Yueran (Hannah) Sun

Hi! I'm Hannah Sun, a Master's student in Data Science at the University of Washington. I'm involved in two research labs at the UW iSchool: the Lab for Computing Cultural Heritage (L4CCH) and the Language Accessibility Research (LARCH) Lab. I'm also a research fellow in the SPAR program. My research is broadly motivated by how AI systems interact with human knowledge, reasoning, and behavior. In computational humanities, I investigate how modern machine learning methods enable scholars to explore large-scale cultural heritage collections, revealing patterns and relationships that complement traditional close reading. My HCI research studies how AI-assisted interfaces can support comprehension of scientific information without replacing users' own reasoning. More recently, my work with SPAR examines human behavioral phenomena in language models, including how social information and interactions with other agents can influence their judgments and behavior. If our research interests align, I'd love to connect!

I am currently preparing Ph.D. applications for Fall 2027 and look forward to continuing this line of research in graduate study.

Fall 2026: I'm joining SPAR as a research fellow, where I'll be studying human behavioral phenomena in language models. At UW, I'll be a grader for IMT 521: Artificial Intelligence Foundations. I'm also participating in the Impending Bloom Global Sustainability Fellowship, where I'll get to explore systems thinking and applications of AI to sustainability.

Summer 2026: I served as a Graduate Research Assistant and project mentor to four undergraduate researchers in the University of Washington's Humanities Data Science Summer Institute (HDSSI), under the supervision of Prof. Benjamin Charles Germain Lee.

Summer 2025: After graduating from the University of Michigan with a B.S. in Data Science, I joined Ternary as a Software Engineer Intern, where I integrated time-series forecasting into the cloud cost prediction API. In September 2025, I started my Master's program in Data Science at the University of Washington.

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