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Dr. Yang Zhang

Clinical Assistant Professor

University of North Texas

Department of Data Science

Email: yang.zhang@unt.edu

Education

  • PhD, Macquarie University, 2024
    Major: Computer Science

Professional Positions

    Academic - Post-Secondary

  • Honorary Lecturer (equivalent to Honorary Assistant Professor in North America), Macquarie University. Macquarie University. (2025 - 2030).

Professional Memberships

  • ACM Member. (January 1, 2025 - Present).
  • IEEE Member. (January 1, 2025 - Present).

Teaching

Teaching Experience

    University of North Texas

  • DTSC 4050 - Statistical Methods for Data Science and Analysis, 3 courses.
  • DTSC 4501 - Principles of Data Science and Analytics, 7 courses.
  • INFO 5810 - Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery, 4 courses.
  • INFO 6900 - Special Problems, 1 course.

Teaching at Other Institutions

  • Macquarie University, COMP6200 Data Science, Fall 2024.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, COMP6760 Enterprise Systems Integration, Fall 2024.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, COMP6760 Management of IT Systems and Projects, Fall 2024.
  • Macquarie University, COMP6200 Data Science, Spring 2024.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, COMP6760 Enterprise Systems Integration, Spring 2024.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, COMP6760 Management of IT Systems and Projects, Spring 2024.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, FOSE1025/ FOSX1025 Scientific Computing, Spring 2024.
  • Macquarie University, COMP6200 Data Science, Fall 2023.
  • Macquarie University, COMP6200 Data Science, Spring 2023.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, COMP6760 Enterprise Systems Integration, Spring 2023.
  • Macquarie Univeristy, COMP6760 Management of IT Systems and Projects, Spring 2023.

Research

Published Intellectual Contributions

    Conference Proceeding

  • Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Wu, J., Zhou, Y. (2025). From Dispersed Records to Structured Knowledge: A Graph-based Knowledge Modeling Framework for Archival Resources. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS). 1053--1063.
  • Zhang, D., Qi, L., Liu, Y., Zhou, X., Xie, J., Xiang, H., Xu, X., Zhang, X., Cao, Y., Zhang, Y. (2025). HRCformer: Hierarchical Recursive Convolution-Transformer with Multi-Scale Adaptive Recalibration for Time Series Forecasting. Proceedings of the 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. 4076--4085.
  • Li, C., Qi, X., Yuan, X., Wu, K., Zhang, Y., Ni, W., Liu, R.P., Sheng, Q.Z. (2025). USFCF: Unified State-Space Feedback Control Framework for Robust Privacy-Conscious Federated Learning in Vehicular Service Networks. 2025 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS). 399--403.
  • Zhou, X., Liu, Y., Qi, L., Xu, X., Dou, W., Zhang, X., Zhang, Y., Zhou, X. (2024). GLFNet: Global and Local Frequency-domain Network for Long-term Time Series Forecasting. Proceedings of the 33rd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management. 3527--3536.
  • Zhang, Z., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Mahmood, A., Feng, Y., Wang, X., Zhou, Y. (2024). Multimodal archival data ecosystems. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS). 73--83.
  • Zhang, Z., Cao, H., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z. (2024). Ontology-Driven Archival Knowledge Graph Construction Leveraging Large Language Models. Australasian Conference on Information Systems 2024.
  • Haghighi, V., Soltani, B., Shabani, N., Wu, J., Zhang, Y., Yao, L., Sheng, Q.Z., Yang, J. (2024). TROPICAL: Transformer-based Hypergraph Learning for Camouflaged Fraudster Detection. 2024 IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM). 121--130.
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Mahmood, A., Zhang, W.E., Zhao, R. (2023). Hybrid data augmentation for citation function classification. 2023 International joint conference on neural networks (IJCNN). 1--8.
  • Zaib, M., Zhang, W.E., Sheng, Q.Z., Sagar, S., Mahmood, A., Zhang, Y. (2023). Learning to select the relevant history turns in conversational question answering. International conference on web information systems engineering. 334--348.
  • Chen, C., Wang, Y., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Lam, K. (2023). Separate-and-aggregate: A transformer-based patch refinement model for knowledge graph completion. International conference on advanced data mining and applications. 62--77.
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Mahmood, A., Emma Zhang, W., Zhao, R. (2021). TDM-CFC: Towards document-level multi-label citation function classification. International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering. 363--376.
  • Yan, Y., Gao, X., Mahmood, A., Zhang, Y., Wang, S., Sheng, Q.Z. (2020). An arithmetic differential privacy budget allocation method for the partitioning and publishing of location information. 2020 IEEE 19th International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (TrustCom). 1395--1401.
  • Wang, S., Sheng, Q.Z., Li, X., Mahmood, A., Zhang, Y. (2020). Energy minimization for cloud services with stochastic requests. International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing. 133--148.
  • Rongying, Z., Xuqiu, W., Yang, Z. (2017). Measuring Model of Collaboration Ability: the Collaborative Rate, Collaborative Breadth and Collaborative Depth. 16th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics PROCEEDING. 1 (ISSI2017) 656--667.

