Minjun (Elena) Long

CS PhD Student at University of Virginia


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Rice Hall 336

Charlottesville, VA

I am a fourth-year Computer Science PhD candidate at the University of Virginia, where I am fortunate to be advised by Professor David Evans in Security Research Group. My research and work experience reflect my openness to a broad range of projects aimed at enhancing computer security and safeguarding user privacy in an increasingly data-driven world. I was supervised by Professor Yuan Tian for my undergraduate research. My past research includes analyzing code to find vulnerable patterns, examining online platforms to address privacy issues, and building privacy-preserving systems.

My Chinese name is written as 龙玟君, and I go by Elena in my daily life. I drew my self-portrait on the right with Procreate, celebrating the Year of the Snake (2025).


news

Jul 6, 2025 I have served as a reviewer in the 2025 PoPETS Artifact Evaluation Committee.
Jul 14, 2024 Our paper “Evaluating Google’s Protected Audience Protocol” has been accepted to the 24th Proceedings of Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PoPETs/PETS).
Feb 23, 2023 Our paper “SenRev: Measurement of Personal Information Disclosure in Online Health Communities” from my undergraduate work has been accepted to the 23th Proceedings of Privacy Enhancing Technologies Symposium (PoPETs/PETS).
Jan 16, 2023 I passed the PhD Qualifying Exam and officially become a PhD candidate!
Nov 7, 2022 Our paper “Is Your Policy Compliant? A Deep Learning-based Empirical Study of Privacy Policies’ Compliance with GDPR” from my undergraduate work has been accepted to the WPES workshop as part of the ACM conference in Los Angeles.
Aug 26, 2022 I continued my study at UVA and have officially started as a Computer Science PhD student with fellowship.
May 21, 2022 I have graduated from the University of Virginia with BA in both Computer Science with Highest Distinction and Psychology :sparkles:

selected publications

  1. Evaluating Google’s Protected Audience Protocol
    Minjun Long, and David Evans
    Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies 2024