Prior to that position, she was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the EECS Department at the University of California, Berkeley. She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2012. Cindy’s work spans the areas of Programming Languages and Software Engineering, with a focus on program analysis for automated bug finding, bug fixing, and program optimization. She is particularly interested in the reliability and performance of systems software and scientific computing applications. Some of her recent awards include: NSF CAREER Award 2018, Hellman Fellowship 2017, UC Davis CAMPOS Faculty Award 2014, and AAUW International Doctoral Fellowship 2008.