Simon Pontié

CurriculumVitae

Contacts

: École des Mines de Saint-Étienne; Campus Georges Charpak Provence

: 880, route de Mimet; 13541 GARDANNE Cedex France

: +33442616728

: simon.pontie@cea.fr

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Work Experiences

Current: Researcher at CEA LETI,; SAS research group (Secure Architectures and Systems), Center of Microelectronics in Provence
2013-2016: Ph.D., Grenoble-Alpes University (France), TIMA Laboratory, AMfoRS research group; Ph.D. thesis defence at Grenoble: November 21^st, 2016. Jury: Arnaud Tisserand, Lionel Torres,; Philippe Elbaz-Vincent, Pierre-Yvan Liardet, Viktor Fischer, Régis Leveugle, and Paolo Maistri; 3 years of research, supervisors: Régis Leuveugle and Paolo Maïstri; Hardware security for cryptography based on elliptic curves (link); 3 years as a teacher at Phelma (school of Physics and Electronics in Grenoble) in addition to my PhD studies; digital and analog electronics, real-time systems, security of embedded systems, embedded systems
February-June 2012: Electronic sciences research during Master internship: TIMA Laboratory, Grenoble; Design and validation of a secure crypto-processor for cryptography based on elliptic curves
June-July 2010: Electronic sciences research during Bachelor internship: BIOMIS Laboratory, Rennes, France; Design of a potentiostat for micro sensor

Education

PhD thesis - Simon Pontié - Hardware security for cryptography based on elliptic curves

2013-2016: Ph.D., Grenoble-Alpes University, TIMA Laboratory, Grenoble, France; Three years, researcher and teacher as Ph.D. student
2012-2013: Research Master: Joseph Fourier University, Grenoble; Nanoelectronic and Nanotechnology, Hardware design
June 2012: National Competitive Examination for Teacher Training in Electrical Engineering (French agrégation)
2011-2012: Master: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan, Rennes; Higher-education teacher training in electrical engineering; Preparation of the French agrégation in electrical engineering
2010-2011: First year of Master: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes; Electronics and Telecommunications; First year of Master: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes; Mechanical engineering
2009-2010: Bachelor: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes; Electronics and Telecommunications; Bachelor: École Normale Supérieure de Cachan and University of Rennes; Mechanical engineering

Publications, Conferences and Research Projects

Journal

[1]

L. De Feo, N. El Mrabet, A. Genêt, N. Kaluderović, N. Linard de Guertechin, S. Pontie, and É. Tasso, “SIKE channels: Zero-value side-channel attacks on SIKE,” IACR Transactions on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, TCHES 2022, pp. 264–289, 2022. link DOI Slides.

[2]

S. Pontie, P. Maistri, and R. Leveugle, “Dummy operations in scalar multiplication over elliptic curves: A tradeoff between security and performance,” Microprocessors and Microsystems, vol. 47, Part A, pp. 23–36, 2016. DOI.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

[1]

A. Ras, A. Loiseau, M. Carmona, S. Pontie, G. Renault, B. Smith, and E. Valea, “PHOENIX: Crypto-agile hardware sharing for ML-KEM and HQC,” in Cryptology ePrint archive, 2025. ePrint.

[2]

C. Fanjas, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and J. Clédière, “PoP DRAM: A new EMFI approach based on EM-induced glitches on SoC,” in 2024 workshop on fault detection and tolerance in cryptography (FDTC), 2024, pp. 10–21. DOI HAL.

[3]

R. Joud, P.-A. Moëllic, S. Pontie, and J.-B. Rigaud, “Like an open book? Read neural network architecture with simple power analysis on 32-bit microcontrollers,” in Smart card research and advanced applications: 22st international conference, CARDIS 2023, 2023, pp. 256–276. DOI arXiv.

[4]

C. Fanjas, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and J. Clédière, “Exploration of system-on-chip secure-boot vulnerability to fault-injection by side-channel analysis,” in 2023 IEEE international symposium on defect and fault tolerance in VLSI and nanotechnology systems (DFT), 2023, pp. 1–6. DOI HAL.

