{"id":2133,"date":"2026-01-15T23:04:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:09:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T23:09:38","slug":"welcome-professor-christopher-fletcher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/?p=2133","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, Professor Christopher Fletcher!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2133\" class=\"elementor elementor-2133\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-41b585d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"41b585d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de0b3cb\" data-id=\"de0b3cb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d916712 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d916712\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img data-opt-id=698440767  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"382\" src=\"https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:450\/h:382\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chrisopher-Fletcher-Thumb.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2136\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:450\/h:382\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chrisopher-Fletcher-Thumb.jpg 450w, https:\/\/mlhg4gntrt4y.i.optimole.com\/w:300\/h:255\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/prism.ucsd.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Chrisopher-Fletcher-Thumb.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31ef3fc\" data-id=\"31ef3fc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f20077e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f20077e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are delighted to welcome <span data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"95\">P<\/span><span data-start=\"67\" data-end=\"95\">rofessor Christopher Fletcher<\/span>, Associate Professor at the <span data-start=\"124\" data-end=\"162\">University of California, Berkeley<\/span>, who is <span data-start=\"171\" data-end=\"199\">joining the PRISM Center<\/span>. Professor Fletcher is a leading researcher in computer architecture with broad interests spanning security and domain-specific acceleration. He previously served as an Assistant Professor at <span data-start=\"392\" data-end=\"400\">UIUC<\/span>, completed a research postdoctoral appointment at <span data-start=\"451\" data-end=\"461\">NVIDIA<\/span>, earned his <span data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"492\" style=\"\">Ph.D. from <\/span><span data-start=\"474\" data-end=\"492\" style=\"\">MIT<\/span>, and received his <span data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"536\">B.S. from UC <\/span><span data-start=\"511\" data-end=\"536\">Berkeley<\/span>. His research advances hardware and software security, uncovers new classes of microarchitectural vulnerabilities, and introduces new abstractions for accelerator design, with significant impact across cryptography, processor verification, and specialized hardware systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are delighted to welcome Professor Christopher Fletcher, Associate Professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who is joining the PRISM Center. Professor Fletcher is a leading researcher in computer architecture with broad interests spanning security and domain-specific acceleration. 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