About

Hello! I’m Olivia. I’m Assistant Professor of Computer Engineering at San José State University. My research is at the intersection of artificial intelligence and embedded systems. My work uses hardware-software co-design to create efficient, fault-tolerant computer architectures for neural networks at the edge.

Before coming to SJSU, I received my PhD and MS in Computer Science at UC San Diego, advised by Ryan Kastner. My PhD thesis was Efficient and Resilient Neural Networks for On-chip Inference. I received my BS in Computer Science at the University of Chicago, where I worked with Yanjing Li and Andrew A. Chien.

My interests include but are not limited to:

• Hardware-software co-design
• Edge neural networks
• Resilient neural networks
• Embedded systems
• Computer architecture
• Hardware accelerators
• Hardware security
• Side-channel attacks
• Shakespeare
• Theater
• Movies
• Film adaptations of books
• Medium specificity
• Novels
• Piano
• Classical music
• Opera
• Tennis
• Running
• Tetris
• Traveling
• Taking walks

Talk to me about any of the above, and we will make good conversation!