Fernanda Ventorim

I am a PhD student in the Distributed Systems and Middleware (DSM) group at the University of California, Irvine, advised by Professor Nalini Venkatasubramanian. My research interests include Data Science, Internet of Things, Smart Resilient Communities and Criminology.

Prior to UCI, I earned a BSc degree in Architecture and Urbanism. I also hold an MSc degree in Urban Planning from Federal Fluminense University (UFF), advised by Professor Vinicius Netto. My MSc thesis (2020) focused on the relationship between urban dynamics and crime. I developed an empirical methodology based on the analysis of network structures that emerge from the relationship between types of crime, victim, and spatial location in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.