I am a PhD student in Computer Science in the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). I obtained my BS in Computer Science and Engineering from Santa Clara University (SCU) and my MS in Computer Science from UCI.
I am a member of the UCI Networking Group and NSF SaTC Frontier ProperData Center, and I am advised by Athina Markopoulou and Scott Jordan. My research interests include usable privacy, children's and teens' online privacy and safety, human-computer interaction (HCI), system auditing and compliance, and privacy legislation and regulation. I am also President of the Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) student chapter at UCI. For more information, see my CV.
NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Event Panelist
Apr. 2024
I was invited to speak on a panel at the National Center for Women in Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing Awards (AiC) event, hosted by the UCI ICS Office of Outreach, Access and Inclusion (OAI).
Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Conference Scholarship
Apr. 2024
I recieved a student scholarship to attend the WiCyS 2024 Conference.
ProperData 3rd Annual Symposium
Sept. 2023
I attended the ProperData 3rd Annual Symposium at Northeastern University in Boston, MA.
DiffAudit: Auditing Privacy Practices of Online Services for Children and Adolescents
Olivia Figueira, Rahmadi Trimananda, Athina Markopoulou, and Scott Jordan
Under Submission
VBIT: Towards a Usable MR and Web-Based System for IoT Privacy Control
Jad Al Aaraj, Olivia Figueira, Tu Le, Rahmadi Trimananda, and Athina Markopoulou
Under Submission
Privacy of Virtual Reality: Our Future in the Metaverse and Beyond
Authors: Girard Kelly, Jeff Graham, Jill Bronfman, and Steve Garton
Contributors: Olivia Figueira and Aya Nouiouat
Common Sense Media, Privacy Program, 2022
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DeepPhish: Understanding User Trust Towards Artificially Generated Profiles in Online Social Networks
Jaron Mink, Licheng Luo, Natã M. Barbosa, Olivia Figueira, Yang Wang, and Gang Wang
USENIX Security Symposium, 2022
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Understanding COVID-19 Public Sentiment Towards Public Health Policies Using Social Media Data
Olivia Figueira, Yuka Hatori, Liying Liang, Christine Chye, and Yuhong Liu
IEEE Global Humanitarian Technology Conference (GHTC), 2021
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Distress Among Undergraduates: Marginality, Stressors and Resilience Resources
Paula S. Nurius, Yasaman S. Sefidgar, Kevin S. Kuehn, Jake Jung, Han Zhang, Olivia Figueira, Eve A. Riskin, Anind K. Dey, and Jennifer C. Mankoff
Journal of American College Health, 2021
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