Subhasish Mitra, an IEEE Fellow, is a professor at Stanford University. Mitra's lab is focused on building robust nanoscale integrated circuits and systems. Before joining Stanford, he worked at Intel, where he solved a crucial problem in cost-effectively testing chips for defects. He sees a connection there to the hunt for malicious hardware. Whether a chip malfunctions because of manufacturing problems or a deliberate attack, Mitra says, the result looks much the same: “It all comes down to trust.”