Publications

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

   PDF BIB

   @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

   PDF BIB

   @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

   PDF BIB

   @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}
   }

2023

1. SIGMOD

   Udon: Efficient Debugging of User-Defined Functions in Big Data Systems with Line-by-Line Control

   Yicong Huang, Zuozhi Wang, and Chen Li

   Proc. ACM Manag. Data, Feb 2023

   PDF DOI BIB

   @article{journals/pacmmod/HuangWL23,
     author = {Huang, Yicong and Wang, Zuozhi and Li, Chen},
     title = {Udon: Efficient Debugging of User-Defined Functions in Big Data Systems with Line-by-Line Control},
     journal = {Proc. {ACM} Manag. Data},
     volume = {1},
     number = {4},
     pages = {225:1--225:26},
     year = {2023},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3626712},
     doi = {10.1145/3626712},
     timestamp = {Sat, 13 Jan 2024 17:37:16 +0100},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pacmmod/HuangWL23.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org},
   }

2. PNAS Nexus

   Understanding underlying moral values and language use of COVID-19 vaccine attitudes on twitter

   Judith Borghouts, Yicong Huang, Sydney Gibbs, Suellen Hopfer, Chen Li, and 1 more author

   PNAS nexus, Feb 2023

   BIB

   @article{borghouts2023understanding,
     title = {Understanding underlying moral values and language use of COVID-19 vaccine attitudes on twitter},
     author = {Borghouts, Judith and Huang, Yicong and Gibbs, Sydney and Hopfer, Suellen and Li, Chen and Mark, Gloria},
     journal = {PNAS nexus},
     volume = {2},
     number = {3},
     pages = {pgad013},
     year = {2023},
     publisher = {Oxford University Press US}
   }

3. Subst. Use Misuse

   The marketing and perceptions of non-tobacco blunt wraps on Twitter

   Joshua Rhee, Yicong Huang, Sadeem Alsudais, Shengquan Ni, Avinash Kumar, and 2 more authors

   Substance Use and Misuse, Feb 2023

   BIB

   @article{joshua2023,
     title = {The marketing and perceptions of non-tobacco blunt wraps on Twitter},
     author = {Rhee, Joshua and Huang, Yicong and Alsudais, Sadeem and Ni, Shengquan and Kumar, Avinash and Li, Chen and Timberlake, David},
     journal = {Substance Use and Misuse},
     year = {2023}
   }

4. TOCHI

   Wording Matters: the Effect of Linguistic Characteristics and Political Ideology on Resharing of COVID-19 Vaccine Tweets

   Judith Borghouts, Yicong Huang, Suellen Hopfer, Chen Li, and Gloria Mark

   Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction, Feb 2023

   BIB

   @article{judith2024,
     title = {Wording Matters: the Effect of Linguistic Characteristics and Political Ideology on Resharing of COVID-19
      Vaccine Tweets},
     author = {Borghouts, Judith and Huang, Yicong and Hopfer, Suellen and Li, Chen and Mark, Gloria},
     journal = {Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction},
     year = {2023}
   }

2022

1. VLDB (Demo)

   Demonstration of Collaborative and Interactive Workflow-Based Data Analytics in Texera

   Xiaozhen Liu, Zuozhi Wang, Shengquan Ni, Sadeem Alsudais, Yicong Huang, and 2 more authors

   Proc. VLDB Endow., Feb 2022

   BIB

   @article{journals/pvldb/LiuWNAHKL22,
     author = {Liu, Xiaozhen and Wang, Zuozhi and Ni, Shengquan and Alsudais, Sadeem and Huang, Yicong and Kumar, Avinash and Li, Chen},
     title = {Demonstration of Collaborative and Interactive Workflow-Based Data Analytics in Texera},
     journal = {Proc. {VLDB} Endow.},
     volume = {15},
     number = {12},
     pages = {3738--3741},
     year = {2022},
     timestamp = {Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:09:16 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pvldb/LiuWNAHKL22.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

2. VLDB

   Optimizing Machine Learning Inference Queries with Correlative Proxy Models

   Zhihui Yang, Zuozhi Wang, Yicong Huang, Yao Lu, Chen Li, and 1 more author

   Proc. VLDB Endow., Feb 2022

   BIB

   @article{journals/pvldb/YangWHLLW22,
     author = {Yang, Zhihui and Wang, Zuozhi and Huang, Yicong and Lu, Yao and Li, Chen and Wang, X. Sean},
     title = {Optimizing Machine Learning Inference Queries with Correlative Proxy Models},
     journal = {Proc. {VLDB} Endow.},
     volume = {15},
     number = {10},
     pages = {2032--2044},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol15/p2032-yang.pdf},
     timestamp = {Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:09:16 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pvldb/YangWHLLW22.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org},
   }

3. VLDB (Demo)

   Demonstration of Accelerating Machine Learning Inference Queries with Correlative Proxy Models

