2025

1. VLDB

   ML-Asset Management: Curation, Discovery, and Utilization

   Mengying Wang, Moming Duan, Yicong Huang, Chen Li, Bingsheng He, and 1 more author

   Proc. VLDB Endow., 2025

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   @article{DBLP:journals/pvldb/WangDHLHW25,
     author = {Wang, Mengying and Duan, Moming and Huang, Yicong and Li, Chen and He, Bingsheng and Wu, Yinghui},
     title = {ML-Asset Management: Curation, Discovery, and Utilization},
     journal = {Proc. {VLDB} Endow.},
     volume = {18},
     number = {12},
     pages = {5493--5498},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol18/p5493-wang.pdf},
     timestamp = {Tue, 07 Oct 2025 07:34:56 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pvldb/WangDHLHW25.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org},
   }

2. Dissertation

   UDF-Centric Dataflow Systems for Supporting User-Defined Functions in Collaborative Data Science, AI, and ML

   Yicong Huang

   University of California, Irvine, 2025

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   @phdthesis{huang2025udf,
     title = {UDF-Centric Dataflow Systems for Supporting User-Defined Functions in Collaborative Data Science, AI, and
      ML},
     author = {Huang, Yicong},
     year = {2025},
     school = {University of California, Irvine},
   }

3. DSE-K12

   DS4ALL: Teaching High-School Students Data Science and AI/ML Using the Texera Workflow Platform as a Service

   Jiadong Bai, Xiaozhen Liu, Anthony Cuturrufo, Alexander Kundu Taylor, Jeehyun Hwang, and 7 more authors

   In Data Science Education K-12: Research to Practice Annual Conference, Feb 2025

   BIB

   @inproceedings{bai2024ds4all,
     author = {Bai, Jiadong and Liu, Xiaozhen and Cuturrufo, Anthony and Taylor, Alexander Kundu and Hwang, Jeehyun and Ma, Mingyu Derek and Lin, Xinyuan and Zhu, Yanqiao and Huang, Yicong and Ding, Yunyan and Wang, Wei and Li, Chen},
     title = {{DS4ALL}: Teaching High-School Students Data Science and {AI/ML} Using the Texera Workflow Platform as a
     	Service},
     booktitle = {Data Science Education K-12: Research to Practice Annual Conference},
     year = {2025},
     month = feb,
     address = {San Antonio, Texas},
     organization = {Data Science for Everyone Initiative},
   }

2024

1. VLDB

   IcedTea: Efficient and Responsive Time-Travel Debugging in Dataflow Systems

   Shengquan Ni, Yicong Huang, Zuozhi Wang, and Chen Li

   Proc. VLDB Endow., Feb 2024

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   @article{journals/pvldb/NiHWL25,
     author = {Ni, Shengquan and Huang, Yicong and Wang, Zuozhi and Li, Chen},
     title = {IcedTea: Efficient and Responsive Time-Travel Debugging in Dataflow Systems},
     journal = {Proc. {VLDB} Endow.},
     volume = {18},
     number = {3},
     pages = {902:1--914:26},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.14778/3712221.3712251},
   }

2. SIGMOD

   Pasta: A Cost-Based Optimizer for Generating Pipelining Schedules for Dataflow DAGs

   Xiaozhen Liu, Yicong Huang, Xinyuan Lin, Avinash Kumar, Sadeem Alsudais, and 1 more author

   Proc. ACM Manag. Data, Feb 2024

   PDF DOI BIB

   @article{journals/pacmmod/LiuHLKAL24,
     author = {Liu, Xiaozhen and Huang, Yicong and Lin, Xinyuan and Kumar, Avinash and Alsudais, Sadeem and Li, Chen},
     title = {Pasta: {A} Cost-Based Optimizer for Generating Pipelining Schedules
      for Dataflow DAGs},
     journal = {Proc. {ACM} Manag. Data},
     volume = {2},
     number = {6},
     pages = {248:1--248:26},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3698832},
     doi = {10.1145/3698832},
     timestamp = {Sat, 25 Jan 2025 23:34:48 +0100},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pacmmod/LiuHLKAL24.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org},
   }

