Phillipa Gill

Phillipa Gill is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Research Scientist at Google, focusing on the Measurement Lab Project. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Toronto (2012) and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Citizen Lab, Munk School of Global Affairs. Her research emphasizes computer networking and security, particularly network measurement techniques to study online information controls, routing security, and traffic differentiation.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Toronto (2012)
• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Citizen Lab, University of Toronto (2012–2013)
• M.Sc. in Computer Science, University of Calgary (2007–2008)
• Bachelor’s Degree (not explicitly stated)

Research Interests: Gill’s work addresses network interference, reliability, and security. She develops tools like the ICLab platform for measuring online censorship and collaborates across disciplines, including law and political science. Recent projects include analyzing China’s DNS censorship and evaluating domain name encryption privacy.

Key Activities:

• General co-Chair, ACM Internet Measurement Conference (2016)
• Program co-Chair, USENIX FOCI (2015) and ACM CoNEXT Student Workshop (2013)
• Area Editor, ACM SIGCOMM Computer Communications Review (2013–2015)

Awards:

• NSF CAREER Award, Google Research Award
• Best Paper Awards at IMC (2013) and PAM (2008)
• IBM Best Presentation Award (Cloud Computing)
• Anita Borg Fellowship finalist (2009–2010)

Labs & Outreach: Leads the ICLab and Calipr Research Group. Co-founded the LED-Programming-Workshop to engage pre-college students in programming and STEM. Active in promoting diversity, such as hosting Women in Computer Science events.