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Biography
Xin Huang received the Ph.D. degree from the Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management at the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2014. His research interests include graph data management, graph mining and visualization, social network analysis, and privacy-aware computing. He has published in refereed conferences and journals including SIGMOD, VLDB, WWW, ICDE, CIKM, AAAI, IJCAI, TKDE, TKDD, and VLDBJ. His scholarly works win the Best Paper Award at the 20th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2019), the Best Student Paper Award at the 11th IEEE International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2017), as well as a Best Paper Nomination at the 29th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2020). He is a recipient of the RGC Early Career Award and the HKBU President’s Award for Outstanding Performance as Young Researcher.
Research Interests
- Data Management
- Big Graph Mining & Visualization
- Social Network Analysis
- Privacy-Aware Computing
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Efficient Community Search over Massive Multi-layer Networks
HUANG, X. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research project
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Graph Matching Optimization: A Multi-Task Framework for Addressing NP-Hard Graph Problems
PIAO, C. (PI) & HUANG, X. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research project
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Federated Graph Management and Querying: Subgraphs, Keywords, and Privacy
HUANG, X. (PI), HU, H. (CoPI), LIU, J. (CoPI), WANG, Q. (CoPI), XU, J. (CoPI), YANG, R. (CoPI) & Ye, Q. (CoPI)
30/06/24 → 29/06/27
Project: Research project
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Efficient Algorithms for Truss Maintenance over Large Dynamic Graphs
HUANG, X. (PI)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research project
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Interactive Search and Summarization on Hierarchical Directed Acyclic Graphs
HUANG, X. (PI)
1/01/22 → 31/12/24
Project: Research project
Research Output
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From Global to Query-Dependent: Summarization of Large Hierarchical DAGs
Zhu, X., Huang, X., Wang, K., Xu, J. & Lin, X., Mar 2026, In: ACM Transactions on Database Systems. 51, 1, p. 1-31 31 p., 6.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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A Flexible Framework for Query-oriented Interactive Community Search
Sun, L., Huang, X., Wang, J. & Xu, J., Feb 2025, In: Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment. 18, 6, p. 1977-1990 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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A Survey of Large Language Models on Generative Graph Analytics: Query, Learning, and Applications
Shang, W. & Huang, X., Dec 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 37, 12, p. 6799-6819 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Boosting Performance of Graph Convolutional Networks via Generating Pseudolabels and Feature Interaction
Zhang, Q., Zhao, Z., Li, C. & Huang, X., Aug 2025, In: IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems. 12, 4, p. 1509-1522 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
2 Citations (Scopus) -
Boosting with Fewer Tokens: Multi-Query Optimization for LLMs Using Node Text and Neighbor Cues
Fang, Y., Li, X., Pan, Y., Huang, X. & Tsang, I. W., 20 May 2025, Proceedings - 2025 IEEE 41st International Conference on Data Engineering, ICDE 2025. IEEE, p. 2684-2697 14 p. (Proceedings - International Conference on Data Engineering).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
Prizes
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2022 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention
HUANG, X. (Recipient), 31 May 2022
Prize: Award
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Best Faculty Article Award
SONG, C. (Recipient), HUANG, X. (Recipient) & XU, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Award
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Best Paper Nomination
ZHU, X. (Recipient), HUANG, X. (Recipient), CHOI, B. (Recipient) & XU, J. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Award
Activities
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Data Science and Engineering (Journal)
HUANG, X. (Associate editor)
2 Jan 2025 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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World Wide Web (Journal)
HUANG, X. (Associate editor)
12 Jul 2024 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Frontiers in Big Data (Journal)
HUANG, X. (Associate editor)
2022 → …Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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Data Science and Engineering (Journal)
HUANG, X. (Guest editor)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
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World Wide Web (Journal)
HUANG, X. (Guest editor)
2020Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)