Yihan Sun

Assistant Professor,

UC Riverside

Yihan Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). She received her Ph.D. degree from Carnegie Mellon University in 2019, advised by Guy Blelloch. Prior to that, she received her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Tsinghua University in 2014.

Her research interests include broad topics in the theory and practice of parallel computing, including algorithms, data structures, frameworks, implementations, programming tools and their applications. Much of her work aims at bridging the gap between theory and practice of parallel computing. She is a recipient of the NSF CAREER Award in 2023, and the Google Research Scholar program in 2024. Her work has won the Best Paper Awards at PPoPP'23 and ESA'23, and the Outstanding Paper Awards of SPAA'20 and SPAA'24.

Program Visits

Algorithmic Foundations for Emerging Computing Technologies, Fall 2025, Visiting Scientist