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Embedded Linux

Embedded Linux

A comprehensive, hands-on course on developing, configuring, and deploying Embedded Linux on real hardware.

  • Lectures: Linux architecture, boot process (U-Boot), kernel config & device tree, drivers, filesystems, Buildroot/Yocto, init systems, cross-compiling, debugging.
  • TPs (Labs): Build a minimal rootfs (BusyBox), compile & flash a custom kernel, board bring-up, simple char driver, networking, systemd services.
  • Projects: End-to-end BSP bring-up for a target board, driver + user-space app, OTA/update workflow, performance & power profiling report.
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Computer Organization

Computer Organization

An in-depth exploration of computer architecture with a special focus on security implications.

  • Security-Oriented Coverage: Microarchitecture, pipelines, caches, branch prediction, and vulnerabilities like Spectre/Meltdown.
  • x86 Assembly Language: Instruction set fundamentals, addressing modes, stack operations, and secure coding practices.
  • Project: Hands-on implementation analyzing architectural behavior and evaluating attack/defense mechanisms.
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Hardware Security

Hardware Security and Side-Channel Attacks

An in-depth course on hardware security with emphasis on side-channel vulnerabilities and their countermeasures.

  • Foundations: Principles of hardware security, threat models, and trust anchors.
  • Side-Channel Attacks: Power analysis, EM leakage, timing attacks, fault injection, and microarchitectural exploits.
  • Defenses: Masking, hiding, randomization, secure hardware design, and runtime mitigation strategies.
  • Practical Work: Lab sessions on attack implementation and evaluation of countermeasures on real or simulated hardware.
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ECE_5ST01_TP

Fiabilitie & Security des Systems integres

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