Scholar
Wen Sun
Google Scholar ID: iOLC30YAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Cornell University
Citations & Impact
Citations
5,848
H-index
43
i10-index
78
Publications
20
Co-authors
111
list available
Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Recipient of Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science, 2025; NSF Career Award, 2024; Ann S. Bowers Research Excellence Award from the College of Computing and Information Science, Cornell, 2024. Published several preprints.
Research Experience
- Was a post-doc researcher at Microsoft Research NYC from 2019 to 2020; currently leads a group that works on reinforcement learning, including RL for generative models, RL via generative models, core RL theory, algorithmic and theoretical foundations of RLHF, RL with offline and online data, and representation learning in RL.
Education
- Completed PhD at Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University in June 2019, advised by Drew Bagnell.
Background
- An Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department and Cornell Tech at Cornell University, and a research scientist at Databricks AI. Research interests include Reinforcement Learning, AI, and Decision Making.
Miscellany
- Has specific requirements for prospective students interested in joining his research group, including GPA, performance in relevant courses, weekly hours available for research, and programming skills.
