Ph.D. in Statistics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

M.S. in Mathematics, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

B.S. in Mathematics, Shandong University, Jinan, China

My research interests include: time series analysis, nonparametric statistics, machine learning, biostatistics, data compression, and environmental statistics.

Cheng, F., Sun, S. and Liu, Y., Distribution and quantile estimation in high-dimensional sparse linear models, submitted.

Su, Y., Sun, S. and Cheng, F., Rosenblatt test based on tilted density estimation for linear autoregressive models, submitted.

Su, Y., Sun, S. and Cheng, F., Testing on error distribution based on tilted density estimation for nonlinear autoregressive models, submitted.

Shenouda, M., Travers, J. and Sun, S. (2026), Comparing clinical vs histophathological features in diagnosing erythemato-squamous diseases'', Journal of Clinical and Investigative Dermatology, Vol 14(1), pp. 1-6.

Sun, S. (2026), A goodness-of-fit test of errors in high-dimensional sparse linear regression,  Far East Journal of Theoretical Statistics, Vol. 70, No.1, pp. 83-107.

Swartz, P., Ren, S., Sun, S. and Martin, J. (2026), SpectraMelt: an open-source A2I simulartor, Signals, Vol 7(2), No. 25, pp. 1-14.

Swartz, P., Ren, S. and Sun, S. (2024), Improved sampling model for the Nyquist folding receiver, Proceedings of the IEEE National Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 2024, pp. 173-179.

Salam, K., Sun, S. and Agarwal, A. (2024), Hypertriglyceridemia is not a predictor of long-term all cause mortality in high risk U.S. Veterans, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 83(13).

Sun, S. and Cheng, F. (2018), Bootstrapping the expected shortfall, Theoretical Economics Letters, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 685-698.

Cheng, F., Sun, S. and Wen,  M.J. (2011), Asymptotics for L_2-norm of ARCH innovation density estimator, Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference, Vol. 141, Issue 12, pp. 3771-3779.

Zhang, J., Blackmer, A., Ellsworth, J. and Sun, S. (2009), Remote sensing to monitor nitrogen deficiencies in No-Till cornfields, No-till farming: effects on soil, pros and cons and potential, Book Chapter 11.

Lahiri, S.N. and Sun, S. (2009), A Berry-Esseen theorem for sample quantiles under weak dependence,  The Annals of Applied Probability, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 108-126.

Cheng, F. and Sun, S. (2008), A goodness-of-fit test of the errors in nonlinear autoregressive time series models, Statistics & Probability Letters, 78(1), pp. 50-59.

Sun, S. (2007), On the accuracy of bootstrapping sample quantile of strongly mixing sequences,  Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society, Vol. 82, pp. 263-281.

Sun, S. and Lahiri, S.N. (2006) Bootstrapping the sample quantile of a weakly dependent sequence, Sankhya: The Indian Journal of Statistics, Vol. 68, No.1, pp. 130-166.

Sun, S. (2006), The Bahadur representation for sample quantiles under weak dependence,  Statistics & Probability Letters, 76(12),  pp. 1238-1244.

Wang, F., Jean, J. and  Sun, S. (2005), Aspect ratio effects on reconfigurable computing,  Proceedings of The 2005 International Conference on Engineering of Reconfigurable Systems and Algorithms, pp. 71-77.

Ph.D. Advisor: Yan Su, Interdisciplinary Applied Science and Mathematics (IASM), July 2017 – December 2021.

Undergraduate Advisor: Statistics Majors (including the Actuarial Science Concentration established in 2016), 2011 – 2021, 2024 – present

Undergraduate Advisor: Mathematics Majors with Data Science Concentration, 2022 – present.

STT 2640 - Elementary Statistics

STT 3600/5600 - Applied Statistics I

STT 3610/5610 - Applied Statistics II

STT 4110/6110 - Applied Time Series

STT 4210/6210 - Sampling Design

STT 4300 /6300 - Biostatistics

STT 4260/6260 - Survival Analysis

STT 4610/6610 - Theory of Statistics I

STT 4620/6620 - Theory of Statistics II

STT 4640/6640 - Machine Learning

STT 4660/6640 - Statistical Methods I

STT 4670/6670 - Statistical Methods II

STT 7300 - Advanced Topics in Biostatistics

STT 7440 - Applied Multivariate Analysis
    
STT 7620 - Advanced Topics in Linear Models

STT 7670 - Applied Regression Analysis

ISM 8300 - Independent Research 

ISM 8400 - Dissertation Research

Courses Taught Independently as a Graduate TA at Iowa State University:

Math 160 - College Algebra

Math 165 - Calculus I

Math 166 - Calculus II

Stat 105 - Introduction to Engineering Statistics

Stat 305 - Engineering Statistics

Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Wright State University, 2010 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Wright State University, 2004 – 2010