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Yao Sun is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). His research focuses on open innovation, crowdsourcing, and social media analysis, with notable contributions to understanding psychosocial rehabilitation for COVID-19 survivors and sustainability frameworks in citizen science. Sun has collaborated internationally on projects addressing dementia caregiving technology, vaccine attitude analysis, and misinformation networks on platforms like Twitter.
His work bridges organizational behavior, information systems, and public health, exemplified by studies on collective reflection in crowdsourcing and semantic network approaches to innovation. Sun’s research has been featured in media outlets discussing energy justice initiatives, dementia surveillance technology, and pandemic communication networks.
Key areas of exploration include knowledge integration mechanisms, socio-technical affordances in innovation ecosystems, and the application of AI methods to public health discourse. His interdisciplinary approach spans computer-mediated communication, health informatics, and environmental sustainability.
