Awards news
Researchers at D-ITET regularly receive honours and prizes for their outstanding scientific work. Below you find a list of the most recent awards.
DSN 2026: Test of Time Award for SAFARI’s “PARBOR”
The SAFARI Research Group, headed by Prof. Onur Mutlu, has been honoured with the Test of Time Award for the paper “PARBOR”. Originally published at DSN 2016, the paper introduced the first practical, system-level technique to detect data-dependent DRAM failures, overcoming the hardware address obfuscation that had long hindered reliable testing.
COMSEC honoured with Distinguished Paper Award
Researchers led by Prof. Kaveh Razavi, Head of the Computer Security Group (COMSEC), have received a Distinguished Paper Award at the 47th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (18-20 May 2026) in San Francisco.
The 2026 KITE Award goes to ‘Embedded Systems’
Michele Magno from the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering and his team have won the 2026 KITE Award. The award recognises the newly redesigned compulsory course ‘Embedded Systems’, which implements project-based learning on a large scale for the first time.
Johannes Wikner receives Roger Needham Honorable Mention
Dr. Johannes Wikner, former doctoral student in the Computer Security Group of Prof. Kaveh Razavi, has received the Roger Needham Honorable Mention for his doctoral dissertation at the EuroSys 2026 in Edinburgh.
“ColumnDisturb” selected as an IEEE Micro Top Picks 2026
The paper “ColumnDisturb” by Prof. Onur Mutlu’s SAFARI Research Group was awarded an IEEE Micro Top Picks 2026.