Zhongming Yao (姚钟铭)
I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University, Denmark, under the supervision of Prof. Yan Zhao. I closely collaborate with Prof. Christian S. Jensen, Associate Prof. Tianyi Li, and Prof. Kristian Torp. I received my Ph.D. degree from Northeastern University in 2025 under the supervision of Prof. Junchang Xin. From 2022 to 2024, I was a visiting Ph.D. student at Aalborg University, hosted by Associate Prof. Tianyi Li.
Research Interests
- Blockchain Technology
- Machine Learning
- Energy Management
Education
- Aalborg University, Denmark - Guest Ph.D.
- Dec. 2023 – Dec. 2025
- Major: Computer Science, Aalborg, Denmark
- Host Supervisor: Associate Professor Tianyi Li
- Research Topic: Trajectory Data Management with Blockchain
- Northeastern University, China - Ph.D.
- Sep. 2020 – Dec. 2025
- 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)]