Scholar
Yihan Sun
Google Scholar ID: E5aLeuYAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, University of California, Riverside
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,149
H-index
20
i10-index
33
Publications
20
Co-authors
17
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2023, and the Google Research Scholar Award in 2024. Won Best Paper Awards at PPoPP’23 and ESA’23, Outstanding Paper Awards (and best paper finalist) of SPAA’24 and SPAA’20, and Best Paper Finalist of ICS’25.
Research Experience
- Currently an Associate Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department at the University of California, Riverside (UCR), leading the Parallel Algorithms Lab at UCR (UCRPAL).
Education
- Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Professor Guy Blelloch; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University.
Background
- Research interests include broad topics in the theory and practice of parallel computing, including algorithms, data structures, frameworks, implementations, programming tools and their applications. The work involves both designing algorithms with improved asymptotic bounds and developing efficient solutions to large-scale real-world problems.
Miscellany
- Her husband also has a personal homepage.
