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20152026
most citedMXNet: A Flexible and Efficient Machine Learning Library for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems

1.9k citations · 2.9k across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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31 papers

cs.DB2026

RDBLearn: Simple In-Context Prediction Over Relational Databases

Yanlin Zhang, Linjie Xu, Quan Gan +2

Recent advances in tabular in-context learning (ICL) show that a single pretrained model can adapt to new prediction tasks from a small set of labeled examples, avoiding per-task t…

cs.AI2026

No Need to Train Your RDB Foundation Model

Linjie Xu, Yanlin Zhang, Quan Gan +2

Relational databases (RDBs) contain vast amounts of heterogeneous tabular information that can be exploited for predictive modeling purposes. But since the space of potential targe…

stat.ME2025

Diffusion-Driven High-Dimensional Variable Selection

Minjie Wang, Xiaotong Shen, Wei Pan

Variable selection for high-dimensional, highly correlated data has long been a challenging problem, often yielding unstable and unreliable models. We propose a resample-aggregate…

cs.DB2025

Synthesize, Retrieve, and Propagate: A Unified Predictive Modeling Framework for Relational Databases

Ning Li, Kounianhua Du, Han Zhang +4

Relational databases (RDBs) have become the industry standard for storing massive and heterogeneous data. However, despite the widespread use of RDBs across various fields, the inh…

cs.LG2025★ 1 cited

Griffin: Towards a Graph-Centric Relational Database Foundation Model

Yanbo Wang, Xiyuan Wang, Quan Gan +4

We introduce Griffin, the first foundation model attemptation designed specifically for Relational Databases (RDBs). Unlike previous smaller models focused on single RDB tasks, Gri…

cs.LG2024

DF-GNN: Dynamic Fusion Framework for Attention Graph Neural Networks on GPUs

Jiahui Liu, Zhenkun Cai, Zhiyong Chen +1

Attention Graph Neural Networks (AT-GNNs), such as GAT and Graph Transformer, have demonstrated superior performance compared to other GNNs. However, existing GNN systems struggle…

cs.CL2024

ELF-Gym: Evaluating Large Language Models Generated Features for Tabular Prediction

Yanlin Zhang, Ning Li, Quan Gan +3

Crafting effective features is a crucial yet labor-intensive and domain-specific task within machine learning pipelines. Fortunately, recent advancements in Large Language Models (…

cs.DC2024

Heta: Distributed Training of Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks

Yuchen Zhong, Junwei Su, Chuan Wu +1

Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks (HGNNs) leverage diverse semantic relationships in Heterogeneous Graphs (HetGs) and have demonstrated remarkable learning performance in various…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

DiskGNN: Bridging I/O Efficiency and Model Accuracy for Out-of-Core GNN Training

Renjie Liu, Yichuan Wang, Xiao Yan +5

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are machine learning models specialized for graph data and widely used in many applications. To train GNNs on large graphs that exceed CPU memory, seve…

cs.LG2024

4DBInfer: A 4D Benchmarking Toolbox for Graph-Centric Predictive Modeling on Relational DBs

Minjie Wang, Quan Gan, David Wipf +17

Although RDBs store vast amounts of rich, informative data spread across interconnected tables, the progress of predictive machine learning models as applied to such tasks arguably…

cs.LG2024★ 2 cited

BloomGML: Graph Machine Learning through the Lens of Bilevel Optimization

Amber Yijia Zheng, Tong He, Yixuan Qiu +2

Bilevel optimization refers to scenarios whereby the optimal solution of a lower-level energy function serves as input features to an upper-level objective of interest. These optim…

cs.DC2023

GNNFlow: A Distributed Framework for Continuous Temporal GNN Learning on Dynamic Graphs

Yuchen Zhong, Guangming Sheng, Tianzuo Qin +3

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) play a crucial role in various fields. However, most existing deep graph learning frameworks assume pre-stored static graphs and do not support trainin…

stat.ME2023

Causal Discovery with Generalized Linear Models through Peeling Algorithms

Minjie Wang, Xiaotong Shen, Wei Pan

This article presents a novel method for causal discovery with generalized structural equation models suited for analyzing diverse types of outcomes, including discrete, continuous…

cs.LG2023

MuseGNN: Forming Scalable, Convergent GNN Layers that Minimize a Sampling-Based Energy

Haitian Jiang, Renjie Liu, Zengfeng Huang +5

Among the many variants of graph neural network (GNN) architectures capable of modeling data with cross-instance relations, an important subclass involves layers designed such that…

cs.SI2023★ 23 cited

Social network modeling and applications, a tutorial

Lisette Espín-Noboa, Tiago Peixoto, Fariba Karimi

Social networks have been widely studied over the last century from multiple disciplines to understand societal issues such as inequality in employment rates, managerial performanc…

cs.LG2023★ 1 cited

FreshGNN: Reducing Memory Access via Stable Historical Embeddings for Graph Neural Network Training

Kezhao Huang, Haitian Jiang, Minjie Wang +7

A key performance bottleneck when training graph neural network (GNN) models on large, real-world graphs is loading node features onto a GPU. Due to limited GPU memory, expensive d…

cs.LG2022

DGI: Easy and Efficient Inference for GNNs

Peiqi Yin, Xiao Yan, Jinjing Zhou +5

While many systems have been developed to train Graph Neural Networks (GNNs), efficient model inference and evaluation remain to be addressed. For instance, using the widely adopte…

cs.LG2022★ 3 cited

BiFeat: Supercharge GNN Training via Graph Feature Quantization

Yuxin Ma, Ping Gong, Jun Yi +4

Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) is a promising approach for applications with nonEuclidean data. However, training GNNs on large scale graphs with hundreds of millions nodes is both r…

cs.LG2022

CEP3: Community Event Prediction with Neural Point Process on Graph

Xuhong Wang, Sirui Chen, Yixuan He +4

Many real world applications can be formulated as event forecasting on Continuous Time Dynamic Graphs (CTDGs) where the occurrence of a timed event between two entities is represen…

stat.ML2021

Fast and Accurate Graph Learning for Huge Data via Minipatch Ensembles

Tianyi Yao, Minjie Wang, Genevera I. Allen

Gaussian graphical models provide a powerful framework for uncovering conditional dependence relationships between sets of nodes; they have found applications in a wide variety of…

stat.ML2021★ 3 cited

Thresholded Graphical Lasso Adjusts for Latent Variables: Application to Functional Neural Connectivity

Minjie Wang, Genevera I. Allen

In neuroscience, researchers seek to uncover the connectivity of neurons from large-scale neural recordings or imaging; often people employ graphical model selection and estimation…

cs.LG2020★ 23 cited

DistDGL: Distributed Graph Neural Network Training for Billion-Scale Graphs

Da Zheng, Chao Ma, Minjie Wang +6

Graph neural networks (GNN) have shown great success in learning from graph-structured data. They are widely used in various applications, such as recommendation, fraud detection,…

cs.LG2020★ 12 cited

FeatGraph: A Flexible and Efficient Backend for Graph Neural Network Systems

Yuwei Hu, Zihao Ye, Minjie Wang +6

Graph neural networks (GNNs) are gaining increasing popularity as a promising approach to machine learning on graphs. Unlike traditional graph workloads where each vertex/edge is a…

stat.ME2020★ 1 cited

Sparse Regression for Extreme Values

Andersen Chang, Minjie Wang, Genevera Allen

We study the problem of selecting features associated with extreme values in high dimensional linear regression. Normally, in linear modeling problems, the presence of abnormal ext…