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Invited Talks, Tutorials, and Panels

KEYNOTES

 
7 Can We Converse With Relational Query Engines? Oct 2025 7th Joint Korea-Japan Workshop on Management of Data Busan South Korea
6 Data-driven COI Management: From Socio-Technical Data Systems Research to Impact Nov 2024 2nd Macau Symposium on Data Science Macau China
5 Visual Graph Search: Opportunities and Challenges July 2024 JST CREST Symposium Gifu Japan
4 Human Learners of Relational Query Processing: Who Cares? June 2023 2nd International Workshop on Data Systems Education (DataEd) (colocated with SIGMOD 2023) Seattle USA
3 We Don't Need No Education: From Building for Coders to Building for Users June 2019 2nd International Workshop on Graph Data Management Experiences & Systems and Network Data Analytics (GRADES-NDA) (colocated with SIGMOD 2019) Amsterdam The Netherlands
2 Network Analytics Meets Drug Combination Discovery Sep 2016 IEEE International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Applications (ICKEA) Singapore Singapore
1 DB ⋈ HCI: Towards Bridging the Chasm Between Graph Data Management and HCI Sep 2014 25th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2014) Munich Germany

 

PANELS

 
10 Fundamental Research vs Application Research — New Challenges and Opportunities Oct 2025 21st International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA) Kyoto Japan
9 Towards a Broader Impact: Expanding the Reach of Data Management Research June 2025 51st ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Berlin Germany
8 Global Voices in Data: Navigating Responsible Management and Processing with Diverse Perspectives June 2024 50th ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Santiago Chile
7 Advice from Early Ph.D. to Early Career: Communication Strategies for Collaboration, Student Supervision, and Peer Review June 2024 50th ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Santiago Chile
6 Publication Culture and Review Processes in the Data Management Community: An Open Discussion June 2022 48th ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Recording Philadelphia USA
5 Success and Impact Beyond Traditional Metrics June 2022 48th ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data (SIGMOD) Philadelphia USA
4 Diversity and Inclusion Perspectives Around the World Apr 2022 25th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT) Edinburgh Scotland
3 Science of Adult Learning Nov 2019 Future of Adult Learning Research Symposium (FoALR) Singapore Singapore
2 Women in Bioinformatics Oct 2016 7th ACM Conference on Bioinformatics, Computational Biology and Health Informatics (ACM BCB 2016) Seattle USA
1 Large-Scale Data Management and Analytics on Cloud Oct 2015 International Conference on Cloud Computing Research and Innovation (ICCCRI) Singapore Singapore

 

TUTORIALS

 
16 Psychology Meets Data-Centric Computing (Invited) October 2025 21st International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2025) Kyoto Japan
15 Cognitive Psychology Meets Data Management: State of the Art and Future Directions June 2024 50th ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD 2024) Santiago Chile
14 Data-driven Visual Query Interfaces for Graphs: Past, Present, and (Near) Future (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3) June 2022 48th ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD 2022) Philadelphia USA
13 Visual Querying of Graphs: Models and Techniques Oct 2018 37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2018) Xi'an China
12 Summarizing Static and Dynamic Big Graphs Aug 2017 43rd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB 2017) Munich Germany
11 Graph Querying Meets HCI: State of the Art and Future Directions May 2017 43rd ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data (ACM SIGMOD 2017) Chicago USA
10 Managing Social Image Tags: Methods and Applications Jul 2013 5th International Workshop with Mentors on Databases, Web, and Information Management for Young Researchers (iDB 2013) Sapporo Japan
9 Clustering and Summarizing Biological Networks: The state-of-the art Dec 2012 8th International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2012) Nanjing China
8 Storing, Querying, Summarizing and Comparing Molecular Networks: The State-of-the-Art Apr 2012 17th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA) Busan South Korea
7 Social Image Tags: From Motivation to Mining May 2011 15th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD 11) Shenzhen China
6 Managing Social Image Tags: From Motivation to Applications. Apr 2011 16th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA) Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR
5 Mining Evolution of Complex Structured Data Apr 2009 13th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD 2009) Bangkok Thailand
4 Mining Evolution of Complex Structured Data Apr 2009 The Joint International Conference on Asia-Pacific Web Conference and Web-Age Information Management (APWEB-WAIM 2009) Suzhou China
3 Managing Changes to XML Data: The State-of-the-Art Jul 2008 9th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM 2008) Zhangjiajie China
2 Web Evolution Management: From Detection, Monitoring to Mining Apr 2008 10th Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb 2008) Shenyang China
1 Web Change Management and Delta Mining: Opportunities and Solutions Nov 2006 25th International Conference on Conceptual Modelling (ER 2006) Tucson USA

 

