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Jing Yuan

Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Email: Jing.Yuan@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, University of Texas at Dallas, 2018
    Major: Computer Science

Professional Memberships

  • Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. (January 1, 2020 - Present).
  • Association for Computing Machinery. (January 1, 2015 - Present).
  • Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. (January 1, 2015 - Present).
  • Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. (January 1, 2015 - Present).

Development Activities

  • Workshop, Exploring AI Tools to Enhance Teaching, UNT. United States of America. (October 9, 2024 - October 9, 2024).
  • Workshop, Crucial Conversations Workshop, UNT. United States of America. (March 6, 2024 - March 8, 2024).
  • Workshop, Microsoft Research Forum, Microsoft. United States of America. (March 5, 2024 - March 5, 2024).
  • Seminar, Overview of Institutional Grant Opportunities, UNT. United States of America. (February 28, 2024 - February 28, 2024).
  • Workshop, HSI/MSI/Broader Impacts Workshop 2.0, UNT. United States of America. (February 6, 2024 - February 6, 2024).
  • Seminar, EPSCoR Office Hour, NSF. United States of America. (January 25, 2024 - January 25, 2024).
  • Seminar, Research BREAKS - Program Officer Proximity: Establishing Meaningful Connections, University of North Texas. United States of America. (January 24, 2024 - January 24, 2024).
  • Seminar, All About the Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence with White House OSTP, NSF. United States of America. (December 14, 2023 - December 14, 2023).
  • Seminar, Research Breaks - Foundation Relation Grant Opportunities, University of North Texas. United States of America. (November 29, 2023 - November 29, 2023).
  • Seminar, ExpandAI Virtual Office Hours, NSF. United States of America. (November 20, 2023 - November 20, 2023).
  • Workshop, International Affiliations and Research Security, University of North Texas. United States of America. (October 17, 2023 - October 17, 2023).
  • Seminar, ExpandAI Virtual Office Hours, NSF. United States of America. (October 16, 2023 - October 16, 2023).
  • Seminar, Research Breaks - Grant Management 101, University of North Texas. United States of America. (September 27, 2023 - September 27, 2023).
  • Seminar, CISE CIRC program Webinar, NSF. United States of America. (July 19, 2023 - July 19, 2023).
  • Workshop, NSF CISE CAREER Workshop, NSF. United States of America. (April 2023 - April 2023).
  • Workshop, Developing Broader Impacts for HSI Universities, University of North Texas. United States of America. (April 13, 2023 - April 13, 2023).
  • Workshop, Faculty Grantsmanship Workshop, University of North Texas. United States of America. (March 29, 2023 - March 29, 2023).
  • Seminar, ExpandAI Program Webinars, NSF. United States of America. (March 16, 2023 - March 16, 2023).
  • Seminar, Research Breaks - Corporate Foundation & Relation Opportunities, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 25, 2023 - January 25, 2023).
  • Workshop, CPRIT Academic Research Program Overview, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (January 23, 2023 - January 23, 2023).
  • Workshop, NSF Growing Research Access for Nationally Transformative Equity and Diversity (GRANTED) Initiative Conference and Workshops, National Science Foundation. United States of America. (January 18, 2023 - January 18, 2023).
  • Seminar, ImageNet: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?, ACM. United States of America. (January 2, 2023 - January 2, 2023).
  • Seminar, Research Breaks - New Sponsored Project Handbook, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (December 19, 2022 - December 19, 2022).
  • Seminar, The Decision-Making Side of Machine Learning, ACM. United States of America. (December 16, 2022 - December 16, 2022).
  • Seminar, NSF IIS Office Hours, National Science Foundation. United States of America. (December 15, 2022 - December 15, 2022).
  • Seminar, How to Create Generalizable AI, ACM. United States of America. (December 9, 2022 - December 9, 2022).
  • Seminar, An AI-first Approach to Accelerating Autonomous Trucking, ACM. United States of America. (December 7, 2022 - December 7, 2022).
  • Seminar, International Affiliations in Research, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 29, 2022 - November 29, 2022).
  • Seminar, NSF ExpandAI Office Hours, National Science Foundation. United States of America. (November 15, 2022 - November 15, 2022).
  • Seminar, NSF virtual Grant conference, National Science Foundation. United States of America. (November 14, 2022 - November 14, 2022).
  • Seminar, Research Breaks - Limited Submission Program Overview, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (November 3, 2022 - November 3, 2022).
  • Seminar, Identifying Funding Opportunities- Pivot Overview, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (October 20, 2022 - October 20, 2022).
  • Seminar, Research Breaks - Kickoff Meeting, University of North Texas. Denton,TX,United States of America. (September 1, 2022 - September 1, 2022).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • CSCE 5215 - Machine Learning, 4 courses.
  • CSCE 5350 - Fundamentals of Database Systems, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5380 - Data Mining, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5900 - Special Problems, 1 course.
  • CSCE 5934 - Directed Study, 1 course.
  • CSCE 6940 - Individual Research, 3 courses.

