Yizhou Sun

Yizhou Sun is a prominent computer science professor and researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Here are some key details about her:

Academic Career

Yizhou Sun is currently a full professor in the Computer Science Department at UCLA.1 Prior to joining UCLA, she was:

• An assistant professor at Northeastern University from 2013-201625
• An assistant professor at UCLA from 2016-20185
• Promoted to associate professor at UCLA in 20185

She received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2012.2

Research Focus

Professor Sun's primary research interests include:

• Data mining
• Machine learning
• Network science
• Graph mining and learning
• Heterogeneous information networks
• Neural symbolic reasoning34

She is considered a pioneer researcher in mining heterogeneous information networks, with recent focus on deep learning on graphs/networks.2

Achievements and Recognition

Some of Professor Sun's notable achievements include:

• Named one of the "AI 10 to Watch" by IEEE Intelligent Systems in 20233
• Received the SDM/IBM Early Career Data Mining Research Award in 202334
• Awarded the NSF CAREER Award in 201524
• Received the 2013 ACM SIGKDD Doctoral Dissertation Award2

Publications and Impact

Yizhou Sun has authored over 100 publications in books, journals, and major conferences.2 Her work has been highly influential, with over 22,000 citations according to Google Scholar.6

Professor Sun's groundbreaking research in graph mining, deep graph learning, and neural symbolic reasoning has applications across various domains, including e-commerce, healthcare, material science, and hardware design.3