Xiaofang Zhou - Research

Academic Staff

• Associate Professor Shazia Sadiq
• Associate Professor Xue Li
• Associate Professor Heng Tao Shen
• Dr Mohamed Sharaf
• Dr Helen Zi Huang (also an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow)

Research Fellows

• Dr Ken Deng (since October 2007), now an ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow since Jan 2010
  
• Dr Sham Prasher (since April 2011)
  

Current Research Students

• Han Su (PhD, to start in Feb 2012, from Nanjing University)
  
• Yingnan Cong (PhD, to start in Feb 2012, from Renmin University of China)
• Xuefei Li (PhD, to start in Feb 2012, from Fudan University)
  

• Kexin Xie (PhD, started in Sept 2008, from University of Queensland) Spatiotemporal databases and location-based search
• Kai (Kevin) Zheng (PhD, started in February 2009, from Fudan University) Uncertain data management
  
• Shuo Shang (PhD, started in March 2009, from Peking University) Spatial database systems
• Qing (Felix) Xie (PhD, started in February 2009, from Chinese University of Science and Technology, Associate Adviser: Chaoyi Peng of CSIRO) Database and data quality
• Zhixu Li (PhD,  started in October 2009, from Renmin University of China, Associate Advisor: Laurianne Sitbon of QUT) Data quality for Web Information Systems
  
• Huynh Tan Dat (PhD, started in July 2010, from HoChiMinh City University of Technology)
• Haibo Wang (PhD, started in March 2011, from Peking University)

• Eunjung (Mickey) Chin (PhD, started in February 2009, from Seoul University - on leave from 15/8/2010-15/2/2011 and 20/5/2011-19/11/2011) Data mining and bioniformatics

• Jia Zhu, Intec Group (PhD, started part-time October 2006, from Bond University) Context-based information reconciliation

• Wen Hua (PhD student enrolled at Renmin University of China, started in September 2011)
• Xin Li (Master student enrolled at Renmin University of China, started in September 2011)
  

Current Visitors

• Ms Wen Hua (September - December 2011), Renmin University of China, research intern.
  

Past Visitors

• Dr Divesh Srivastava, Sept-October 2011, AT&T Research Labs
• Mr Chen Xu (April - July 2011), East China Normal University, research intern.
• Dr Reynold Cheng (June 2011), University of Hong Kong
  
• A/Prof Fuhao Zou (June 2010 - July 2011), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (Chinese Scholarship Council supported postdoc fellow)
• Prof Kyoji Kawagoe (March - September 2010), Ritsumeikan University, Japan (sabbatical)
• A/Prof Liwei Wang (September 2008 - July 2010), Wuhan University, China
• Ms Jing Yang (August 2009 - July 2010), Renmin University of China (PhD intern)
• Prof Peter Scheuemann (May 2010), Northwestern University, USA (sabbatical)
• A/Prof Huangliang Sun (September 2008 - August 2009), Shenyang Jianzhu University (sabbatical)
• Mr Kuien Liu (November 2008 - November 2009), Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences (PhD intern)
• Mr Wei Lu (January 2008 - January 2009), Renmin University, China (PhD intern)
• Mr Hu Xu (January 2008 - January 2009), Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China (Chinese Scholarship Council funded PhD intern)
• Professor Wendy Wen-Rong Jiang (April 2007 - April 2008), Shanghai Second Polytechnics University, China (sabbatical)
• Mr Guowei Yang (August - October 2008), Hohaoi University, China (intern)
• Prof Hoang Quang (August - October 2008), Hui University, Vietnam (UN-Sponsored Visiting Scholar)
• Mr Himanshu Prakash (May - July 2007), IIT Kanpur, India (intern)
• Associate Professor Mitsuaki Nakasumi (April 2006 - March 2007), Komazawa University, Japan (sabbatical)
• Associate Professor Hyu Chan Park (August 2005 - February 2007), Korea Maritime University, Korea (sabbatical)
• Ms Yuan Shi and Mr Boxuan Zhai (September 2006 - March 2007), Wuhan University, China (interns)
• Professor Jeffrey Yu(July 2006), Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Professor Tim Merrett (April 2006), McGill University, Canada (sabbatical)
• Ms Xia Cao (September - December 2005), National University of Singapore (intern)
• Mr Jizhou Lou (July - November 2005), Harbin Institute of Technology, China (intern)
• Mr Haijun Wu (July 2004 - July 2005), Nanjing University, China (sabbatical)
• Professor Zhiyong Peng (November 2004), Wuhan University, China
• Professor Guihai Chen (July - August 2000), Nanjing University, China
• Professor Sanglu Lu (1999), Nanjing University, China

Previous Team Members

• Dr Henning Koehler, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (August 2008 - February 2011)
• Dr Laurianne Sitbon, Postdoctoral Fellow (March - September 2010), now Lecturer, QUT
  
• Dr Gabriel Fung, Postdoctoral Research Fellow (January 2008 - December 2009), now with University of Arizona.
  
