Professor Helen Huang
Professor

Helen Huang

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Background

Dr. Huang is a Professor and ARC Future Fellow in School of ITEE, The University of Queensland. She received her BSc degree from Department of Computer Science, Tsinghua University, China, and her PhD in Computer Science from School of ITEE, The University of Queensland in 2001 and 2007 respectively. Dr. Huang's research interests mainly include multimedia indexing and search, social data analysis and knowledge discovery. She has published 200+ papers in prestigious venues, and is currently an Associate Editor of The VLDB Journal, ACM Transactions on Information Systems (TOIS), Pattern Recognition Journal, etc and also a member of the VLDB Endowment Board of Trustees.

Dr. Huang has received 2016 Chris Wallace Award from Computing Research and Education (CORE) Australasia for a notable breakthrough or a contribution of particular significance in Computer Science, and Women in Technology (WiT) Infotech Research Award 2014, Queensland. She was also a recipient of the Excellence in Higher Degree by Research Supervision Award, University of Queensland, 2018. Dr. Huang is the Data Science Discipline Leader, UQ.

Availability

Professor Helen Huang is:
Available for supervision

Fields of research

Information and Computing Sciences

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Multimedia Search

    Visual content (image and videos) understanding and analysis; Multimedia indexing and retrieval; Ranking and recommendation; Visual question answering;

  • Social Media Analytics

    Event detection and monitoring; User behaviour modelling and prediction; Social interactions analysis; Web data mining

  • Machine Learning

    Few-shot Learning; Zero-shot Learning; Domain adaptation; Adversarial learning; Graph learning

  • Information systems

    Privacy-aware information retrieval; cross-modal retrieval; Heterogeneous data fusion; Knowledge distillation

  • Big Database Management

    Data quality; Data linkage and fusion; Indexing structures; Query processing; Dimensionality reduction; spatio-temporal data management

Search Professor Helen Huang’s works on UQ eSpace

304 works between 2003 and 2025
All (304) Journal Article (109) Book Chapter (2) Conference Publication (190) Other Outputs (2) Edited Outputs (1)

221 - 240 of 304 works

2014

Journal Article

Robust hashing with local models for approximate similarity search

Song, Jingkuan, Yang, Yi, Li, Xuelong, Huang, Zi and Yang, Yang (2014). Robust hashing with local models for approximate similarity search. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, 44 (7) 6714849, 1225-1236. doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2013.2289351

Robust hashing with local models for approximate similarity search

2014

Journal Article

Social event identification and ranking on flickr

Li, Xuefei, Cai, Hongyun, Huang, Zi, Yang, Yang and Zhou, Xiaofang (2014). Social event identification and ranking on flickr. World Wide Web, 18 (5), 1219-1245. doi: 10.1007/s11280-014-0295-z

Social event identification and ranking on flickr

2014

Conference Publication

WeMash: an online system for web video mashup

Wang, Peng, Yang, Yang, Huang, Zi, Cao, Jiewei and Shen, Heng Tao (2014). WeMash: an online system for web video mashup. ACM Multimedia 2014: 22nd ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Orlando, FL, USA, 3-7 November, 2014. New York, NY, USA: ACM (Association for Computing Machinery). doi: 10.1145/2647868.2654868

WeMash: an online system for web video mashup

2014

Conference Publication

Multi-output regression with tag correlation analysis for effective image tagging

Cai, Hongyun, Huang, Zi, Zhu, Xiaofeng, Zhang, Qing and Li, Xuefei (2014). Multi-output regression with tag correlation analysis for effective image tagging. 19th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2014, Bali, Indonesia, 21 - 24 April 2014. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-05813-9_3

Multi-output regression with tag correlation analysis for effective image tagging

2014

Conference Publication

UQ-DKE's participation at MediaEval 2014 placing Task

Cao, Jiewei, Huang, Zi, Yang, Yang and Shen, Heng Tao (2014). UQ-DKE's participation at MediaEval 2014 placing Task. Multimedia Benchmark Workshop, MediaEval 2014, Barcelona, Spain, 16-17 October 2014. Aachen, Germany: CEUR-WS.

