Veronica A. Rivera
Assistant Professor (starting Fall 26)
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Cybersecurity & Privacy
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About Me

I am an incoming assistant professor at Georgia Tech in the School of Cybersecurity and Privacy.

My research interests are in human-computer interaction, computer security, privacy, and AI. I use empirical techniques (qualitative, quantitative, and measurement) to characterize the digital safety risks of sociotechnical systems and work with affected communities to make these systems safer for everyone. My work seeks to enable safer tech-faciliated interpersonal relationships across different communities and contexts, such as labor, education, and romantic/intimate partnerships, and to measure and reduce abuse of emerging technologies . I publish in top HCI and S&P venues including ACM CHI, ACM CSCW, SOUPS, and IEEE S&P.

Previously, I was a postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy (2025-2026) where I worked with Yixin Zou and a postdoc in the computer science department at Stanford University (2023-2025), where I worked with Zakir Durumeric. At Stanford I also worked with the Embedded Ethics Program, joint across the Institute for Human-Centered AI (HAI) and the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society, where I taught ethics in computer science classes. I completed my PhD in Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz working with David Lee. During my PhD I spent a year as a visiting student at the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems where I worked with Elissa Redmiles. I earned a B.S degree in Joint Computer Science and Mathematics from Harvey Mudd College where I was supported by a 4 year President’s Scholarship. My time at Harvey Mudd contributed greatly to my passion for scholarship and teaching.

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