個人經歷
2000－2007 年就讀於麻省理工學院，獲得了跨學科專業“設計與計算”的碩士與博士。其間曾在麻省理工的媒體實驗室、計算機教育啟劃中心、house_n、高級視覺藝術研究中心等研究機構從事可觸摸界面，互動式主動學習，基於網路的三維互動用戶參與式住宅設計、以及虛擬現實藝術等方面的研究。
曾多次在IBM T.J. Watson Research Center(Hawthorne Lab, Cambridge Lab), FXPAL(FujiXerox Palo Alto Lab)從事互動設計和信息可視化方面的研究，研究成果被運用於大型企業內部基於活動的協作、互動式的大型數據信息分析與意義建構、及多執行緒信息的互動式分析界面等方面。
2007年7 月至2008 年底，任教於美國克拉克森大學，負責交叉學科本科專業“數字藝術與技術”的創建，並與IBM研究院開展了非結構化數據的可視化分析的聯合研究。
2009 年初至2010 年5 月，任IBM中國研究院研究員從事人機互動和文本信息可視化分析方向的研究，並創建了研究院的用戶互動研究與界面設計中心。
2010年6月至今任職於同濟大學，主要從事的研究包括：信息可視化、互動音視頻演出與裝置、車載人機界面與車聯網套用、智慧型空間控制與管理、基於室內定位的終端用戶及企業套用、商業街的數位化激活、互動式教育工具與平台、生成式創意等。
個人論文
[1] 孫效華，馮澤西，可穿戴設備互動設計研究，《裝飾》，第2 期，2014
[2] Shi, L., Liao, Q., Sun, X., Chen, Y., Lin, C., Scalable Network Traffic Visualization Using Compressed Graphs. Big Data (2013 IEEE International Conference on Big Data),Sillicon Valley, CA, P606-612, 2013.10.06-10.09
[3] Meirelles, I., Sun, X., Teaching information visualization by exploring their power in engaging users of social media applications. InfoDesign Journal, Florianopolis,Brazil, P38-54, 2013.09.10-09.13
[4] Sun, X., Qiu, J., Zhang, L., SoLoMo User Experience Study Using a Pivoted Parallel Coordinates, HCI International 2013 (Cross-Cultural Design. Cultural Differences in Everyday Life), Las Vegas, NV, USA, P336-345, 2013.07.21-07.26
[5] Nichols, J., Zhou, M.X., Yang, H., Sun, X., Analyzing the Quality of Information Solicited from Targeted Strangers on Social Media, CSCW 2013 (2013 conference on Computer supported cooperative work), San Antonio, Texas, USA, P967-976,2013.02.23-02.27
[6] Cao, N., Lin, Y., Sun, X., Lazer, D., Liu, S., Qu, H., Whisper: Tracing the Spatiotemporal Process of Information Diffusion in Real Time, InfoVis 2012 (IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 18, no. 12), Seattle,Washington, USA, P2649-2658,2012.10.14-10.19
[7] Liao, Q., Shi, L., Sun, X., Anomaly Analysis and Visualization through Compressed Graphs, LDAV 2012 (IEEE Symposium on Large-Scale Data Analysis and Visualization),Seattle, Washington, USA,2012.10.14-10.15
[8] Sun, X., Tapestry: Enhancing In-depth Text Analysis at Document Level, VisWeek 2011
(IEEE Workshop on Interactive Visual Text Analytics for Decision Making),Providence, RI, USA, 2011.10.23-10.28
[9] Sun, X., Wang, L., Interactive Media in Social Innovation, HCI International 2011(Internationalization, Design and Global Development Lecture Notes in Computer Science Volume 6775), P566-575, Orlando, FL, USA, 2011.07.09-07.14
[10] Chi, C., Zhou, M., Yang, M.,Yu, Y., Xiao, W., Sun, X., Dandelion: Supporting Coordinated Collaborative Authoring in Wikis, CHI 2010 (SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems), P1199-1202, Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 2011.04.10-04.15
[11] Wei, F., Shi, L., Tan, L., Sun, X., Lian, X., Liu, S., Zhou, M., Visual Content Correlation Analysis, IUI 2010 (the first international workshop on Intelligent visual interfaces for text analysis), P25-28, HongKong, China, 2010.02.07-02.10
[12] Sun, X., Chiu, P., Huang, J., Back, M., Polak, W., Implicit Brushing and Target Snapping: Data Exploration and Sense-making on Large Displays. AVI 2006 (the working conference on Advanced visual interfaces), P 256-261, Venice, Italy,2006.05.23-05.26
個人專利
[1] Li, S., Sun, X., Zhang, Q., Apparatus for and Method of Handling Data Analysis,2011.06, 美國, US0005229 A1
[2] 孫效華, 張強, 李少春, 用於處理數據分析的設備和方法, 2010.06, 中國, CN 102314633A
[3] Shi, L., Sun, X., Liu, S., Wang, C., A Method to Summarize Document through Ranked Citation Clips, Disclosure, 2009
[4] Chiu, P., Sun, X., Huang, J., Back, M., Polak, W., Interactive Techniques for Organizing and Retrieving Thumbnails and Notes on Large Displays, 2006.05, 美國,US7627831 B2
[5] Sun, X., Zhou, M., Intelligent Multimedia User Interfaces for Intelligence Analysis,Patent Pending, 2005.07, 美國, US0016540 A1
演出作品
[1] 金平, 孫效華, 史晶歆, 王新宇, 馬仕驊, “小青”，2013 上海國際電子音樂周，互動表演
[2] 金平, 孫效華, “微瀾”, 2012 北京現代音樂節, 互動裝置
[3] 金平, 孫效華, “觸動”, 2010 北京國際電子音樂節, 互動視聽表演
[4] Sun, X., Haenggi, A., AMDaT performers. “DIALOGUE ‘120dishes’”,Artist-in-Residency at Tanzhaus Zurich, 2009, Interactive Dance Performance（互動舞蹈）
[5] Sun, X., Haenggi, A., “Real and Virtual”, Interactive Dance Performance workshop at Clarkson University and SUNY Potsdam, 2008（互動舞蹈工作坊）
[6] Sun, X., Haenggi, A., AMDaT performers. “GUUUCI”, Art Presenters Conference 2008,Interactive Dance Performance（互動舞蹈）
[7] Sun, X., Jin, P., Lei, L., “A Rhyme of the Tang Dynasty”, SIGGRAPH 2007,Interactive Dance Performance（互動舞蹈）
[8] 孫效華, 金平, “色彩進行”. 2006 北京國際電子音樂節, 多媒體互動藝術裝置
[9] Sun, X., Jin, P., Crossing of Changes. New York Conference on Asian Studies 2004,Algorithmic Animation（算法動畫）