   Zhihui Yang, Yicong Huang, Zuozhi Wang, Feng Gao, Yao Lu, and 2 more authors

   Proc. VLDB Endow., Feb 2022

   PDF BIB

   @article{journals/pvldb/YangHWGLLW22,
     author = {Yang, Zhihui and Huang, Yicong and Wang, Zuozhi and Gao, Feng and Lu, Yao and Li, Chen and Wang, X. Sean},
     title = {Demonstration of Accelerating Machine Learning Inference Queries with Correlative Proxy Models},
     journal = {Proc. {VLDB} Endow.},
     volume = {15},
     number = {12},
     pages = {3734--3737},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://www.vldb.org/pvldb/vol15/p3734-yang.pdf},
     timestamp = {Fri, 11 Nov 2022 09:31:23 +0100},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/pvldb/YangHWGLLW22.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

4. arXiv

   Reshape: Adaptive Result-aware Skew Handling for Exploratory Analysis on Big Data

   Avinash Kumar, Sadeem Alsudais, Shengquan Ni, Zuozhi Wang, Yicong Huang, and 1 more author

   CoRR, Feb 2022

   DOI BIB

   @article{journals/corr/abs-2208-13143,
     author = {Kumar, Avinash and Alsudais, Sadeem and Ni, Shengquan and Wang, Zuozhi and Huang, Yicong and Li, Chen},
     title = {Reshape: Adaptive Result-aware Skew Handling for Exploratory Analysis on Big Data},
     journal = {CoRR},
     volume = {abs/2208.13143},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.13143},
     doi = {10.48550/arXiv.2208.13143},
     eprinttype = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2208.13143},
     timestamp = {Thu, 01 Sep 2022 16:26:29 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/corr/abs-2208-13143.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

5. AMIA

   Public Opinions toward COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: A Machine Learning-based Analysis of U.S. Tweets

   Yawen Guo, Jun Zhu, Yicong Huang, Lu He, Changyang He, and 2 more authors

   In AMIA 2022, American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, Washington, DC, USA, November 5-9, 2022, Feb 2022

   BIB

   @inproceedings{conf/amia/GuoZ0HH0022,
     author = {Guo, Yawen and Zhu, Jun and Huang, Yicong and He, Lu and He, Changyang and Li, Chen and Zheng, Kai},
     title = {Public Opinions toward {COVID-19} Vaccine Mandates: {A} Machine Learning-based Analysis of {U.S.} Tweets},
     booktitle = {{AMIA} 2022, American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, Washington, DC, USA, November
      5-9, 2022},
     publisher = {{AMIA}},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://knowledge.amia.org/76677-amia-1.4637602/f006-1.4642154/f006-1.4642155/516-1.4642396/1066-1.4642393},
     timestamp = {Wed, 08 Feb 2023 15:42:36 +0100},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/conf/amia/GuoZ0HH0022.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

6. MED ONCOL

   c-myc-mediated upregulation of NAT10 facilitates tumor development via cell cycle regulation in non-small cell lung cancer

   Zimu Wang, Yicong Huang, Wanjun Lu, Jiaxin Liu, Xinying Li, and 3 more authors

   Medical Oncology, Feb 2022

   BIB

   @article{wang2022c,
     title = {c-myc-mediated upregulation of NAT10 facilitates tumor development via cell cycle regulation in non-small
      cell lung cancer},
     author = {Wang, Zimu and Huang, Yicong and Lu, Wanjun and Liu, Jiaxin and Li, Xinying and Zhu, Suhua and Liu, Hongbing and Song, Yong},
     journal = {Medical Oncology},
     volume = {39},
     number = {10},
     pages = {140},
     year = {2022},
     publisher = {Springer}
   }

2021

1. JAMIA

   Why do people oppose mask wearing? A comprehensive analysis of U.S. tweets during the COVID-19 pandemic

   Lu He, Changyang He, Tera L. Reynolds, Qiushi Bai, Yicong Huang, and 3 more authors

   J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc., Feb 2021

   DOI BIB

   @article{journals/jamia/HeHRBHL0C21,
     author = {He, Lu and He, Changyang and Reynolds, Tera L. and Bai, Qiushi and Huang, Yicong and Li, Chen and Zheng, Kai and Chen, Yunan},
     title = {Why do people oppose mask wearing? {A} comprehensive analysis of {U.S.}
     	tweets during the {COVID-19} pandemic},
     journal = {J. Am. Medical Informatics Assoc.},
     volume = {28},
     number = {7},
     pages = {1564--1573},
     year = {2021},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocab047},
     doi = {10.1093/jamia/ocab047},
     timestamp = {Sat, 30 Sep 2023 10:17:40 +0200},
     biburl = {https://dblp.org/rec/journals/jamia/HeHRBHL0C21.bib},
     bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, https://dblp.org}
   }

2. PloS One

   The social amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 risk perception shaping mask wearing behavior: A longitudinal twitter analysis

   Suellen Hopfer, Emilia J Fields, Yuwen Lu, Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Ted Grover, and 4 more authors

   PloS one, Feb 2021

   BIB

   @article{hopfer2021social,
     title = {The social amplification and attenuation of COVID-19 risk perception shaping mask wearing behavior: A
      longitudinal twitter analysis},
     author = {Hopfer, Suellen and Fields, Emilia J and Lu, Yuwen and Ramakrishnan, Ganesh and Grover, Ted and Bai, Quishi and Huang, Yicong and Li, Chen and Mark, Gloria},
     journal = {PloS one},
     volume = {16},
     number = {9},
     pages = {e0257428},
     year = {2021},
     publisher = {Public Library of Science San Francisco, CA USA}
   }