AI Systems & Bias Research

Advancing reliable
and responsible
AI systems

Sun Research Lab investigates bias and uncertainty dynamics in multi-stage learning pipelines, adaptive AI workload management, and responsible AI evaluation — building a foundation for fairer, more dependable machine learning.

10
Publications
2026
Founded
5
Research areas
1
Patent granted

Two research tracks

Track I

AI Bias & Fairness

Investigating how bias originates, propagates, and compounds through machine learning pipelines — and building frameworks to detect, audit, and correct it.

Bias Dynamics

Bias and uncertainty in multi-stage learning pipelines

Identifying amplification and identifiability regimes across ML pipeline stages.

Responsible AI

Evaluation frameworks for responsible AI systems

Principled methodologies for assessing fairness, reliability, and societal impact.

Software Reliability

Software reliability in AI and data-processing systems

Failure modes, testability, and automated test generation for AI software.

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Track II

AI Systems & IoT

Designing adaptive, energy-efficient scheduling and resource management strategies for AI systems operating under real-time and resource-constrained conditions.

AI Systems Engineering

Adaptive resource management for variable AI workloads

Scheduling and allocation policies that respond to unpredictable workload fluctuations.

IoT & Edge AI

Power-efficient scheduling for IoT and edge AI

DVFS and NVRAM strategies for real-time energy-efficient task scheduling.

Real-Time Scheduling

Tight schedulability analysis for hybrid memory systems

Formal analysis combining processor and memory power techniques.

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Research output

Published

2023

Adaptive Swapping for Variable Workloads in Real-Time Task Scheduling

Nam, S. A. & Bahn, H. — IEEE CCCI 2023, Chongqing, China

2023

A Resource Planning Policy to Support Variable Real-Time Tasks in IoT Systems

Bahn, H. & Nam, S. A. — Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication, 23(4)

Journal
2023

Adaptive Resource Planning for AI Workloads with Variable Real-Time Tasks

Nam, S. A., Cho, K., & Bahn, H. — Computers, Materials & Continua, 74(3), 6823–6833

Journal
2022

A New Resource Configuring Scheme for Variable Workloads in IoT Systems

Nam, S. A., Cho, K., & Bahn, H. — IEEE CSDE 2022, Queensland, Australia

2019

Tight Evaluation of Real-Time Task Schedulability for Processor's DVS and Nonvolatile Memory Allocation

Nam, S. A., Cho, K., & Bahn, H. — Micromachines, 10(6), 371–382

Journal
2017

Combining Memory Allocation and Processor Voltage Scaling for Energy Efficient IoT Scheduling

Nam, S. A., Cho, K., & Bahn, H. — IEEE/ACIS ICIS 2017, Wuhan, China

2017

Real-Time Task Scheduling Methods to Incorporate Power Techniques of Processors and Memory in IoT Environments

Nam, S. A. & Bahn, H. — Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication, 17(2), 1–6

Journal

Researchers

SN

Dr. Sunhwa A. Nam

Principal Investigator

Ph.D. in Computer Science, Ewha Womans University. Research spans AI systems engineering, bias dynamics in learning pipelines, and adaptive resource management. Former Research Professor at Ewha Womans University and Patent Examiner at the USPTO. IEEE Member.

JP

Dr. Jihyun Park

Collaborating Researcher

Collaborating researcher in machine learning fairness and bias propagation, with joint research in stage-aware bias dynamics in ML pipelines.

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We welcome collaboration with academic institutions, industry partners, and policy organisations working on responsible AI, bias research, and AI systems engineering.

sunhwa.nam@sunresearchlab.com 206-966-3523 Buffalo Grove, Illinois, USA