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My research interests are in the fields of database and information systems, including approximate search, data privacy, data integration, data extraction, and data analysis. The following are several database projects I am working on.
Current Research Interests:
- The Approximate String Matching Project
- The Location Privacy Project
- Uncertain Data Management
Previous Research Interests:
- The XGuard Project on Data Privacy
- The SmartFlow Project on Data Integration
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In English
- Guoren Wang, Bin Wang, Xiaochun Yang, Ge Yu: Efficiently Indexing Large Sparse Graphs for Similarity Search. will appear in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE)
- Xiaochun Yang, Bin Wang, Chen Li: Cost-Based Variable-Length-Gram Selection for String Collections to Support Approximate Queries Efficiently. [Slides]SIGMOD Conference 2008: 353-364
- Xiaochun Yang, Yiu-Kai Ng: Answering form-based web queries using the data-mining approach. J. Intell. Inf. Syst. 30(1): 1-32 (2008)
- Bin Wang, Xiaochun Yang, Guoren Wang, Ge Yu, Lei Chen, X. Sean Wang, Xuemin Lin: Continually Answering Constraint k-NN Queries in Unstructured P2P Systems. Journal of Computer Science and Technology, 23(4): 538-556 (2008)
- Chen Li, Bin Wang, Xiaochun Yang: VGRAM: Improving Performance of Approximate Queries on String Collections Using Variable-Length Grams. [Slides]. VLDB 2007: 303-314
- Chen Li, Houtan Shirani-Mehr, Xiaochun Yang: Protecting Individual Information Against Inference Attacks in Data Publishing. DASFAA 2007: 422-433
- Xiaochun Yang, Lin Li, Yiu-Kai Ng, Bin Wang, Ge Yu: Associated Load Shedding Strategies for Computing Multi-joins in Sensor Networks. DASFAA 2006: 50-64
- Xiaochun Yang, Chen Li, Ge Yu, Lei Shi: XGuard: A System for Publishing XML Documents without Information Leakage in the Presence of Data Inference. ICDE 2005 (demo): 1124-1125
- Xiaochun Yang, Chen Li: Secure XML Publishing without Information Leakage in the Presence of Data Inference. VLDB 2004: 96-107
In Chinese
- Xiaochun Yang, Yazhe Wang, Bin Wang, Ge Yu: Privacy Preserving Approaches for Multiple Sensitive Attributes in Data Publishing. Chinese Journal of Computers. 31(4): 574-587 (2008)
- Xiaochun Yang, Xiangyu Liu, Bin Wang, Ge Yu: K-Anonymization Approaches for Supporting Multiple Constraints. Journal of Software. 17(5): 1222-1231 (2006)
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant (NSFC No. 60973018), 2010.1-2012.12, PI.
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant on International Cooperation (NSFC No. 60828004), 2009.1-2010.12, Co-PI.
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant on Key Project (NSFC No. 60933001), 2010.1-2013.12, Primary member.
- K. C. Wong Education Foundation (Hong Kong) Award. 2008.6.
- Program for Shenyang City Talents Developement Award. 2008.9.
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University Award (NCET-06-0290) of Year 2006, 2007.1-2009.12, single PI.
- National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant(NSFC No. 60503036), 2006.1-2008.12, PI.
- Fok Ying Tong Education Foundation Grant (No. 104027), 2006.1-2008.12, single PI.
- Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars, State Education Ministry Grant(SRF for ROCS, SEM), 2004.6-2005.6, single PI.
- NSF(Liaoning) Grant, PI, 2005.10-2007.10.
- NSF research and traveral Grant. 2004.9.
- NSF(Shenyang) Grant, PI, 2004.10-2005.10.
- National 863 High Tech. Grant, 1999.12-2001.12, Co-PI.
- Ministry of Education Prize for Natural Sciences. 2007. The third winner.
- Science and Technology Advancement Prize of Liaoning Province. 2002. The third winner.
- Excellent Teaching Award. School of Information Science and Engineering, Northeastern University. 2005, 2006, 2007.
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- Spring (2004-2009): Principles of Database Management Systems
- Spring (2004, 2006, 2007): Machine Learning
- Fall (2004), Spring (2005-2007): Distributed Database Systems
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Invited Talks:
- Renmin University, Data Quality and Data Provenance Managment, Beijing, China, Sept. 10, 2009.
- UNESCO/Fraunhofer Chair on Information Technologies for Industry and Environment, Workshop on Sensor Networks, Uncertain Data Management for Wireless Sensor Networks. Qinhuangdao, China. Nov. 25, 2008.
- NDBC panel, Approximate String Queries: Applications, Techniques, and Research Challenges. Guilin, China, Oct. 25, 2008.
- iDB-forum, Approximate Queries on String Collections. Japan, Sept, 2008.
- The University of Tokyo, Approximate Queries on String Collections. Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 26, 2008.
- Shenyang Institute of Aeronautical Engineering, Data Management in Wireless Sensor Networks. Shenyang, China, July, 2008.
- Nanjing University (Summer school), Approximate Queries on String Collections. Nanjing, China, July, 2008.
- CCF Young Computer Scientists & Engineers Forum (YOCSEF-Shenyang), Approximate String Matching Using Variable-Length Gram. Shenyang, China, January, 2008.
- China National Computer Conference (CNCC), Preserving Sensitive Data in Data Sharing. Wuhan, China, Octorber. 2005.
- Seminars at Carleton University, Secure XML Publishing without Information Leakage. Ottawa, Canada, Sept. 2004.
- National Database Challenge Conference. Data Privacy Preserving in Data Integration. Shenyang, China. May 6, 2004.
Resent Presentations:
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- Data Quality Analysis and Approximate Query Processing for String Collections from Multiple Sources, with Prof. Chen Li, at UC Irvine, USA
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