Two papers resulted directly from her thesis:[3][4] She was a faculty member at Stanford University for the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Departments for 10 years.
[5] In 1994 Owicki was recognized as an ACM Fellow for her dissertation work An Axiomatic Proof Technique for Parallel Programs I.
She later worked at the Strategic Technologies and Architectural Research Laboratory (STAR lab) where she held a role as Associate Director.
STAR lab was the first laboratory devoted to research in digital rights management and related electronic commerce technologies.
[5] She spent four years as an independent consultant doing work in the performance of interactive television and delivery of streaming video.