[5]

M. Dumont, K. Hector, P.-A. Moellic, J.-M. Dutertre, and S. Pontie, “Evaluation of parameter-based attacks against embedded neural networks with laser injection,” in Computer safety, reliability, and security: 41st international conference, SAFECOMP 2023, 2023, pp. 259–272. DOI arXiv.

[6]

C. Fanjas, C. Gaine, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and O. Potin, “Combined fault injection and real-time side-channel analysis for android secure-boot bypassing,” in Smart card research and advanced applications: 21st international conference, CARDIS 2022, birmingham, UK, november 7–9, 2022, revised selected papers, 2022, pp. 25–44. HAL ePrint DOI.

[7]

R. Joud, P.-A. Moëllic, S. Pontie, and J.-B. Rigaud, “A practical introduction to side-channel extraction of deep neural network parameters,” in Smart card research and advanced applications: 21st international conference, CARDIS 2022, birmingham, UK, november 7–9, 2022, revised selected papers, 2022, pp. 45–65. HAL arXiv DOI.

[8]

D. Bellizia, N. El Mrabet, A. Fournaris, S. Pontie, R. Francesco, F.-X. Standaert, É. Tasso, and E. Valea, “Post-quantum cryptography: Challenges and opportunities for robust and secure HW design,” in 2021 IEEE international symposium on defect and fault tolerance in VLSI and nanotechnology systems (DFT), 2021, pp. 1–6. HAL DOI.

[9]

É. Tasso, L. De Feo, N. El Mrabet, and S. Pontie, “Resistance of isogeny-based cryptographic implementations to a fault attack,” in International workshop on constructive side-channel analysis and secure design, COSADE 2021, 2021, pp. 255–276. HAL ePrint DOI.

[10]

C. Gaine, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, J.-P. Nikolovski, and J.-M. Dutertre, “Electromagnetic fault injection as a new forensic approach for SoCs,” in 2020 IEEE international workshop on information forensics and security (WIFS), 2020, pp. 1–6. HAL DOI.

[11]

P. Leignac, O. Potin, J.-M. Dutertre, J.-B. Rigaud, and S. Pontie, “Comparaison of side-channel leakage on rich and trusted execution environments,” in 6th workshop on cryptography and security in computing systems, 2019, pp. 19–22. HAL DOI.

[12]

S. Pontie, A. Bourge, A. Prost-Boucle, P. Maistri, O. Muller, R. Leveugle, and F. Rousseau, “HLS-based methodology for fast iterative development applied to elliptic curve arithmetic,” in 19th euromicro conference on digital system design (DSD), 2016, pp. 511–518. HAL DOI.

[13]

T. Backenstrass, M. Blot, S. Pontie, and R. Leveugle, “Protection of ECC computations against side-channel attacks for lightweight implementations,” in 1st international verification and security workshop (IVSW), 2016, pp. 1–6. DOI.

[14]

S. Pontie, P. Maistri, and R. Leveugle, “An elliptic curve crypto-processor secured by randomized windows,” in 17th euromicro conference on digital system design (DSD), 2014, pp. 535–542. DOI.

[15]

S. Pontie and P. Maistri, “Randomized windows for secure scalar multiplication on elliptic curves,” in 25th international conference on application-specific systems, architectures, and processors (ASAP), 2014, pp. 78–79. DOI.

[16]

S. Pontie and P. Maistri, “Design of a secure architecture for scalar multiplication on elliptic curves,” in 10th conference on ph. D. Research in microelectronics and electronics (PRIME), 2014, pp. 1–4. DOI.

Other Communications

[1]

S. Pontie, “Overview of side-channel and fault injection attacks on ML-KEM CRYSTALS-KYBER implementations.” Post-Quantum Cryptography conference by DGA at European Cyber Week, 2024. HAL link.