Directed Student Learning

  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 16, 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 16, 2024).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (December 1, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (December 1, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 25, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 1, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 1, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 1, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (September 1, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (August 21, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (May 9, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Member, Computer Science and Engineering. (February 12, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 17, 2023).
  • Dissertation Committee Chair, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 17, 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. (February 2023 - May 2023).
  • Directed Individual/Independent Study, Computer Science and Engineering. (January 17, 2023 - May 10, 2023).

Awards and Honors

  • Best Paper Award, International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management. (August 14, 2022).

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Book Chapter

  • Yuan, J., Wu, W., Varanasi, S. (2018). Approximation and Heuristics for Community Detection. Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Second Edition: Contemporary and Emerging Applications, Volume 2, Chapter 37.
  • Yuan, J., Wu, W., Xu, W. (2018). Approximation for Influence Maximization. Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Second Edition: Contemporary and Emerging Applications, Volume 2, Chapter 36.
  • Li, C., Yuan, J., Du, D. (2018). Social Influence-Based Optimization Problems. Open Problems in Optimization and Data Analysis, Chapter 2.

    • Conference Proceeding

  • Yuan, J., Tang, S. (2023). Approximating Decision Trees with Priority Hypotheses. The 29th International Computing and Combinatorics Conference, COCOON 2023.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J., Mensah-Boateng, T. (2023). Achieving Long-term Fairness in Submodular Maximization through Randomization. The 19th Cologne-Twente Workshop on Graphs and Combinatorial Optimization, CTW 2023.
  • Yuan, J., Tang, S. (2023). Worst-Case Adaptive Submodular Cover. The 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2023.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2022). Optimal Sampling Gaps for Adaptive Submodular Maximization. The 36th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2022.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2022). Streaming Adaptive Submodular Maximization. The 16th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2021). Adaptive Cascade Submodular Maximization. The 20th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2021.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2020). Adaptive Robust Submodular Optimization and Beyond. The 14th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management, AAIM 2020.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J., Mookerjee, V. (2020). Optimizing Ad Allocation in Mobile Advertising. The 21st ACM International Symposium on Theory, Algorithmic Foundations, and Protocol Design for Mobile Networks and Mobile Computing, ACM Mobihoc 2020.
  • Yuan, J., Wu, W., Li, Y., Du, D. (2017). Active Friending in Online Social Networks. The 4th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies, IEEE/ACM BDCAT 2017.
  • Yuan, J., Tang, S. (2017). Adaptive Discount Allocation in Social Networks. The 18th ACM International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing, ACM Mobihoc 2017.
  • Tang, S., Zhou, Y., Han, K., Zhang, Z., Yuan, J., Wu, W. (2017). Networked Stochastic Multi-armed Bandits with Combinatorial Strategies. The 37th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, IEEE ICDCS 2017.
  • Yuan, J., Tang, S. (2017). No Time to Observe: Adaptive Influence Maximization with Partial Feedback. The 26th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2017.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2016). Optimizing Ad Allocation in Social Advertising. The 25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, ACM CIKM 2016.

