Chengnian Sun
Scholar

Chengnian Sun

Google Scholar ID: rwbI5qAAAAAJ
Associate Professor of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Software EngineeringProgramming Languages
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
2,937
 
H-index
24
 
i10-index
42
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
76
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers in international conferences like OOPSLA, ASE; Received several awards including Most Influential Paper Award at OOPSLA (2025), Most Influential Paper Award at SANER (2022); Official contributor of Bazel and GCC.
Research Experience
  • Associate Professor at the Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, Canada; Involved in various research projects such as Google Research Scholar Program, Canada NSERC Discovery, etc.
Education
  • Ph.D. (Aug 2008 ~ Nov 2013), School of Computing, National University of Singapore.
Background
  • Research Interests: Software Engineering, Programming Languages, with a focus on software reliability and programming productivity. For example: Compiler Testing (EMI, Dfusor, Kitten), Android Testing (APE), Program Reduction (Perses, Vulcan, PPR), Testing of DNN (DFlare).
Miscellany
  • Chinese Name: link