[2]

C. Fanjas, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and J. Clediere, “Injection de faute electromagnétique sur sytem-on-chip en boîte noire.” Journée thématique sur les attaques par injection de fautes (JAIF), 2024. link Slides.

[3]

S. Pontie and D. Resende, “Accélération matérielle d’une signature ECDSA dans un ASIC en FD-SOI 22nm avec contremesures aux attaques physiques.” Journées Nationales 2024 du GDR Sécurité Informatique, 2024. link.

[4]

C. Fanjas, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and J. Clediere, “Injection de fautes sur system-on-chip par perturbation électromagnétique et exploitation.” Séminaire sur la sécurité des systèmes électroniques embarqués (SemSecuElec), 2024. link Slides.

[5]

S. Pontie, “On the security of embedded systems: Side-channel analysis and fault injection.” Winter school of the cybersecurity PEPR, 2024. link.

[6]

S. Pontie, “Introduction aux attaques physiques.” Séminaire au M2 FSI (Fiabilité et Sécurité Informatique) d’Aix Marseille Université, 2023.

[7]

A. Ras, M. Carmona, A. Loiseau, S. Pontie, G. Renault, B. Smith, and E. Valea, “Secure, optimized and agile HW/SW implementation for post-quantum cryptography.” Poster at CHES 2023, 2023. HAL.

[8]

D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and C. Fanjas, “How to exploit EMFI to bypass the secure-boot of SoC.” Cyber in Sophia Antipolis (8th edition of the Cyber in ... French Cybersecurity Doctoral School), 2023. link Slides.

[9]

C. Fanjas, C. Gaine, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, and O. Potin, “Méthode combinée d’injection de faute et d’analyse side-channel temps réel pour contourner le secure-boot d’android.” Journée thématique sur les attaques par injection de fautes (JAIF), 2022. link Slides.

[10]

S. Pontie, É. Tasso, N. El Mrabet, L. De Feo, and G. Clément, “SIKE: Injection de fautes et contre-mesure sur la génération de clés.” Journée thématique des GDR SoC² et Sécurité Informatique : Algorithmes de chiffrement post-quantiques et sécurité matérielle, 2021. link Slides Video.

[11]

É. Tasso, L. De Feo, N. El Mrabet, and S. Pontie, “Resistance of isogeny-based cryptographic implementations to a fault attack.” Journée thématique sur les attaques par injection de fautes (JAIF), 2021. link Slides Video.

[12]

C. Gaine, D. Aboulkassimi, S. Pontie, J.-P. Nikolovski, and J.-M. Dutertre, “Electromagnetic fault injection on SoCs.” Journée thématique sur les attaques par injection de fautes (JAIF), 2021. link Slides Video.

[13]

É. Tasso, L. De Feo, N. El Mrabet, and S. Pontie, “Resistance of isogeny-based cryptographic implementations to a fault attack.” 3th NIST PQC Standardization Conference, 2021. Slides Paper Video.

[14]

É. Tasso, L. De Feo, N. El Mrabet, and S. Pontie, “Résistance des implémentations cryptographiques basées sur les isogénies à une attaque en faute.” Séminaire de l’équipe Informatique et algèbre appliquée, Institut de mathématiques de Toulon, 2021. link.

[15]

N. El Mrabet, M. Carmona, S. Pontie, J.-P. Enguent, and P. Galy, “La cryptographie post-quantique et les enjeux associés aux implémentations des algorithmes proposés.” Webinaire du pôle SCS: WebTech#SCS, 2021. link.

[16]

S. Pontie and D. Aboulkassimi, “Attaque side-channel sur plateforme mobile android.” Séminaire à l’École des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gardanne, 2018. link.

[17]

S. Pontie and D. Aboulkassimi, “Hardware characterization for mobile devices a security perspective.” 1st Mobitrust International Workshop, Portugal, Aveiro, 2017. link.

[18]

S. Pontie, “Étude de la sécurité des courbes quartiques de jacobi vis à vis des attaques par analyse de puissance consommée.” Séminaire à l’École des Mines de Saint-Etienne, Gardanne, 2016. link.

