Maoyuan Sun
Assistant Professor at Northern Illinois University
Greater Chicago Area United States
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Top SchoolMaoyuan Sun is an Assistant Professor and researcher with 14 years of experience specializing in human-in-the-loop methods for sensemaking across visual analytics, information visualization, HCI, and human-centered ML. Based in the Greater Chicago Area, he applies these methods to intelligence analysis, business intelligence, cyber security, and STEM education, blending rigorous academic research with applied problem-solving. His academic path from China Agricultural University and Peking University to a Ph.D. at Virginia Tech underpins a strong foundation in both engineering and pedagogy. Regular visiting researcher stints at Argonne National Laboratory reflect his ability to translate prototype visual analytics into domain-relevant solutions at national-scale labs. He combines classroom experience teaching data structures and algorithms with hands-on UX research and prototype development from industry internships, making him adept at bridging theory, design, and implementation.
14 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Virginia TechMaster of Education (M.Ed.), Master of Education (M.Ed.) at Peking UniversityBachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) at China Agricultural University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (1)
java8
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
smaoyuan/BiSet
Nov 2014 - May 2015
Contributions:112 commits, 92 pushes in 5 months
smaoyuan/BiSetMaxEnt
Nov 2015 - May 2016
Contributions:159 pushes, 1 branch in 6 months
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