Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where I earned my Masters degree in 2008 and expect to complete my doctorate by May 2011. I earned my B.S. in Computer Science from the University of Central Florida in May 2006.
My current research centers on crafting and detecting malicious insertions into hardware. Previous research focused on hardware support for real-time systems and embedded systems in general. I am interested in research topics ranging from the hardware layer (circuits, architecture, FPGAs) up to the operating system layer. I am especially interested in redefining the interface between hardware and software.