Intel Hardware Security Academic Award — recognition for outstanding published research in hardware security

About this program

Intel’s Hardware Security Academic Award recognizes published research that advances tools, methodologies, and technologies to improve hardware and foundational technology security, and includes a Test of Time honor for papers published more than ten years ago. The program prioritizes recent novel work with meaningful industry impact across areas such as AI-enabled security and protection of AI, ML analytics for product security, next‑generation cryptography and verification, scalable automated design/verification tools, cloud‑to‑edge threat mitigations, architectural resiliency, and confidential manufacturing. Eligible entries are peer‑reviewed papers—recent publications for the main award and publications older than ten years for the Test of Time award—demonstrating outstanding novelty and demonstrable impact on the hardware security ecosystem. Selection favors work with clear practical relevance to industry; consult the program announcement for submission or nomination procedures and deadlines.