3. VLDB

   Texera: A System for Collaborative and Interactive Data Analytics Using Workflows

   Zuozhi Wang, Yicong Huang, Shengquan Ni, Avinash Kumar, Sadeem Alsudais, and 4 more authors

   Proc. VLDB Endow., Feb 2024

   PDF DOI BIB

   @article{journals/pvldb/WangHNKALLDL24,
     author = {Wang, Zuozhi and Huang, Yicong and Ni, Shengquan and Kumar, Avinash and Alsudais, Sadeem and Liu, Xiaozhen and Lin, Xinyuan and Ding, Yunyan and Li, Chen},
     title = {Texera: {A} System for Collaborative and Interactive Data Analytics
     	 Using Workflows},
     journal = {Proc. {VLDB} Endow.},
     volume = {17},
     number = {11},
     pages = {3580--3588},
     year = {2024},
     doi = {10.14778/3681954.3682022},
     timestamp = {Mon, 03 Mar 2025 22:21:00 +0100},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pvldb/WangHNKALLDL24.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org},
   }

4. SIGMOD (Demo)

   Demonstration of Udon: Line-by-line Debugging of User-Defined Functions in Data Workflows

   Yicong Huang, Zuozhi Wang, and Chen Li

   In Companion of the 2024 International Conference on Management of Data, SIGMOD/PODS 2024, Santiago AA, Chile, June 9-15, 2024, Feb 2024

   PDF DOI BIB

   @inproceedings{conf/sigmod/0002W024,
     author = {Huang, Yicong and Wang, Zuozhi and Li, Chen},
     editor = {Barcel{\'{o}}, Pablo and S{\'{a}}nchez{-}Pi, Nayat and Meliou, Alexandra and Sudarshan, S.},
     title = {Demonstration of Udon: Line-by-line Debugging of User-Defined Functions in Data Workflows},
     booktitle = {Companion of the 2024 International Conference on Management of Data,
                       {SIGMOD/PODS} 2024, Santiago AA, Chile, June 9-15, 2024},
     pages = {476--479},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3626246.3654756},
     doi = {10.1145/3626246.3654756},
     timestamp = {Wed, 24 Jul 2024 21:43:30 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/sigmod/0002W024.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

5. ICDE (Workshop)

   Data Science Tasks Implemented with Scripts versus GUI-Based Workflows: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

   Alexander K. Taylor, Yicong Huang, Junheng Hao, Xinyuan Lin, Xiusi Chen, and 2 more authors

   In 40th International Conference on Data Engineering, ICDE 2024 - Workshops, Utrecht, Netherlands, May 13-16, 2024, Feb 2024

   PDF DOI BIB

   @inproceedings{conf/icde/TaylorHHLCWL24,
     author = {Taylor, Alexander K. and Huang, Yicong and Hao, Junheng and Lin, Xinyuan and Chen, Xiusi and Wang, Wei and Li, Chen},
     title = {Data Science Tasks Implemented with Scripts versus GUI-Based Workflows: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly},
     booktitle = {40th International Conference on Data Engineering, {ICDE} 2024 - Workshops, Utrecht, Netherlands, May
      13-16, 2024},
     pages = {267--277},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICDEW61823.2024.00040},
     doi = {10.1109/ICDEW61823.2024.00040},
     timestamp = {Mon, 12 Aug 2024 20:35:47 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/icde/TaylorHHLCWL24.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

6. fncir

   Brain image data processing using collaborative data workflows on Texera

   Yunyan Ding, Yicong Huang, Pan Gao, Andy Thai, Atchuth Naveen Chilaparasetti, and 3 more authors

   Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Feb 2024

   BIB

   @article{ding2024brain,
     title = {Brain image data processing using collaborative data workflows on Texera},
     author = {Ding, Yunyan and Huang, Yicong and Gao, Pan and Thai, Andy and Chilaparasetti, Atchuth Naveen and Gopi, M and Xu, Xiangmin and Li, Chen},
     journal = {Frontiers in Neural Circuits},
     volume = {18},
     pages = {1398884},
     year = {2024},
     publisher = {Frontiers Media SA}
   }