Hao Sun

Hao Sun is a Full Professor with Tenure in the Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence at Renmin University of China (RUC). He received his Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics from Columbia University in 2014 and did his Postdoc training at MIT during 2014-2017. He was a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh (2017-2018) and at Northeastern University (2018-2021) before joining RUC. His research interests lie in the fundamental theory algorithms and interdisciplinary applications of AI for science AI-enabled scientific computing and scientific machine learning. His research aims to create fundamentally new and transformative AI-enabled strategies for scientific discovery of underexplored physical systems and tackling grand engineering challenges. Dr. Sun has co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles published in top-tiered journals (e.g. Nature Machine Intelligence Nature Computational Science Nature Communications) and computer science conferences. Dr. Sun was named to the prestigious 2018 Forbes "30 Under 30": Science a list of the world’s most inspiring young innovators bright rising stars and the leaders of tomorrow who are transforming the world in recognition of his accomplishment in applied machine learning and infrastructure informatics. He also received the 2019 Top Ten Outstanding Chinese American Youth Award.