Ying Sun
Associate Professor
INFORMATION SCIENCE
Specialty/Research Focus
Information Science; Big Data; Information Retrieval; Human Computer Interaction; Science Education; Quantitative Research Methods; Research Design
Education and Training:
- PhD, Rutgers University (2005)
- MS, Rutgers University (2003)
- MLIS, Peking University, China (1999)
Recent Publications:
Journal Article:
- Wang, C., Liu, X., Wang, L., Sun, Y., & Zhang, H. (2021). Automated scoring of Chinese grades 7–9 students’ competence in interpreting and arguing from evidence. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 30(2), 269-282.
- Yang, B., Sun, Y., & Huang, S. (2020). Measuring visibility of disciplines on Chinese academic web. Journal of Information Science, 0165551520968059.
- Li, S., Sun, Y., & Soergel, D. (2018). Automatic Decision Support for Clinical Diagnostic Literature Using Link Analysis in a Weighted Keyword Network. Journal of medical systems, 42(2), 27.
- Meloche, J., Sun, Y. (2015). A Q Methodological Study on Perceptions of What Would Enhance Distance Education. Management Education: An International Journal. 13(4) 15-27
Other:
- Kantor, P. Smith, C.L. Sun, Y. (2017). A Program for Better Human Computer Collaboration to Counter Terrorism. White paper for Social and Behavioral Sciences for National Security. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/cs/groups/dbassesite/documents/webpage/dbasse_179902.pdf.
Recent Presentations:
Conferences:
- Schwartza, D.G., Sun, Y, Shuklaa, R., Sullivanc, S.S., Lorenzc, R.A., Chang, Y., Barthelemyd, J., Dubocovichd, M., Elkina, P.L. (2019) Multidisciplinary Approach to Biomedical Data Science Education at the University at Buffalo, State University of New York. MedINFO 2019, Lyon, France. August 25- 30, 2019.;
- Wang, J. & Sun, Y. (2019). Improving explicit term matching with implicit topic matching for short text conversation. Proceedings of the Association for Information Science and Technology, October 19-23, 2019, Melbourne, Australia, 56(1):286-295.;
- Wang, J., Sun, Y. & Soergel, D. (2019). Expanding comments using previously responded posts for short text conversation in open social media. DEStech Transactions on Computer Science and Engineering, DOI: 10.12783/dtetr/icicr2019/30622.;
- Schwartz, D. and Sun, Y. (2019). Data science training for library and information science graduate students and practicing health sciences librarians. Medical Library Association ’19 annual conference.;
- Yang, B., Sun, Y. (2018). Visibility of Disciplines in Academic Web Space. The 2018 Annual Meeting of Association for Information Science and Technology.;
Recent Grants:
Grant:
- Data Science Training for library and information science graduate students and practicing health sciences librarians; Federal; NIH; Awarded; (09/30/2018-09/29/2019)
- Developing a Formative Assessment System using Computer Simulation and Computerized Text Analysis for a First-year Undergraduate Introductory Physics Course; Local; GSE Seed Grant; Awarded; (06/17/2016-06/30/2017)
Recent Activities:
Editorial and Review:
- Editorial board member, International Journal of Knowledge Engineering.
09/01/2014-05/28/2022
Recent Editorships:
Editorship:
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