Jianliang XU

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徐建良

Biography

Prof. Xu received his BEng degree in computer science and engineering from Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China and his PhD degree in computer science from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include big data management, blockchain, mobile/pervasive computing, and data security and privacy. With an H-index of 56, he has published more than 250 technical articles in refereed journals and conferences including SIGMOD, PVLDB, ICDE, INFOCOM, TODS, TKDE, TPDS, and VLDBJ. His research has been funded by RGC, ITF, and NSFC, with a total amount exceeding HK$30 million. He is a senior member of IEEE and CCF, and a member of IEEE Technical Committee on Data Engineering and CCF Technical Committee on Databases. He has served as an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE) and Proceedings of VLDB Endowment (PVLDB).

Research Interests

Big Data and AI
Blockchain
Mobile Computing
Data Security and Privacy

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Dive into the research topics where Jianliang XU is active. Topic labels come from the works of this scholar.

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2 Not started
8 Active
27 Finished

Private High-Dimensional Similarity Search for Cloud-Based Retrieval Augmented Generation
XU, J. (PI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Research project
Trustworthy Large Language Models: A Multifaceted Strategy for Truthfulness, Fairness, and Privacy Preservation
XU, J. (CoPI), Zhang, X. (PI), Li, Q. (CoPI), King , I. (CoPI), Jia, X. (CoPI) & Yang, Y. (CoPI)
30/06/25 → 29/06/28
Project: Research project
Query Evaluation under Updates: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
XU, J. (PI), Li, F. (CoI) & WANG, Q. (CoI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research project
Vector Similarity Search in High-Dimensional Spaces
XU, J. (PI)
1/01/25 → 31/12/27
Project: Research project
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

193 Conference proceeding
124 Journal article
30 Conference article
9 Book or report
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ABFlow: Alert Bursting Flow Query in Streaming Temporal Flow Networks
Zhao, Y., Xu, L., Jiang, J., Choi, B., Xu, J. & He, B., Feb 2026, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data. 4, 1, p. 1-26 26 p., 5.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Open Access
AGChain: A Blockchain-based Gateway for Trustworthy App Delegation from Mobile App Markets
Chen, M., Yi, X., Wu, D., Xu, J., Li, Y. & Gao, D., Sept 2026, In: Distributed Ledger Technologies: Research and Practice. 5, 3, p. 1-22 22 p., 30.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review

Open Access
1 Citation (Scopus)
Aggregative Online Task Assignment in Spatial Crowdsourcing: An Auction-aware Approach
Zhu, G., Li, Y., Du, S., Xu, J., Ding, S. & Xu, M., Mar 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. 25, 3, p. 3998-4012 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Balancing Global and Local: Representative Sampling for Large-Scale Vector Data
Wu, Z., Song, Y., Zhu, X., Li, H., Xu, J. & Huang, X., Jun 2026, In: Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data. 4, 3, p. 1-27 27 p., 142.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review

Open Access
BAMG: A Block-Aware Monotonic Graph Index for Disk-Based Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search
Li, H., Huang, X., Choi, B. & Xu, J., May 2026, Proceedings of the 42nd IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering, ICDE 2026. Montreal, Canada: IEEE, 13 p.
Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review

Best Faculty Article Award
SONG, C. (Recipient), HUANG, X. (Recipient) & XU, J. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Award
Best Paper Nomination
ZHU, X. (Recipient), HUANG, X. (Recipient), CHOI, B. (Recipient) & XU, J. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Award
Best Student Paper Award
TANG, R. (Recipient), ZHU, X. (Recipient), HUANG, X. (Recipient) & XU, J. (Recipient), Jun 2023
Prize
Highly Ranked Scholar
XU, J. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Other distinction
Highly Ranked Scholar
XU, J. (Recipient), 2023
Prize: Other distinction

IEEE Int'l Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2024)
XU, J. (Technical chair)
2024 → …
Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
IEEE Transactions on Big Data (Journal)
XU, J. (Associate editor)
Aug 2023 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
The First Macau Symposium on Data Science
XU, J. (Plenary/keynote speaker)
4 Sept 2023
Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (Journal)
XU, J. (Associate editor)
Oct 2023 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (Journal)
XU, J. (Associate editor)
Apr 2023 → Jun 2024
Activity: Publication peer-review/editorial work › Editor/reviewer for publications (incl. CDCF T61 Journal Editor)

浸大學者研區塊鏈新技術或減78%運作成本
XU, J.
31/07/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
AI綠化紓緩情緒大專組方案奪冠
XU, J.
28/11/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
NFT良莠不齊入市勿貪「潮」
XU, J.
5/03/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
未納監管範圍學者籲須發牌
XU, J.
5/03/23
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media
Hong Kong uses novel computation methods to develop COVID-19 hotspot map
XU, J., CHOI, B. & CHAN, T. N.
18/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media

Jianliang XU, Prof

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Private High-Dimensional Similarity Search for Cloud-Based Retrieval Augmented Generation

Trustworthy Large Language Models: A Multifaceted Strategy for Truthfulness, Fairness, and Privacy Preservation

Query Evaluation under Updates: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice

Vector Similarity Search in High-Dimensional Spaces

Federated Graph Management and Querying: Subgraphs, Keywords, and Privacy

ABFlow: Alert Bursting Flow Query in Streaming Temporal Flow Networks

AGChain: A Blockchain-based Gateway for Trustworthy App Delegation from Mobile App Markets

Aggregative Online Task Assignment in Spatial Crowdsourcing: An Auction-aware Approach

Balancing Global and Local: Representative Sampling for Large-Scale Vector Data

BAMG: A Block-Aware Monotonic Graph Index for Disk-Based Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search

Best Faculty Article Award

Best Paper Nomination

Best Student Paper Award

Highly Ranked Scholar

Highly Ranked Scholar

IEEE Int'l Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2024)

IEEE Transactions on Big Data (Journal)

The First Macau Symposium on Data Science

IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (Journal)

Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment (Journal)

浸大學者研區塊鏈新技術或減78%運作成本

AI綠化紓緩情緒大專組方案奪冠

NFT良莠不齊入市勿貪「潮」

未納監管範圍學者籲須發牌

Hong Kong uses novel computation methods to develop COVID-19 hotspot map

Jianliang XU, Prof

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