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Other Name(s)
Byron Choi
Chinese Name
蔡冠球
Biography
Dr. Choi obtained his Ph.D. and MSE degrees in Computer and Information Science from the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) in 2006 and 2001, respectively. He received his BEng degree in Computer Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Dr. Choi was an Assistant Professor with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), 2005-2008. He was a research associate at the University of Edinburgh in 2005. He visited HKUST theoretical computer science group in 2003. His publications appear in IEEE TKDE, VLDBJ, ACM SIGMOD, PVLDB/VLDB, IEEE ICDE, WWW, CIKM, AAAI, and IJCAI before. Dr. Choi is awarded a distinguished program committee member from ACM SIGMOD 2021. Dr. Choi received the best reviewers award from ACM CIKM 2021. He received the distinguished reviewer award from PVLDB 2019. Dr. Choi is the recipient of the HKBU President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Individual Teaching 2022 and the HKBU President's Award for Outstanding Young Researcher 2016. Dr. Choi is the director of a Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute (ASI) titled "Frontiers in Big Data Graph Research" 2015. Dr. Choi serves as the ACM SIGMOD information co-director since September 2021.
Research Interests
Visual graph query processing
Time series analysis
Database security
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Delivering carbon-neutral goals through smart social learning in communities: A cross-cultural analysis of three Asian cities (Kyoto, Seoul and Hong Kong)
MAH, D. N., CHEUNG, D. M., CHOI, B., Kim, H., McLellan, B., Siu, A. & Yun, S.
1/01/23 → 30/06/25
Project: Research project
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Exploring the role of big data analytics in promoting smart low-carbon cities: A human-centered, community-based, and deep engagement approach in Hong Kong
MAH, D. N., CHAN, M. H., CHEUNG, D. M., CHOI, B., CHUN, K. P., GUO, Y., LO, T. S. K., NG, K. S. K., ZHOU, Q., Deng, L., Huang, L., HUI, D. P. K., Lam, K. H., Lee, T., Leung, K. H. M., McLellan, B., Siu, A. & Yun, S.
30/06/21 → 29/06/24
Project: Research project
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Research Output
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A Framework for Privacy Preserving Localized Graph Pattern Query Processing
Xu, L., Choi, B., Peng, Y., Xu, J. & Bhowmick, S. S., Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
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Efficient and Optimal Algorithms for Tree Summarization with Weighted Terminologies
Zhu, X., Huang, X., Choi, B. K. K., Xu, J., Cheung, W. K. W., Zhang, Y. & Liu, J., 1 Mar 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering. 35, 3, p. 2500-2514 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › peer-review
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Efficient Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search in Multi-dimensional Databases
Peng, Y., Choi, B., Chan, T. N., Yang, J. & Xu, J., Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Conference paper › peer-review
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Large-scale Geospatial Analytics: Problems, Challenges, and Opportunities
Chan, T. N., Leong, H. U., Choi, B., Xu, J. & Cheng, R., 5 Jun 2023, SIGMOD '23: Companion of the 2023 International Conference on Management of Data. Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), p. 21-29 9 p. (Proceedings of the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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SVP-T: A Shape-level Variable-Position Transformer for Multivariate Time Series Classification
Zuo, R., Li, G., Choi, B., Bhowmick, S. S., Mah, D. N. Y. & Wong, G. L. H., 27 Jun 2023, Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2023. Williams, B., Chen, Y. & Neville, J. (eds.). 1st ed. Washington, DC: AAAI press, p. 11497-11505 9 p. (Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence; vol. 37, no. 9).Research output: Chapter in book/report/conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Prizes
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Best Paper Nomination
ZHU, Xuliang (Recipient), HUANG, Xin (Recipient), CHOI, Byron (Recipient) & XU, Jianliang (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Award
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Distinguished Program Committee Member, the ACM International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD), 2021
CHOI, Koon Kau (Recipient), Jun 2021
Prize: Other distinction
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Distinguished Program Committee Member, the ACM International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD), 2023
CHOI, Byron (Recipient), Jun 2023
Prize: Award
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HKBU President's Award for Outstanding Performance in Individual Teaching 20222022
CHOI, Byron (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Award
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HKBU President's Award for Outstanding Young Researcher 2016
CHOI, Byron (Recipient), 2016
Prize: Award
Activities
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The 40th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE) PhD Symposium
Byron CHOI (Chair) & Alekh Jindal (Chair)
16 Apr 2024Activity: Conference/talk/lecture/symposium/speech/workshop, etc › Event organized by non-HKBU units
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Hong Kong uses novel computation methods to develop COVID-19 hotspot map
Jianliang XU, Byron CHOI & Tsz Nam CHAN
18/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
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浸大推新冠確診個案分布圖 實時掌握各地區風險水平
Jianliang XU, Byron CHOI & Tsz Nam CHAN
14/11/22
1 Media contribution
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HKBU-led research team launches Hong Kong COVID-19 hotspot map
Jianliang XU, Byron CHOI & Tsz Nam CHAN
14/11/22
1 item of Media coverage
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