    • Journal Article

  • Alkalbani, A.M., Alrawahi, A.S., Salah, A., Haghighi, V., Zhang, Y., Alkindi, S., Sheng, Q.Z. (2025). A Systematic Review of Large Language Models in Medical Specialties: Applications, Challenges and Future Directions.
  • Haghighi, V., Soltani, B., Shabani, N., Wu, J., Zhang, Y., Yao, L., Yang, J., Sheng, Q.Z. (2025). Beyond pairwise relationships: a transformer-based hypergraph learning approach for fraud detection. Other. 1--36. Springer.
  • Wang, S., Qiu, Q., Yin, X., Zhang, Y., Li, X., Gao, Q. (2025). Bi-objective Optimization for Task Offloading in Vehicular Edge Metaverse. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing. IEEE.
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Yao, L., Chen, H., Wang, K., Mahmood, A., Zhang, W.E., Zaib, M., Sagar, S., others. (2025). Deep learning meets bibliometrics: A survey of citation function classification. Other. 19 (1) 101608. Elsevier.
  • Zhao, C., Zhou, Y., Zhang, S., Sheng, Q.Z., Zhang, Y., Wen, S. (2025). ExClique: An Express Consensus Algorithm for High-Speed Transaction Process in Blockchains. Other.
  • Luo, S., Zhang, Y., Deng, Y., Zheng, X. (2025). From accidents to insights: Leveraging multimodal data for scenario-driven ads testing. Other.
  • Lu, J., Tian, Y., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z., Zheng, X. (2025). LGL-BCI: A Motor-Imagery-Based Brain-Computer Interface with Geometric Learning. Other. 9 (1) 1--28. ACM New York, NY, USA.
  • Zhang, H., Li, R., Zhang, Y., Xiao, T., Chen, J., Ding, J., Chen, H. (2025). The evolving role of large language models in scientific innovation: Evaluator, collaborator, and scientist. Other.
  • Wang, S., Liu, Y., Wu, T., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z. (2025). Workflow offloading for energy minimization under deep reinforcement learning. Other. 107 (11) 1--32. Springer.
  • Zhong, W., Zhai, D., Xu, W., Gong, W., Yan, C., Zhang, Y., Qi, L. (2024). Accurate and efficient daily carbon emission forecasting based on improved ARIMA. Other. 376 124232. Elsevier.
  • Yan, Y., Yan, P., Mahmood, A., Zhang, Y., Sheng, Q.Z. (2024). Achieving local differential location privacy protection in 3D space via Hilbert encoding and optimized random response. Other. 36 (6) 102085. Elsevier.
  • Sagar, S., Mahmood, A., Sheng, Q.Z., Zhang, W.E., Zhang, Y., Pabani, J.K. (2024). Understanding the trustworthiness management in the social internet of things: A survey. Computer Networks. 251 110611. Elsevier.
  • Linfeng, L., Yao, D., Yang, Z., Jianchao, L., Chen, W., Quanzheng, S., Xi, Z. (2023). CUEING: A pioneer work of encoding human gaze for autonomous driving. Other.
  • Ge, J., Xu, G., Zhang, Y., Lu, J., Chen, H., Meng, X. (2023). Joint optimization of computation, communication and caching in D2D-assisted caching-enhanced MEC system. Other. 12 (15) 3249. MDPI.
  • Lu, J., Tian, Y., Zhang, Y., Ge, J., Sheng, Q.Z., Zheng, X. (2023). LGL-BCI: a lightweight geometric learning framework for motor imagery-based brain-computer interfaces. Other.
  • Zhang, Y., Wang, Y., Wang, K., Sheng, Q.Z., Yao, L., Mahmood, A., Zhang, W.E., Zhao, R. (2023). When large language models meet citation: A survey. Other.
  • Zaib, M., Zhang, W.E., Sheng, Q.Z., Mahmood, A., Zhang, Y. (2022). Conversational question answering: A survey. Other. 64 (12) 3151--3195. Springer London London.
  • Zhang, Y., Zhao, R., Wang, Y., Chen, H., Mahmood, A., Zaib, M., Zhang, W.E., Sheng, Q.Z. (2022). Towards employing native information in citation function classification. Other. 127 (11) 6557--6577. Springer International Publishing Cham.
  • Zhao, R., Zhang, Y., others. (2018). Evolution study of sentiment analysis based on bibliometrics of time and space dimensions. Other. 36 (10) 171--177.
  • Rongying, Z., Xinyuan, Z., Yang, Z., Mingkun, W., Huiyan, Y. (2018). Study on evolution of five metrics in China and its progress. Library and Information Service. 62 (13) 127.