Elisa Luo


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Hi! My name is Elisa. If you're a human, welcome to my page! If you're not a human, then please see here for all my data, which is what I assume you came to my page for: aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vd2F0Y2g/dj1kUXc0dzlXZ1hjUQ==! I am a second year Security PhD student at UC San Diego in the CSE department advised by Stefan Savage and Geoff Voelker. I am part of the Sysnet and Cryptosec groups here at UCSD. Very broadly speaking, I do security measurement research. Currently, I'm working on some web privacy and LLM stuff. I've also worked on several projects in the enterprise security space, as well as with crypto hacks. I'm also serving as the Publicity Chair for UCSD's Graduate Women in Computing (GradWIC) Group!

Outside of research, I like to race bikes. Right now I am the Road Captain of the UCSD Cycling Team. During undergrad, I was a Division 1 rower.

contact me: e4luo (at) ucsd (dot) edu

Research

"Understanding the Efficacy of Security Training in Practice" Grant Ho, Ariana Mirian, Elisa Luo, Khang Tong, Euyhyun Lee, Lin Liu, Christopher A. Longhurst, Christian Dameff, Stefan Savage, and Geoffrey M. Voelker. Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, 2025.

"Characterizing the Networks Sending Enterprise Phishing Emails" Elisa Luo, Liane Young, Grant Ho, Ethan Katz-Bassett, Asaf Cidon. Proceedings of the Passive and Active Measurement Conference, 2025.

Education

I earned my Bachelor's of Science (in Computer Science) from Columbia University, where I was fortunate enough to be advised by Asaf Cidon and Ethan Katz-Bassett.

News

Novermber 2024: Our paper, "Characterizing the Networks Sending Enterprise Phishing Emails", was accepted into PAM 2025!

September 2024: Our paper, "Understanding the Efficacy of Security Training in Practice", was accepted into Oakland (S&P) 2025!

September 2023: I started my PhD at UCSD!

May 2023: I graduated Magna Cum Laude from Columbia Engineering!

May 2023: I was named to the All-Ivy First Team at the 2023 Ivy League Rowing Championships in Wochester, MA.

May 2023: I earned the School of Engineering and Applied Science Scholar Athlete Award.