I received the PhD degree in Computer Science from the Electronic Visualization Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago. My professional interests lie in data visualization, visual analytics and human computer interaction, with a focus on improving user experience in data analysis and presentation. I have 7+ years of experience in programming using C/C++, C#, Java. I have also had extensive use of tools and programs like OpenGL, VTK, Prefuse, Silverlight, MPI, CORBA, MySQL, Weka, MATLAB. Specialties:Data visualization and presentation, visual analytics, analytical reasoning, user experience design, natural user interfaces, storytelling with data, interdisciplinary collaboration research.

Data Scientist @ Azure Machine Learning Group From August 2015 to Present (3 months) Data Scientist @ Internet of Things Group From March 2014 to August 2015 (1 year 6 months) Software Engineer @ Windows Embedded Connected Car Team From July 2012 to March 2014 (1 year 9 months) Research Assistant @ • Proposed and prototyped a visual analysis model that translates natural language queries into visualization automatically, to help knowledge workers quickly conduct effective data analysis. • Designed and implemented an automatic analysis and visualization tool to assist current diagnosis and evaluation methods of attention disorders based on eye tracking. • Automated image data preparation and Implemented image-based medical data visualization on an initiative display system combining 3D stereoscopic and 2D multi-touch technology. • Developed a collaborative visualization system for multi-dimensional time-varying hydrologic data analysis. From 2006 to 2012 (6 years) Research Intern @ Designed a storytelling prototype that supports the communication of data with visualization. From May 2011 to August 2011 (4 months) Redmond, WashingtonResearch Intern @ Extended a parallel visual networking framework to provide interactive 3D visualization of large scale datasets on Linux clusters From May 2008 to August 2008 (4 months) Teaching Assistant @ Instructed undergraduate laboratory courses: Computer Graphics, User Interface Design and Video Games. From August 2005 to May 2007 (1 year 10 months)

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computer Science @ University of Illinois at Chicago From 2005 to 2012 B.Eng, Computer Science @ Shandong University From 1999 to 2003 Yiwen Sun is skilled in: User Experience, Visual Analytics, Data Visualization, Human-computer..., OpenGL, Human Computer..., User Experience Design, Distributed Systems, MySQL, Computer Science, User Interface Design, Programming, 3D visualization, Java, Computer Graphics, C#, Algorithms, Machine Learning, C++