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)

241 - 260 of 304 works

2013

Conference Publication

Multi-view visual classification via a mixed-norm regularizer

Zhu, Xiaofeng, Huang, Zi and Wu, Xindong (2013). Multi-view visual classification via a mixed-norm regularizer. 17th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2013, Gold Coast, QLD, 14 - 17 April 2013. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-37453-1_43

Multi-view visual classification via a mixed-norm regularizer

2013

Conference Publication

Spatio-temporal event modeling and ranking

Li, Xuefei, Cai, Hongyun, Huang, Zi, Yang, Yang and Zhou, Xiaofang (2013). Spatio-temporal event modeling and ranking. 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2013, Nanjing, 13 - 15 October 2013. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-41154-0_27

Spatio-temporal event modeling and ranking

2013

Conference Publication

Presenting diverse location views with real-time near-duplicate photo elimination

Liu, Jiajun, Huang, Zi, Cheng, Hong, Chen, Yueguo, Shen, Heng Tao and Zhang, Yanchun (2013). Presenting diverse location views with real-time near-duplicate photo elimination. 29th IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), Brisbane, Australia, 8-12 April 2013. Washington, United States: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/ICDE.2013.6544851

Presenting diverse location views with real-time near-duplicate photo elimination

2013

Conference Publication

Near-optimal partial linear scan for nearest neighbor search in high-dimensional space

Cui, Jiangtao, Huang, Zi, Wang, Bo and Liu, Yingfan (2013). Near-optimal partial linear scan for nearest neighbor search in high-dimensional space. 18th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2013, Wuhan, April 22, 2013-April 25, 2013. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-37487-6_10

Near-optimal partial linear scan for nearest neighbor search in high-dimensional space

2013

Journal Article

Self-taught dimensionality reduction on the high-dimensional small-sized data

Zhu, Xiaofeng, Huang, Zi, Yang, Yang, Shen, Heng Tao, Xu, Changsheng and Luo, Jiebo (2013). Self-taught dimensionality reduction on the high-dimensional small-sized data. Pattern Recognition, 46 (1), 215-229. doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2012.07.018

Self-taught dimensionality reduction on the high-dimensional small-sized data

2013

Conference Publication

Linear cross-modal hashing for efficient multimedia search

Zhu, Xiaofeng, Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao and Zhao, Xin (2013). Linear cross-modal hashing for efficient multimedia search. ACM Multimedia 2013: The 21st ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Barcelona, Spain, 21-25 October, 2013. New York, NY, United States: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). doi: 10.1145/2502081.2502107

Linear cross-modal hashing for efficient multimedia search

2013

Conference Publication

Imagilar: A real-time image similarity search system on mobile platform

Luo, Bicheng, Huang, Zi, Cai, Hongyun and Yang, Yang (2013). Imagilar: A real-time image similarity search system on mobile platform. 14th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering, WISE 2013, Nanjing, 13 - 15 October 2013. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-41154-0_47

Imagilar: A real-time image similarity search system on mobile platform

2012

Journal Article

Dimensionality reduction by mixed kernel canonical correlation analysis

Zhu, Xiaofeng, Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao, Cheng, Jian and Xu, Changsheng (2012). Dimensionality reduction by mixed kernel canonical correlation analysis. Pattern Recognition, 45 (8), 3003-3016. doi: 10.1016/j.patcog.2012.02.007

Dimensionality reduction by mixed kernel canonical correlation analysis

2012

Journal Article

Extracting representative motion flows for effective video retrieval

Zhao, Zhe, Cui, Bin, Cong, Gao, Huang, Zi and Shen, Heng Tao (2012). Extracting representative motion flows for effective video retrieval. Multimedia Tools and Applications, 58 (3), 687-711. doi: 10.1007/s11042-011-0763-8

Extracting representative motion flows for effective video retrieval

2012

Journal Article

Automatic tagging by exploring tag information capability and correlation

Zhang, Xiaoming, Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao, Yang, Yang and Li, Zhoujun (2012). Automatic tagging by exploring tag information capability and correlation. World Wide Web, 15 (3), 233-256. doi: 10.1007/s11280-011-0132-6

Automatic tagging by exploring tag information capability and correlation

2012

Journal Article

Quick identification of near-duplicate video sequences with cut signature

Xie, Qing, Zi, Huang, Shen, Heng Tao, Zhou, Xiaofang and Pang, Chaoyi (2012). Quick identification of near-duplicate video sequences with cut signature. World Wide Web, 15 (3), 355-382. doi: 10.1007/s11280-011-0119-3

