Zhongming Yao (姚钟铭)
I am a Ph.D. student at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China, under the supervision of Professor Junchang Xin. Meanwhile, I am a guest Ph.D. student at the Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark.
Research Interests
- Blockchain Technology
 - Machine Learning
 - Energy Management
 
Education
- Aalborg University, Denmark (Guest Ph.D. Dec. 2023 – Present)
- Major: Computer Science, Aalborg, Denmark
 - Research Topic: Trajectory Data Management with Blockchain
 
 - Northeastern University, China (Ph.D. Candidate Sep. 2020 – Present)
- Major: Computer Science and Technology, Shenyang, China
 - Supervisor: Prof. Junchang Xin
 - Research Topic: Blockchain Technology
 
 - Northeastern University, China (Master Sep. 2018 – Jul. 2020)
- Major: Biomedical Engineering, Shenyang, China
 - Supervisor: Prof. Junchang Xin
 - Research Topic: Blockchain Technology
 
 - Northeastern University, China (Bachelor Sep. 2013 – Jul. 2017)
- Major: Computer Science and Technology, Shenyang, China
 
 
Publications
- Zhongming Yao, Tianyi Li, Junchang Xin, Yushuai Li, Chenxu Wang, Zhiqiong Wang, Divesh Srivastava, Christian S Jensen. VGQ: Enabling Verifiable Graph Queries on Blockchain Systems. The IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2025.
 - Ziming Liu, Bonan Huang, Cheng Zhang, Zhongming Yao, Tianyi Li, Qiuye Sun, Yushuai Li. Clustered Federated Learning for Energy-Harvesting Smart Meters in P2P Energy Trading. IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking (TGCN), 2025.
 - Tianyi Li, Yushuai Li, Yumeng Song, Zhongming Yao, Wei Gao, David Wenzhong Gao. Networked Digital Twins for Autonomous Vehicles: A New Perspective. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (TIV), 2024.
 - Zhongming Yao, Zhiqiong Wang, Kun Hao, Liang Wen. Efficient Blockchain Data Provenance Based on the W3C PROV Model. The International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA), 2023.
 - Liang Wen, Zhiqiong Wang, Tingyu Cui, Caiyun Shi, Baoting Li, Zhongming Yao. A Fine-Grained Verification Method for Blockchain Data Based on Merkle Path Sharding. The International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA), 2023.
 - Zhongming Yao, Junchang Xin, Kun Hao, Zhiqiong Wang, Wancheng Zhu. Learned Index Based Semantic Keyword Query on Blockchain, Mathematic, 2023.
 - Kun Hao, Junchang Xin, Zhiqiong Wang, Zhongming Yao, Guoren Wang. Efficient and Secure Data Sharing Scheme on Interoperable Blockchain Database. IEEE Transactions on Big Data (TBD), 2023.
 - Kun Hao, Junchang Xin, Zhiqiong Wang, Zhongming Yao, Guoren Wang. On efficient top-k transaction path query processing in blockchain database. Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), 2022.
 - Sihan Dong, Junchang Xin, Kun Hao, Zhongming Yao, Jinyi Chen. A join query optimization algorithm in multi-blockchain environment. Journal of Zhejiang University (Engineering Science), 2021. (In Chinese)
 
Academic Services
- Program Committee [AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)]
 - Reviewer [Distributed and Parallel Databases (DPD)]
 - Reviewer [IEEE Network]
 - Reviewer [IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM)]
 - Reviewer [The Journal of Supercomputing]
 - Reviewer [APWeb-WAIM joint International Conference on Web and Big Data (APWeb-WAIM)]
 - Reviewer [IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII)]
 - Reviewer [World Wide Web: Internet and Web Information Systems (WWWJ)]
 