UQ-DKE's participation at MediaEval 2014 placing Task

2014

Conference Publication

A temporal context-aware model for user behavior modeling in social media systems

Yin, Hongzhi, Cui, Bin, Chen, Ling, Hu, Zhiting and Huang, Zi (2014). A temporal context-aware model for user behavior modeling in social media systems. 2014 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, SIGMOD 2014, Snowbird, UT United States, 22-27 June 2014. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2588555.2593685

A temporal context-aware model for user behavior modeling in social media systems

2014

Conference Publication

Scalable gaussian process regression for prediction of material properties

Belisle, Eve, Huang, Zi and Gheribi, A. (2014). Scalable gaussian process regression for prediction of material properties. 25th Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2014, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 14 - 16 July2014. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-08608-8_4

Scalable gaussian process regression for prediction of material properties

2014

Conference Publication

EventEye: Monitoring evolving events from tweet streams

Cai, Hongyun, Tang, Zhongxian, Yang, Yang and Huang, Zi (2014). EventEye: Monitoring evolving events from tweet streams. 2014 ACM Conference on Multimedia, MM 2014, Orlando, FL United States, 3 - 7 November 2014. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2647868.2654871

EventEye: Monitoring evolving events from tweet streams

2014

Conference Publication

SK-LSH: an efficient index structure for approximate nearest neighbor search

Liu, Yingfan, Cui, Jiangtao, Huang, Zi, Li, Hui and Shen, Heng Tao (2014). SK-LSH: an efficient index structure for approximate nearest neighbor search. 40th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, Hangzhou, China, 1-15 September 2014. Burlington, MA, USA: Morgan Kaufmann Publishers. doi: 10.14778/2732939.2732947

SK-LSH: an efficient index structure for approximate nearest neighbor search

2013

Conference Publication

Data Centric Research at The University of Queensland

Zhou, Xiaofang, Sadiq, Shazia, Shen, Heng Tao, Li, Xue, Sharaf, Mohamed A.., Huang, Zi, Zheng, Kai, Hunter, Jane, Green, Peter and Indulska, Marta (2013). Data Centric Research at The University of Queensland. New York, NY, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2536669.2536682

Data Centric Research at The University of Queensland

2013

Journal Article

On the influence propagation of web videos

Liu, Jiajun, Yang, Yi, Huang, Zi, Yang, Yang and Shen, Heng Tao (2013). On the influence propagation of web videos. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 26 (99) 6583164, 1961-1973. doi: 10.1109/TKDE.2013.142

On the influence propagation of web videos

2013

Journal Article

Near-duplicate video retrieval: current research and future trends

Liu, Jiajun, Huang, Zi, Cai, Hongyun, Shen, Heng Tao, Ngo, Chong-wah and Wang, Wei (2013). Near-duplicate video retrieval: current research and future trends. ACM Computing Surveys, 45 (4) 2501658, 44.1-44.23. doi: 10.1145/2501654.2501658

Near-duplicate video retrieval: current research and future trends

2013

Journal Article

Image classification with manifold learning for out-of-sample data

Han, Yahong, Xu, Zhongwen, Ma, Zhigang and Huang, Zi (2013). Image classification with manifold learning for out-of-sample data. Signal Processing, 93 (8), 2169-2177. doi: 10.1016/j.sigpro.2012.05.036

Image classification with manifold learning for out-of-sample data

2013

Journal Article

Effective multiple feature hashing for large-scale near-duplicate video retrieval

Song, Jingkuan, Yang, Yi, Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao and Luo, Jiebo (2013). Effective multiple feature hashing for large-scale near-duplicate video retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 15 (8) 6553136, 1997-2008. doi: 10.1109/TMM.2013.2271746

Effective multiple feature hashing for large-scale near-duplicate video retrieval

2013

Journal Article

Local image tagging via graph regularized joint group sparsity

Yang, Yang, Huang, Zi, Yang, Yi, Liu, Jiajun, Shen, Heng Tao and Luo, Jiebo (2013). Local image tagging via graph regularized joint group sparsity. Pattern Recognition, 46 (5), 1358-1368. doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2012.10.026

Local image tagging via graph regularized joint group sparsity

2013

Journal Article

Sparse hashing for fast multimedia search

Zhu, Xiaofeng, Huang, Zi, Cheng, Hong, Cui, Jiangtao and Shen, Heng Tao (2013). Sparse hashing for fast multimedia search. ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 31 (2) 9, 9.1-9.24. doi: 10.1145/2457465.2457469

Sparse hashing for fast multimedia search

2013

Journal Article

Video-to-shot tag propagation by Graph Sparse Group Lasso

Zhu, Xiaofeng, Huang, Zi, Cui, Jiangtao and Shen, Heng Tao (2013). Video-to-shot tag propagation by Graph Sparse Group Lasso. IEEE Transactions On Multimedia, 15 (3) 6380623, 633-646. doi: 10.1109/TMM.2012.2233723

Video-to-shot tag propagation by Graph Sparse Group Lasso

2013

Journal Article

Multi-feature fusion via hierarchical regression for multimedia analysis

Yang, Yi, Song, Jingkuan, Huang, Zi, Ma, Zhigang, Sebe, Nicu and Hauptmann, Alexander G. (2013). Multi-feature fusion via hierarchical regression for multimedia analysis. IEEE Transactions On Multimedia, 15 (3) 6384799, 572-581. doi: 10.1109/TMM.2012.2234731

