Kun Sun

Mason IST professor Kun Sun
Titles and Organizations

Professor / Tenured

Contact Information

Campus: Fairfax
Building: Research Hall
Room 421
Phone: 703-993-1715
Email: ksun3@gmu.edu 

Personal Websites

Biography

Kun Sun received his PhD in computer science from North Carolina State University. His research focuses on systems and network security. He has more than 20 years of working experience in both industry and academia and serves as the director of the Sun Security Laboratory (SunLab) and the Associate Director of the Center for Secure Information Systems (CSIS). He won the Presidential Award for Faculty Excellence in Research from George Mason University in 2022 and the College of Engineering and Computing (CEC) Faculty Excellence Award for Research in 2024.

Research

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Cybersecurity

Teaching

  • Computer Programming
  • Networking and Telecommunications
  • Operating System
  • Information Security

Degrees

PhD, computer science, North Carolina State University