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Yunsi Fei is a Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Northeastern University, serving concurrently as Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs. She leads the Northeastern site of the NSF IUCRC Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust (CHEST). Her research focuses on hardware-oriented security, computer architecture, embedded systems, and IoT security, with significant contributions to mitigating side-channel and fault attacks on neural networks and hardware systems.
Fei holds a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University (2004), and bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Electronic Engineering from Tsinghua University. She joined Northeastern in 2011 after faculty roles at the University of Connecticut.
Her research interests span secure computer architecture, energy-efficient embedded systems, and underwater sensor networks. Notable projects include RINGS (a NSF-funded IoT resilience initiative) and secure RISC-V processor design. She has received the NSF CAREER Award and multiple best paper awards at top conferences.
Fei’s work integrates hardware-software co-design to address vulnerabilities in AI accelerators and cryptographic systems. She leads the Energy-Efficient and Secure Systems (ENESS) Lab and collaborates with industry and academia through CHEST. Recent grants include $1.5M for cybersecurity in additive manufacturing and $1M for spectrum-agile IoT systems.
Her awards include a 2023 Distinguished Paper Award (AsiaCCS) and 2022 Best Paper (Great Lake VLSI). She mentors students like Ruyi Ding, who joined LSU as faculty in 2025. Fei also chairs sessions on hardware security and is an affiliated faculty member with Northeastern’s Institute of Information Assurance.
