Received an Alfred P. Sloan Faculty Fellowship, a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship, an NSF CAREER award, a ‘Brilliant 10’ Popular Science nomination, an Early Career Award in Cybersecurity from the University of Washington Center for Academic Excellence, the Honorable Mention for the 2013 inaugural Dennis M. Ritchie Doctoral Dissertation Award, a William Chan Dissertation Award, two best paper awards at top systems conferences, and the first Google Ph.D. Fellowship in Cloud Computing.
Research Experience
Part of the Columbia Software Systems Lab, an energetic group of professors and students working on highly relevant challenges in today’s cutting-edge technologies, such as mobile devices, cloud computing, and distributed systems.
Education
Joined Columbia in Fall 2011 after finishing her Ph.D. in Computer Science (CS) at the University of Washington. Undergraduate studies were completed in Romania at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, also majoring in CS.
Background
Associate Professor of Computer Science at Columbia University, specializing in the development of privacy architectures for the web, mobile devices, and smart cities. Her work focuses on creating comprehensive, practical solutions to enhance data privacy in these environments.
Miscellany
Looking for new Ph.D. students and Columbia project students. Requires candidates to be highly motivated, have solid coding experience (particularly systems building experience), and be interested in doing distributed systems research. Not looking for interns or other short-term visitors.