• Dr Stella Liping Wang, Postdoctoral Research Fellow,  March 2008 - March 2009, now works in Victoria University, Australia.
• Dr Sai Sun, Postdoc Research Fellow, 2006, now works as a Research Scientist at the National ICT Australia (NICTA).
• Dr Qing Liu, Postdoc Research Fellow, 2006, now work as a Research Scientist with CSIRO ICT Centre.
• Dr Yanfeng Shu, Postdoc Research Fellow, 2006, now a Research Scientist with CSIRO ICT Centre
• Mr Mohamed Rafi Feroze, Research Officer, 2006, now works for ARCHER project.

Previous Students

• Emily Zhou (PhD, March 2005 - June 2008, Associate Advisor: Dr Heng Tao Shen) High Dimensional Similarity Query Processing. Now working as a Research Scientist at CSIRO ICT Centre, Canberra.
• Saeid Asadi (PhD, Aug 2004 - August 2008, Associate Advisor: Professor Joachim Diederich) Location-based web search. Now working as a Lecturer in Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
• Ken Deng (PhD, Feb 2004 - March 2007, Associate Advisor: Dr Heng Tao Shen), Distance Ranking in Constraint-Based Spaces: An Elemental Problem in Spatial Query Processing, now working a Research Fellow at UQ (after postdoctoral fellowship at CSIRO ICT Centre).
• Helen Zi Huang (PhD, Feb 2003 - Feb 2007, Associate Advisor: Prof Peter Bruza of QUT), Summarization-based Similarity Search for Complex Databases, now working as a Research Fellow at UQ (after postdoctoral fellowship at Knowledge Media Institute, Open University, UK).
• Sai Sun (PhD, March 2002 - Feb 2006, Associate Advisor: Prof Maria Orlowska) Multiresolution Spatial Join Processing and Caching. Worked as a Researcher at National ICT Australia (NICTA), now at University of Queensland.
• Sham Prasher (PhD, March 2001 - July 2005) Query Processing in Multiresolution Spatial Databases. Worked with InfoHRM, now with University of Queensland.
• Kevin Kai Xu (PhD, August 2000 - March 2004, Associate Advisor: Prof Xuemin Lin of UNSW) Database Support for Multiresolution Terrain Models. Worked as a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO ICT Centre, now a Senior Lecturer in Visual Analytics at Middlesex University, UK.
• Yiyue Gao (MPhil, Sept 2007 - March 2009, Associate Adverse: Dr Heng tao Shen) Evaluating Content-based Image Retrieval Methods.
• Bill Zhang (MPhil, August 2004 - Feb 2006) Spatial information system integration based on Web Services. Now with Mincom.

• Callum McDonald (Project Student 2011) Excerpt-level web search
  
• Haozhou Wang (Project Student 2011) Trajectory-based location ranking
• Doug Cathepole (MEng 2008) Efficiency in Visualizing Large-Scale Moving Objects
• Kexin Xie (MEng 2008) Supporting Data Provenance and Lineage Analysis for SQL Queries
• Ji Tao Gan (MSc 2008) Approximate Join Algorithms for Data Record Linking
• Benjamin Cheviot (MSc 2007) Using Google Earth as a web search interface
• Sittichai Thongnopparat (MSc 2005) Address extract from Web pages
• Li Yang (MSc 2004, in collaboration with UQ CBIT) Semi-structured language processing for biological data, now working at tom.com in Beijing, China.
• Yanqiu Richard Zhu (MSc 2004, Principle Adviser: Hoylen Sue and Linda Bird of DSTC)
• George Eng-Huan Pek (MSc 2002), Wrapper Validation
• David Horgan (Hons 2004) Progressive Spatial Vector Data Exchange
• Wei Yuan Ong (Hons 2004, Principle Adviser: Hoylen Sue and Linda Bird of DSTC)
• Lynn Teo (Hons 2003-4) Visualization and Surface Matching of 3D Protein Strictures
• Wissam (Sam) Hmud (Hons 2003-4), XML Containment Join Processing
• Christopher Lim (Hons 2003) Databases for the Grid
• Brendan Tse (Hons 2002) Managing Bioinformatics Data
• Alex Hai Luong (Hons 2002) Evolution of Schemata within Bioinformatics: Tracking the Ensemble Database
• Darko Javanovic (Hons 2001), Web Wrapper Development and Maintenance using Wrapper Generator Interface
• Anecia Johnston (Hons 2001), Extracting Real Estate Information From the World Wide Web
• Travis Fusae (Hons 2001), Proposal for an Improved License Management System through a Case Study Analysis
• Dan Sketcher (Hons 2001), Terrain Data Simplification and Visualization
• Keith Blair (Hons 2000), Find the Shortest Paths for Sea Turtle Migration: From a Spatial Database Perspective
• Luke Boyce (Hons 2000), Join Non-Compatible Quadtrees
• Frank Penkava (Hons 2000), A Study on Information Completeness and Search Speed in the World Wide Web Environment
• Jackson Carroll (Hons 2000), Spatial Data Generalization for Internet and Mobile Applications
• Joe Yates (Hons 1999), Map-Based Interface for Navigating the Web
• Steve Broderick (Hons 1999), Efficiency in Querying Multiple Websites in XML