Sunnie Sun Chung

Dr. Sunnie Sun Chung is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Cleveland State University's College of Engineering. She leads the Big Data Analytics & AI Lab and has received multiple Faculty Merit Recognition Awards (2020-2024) and Golden Apple Awards (2021-2022).

• Research Interests: Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, Cyber Security, Machine Learning, and Optimization in Cloud/IoT environments.
• Teaching: Advanced courses in Data Mining, Big Data Systems, and Deep Learning (DSA460/CIS492/593, CIS611/711, etc.) with dedicated teaching labs.

Publications reflect expertise in Knowledge Graphs for Medical QA, Network Intrusion Detection with Graph Models, Privacy-Preserving Cloud Learning, and Basketball Analytics. Her work spans journals like IEEE Transactions on AI and IEEE Access.

Scientific Awards:

• Faculty Merit Recognition Awards (4x)
• Golden Apple Teaching Award (2x)

Students Supervised: Over 10 PhD/Master’s students including Asanka Mananayaka (NLP-based Intrusion Detection), Yixi Luo (Homomorphic Encryption), Dennis Risch (Medical QA Systems), and collaborators with Case Western Reserve University.

Labs & Collaborations: Director of the Big Data Analytics & AI Lab since 2018. Hosted annual IBM Health collaborative workshops since 2018. Maintains strong industry ties with Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, and Cleveland Clinic.