Robbie Dumitru

I hold a PhD in Computer Science awarded by Adelaide University. My thesis, Hardware Security Amidst Technology Scaling, investigates fault injection and side-channel security. Previously, I earned a B.Eng. (Honours) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and a B.Sc. in Mathematical and Computer Sciences from The University of Adelaide.

Awards

Best PhD Competition Award IEEE HOST ’26

Publications — PhD

Thunderhammer — Rowhammer Bitflips via PCIe and Thunderbolt (USB‑C)
Robert Dumitru, Junpeng Wan, Daniel Genkin, Rick Kennell, Dave (Jing) Tian, and Yuval Yarom
[ preprint | code ]
Chypnosis: Undervolting-based Static Side-channel Attacks
Kyle Mitard, Saleh Monfared, Fatemeh Dana, Robert Dumitru, Yuval Yarom, and Shahin Tajik
IEEE S&P ’26
AMD Advisory — Microchip Advisory
[ print ]
On Borrowed Time — Preventing Static Side-Channel Analysis
Robert Dumitru, Thorben Moos, Andrew Wabnitz, and Yuval Yarom
NDSS ’25 [ print | talk | code ]
The Impostor Among US(B): Off-Path Injection Attacks on USB Communications
Robert Dumitru, Daniel Genkin, Andrew Wabnitz, and Yuval Yarom
USENIX Security ’23 [ print | talk | code ]

Other Publications

How to Benchmark Post-Quantum Accelerators
Bradley Morgan, Robert Dumitru, Rowan Fimmano, Valen Kostich, Ray Okamoto, Milan Sorak, Faisal Umar, Chitchanok Chuengsatiansup, Olaf Maennel, Paul Montague, and Yuval Yarom
IACR CiC 2026 [ print ]
Reverse-Engineering the Address Translation Caches
Philipp Ertmer, Robert Dumitru, and Yuval Yarom
DIMVA ’25 [ print | code ]
USB Proxy (extended abstract)
Robert Dumitru, Mark Beaumont, Bradley Hopkins, and Simon Windows
ACSW ’23 [ print ]