I am a Ph.D. student at Cornell University, co-advised by Hakim Weatherspoon and Phoebe Sengers. Before joining Cornell, I received a B.S. in Computer Science at Grand Valley State University (GVSU).

Research

I am interested in Systems & Networking and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICTD). Broadly, in addition to evaluating their social impact, I design, build, and deploy computing systems in resource-constrained environments.

Active Projects

• Name TBD: A hardware/software platform for digital agriculture (Work In Progress)
• Societal Impact of Farm Networking: A socio-technical approach to anticipating the impact of high-bandwidth farm networking (Work In Progress)

Previous Projects

• Vegvisir: A distributed, partition-tolerant log fit for IoT applications

Publications (Workshop Papers & Extended Abstracts)

Gloire Rubambiza, Phoebe Sengers, and Hakim Weatherspoon, "Paradoxes in Creating the Future of Farm Work: Anticipating Social Impact through the Lens of Early Adopters", To Appear in the Automation Experience at the Workplace Workshop at the Human Factors in Computing (CHI) Conference (CHI '21), Yokohama, Japan, May 2021

Gloire Rubambiza, Hakim Weatherspoon, José Martínez, and Abraham Stroock, "WaterGuard: Toward Cheap Automated Irrigation Systems Powered by the Cloud and TV White Spaces", CMD-IT/ACM Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing Conference (TAPIA '20), Dallas, TX, September 2020

Martin Matias Perez, Gloire Rubambiza, Brandon Barker, Hakim Weatherspoon, and Julio O. Giordano, "Automated real-time integration of data from multiple sensors and nonsensor systems for prediction of dairy cow and herd status and performance", Journal of Dairy Science, Vol. 103, Suppl. 1, 2020

Kolbeinn Karlsson, Danny Adams, Gloire Rubambiza, Zangyueyang Xian, Robbert Van Renesse, Hakim Weatherspoon, and Stephen Wicker, "Untethered: Deployable Blockchains for IoT Environments", In Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SoCC '18), Carlsbad, CA, October 2018

Teaching

Summer 2020 - Graduate TA - Pre-Sophomore Summer Program in Computer Science (CS 3410)

Spring 2020 - Graduate TA - CS 3410 (Computer System Organization and Programming)

In the Media

Apr 2021: I’m hoping the world will be my oyster

Oct 2019: Inspire • Innovate • Impact: Cornell CIS@20 Celebratory Video

June 2018: Two alumni credit Laker Connections for their academic success

Apr 2018: GVSU Computer Science Graduates Pursue PhD Studies

Aug 2017: Underrepresented students excel through SMART

June 2017: Feature on my undergraduate research and community service

Select Posters and Research Talks

I am always keen to disseminate my research to interdisplinary audiences. Feel free to reach out if my research is fitting for your upcoming event.

Mar 2021: Talk at the (Virtual) FarmBeats User Monthly Workshop [Slides] | Ithaca, NY

Sep 2020: Poster at the (Virtual) TAPIA '20 ACM Student Research Competition | Dallas, TX

Sep 2019: Invited talk at the Cornell Life Sciences Lecture Series [Slides] | Ithaca, NY

Aug 2019: Poster at The Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research School | Saarbrücken, Germany

July 2019: Poster at the Public Safety Communications Research: Stakeholder Meeting | Chicago, IL

Oct 2018: Poster at the ACM Symposium on Cloud Computing (SoCC '18) | Carlsbad, CA

Panels, Mentoring and Service

I actively use my research and background as platforms not only to serve my community, but also to inspire future Computer Scientists that, like myself, "do not fit the mold".

Apr 2021: Panelist at the GSGIC/WICC/GradSWE Graduate School Panel | Ithaca, NY

Jan 2020 - Present: PhD student member of Computing and Information Science Diversity Council | Ithaca, NY

Aug 2019: Representative at The Cornell, Maryland, Max Planck Pre-doctoral Research School | Saarbrücken, Germany

June 2019: Panelist at the SoNIC Summer Research Workshop at Cornell | Ithaca, NY

Apr 2019: Panelist at the Underrepresented Minorities in Computing General Body Meeting | Ithaca, NY

Jan 2019: Student Achievement Coach at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center | Ithaca, NY

Grad School Advice

Like one of my mentors, Dr. Christian Trefftz, routinely asked me in undergrad: Do you want to go to grad school?
Find graduate school advice, resources, and funding sources here.