    • Journal Article

  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2023). Group Equality in Adaptive Submodular Maximization. INFORMS Journal on Computing. INFORMS.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2023). Partial-Adaptive Submodular Maximization. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 13889 Springer.
  • Yuan, J., Tang, S. (2023). Group fairness in non-monotone submodular maximization. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. 45 (3) 88. Springer.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2023). Streaming Adaptive Submodular Maximization. Theoretical Computer Science. 944 113644. Elsevier.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2022). Assortment Optimization with Repeated Exposures and Product-dependent Patience Cost. Operations Research Letters. 50 (1) 8-15.
  • Tang, S., Yuan, J. (2022). Partial-monotone adaptive submodular maximization. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization. 45 (1) 35. Springer.
  • Yang, W., Ma, J., Li, Y., Yan, R., Yuan, J., Wu, W., Li, D. (2019). Marginal Gains to Maximize Content Spread in Social Networks. 6 (3) 479-490. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems.
  • Yang, W., Yuan, J., Wu, W., Ma, J., Du, D. (2019). Maximizing Activity Profit in Social Networks. 6 (1) 117-126. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems.
  • Zhang, Z., Wu, W., Yuan, J., Du, D. (2018). Breach-free Sleep-Wakeup Scheduling for Barrier Coverage with Heterogeneous Wireless Sensors. 26 (5) 2404-2413. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking.
  • Zhu, J., Zhu, J., Ghosh, S., Wu, W., Yuan, J. (2018). Social Influence Maximization in Hypergraph in Social Networks. 6 (4) 801-811. IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering.
  • Tu, J., Wu, L., Yuan, J., Cui, L. (2017). On the Vertex Cover P3 Problem Parameterized by Treewidth. 34 (2) 414-425. Journal of Combinatorial Optimization.
  • Yuan, J., He, L., Dragut, E., Meng, W., Yu, C. (2017). Result Merging for Structured Queries on the Deep Web with Active Relevance Weight Estimation. 64 93-103. Information Systems.

Presentations Given

    Oral Presentation

  • Yuan, J. (Presenter), CSE Research Seminar, Submodular Optimization in Social Computing, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Yuan, J. (Presenter), CSE Research Project Open House, Responsible Interactive Learning System, United States of America. (2022).

    • Paper

  • Yuan, J. (Author & Presenter), The 18th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, ICWSM 2024, Submodular Optimization Beyond Nonnegativity: Adaptive Seed Selection in Incentivized Social Advertising, United States of America. (2024 - 2024).
  • Yuan, J. (Author & Presenter), The 38th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2024, Non-monotone Sequential Submodular Maximization, Canada. (2024 - 2024).
  • Yuan, J. (Author & Presenter), The 29th International Computing and Combinatorics Conference, COCOON 2023, Approximating Decision Trees with Priority Hypotheses, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).
  • Yuan, J. (Author & Presenter), The 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2023, Worst-Case Adaptive Submodular Cover, United Kingdom. (2023 - 2023).

    • Scholarly Meeting Contribution

  • Yuan, J. (Presenter), CENG-COS Meet and Greet, Submodular Optimization in Social Computing, UNT, United States of America. (2023 - 2023).

Contracts, Grants, Sponsored Research

    Grant - Research

  • Yuan, J. (Principal), Wang, J. (Co-Principal), "Fundamental Trade-offs and Algorithms in Fairness-aware Adaptive Learning Systems," sponsored by CAHSI-Google, National, $80000 Funded. (2023 - 2024).
  • Yuan, J. (Principal), "Conference Travel Support Award," sponsored by UNT, University of North Texas, $1000 Funded. (2024 - 2024).

Service

University Service

  • Committee Member, PhD admission Committee. (September 27, 2022 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Diversity, Inclusion and Retention Committee. (November 21, 2022 - December 1, 2023).

Professional Service

  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (April 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI). (February 26, 2024 - Present).
  • Mentor, CAHSI LREU. (February 7, 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON). (January 18, 2024 - Present).
  • Committee Member, The International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (AAMAS). (September 1, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA). (August 15, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). (July 15, 2023 - Present).
  • Committee Member, The IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (IEEE ICDM). (February 14, 2023 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Journal Article, Theoretical Computer Science, Elsevier. (November 28, 2022 - Present).
  • Editor, Associate Editor, Machine Learning with Applications, Elsevier. (September 9, 2022 - Present).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (January 2024 - January 2024).
  • Program Organizer, Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA). (December 15, 2023 - December 17, 2023).
  • Program Organizer, International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON). (December 15, 2023 - December 17, 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (November 2023 - November 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (October 2023 - October 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (September 2023 - September 2023).
  • Reviewer, Grant Proposal, National Science Foundation. (June 2023 - June 2023).
  • Program Organizer, The 15th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management. (2021).
  • Program Organizer, The 14th Annual International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications. (2020).
  • Committee Member, The 16th International Conference on Mobility, Sensing and Networking. (2020).
  • Program Organizer, The IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems. Dallas, Texas. (2019).
  • Committee Member, International Conference on Big Data Computing and Communication. (2017).
  • Program Organizer, The 21st International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications. (2016).