Quick identification of near-duplicate video sequences with cut signature

2012

Conference Publication

Context sensitive tag expansion with information inference

Cai, Hongyun, Huang, Zi, Shao, Jie and Li, Xue (2012). Context sensitive tag expansion with information inference. 17th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications, DASFAA 2012, Busan, South Korea, 15-19 April 2012. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-29038-1_32

Context sensitive tag expansion with information inference

2012

Conference Publication

Discovering areas of interest with geo-tagged images and check-ins

Liu, Jiajun, Huang, Zi, Chen, Lei, Shen, Heng Tao and Yan, Zhixian (2012). Discovering areas of interest with geo-tagged images and check-ins. 20th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM'12), Nara, Japan, 29 October - 2 November 2012. New York, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2393347.2393429

Discovering areas of interest with geo-tagged images and check-ins

2012

Journal Article

Discovering the most influential sites over uncertain data: A rank based approach

Zheng, Kai, Huang, Zi, Zhou, Aoying and Zhou, Xiaofang (2012). Discovering the most influential sites over uncertain data: A rank based approach. IEEE Transaction on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 24 (12) 5871623, 2156-2169. doi: 10.1109/TKDE.2011.121

Discovering the most influential sites over uncertain data: A rank based approach

2012

Conference Publication

Robust cross-media transfer for visual event detection

Yang, Yang, Yang, Yi, Huang, Zi, Liu, Jianjun and Ma, Zhigang (2012). Robust cross-media transfer for visual event detection. 20th ACM International Conference on Multimedia (MM'12), Nara, Japan, 29 October - 2 November 2012. New York, United States: ACM. doi: 10.1145/2393347.2396379

Robust cross-media transfer for visual event detection

2012

Conference Publication

On the prediction of re-tweeting activities in social networks – a report on WISE 2012 Challenge

Unankard, Sayan, Chen, Ling, Li, Peng, Wang, Sen, Huang, Zi, Sharaf, Mohamed A. and Li, Xue (2012). On the prediction of re-tweeting activities in social networks – a report on WISE 2012 Challenge. 13th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2012), Paphos, Cyprus, 28 - 30 November 2012. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-35063-4_61

On the prediction of re-tweeting activities in social networks – a report on WISE 2012 Challenge

2011

Journal Article

Correlation-based retrieval for heavily changed near-duplicate videos

Liu, Jiajun, Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao and Cui, Bin (2011). Correlation-based retrieval for heavily changed near-duplicate videos. ACM Transactions on Information Systems, 29 (4) 2037666, 21.1-21.25. doi: 10.1145/2037661.2037666

Correlation-based retrieval for heavily changed near-duplicate videos

2011

Journal Article

Mining multi-tag association for image tagging

Yang, Yang, Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao and Zhou, Xiaofang (2011). Mining multi-tag association for image tagging. World Wide Web, 14 (2), 133-156. doi: 10.1007/s11280-010-0099-8

Mining multi-tag association for image tagging

2011

Journal Article

Exploring distributional discrepancy for multidimensional point set retrieval

Shao, Jie, Shen, Heng Tao, Huang, Zi and Zhou, Xiaofang (2011). Exploring distributional discrepancy for multidimensional point set retrieval. IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 13 (1) 5597949, 71-81. doi: 10.1109/TMM.2010.2085424

Exploring distributional discrepancy for multidimensional point set retrieval

2011

Conference Publication

Effective data co-reduction for multimedia similarity search

Huang, Zi, Shen, Heng Tao, Liu, Jiajun and Zhou, Xiaofang (2011). Effective data co-reduction for multimedia similarity search. 2011 ACM SIGMOD/PODS Conference, Athens, Greece, 12-16 June 2011. New York, United States: ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Press. doi: 10.1145/1989323.1989430

Effective data co-reduction for multimedia similarity search

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

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

    Principal Advisor

  • 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

    Remote Sensing Analysis in computer vision

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Xin Yu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Active Learning for Multi-modal 3D Perception

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Multimodal Representation Learning for Responsive Video-sharing Services

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Privacy-Preserving and Fairness-Aware Federated Recommendation Systems

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruihong Qiu, Associate Professor Guangdong Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    efficiency oriented multimedia system

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Ruihong Qiu

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Fairness in Graph Representation Learning Models

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Guangdong Bai

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Graph Mining for Legal Case Retrieval

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Xue Li

  • Doctor Philosophy

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

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Two way Auslan Translation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Xin Yu

  • 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

    Unsupervised Domain Adaptation on 3D Object Detection and Segmentation

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Mahsa Baktashmotlagh, Dr Yadan Luo

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Open-vocabulary 3D Object Detection

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: 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

    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

    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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