Multi-feature fusion via hierarchical regression for multimedia analysis

2013

Journal Article

A gram-based string paradigm for efficient video subsequence search

Huang, Zi, Liu, Jiajun, Cui, Bin and Du, Xiaoyong (2013). A gram-based string paradigm for efficient video subsequence search. IEEE Transactions On Multimedia, 15 (3) 6392966, 608-620. doi: 10.1109/TMM.2012.2236307

A gram-based string paradigm for efficient video subsequence search

2013

Conference Publication

Inter-media hashing for large-scale retrieval from heterogeneous data sources

Song, Jingkuan, Yang, Yang, Yang, Yi, Huang, Zi and Shen, Heng Tao (2013). Inter-media hashing for large-scale retrieval from heterogeneous data sources. SIGMOD/PODS'13 International Conference on Management of Data, New York, United States, 22-27 June 2013. New York, United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2463676.2465274

Inter-media hashing for large-scale retrieval from heterogeneous data sources

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2029
    ARC Research Hub for Future Digital Manufacturing (ARC ITRP led by Swinburne University of Technology)
    Swinburne University of Technology
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2029
    ARC Training Centre in Predictive Breeding for Agricultural Futures
    ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centres
    Open grant
  • 2024 - 2027
    Embracing Changes for Responsive Video-sharing Services
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Responsible modelling respecting privacy, data quality, and green computing
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2028
    Sewer Monitoring and Management in the Digital Era
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2026
    Road Atlas: AI-power platform for automated road distress detection and asset management
    Logan City Council
    Open grant
  • 2023 - 2027
    Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry (AAGI)
    Grains Research & Development Corporation
    Open grant
  • 2021 - 2027
    ARC Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course
    ARC Centres of Excellence
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2024
    Developing a proof-of-concept self-contact tracing app to support epidemiological investigations and outbreak response (Australia-Korea Joint Call for Joint Research Projects - ATSE Tech Bridge Grant)
    Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Deep Attribute-aware Hashing for Cross Retrieval
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2021
    Deeply mining user online behaviour with social event influence
    UQ Development Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2016
    Dr Zi Huang - Maternity Funding (Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund)
    Queensland Government Advance Queensland Women's Academic Fund
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2019
    Real-time Event Detection, Prediction, and Visualization for Emergency Response
    ARC Future Fellowships
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Declaration, Exploration, Enhancement and Provenance: The DEEP Approach to Data Quality Management Systems
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    Monitoring Online Topic Evolvements with Near-duplicate Videos
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2012
    Social Interest Discovery with Redundant Media Content Analysis
    UQ Early Career Researcher
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2011
    Homeland, Police and Biosecurity
    National ICT Australia Ltd (NICTA)
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Helen Huang is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Data driven approaches for smart farming

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Xin Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Graph Mining for Legal Case Retrieval

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Xue Li

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fairness in Graph Representation Learning Models

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Guangdong Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    efficiency oriented multimedia system

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruihong Qiu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Privacy-Preserving and Fairness-Aware Federated Recommendation Systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruihong Qiu, Associate Professor Guangdong Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multimodal Representation Learning for Responsive Video-sharing Services

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Reliable and Efficient Vegetation Segmentation for multi-modality Australian Wheat Data Analysis

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Active Learning for Multi-modal 3D Perception

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Remote Sensing Analysis in computer vision

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Xin Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Exploring the Trustworthiness of Information Retrieval in the Era of Large Language Models

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruihong Qiu, Associate Professor Guangdong Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Practical Adaptation to Domain Shift in Deep Vision Learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo, Associate Professor Sen Wang

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Open-vocabulary 3D Object Detection

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multimodal Sensing System for 3D Vision

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Enhancing Safety and Reliability of machine learning models using lifelong multi-modal learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo, Associate Professor Mahsa Baktashmotlagh

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Unsupervised Domain Adaptation on 3D Object Detection and Segmentation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Mahsa Baktashmotlagh, Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Data quality assurance in digitalisation of urban water management

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Honorary Professor Zhiguo Yuan, Dr Jiuling Li, Dr Ruihong Qiu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Two way Auslan Translation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Xin Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Data-Centric Advancements in Neural Radiance Fields for 3D Reconstruction

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Explainable Multi-source Multivariate Time-series Analysis

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Sen Wang, Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Open-domain Dialogue Generation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Xue Li

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Information Dissemination Prediction for Emerging Video Sharing Platforms

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Maximizing Object Detection Dataset Efficiency through the Power of Active Learning

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

Completed supervision

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