Tong Sun
Research Lab Director
San Jose, CA
Tong Sun manages document-related research across Adobe Research to reinvent the document of the future in the era of AI and machine learning.
Tong is a technology innovator and thought-leader with a 15+ years of leadership in incubating new concepts through state-of-art machine learning methods/tools, developing impactful rapid prototypes, and delivering competitive technologies to market opportunities in a cross-disciplinary and cross-functional team environment. Her research interests span document image analysis, computer vision, natural language understanding, document understanding and human computer interaction. Held 22 issued US Patents, 40+ peer-reviewed publications in prestigious conferences and journals.
Tong also has a passion for engaging and advocating for girls to flourish in STEM careers through ‘Hour of Code’ initiatives and Grace Hopper Mentoring Networks.
Publications
News
How Adobe Research is helping unlock the intelligence inside trillions of PDFs
Adobe researchers are using generative AI and machine learning to help users unlock intelligence inside trillions of PDFs. The new AI Assistant for Reader and Acrobat can answer a user's question about information in a PDF, generate summaries and insights, and format its findings for
April 11, 2024Research trends: Reinventing the human-document relationship
Tong Sun, Document Intelligence Lab Director, is tapping into artificial intelligence and machine learning to unlock the hidden value of documents. She talked to us about how documents—one of the oldest human technologies—are evolving along with the new ways we consume and share information.
April 18, 2022Readability Research: This New Field Can Help Us All Read Better
Each person reads differently, and what could help one person read digital text better may not help another. That’s the issue at the heart of Adobe’s Readability Initiative—a partnership of Adobe Research, Adobe engineering, product management, corporate social responsibility, and education teams, as well as
February 15, 2022Adobe Research Previews Experimental Technologies at Summit 2020
This year, Adobe shifted the annual Summit to an all-digital experience released on March 31. In the virtual Adobe Sneaks session, Steve Hammond, senior director for Experience Cloud, introduced 7 innovative demos. Two of those included sneaks were from Adobe Research. We showcased our cutting-edge
May 4, 2020