Computing Hardware
for AI & Security

CHASE Lab designs and builds hardware architectures that are fast, intelligent, and secure, from implantable medical devices and post-quantum cryptography to neuromorphic computing and FPGA-based intrusion detection.

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CHASE Lab
Research Areas

Implantable Medical Devices

Security and privacy protocols for IMDs, such as pacemakers and neural implants, under extreme resource constraints.

Post-Quantum Cryptography

Hardware accelerators for lattice-based cryptographic schemes resistant to quantum attacks.

FPGA-based IDS

Reconfigurable hardware intrusion detection systems for real-time network threat identification.

Edge AI Computing

Ultra-low-power inference engines for deploying AI models on IoT and embedded edge devices.

Neuromorphic Computing

Brain-inspired hardware architectures for energy-efficient spiking neural network acceleration.

Brain-Computer Interfaces

Hardware platforms for next-generation neural implants with real-time signal processing and secure telemetry.

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News
Oct 2026
Paper presented at IEEE Healthcom 2026 · Faaiz Umer presented our work on a plug-and-play, quantum-resistant BLE pairing protocol for medical implants using NFC out-of-band exchange at IEEE Healthcom 2026, New York City, USA.
Jul 2026
Two papers presented at IEEE EMBC 2026 · At the flagship IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society conference in Toronto, Dr. Siddiqi presented two papers on cerebellar Purkinje cell-based brain-machine interfaces.
May 2026
Paper presented at IEEE ICC 2026 · Dr. Ijaz Naqvi presented our work on fault-tolerant edge computing for autonomous environmental hazard monitoring at ICC 2026, Glasgow, UK.
May 2026
Paper presented at IEEE ICASSP 2026 · Dr. Siddiqi presented our work on spatio-temporal deep learning models for decoding Purkinje cell activity at the flagship IEEE Signal Processing conference in Barcelona, Spain. Paper
Apr 2026
CHASE Lab officially launched at SBASSE, LUMS. We welcome our founding members and look forward to impactful research.
Mar 2026
Pakistan Semiconductor Summit 2026 · Dr. Siddiqi delivered the opening welcome address at PSS 2026, hosted at LUMS, bringing together 500+ researchers, engineers, and industry leaders from Pakistan's semiconductor ecosystem.
Oct 2025
Paper presented at IEEE BioCAS 2025 · Dr. Siddiqi presented our work on real-time on-device Purkinje cell spike sorting for wireless, untethered cerebellar experiments at the IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Paper
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Interested in joining CHASE Lab?

We are actively recruiting motivated students at all levels, BS (final year projects), MS, and PhD, with a strong background in digital design, embedded systems, computer architecture, or hardware security. Prospective students should email their CV and a brief statement of interest.

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