Sun A Cho

CIC 4th floor · 5000 Forbes Ave · Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Email: sunac [at] andrew.cmu.edu
Curriculum Vitae

I am a PhD candidate in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Carnegie Mellon University, supported by the Carnegie Institute of Technology Dean's Fellowship. I'm co-advised by Brandon Lucia and Nathan Beckmann I'm part of the Abstract Research Group and CORGi @ CMU. As I embark on my PhD journey, I will be exploring innovative approaches to enhance performance in ordered dataflow architecture.

Outside my research, I like baking, playing trivia, and soccer!


News

2024

  • 2024-08-26: I am starting my PhD at CMU!

Publications

Symbols:   = Paper   = Code   = Video   = Slides   = Best Paper Award   (*) = Equal Contribution


Education

Carnegie Mellon University

PhD Student
Electrical and Computer Engineering - Computer Hardware Engineering
August 2024 - Present

Carnegie Mellon University

Master of Science (as part of the Integrated Master and Bachelor)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
August 2023 - December 2023

Carnegie Mellon University

Bachelor of Science
Electrical and Computer Engineering
With an Additional Major in Engineering and Public Policy
August 2019 - May 2023

Teaching

Carnegie Mellon University


Industry Experience

Carnegie Mellon University @ Abstract Lab

Research Associate

SNAFU chip bring-up

January 2024 - June 2024

Microsoft

Software Engineer Intern

Designed a structure to offload QUIC protocols to a HW accelerator

May 2023 - August 2023

Microsoft

Software Engineer Intern

Created an extensible hardware language for a more efficient networking structure

May 2022 - August 2022

Workday

Software Development Engineer Intern

Contributed to re-platforming the images used for deployment and to become FedRAMP authorized

May 2021 - August 2021

Awards

  • Carnegie Institute of Technology Dean's Fellowship - 2024
  • Northrop Grumman Foundation Scholarship (SWE) - 2024
  • CMU Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. Commitment to DEI Award - 2023
  • Amateur Radio Digital Communications - 2023
  • Lockheed Martin STEM Scholarship - 2020 - 2023