Youcheng Sun

2.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 776 citations indexed

About

Youcheng Sun is a scholar working on Artificial Intelligence, Hardware and Architecture and Software. According to data from OpenAlex, Youcheng Sun has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 776 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 27 papers in Artificial Intelligence, 13 papers in Hardware and Architecture and 13 papers in Software. Recurrent topics in Youcheng Sun's work include Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning (23 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (13 papers) and Real-Time Systems Scheduling (12 papers). Youcheng Sun is often cited by papers focused on Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning (23 papers), Software Testing and Debugging Techniques (13 papers) and Real-Time Systems Scheduling (12 papers). Youcheng Sun collaborates with scholars based in United Kingdom, China and Italy. Youcheng Sun's co-authors include Xiaowei Huang, Daniel Kroening, James J. Sharp, Min Wu, Wenjie Ruan, Xinping Yi, Marco Di Natale, Giuseppe Lipari, Matthew Q. Hill and Rob Ashmore and has published in prestigious journals such as Clinical Cancer Research, Infection and Immunity and Neurocomputing.

In The Last Decade

Youcheng Sun

40 papers receiving 758 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

A survey of safety and trustworthiness of deep neural networks: Verification, testing, adversarial attack and defence, and interpretability

2020 259 citations Xiaowei Huang, Daniel Kroening et al. Computer Science Review profile →

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Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Youcheng Sun United Kingdom	14	481	169	155	124	111	47	776
Fei He China	11	183 0.4×	82 0.5×	107 0.7×	235 1.9×	138 1.2×	79	593
Houssam Abbas United States	14	193 0.4×	99 0.6×	176 1.1×	88 0.7×	66 0.6×	54	634
David J. Musliner United States	10	433 0.9×	77 0.5×	98 0.6×	119 1.0×	200 1.8×	61	673
Daniel Clancy United States	12	285 0.6×	37 0.2×	87 0.6×	66 0.5×	139 1.3×	61	597
D. Mutz United States	12	565 1.2×	96 0.6×	82 0.5×	115 0.9×	593 5.3×	26	940
Daniel Dvorak United States	13	387 0.8×	139 0.8×	166 1.1×	16 0.1×	206 1.9×	38	772
Hongjun Choi South Korea	11	222 0.5×	104 0.6×	22 0.1×	78 0.6×	281 2.5×	50	549
K. Rangarajan India	12	143 0.3×	27 0.2×	62 0.4×	252 2.0×	129 1.2×	57	625
Michael B. Sullivan United States	19	389 0.8×	603 3.6×	129 0.8×	188 1.5×	519 4.7×	48	1.3k

Countries citing papers authored by Youcheng Sun

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Fields of papers citing papers by Youcheng Sun

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Youcheng Sun

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Youcheng Sun. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Youcheng Sun based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Youcheng Sun. Youcheng Sun is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Wang, Meng, et al.. (2025). A Coupled THM Model for Predicting Frost Heave in Unsaturated Fine-Grained Soil under Step-Cooling Conditions. Journal of Cold Regions Engineering. 40(1).

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Huang, Wei, et al.. (2024). Formal verification of robustness and resilience of learning-enabled state estimation systems. Neurocomputing. 585. 127643–127643.

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2024). Interpretability Based Neural Network Repair. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 908–919.

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Ma, Xingjun, Jingyi Wang, Youcheng Sun, et al.. (2024). VeriFi: Towards Verifiable Federated Unlearning. IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. 21(6). 5720–5736. 27 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2024). QuantiVA: quantitative verification of autonomous driving. 3. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2024). Multi-Loss Fusion: Angular and Contrastive Integration for Machine-Generated Text Detection. 7189–7202. 1 indexed citations

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Newton, William E., et al.. (2024). TAIiST CPS-UAV at the SBFT Tool Competition 2024. 51–52. 1 indexed citations

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Zhang, Ruichang, Youcheng Sun, & Mustafa Mustafa. (2024). Proactive Load-Shaping Strategies with Privacy-Cost Trade-offs in Residential Households based on Deep Reinforcement Learning. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 160–166. 1 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2024). ESBMC-Python: A Bounded Model Checker for Python Programs. 1836–1840. 2 indexed citations

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Wang, Jingyi, et al.. (2024). Isolation-Based Debugging for Neural Networks. 338–349.

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Craig, Stephanie G., Youcheng Sun, Tao Wang, et al.. (2023). Abstract PO-036: A deep learning alternative to regional molecular testing for HPV status. Clinical Cancer Research. 29(18_Supplement). PO–36.

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Kant, Sashi, Youcheng Sun, & Vijay Pancholi. (2023). StkP- and PhpP-Mediated Posttranslational Modifications Modulate the S. pneumoniae Metabolism, Polysaccharide Capsule, and Virulence. Infection and Immunity. 91(4). e0029622–e0029622. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaowei, Daniel Kroening, Wenjie Ruan, et al.. (2020). A survey of safety and trustworthiness of deep neural networks: Verification, testing, adversarial attack and defence, and interpretability. Computer Science Review. 37. 100270–100270. 259 indexed citations breakdown →

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2020). Reliability Validation of Learning Enabled Vehicle Tracking. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 9390–9396. 4 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng, Hana Chockler, Xiaowei Huang, & Daniel Kroening. (2019). Explaining Deep Neural Networks Using Spectrum-Based Fault Localization. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Huang, Wei, Youcheng Sun, James J. Sharp, & Xiaowei Huang. (2019). Test Metrics for Recurrent Neural Networks.. arXiv (Cornell University). 2 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2019). Partitioning and Selection of Data Consistency Mechanisms for Multicore Real-Time Systems. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems. 18(4). 1–28. 6 indexed citations

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Huang, Xiaowei, Daniel Kroening, Wenjie Ruan, et al.. (2018). A Survey of Safety and Trustworthiness of Deep Neural Networks. arXiv (Cornell University). 5 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng, et al.. (2015). Task placement and selection of data consistency mechanisms for real-time multicore applications. Research Explorer (The University of Manchester). 10. 172–181. 10 indexed citations

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Sun, Youcheng & Giuseppe Lipari. (2015). A pre-order relation for exact schedulability test of sporadic tasks on multiprocessor Global Fixed-Priority scheduling. Real-Time Systems. 52(3). 323–355. 15 indexed citations

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