Student Focus – Yue Sun

Yue Sun

What program are you currently enrolled in?

Sociology

Expected graduation date?

May 2023

What would you like to do after graduation?

I plan to find a job in academia.

What department do you work for at Maxwell?

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion

What are your responsibilities?

I am a graduate research assistant, which is responsible for updating and maintaining COVID-19 Tracker for New York State Counties and doing data analysis.

How do you use technology in your studies?

I am using quantitative methods for my studies.  Thus, technology is necessary.  The software I am using includes Stata, R, and ArcGIS.  Each one is essential for spatial modeling.

What new technologies are you interested in?

I am interested in machine learning.