INVITED TALKS

 
45 Can We Converse With Relational Query Engines? May 2025 International Workshop on Frontiers of Data Engg. & AI Hong Kong SAR China
44 Visual Graph Search: Opportunities and Challenges Dec 2024 Xidian University Annual Conference on International Cooperation Xi'an China
43 What If Leonardo Was a Database Educator? Jan 2024 Eindhoven University of Technology Eindhoven The Netherlands
42 To Draw is Human: Toward No-Code Subgraph Search Dec 2023 Xidian University Xi'an China
41 To Draw is Human: Toward No-Code Subgraph Search Oct 2023 CCS International Symposium Tsukuba Japan
40 Data-driven Management of COI in Peer Review Venues: Data Science in the Real World July 2023 Singapore Data Science Consortium Singapore Singapore
39 “Tell Me and I Forget, Teach Me and I May Remember, Involve Me and I Learn”: Towards Technology-enabled Learning of Relational Query Processing Nov 2022 POSTECH Pohang South Korea
38 To Draw is Human: Towards Usable Visual Subgraph Search Nov 2022 Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR
37 We Don't Need No Education: From Building for Coders to Building for Users Mar 2022 Hunan University Changsha (Virtual) China
36 TED Learn: Towards Technology-Enabled Database Education Jul 2021 POSTECH Pohang (Virtual) South Korea
35 TED Learn: Towards Technology-Enabled Database Education Apr 2021 The Dutch Seminar on Data Systems Design (DSDSD) Amsterdam (Virtual) The Netherlands
34 KANDINSKY: Abstract Art Meets YouTube Discussion Visualization for Online Learning Nov 2019 Future of Adult Learning Research Symposium (FoALR) Singapore Singapore
33 Visual > Text Sep 2019 School of Cyber Engg., Xidian University Xi'an China
32 Learning to Say No! Aug 2019 Singaporean Researcher Global Summit, NUS Singapore Singapore
31 Don't Make Me Learn: From Building for Coders to Building for Users Apr 2019 Big Data & AI Workshop, University of Hong Kong Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR
30 Visual > Text Mar 2019 Dept. of Creative Engg., POSTECH Pohang South Korea
29 Network Analytics Meets Drug Combination Discovery Oct 2018 Data Science and Blockchain Workshop (in conjunction with ER 2018) Xi'an China
28 Data Management in the AI World: An Area Whose Time has Come and Gone? Oct 2018 School of Cyber Engg., Xidian University Xi'an China
27 Graph Querying is Dead, Long Live (Visual) Graph Querying Jul 2018 Artificial Intelligence Research Center (AIRC) Tokyo Japan
26 Graph Querying is Dead, Long Live (Visual) Graph Querying Jul 2018 POSTECH Pohang South Korea
25 Data Management in the AI World: An Area Whose Time has Come and Gone? May 2018 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR
24 Graph Summarization: What Makes A Good Summary? Aug 2017 Department of Creative Engineering, Pohang Univ of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang South Korea
23 To Invent or To Innovate?: The Role of Academic Research Mar 2017 Oracle Singapore Singapore
22 Towards In Silico Network-driven Combination Therapy: A Big Small Data Problem May 2016 Hong Kong Baptist University Hong Kong SAR Hong Kong SAR
21 HumanDB: Towards Bridging the Chasm Between Data Management and HCI Nov 2015 University of Macao Macao China
20 HCI-aware Data Management: Towards Bridging the Chasm Between Data Management and HCI Jul 2015 Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
19 HCI-aware Data Management: Towards Bridging the Chasm Between Data Management and HCI Jun 2015 Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) Eindhoven The Netherlands
18 Towards Bridging the Chasm Between Graph Data Management and HCI Nov 2014 Dept of Computer Sc & Engg., Pohang Univ of Science and Technology (POSTECH) Pohang South Korea
17 INGOT: Towards Network-driven In Silico Combination Therapy Jan 2014 1st International Conference on Big Data and Smart Computing (BigComp 2014) Bangkok Thailand
16 Adventures with Social Images: The SONAR Experience Jul 2013 Tanaka & Tajima Lab, Dept of Social Informatics, Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
15 Towards In Silico Network-driven Combination Therapy: A Big Small Data Problem Jul 2013 Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
14 Towards In Silico Network-driven Combination Therapy: A Big Small Data Problem Jun 2013 Health Systems Complexity International Symposium, NTU Singapore Singapore
13 Towards In Silico Network-driven Combination Therapy: A Computational and Systems Biology-based Approach Mar 2013 2nd Health Systems Complexity Workshop, NTU Singapore Singapore
12 VIAGRA: Towards Visual Interaction-Aware Graph Querying Framework Dec 2011 International Workshop on Advanced Data Management (ADM 2011), Fudan Univ Shanghai China
11 Being David in Data Management World of Goliaths Aug 2011 3rd International Workshop with Mentors on Databases, Web, and Information Management for Young Researchers (iDB 2011) Kyoto Japan
10 GBLENDER: Visual Graph Query Formulation Meets Query Processing Jun 2010 Department of Computer Science, Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla USA
9 Blog Cascade Affinity Nov 2009 Graduate School of Information, Production, and Systems, Waseda University Tokyo Japan
8 XBlend: Visual XML Query Formulation Meets Query Processing Jul 2008 Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
7 Towards Da Vinci’s Notebook: Empowering Scientists to Explore Data Jun 2007 Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
6 XANADUE: Scalable XML Change Detection in Relational Databases Nov 2006 Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
5 Towards Da Vinci’s Notebook: Empowering Scientists to Explore Data May 2006 Shanghai-Jiaotong University Shanghai China
4 One Size Does Not Fit All: Research Challenges in Bioimaging Data Management May 2005 Tsinghua University Beijing China
3 Towards Privacy Preserving Data Integration Apr 2005 Graduate School Of Informatics, Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
2 Detecting and Representing Page-Level Relevant Web Deltas in WHOWEDA Jun 2000 School of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland Brisbane Australia
1 Detecting and Representing Page-Level Relevant Web Deltas Using Web Join Apr 2000 School of Computer Science, University of South Australia Adelaide Australia

 

 

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