About

Hello! I’m Olivia. I’m a sixth-year PhD candidate in Computer Science working with Professor Ryan Kastner at UC San Diego. 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. My PhD was supported by an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

Before coming to UCSD, I received my BS in Computer Science at the University of Chicago, where I worked with Professor Yanjing Li on mitigating cache side-channel attacks and Professor Andrew A. Chien on integrating SSD latency predictors into cloud systems via hardware accelerators.

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!