Olivia Figueira

PhD Student

University of California, Irvine

olivia dot f at uci dot edu


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NCWIT Aspirations in Computing Event Panelist
April, 2024
I was invited to attend and 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). The goal of the NCWIT AiC program is to connect 9th-12th grade students, who identify as a women, non-binary, or gender-queer, with the resources, community, encouragement and guidance to pursue computing academically and professionally. Read more about the event here.

Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Conference Scholarship
April, 2024
I recieved a student scholarship to attend the WiCyS 2024 Conference in Nashville, TN.

ProperData 3rd Annual Symposium
September, 2023
I attended the ProperData 3rd Annual Symposium at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. I presented a poster of my latest research and discussed research ideas with other ProperData graduate students, researchers, and faculty.

GREPSEC VI Workshop, co-located with USENIX Security '23
August, 2023
I received a scholarship to attend the GREPSEC VI Workshop, co-located with USENIX Security '23, in Anaheim, CA, where I was able to attend talks and network with security and privacy researchers and graduate students.

Awarded M.S. in Computer Science
June, 2023
I was awarded my M.S. in Computer Science degree from the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences at UC Irvine.

CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women
April, 2023
I was invited to attend the CRA-WP Grad Cohort for Women in San Francisco, CA, where I had the opportunity to hear from senior female computing-related researchers and professionals about how to succeed in graduate school and excel in computer science research.

Awarded NSF GRFP Honorable Mention
March, 2023
I was awarded an Honorable Mention for the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition, which honors intellectual merit and broader impact of my graduate research and service towards inclusive excellence in computer science and engineering.

ProperData 2nd Annual Symposium
December, 2022
I attended the ProperData 2nd Annual Symposium at UCI. I presented a poster of my latest research and discussed research ideas with other ProperData graduate students, researchers, and faculty.

Privacy Engineering Internship at Common Sense Media
August, 2022
I completed my Privacy Engineering Internship at Common Sense Media, during which I worked with the Privacy Program to advance their internal privacy policy evaluation machine learning system, consulted on and contributed to research report about privacy of virtual reality, and trained to become a privacy policy evaluator. Thank you for having me, CSM!

Joined PhD Program at UCI
September, 2021
I began my PhD Program in Computer Science at UCI, where I will be conducting privacy research with Athina Markopoulou and Scott Jordan in the UCI Networking Group.