[19]

S. Pontie, “Prise en compte des fuites d’informations par canaux auxiliaires dans une implémentation ECC.” Séminaire sécurité des systèmes électroniques embarqués, Rennes, 2016. link.

[20]

S. Pontie, “Attaque par analyse de la puissance consommée contre un crypto-processeur basé sur les courbes jacobi quartiques.” Journées Codage et Cryptographie, Toulon, 2015. link.

[21]

S. Pontie, P. Maistri, and R. Leveugle, “Tuning of randomized windows against simple power analysis for scalar multiplication on elliptic curves.” TRUDEVICE 2015: Workshop on Trustworthy Manufacturing; Utilization of Secure Devices, Grenoble, 2015. link.

[22]

S. Pontie and M.-A. Cornelie, “Fast and secure crypto-processor based on elliptic curve cryptography.” 2eme Journée SCCyPhy: Security; Cryptology for CyberPhysical systems, Grenoble, 2015. link.

[23]

S. Pontie, “Architecture d’un crypto processeur ECC sécurisé contre les attaques physiques.” Journées Nationales du Réseau Doctoral en Micro-nanoélectronique, Lille, pp. 1–4, 2014. HAL.

[24]

S. Pontie, “Multiplication scalaire avec fenêtrage aléatoire pour la protection d’un coprocesseur de chiffrement basé sur les courbes elliptiques.” 1er Journée SCCyPhy: Security; Cryptology for CyberPhysical systems, Grenoble, 2014.

Research Activities

Supervisions

PhD students

Soline Casavecchia (2024-2027): Laser fault injection exploration on System-on-Chip.
(LinkedIn)
Co-supervised with Driss Aboulkassimi, Jessy Clédière and Jean-Max Dutertre.
Antonio Ras (2022-2025):Secured and optimized HW/SW Implementation of Agile Post-Quantum Cryptography based on lattices and codes.
(LinkedIn)
Co-supervised with Mikael Carmona, Antoine Loiseau, Emanuele Valea, Guénaël Renault and Benjamin Smith.
Clément Fanjas (2021-2025): Hardware vulnerability exploitation for FORENSIC’s use-cases on mobile devices.
(LinkedIn)
Co-supervised with Jessy Clédière and Driss Aboulkassimi.
Raphaël Joud (2020-2023): Side-Channel Analysis against the confidentiality of embedded neural networks: attack, protection, evaluation.
(LinkedIn)
Co-supervised with Pierre-Alain Moëllic and Jean-Baptiste Rigaud.
The thesis was defended on 2024/01/18.
Elise Tasso (2019-2022): Hardware security for post-quantum cryptography based on elliptic curve isogenies.
(dblp)
Co-supervised with Nadia El Mrabet and Luca De Feo.
The thesis was defended on 2022/12/12.

Fixed-term contracts

Daniel Resende (2022-2024): Software design for cryptography as part of the ACROQAY research project.
(LinkedIn)

Interships

Soline Casavecchia (2024): Laser fault injection in System-on-Chip.
(LinkedIn)
Co-supervised with Driss Aboulkassimi, Jessy Clédière and Jean-Max Dutertre.
Clement Fanjas (2021): Hardware vulnerability and new methods to resolve synchronization problem.
(LinkedIn)
Co-supervised with Driss Aboulkassimi and Olivier Potin.

Research Projects

POLIIICE: Horizon Europe project (2022-2025).
REV: Cybersecurity PEPR project (2023-2028).
ACROQAY: Carnot Explorer project (2020-2024).
PICTURE: ANR project (PRCE, 2021-2024).
EXFILES: H2020 project (2020-2023).
CSAFE+: FUI project (2017-2021).
MobiTrust: CATRENE project (2014-2017)

Other Activities

Program Committee of the COSADE2024 workshop.
Scientific and Program Committee of the PHISIC2022 workshop.
Technical committee of the PHISIC2019 workshop.

Open Position