VLDB 2026 Research / reviewers in the wild / expert
Kuo Zhao
dblp:70/5202
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13ranked-venue papers
0as first author
4since 2021 · last 2026
—ORCID · conflict
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 4Databases, data management, data science and information retrieval · 3 · 2 since 2021Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 2Applied, interdisciplinary, general and emerging computing · 2 · 2 since 2021Computer networks · 1Human-computer interaction and ubiquitous computing · 1
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Databases, data mining, and information retrieval
1 paper |
Information retrieval · 100% | |
| Artificial intelligence
1 paper |
Question answering and dialogue systems · 100% |
Topics — the 3 heaviest of 3, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Natural language and speech › Question answering and dialogue systems
multi-hop reasoning |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | GraphRAG-R1: Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Process-Constrained Reinforcement Learning · WWW 2026 |
Information retrieval › retrieval-augmented generation
graph-based retrieval-augmented generation |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | GraphRAG-R1: Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Process-Constrained Reinforcement Learning · WWW 2026 |
Information retrieval
retrieval-augmented generation |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | GraphRAG-R1: Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Process-Constrained Reinforcement Learning · WWW 2026 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
reinforcement learning · 2.0large language model · 2.0group relative policy optimization · 2.0
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | GraphRAG-R1: Graph Retrieval-Augmented Generation with Process-Constrained Reinforcement LearningabstractGraph Retrieval-Augmented Generation (GraphRAG) has shown great effectiveness in enhancing the reasoning abilities of Large Language Models (LLMs) by leveraging graph structures for knowledge representation and modeling complex real-world relationships. However, existing GraphRAG methods still face significant bottlenecks when handling complex problems that require multi-hop reasoning, as their query and retrieval phases are largely based on pre-defined heuristics and do not fully utilize the reasoning potentials of LLMs. To address this problem, we propose GraphRAG-R1, an adaptive GraphRAG framework by training LLMs with process-constrained outcome-based reinforcement learning (RL) to enhance the multi-hop reasoning ability. Our method can decompose complex problems, autonomously invoke retrieval tools to acquire necessary information, and perform effective reasoning. Specifically, we utilize a modified version of Group Relative Policy Optimization (GRPO) that supports rollout-with-thinking capability to train the model. Next, we design two process-constrained reward functions. To handle the shallow retrieval problem, we design a Progressive Retrieval Attenuation (PRA) reward to encourage essential retrievals. Then, to handle the over-thinking problem, we design a Cost-Aware F1 (CAF) reward to balance the model performance with computational costs. We further design a phase-dependent training strategy, containing three training stages corresponding to cold start and these two rewards. These stages empower GraphRAG with format following, behavior shaping, and smartness optimization abilities, respectively. Lastly, our method adopts a hybrid graph-textual retrieval to improve the reasoning capacity. Extensive experimental results demonstrate that GraphRAG-R1 significantly boosts LLM capabilities in solving complex reasoning problems compared to state-of-the-art GraphRAG methods on both in-domain and out-of-domain datasets. Furthermore, our framework can be flexibly integrated with various existing retrieval methods, consistently delivering performance improvements. Chuanyue Yu, Kuo Zhao, Yuhan Li 0001, Heng Chang, Mingjian Feng, Xiangzhe Jiang, Jia Li 0009, Qingyun Sun, Jianxin Li 0002, Ziwei Zhang 0001 |
WWW | 2 |
| 2025 | Utility-aware Collaboration Structure Optimization in Federated Learning
Qiqin Huang, Kuo Zhao |
PDCAT | 2 |
| 2024 | Enhancing trusted synchronization in open production logistics: A platform framework integrating blockchain and digital twin under social manufacturing
Zhongfei Zhang, Ting Qu 0002, Kuo Zhao, Yongheng Zhang 0004, Wenyou Guo |
Adv. Eng. Informatics | 3 |
| 2023 | A smart chicken farming platform for chicken behavior identification and feed residual estimationabstractIt is very potential to develop digital villages for promoting smart agriculture. As one of the important research fields of smart agriculture, smart chicken farms encounter management problems such as difficulties in quickly and accurately warning of sick and dead chickens and estimating feed residuals. Therefore, this study not only respectively proposed CKTrack and FRCM to detect sick and dead chickens and estimate feed residuals, but also developed a smart chicken farming platform for automagical management. Our main results include (1) the proposed CKTrack method can effectively identify sick and dead chickens under the condition of limited data volume and computing capacity; (2) the proposed FRCM method can accurately estimate the feed residuals; and (3) the smart chicken farming platform developed can provide farmers with functions such as early warning of sick and dead chickens, visualization of the chicken quantity inventory, and feed residual estimation. Jiezhi Yang, Antong Zhou, Chaochao Qu, Kuo Zhao, Linjing Wei, Le Zhang 0004, Zirong Liu, Wenjing Tao, Kangzhe Ma, Huiru Zheng |
BIBM | 6 |
| 2019 | Nonnegative matrix tri-factorization with user similarity for clustering in point-of-interest
Liang Hu 0001, Yongheng Xing, Yanlei Gong, Kuo Zhao, Feng Wang 0014 |
Neurocomputing | 4 |
| 2019 | Dynamic pricing with traffic engineering for adaptive video streaming over software-defined content delivery networking
Pingting Hao, Liang Hu 0001, Kuo Zhao, Jingyan Jiang, Tong Li 0011, Xilong Che |
Multim. Tools Appl. | 3 |
| 2018 | Feature selection considering two types of feature relevancy and feature interdependency
Liang Hu 0001, Wanfu Gao, Kuo Zhao, Ping Zhang 0025, Feng Wang 0014 |
Expert Syst. Appl. | 3 |
| 2018 | SRMCS: A semantic-aware recommendation framework for mobile crowd sensing
Feng Wang 0014, Liang Hu 0001, Jiejun Hu, Kuo Zhao |
Inf. Sci. | 5 |
| 2017 | Role-based intelligent application state computing for OpenFlow distributed controllers in software-defined networking
Fu Tao, Liang Hu 0001, Xiaodi Yu, Jiejun Hu, Kuo Zhao |
Soft Comput. | 5 |
| 2017 | A semantics-based approach to multi-source heterogeneous information fusion in the internet of things
Feng Wang 0014, Liang Hu 0001, Jin Zhou 0012, Jiejun Hu, Kuo Zhao |
Soft Comput. | 5 |
| 2016 | Computer forensic analysis model for the reconstruction of chain of evidence of volatile memory data
Feng Wang 0014, Liang Hu 0001, Jiejun Hu, Kuo Zhao |
Multim. Tools Appl. | 4 |
| 2015 | Estimating online vacancies in real-time road traffic monitoring with traffic sensor data stream
Feng Wang 0014, Liang Hu 0001, Dongdai Zhou, Jiejun Hu, Kuo Zhao |
Ad Hoc Networks | 6 |
| 2006 | Extended Resource Information Services Based-on Directory Service TechnologyabstractIn grid environment, resources are widely distributed geographically and belong to different heterogeneous administrative domains respectively, involving various accessing and sharing strategies. In such heterogeneous dynamic environment, it's of considerable realistic value to provide perfect resource information service. In this paper, we study the directory-based service mechanism and structural modules of resource information, and analyze the performance of meta-computing directory service and offer an optimizing strategy. We also provide the online gathering and delivery of dynamic parameters of network and CPU, and perfect and extend the directory-based resource information structure, and develop a computing grid oriented prototype system of general information service Liang Hu 0001, Kuo Tang, Kuo Zhao, Dong Guo 0002 |
CSCWD | 3 |