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20242026
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6 papers

cs.DB2026

Scalable Exact Densest P-Partite Subgraph Search in Heterogeneous Information Networks

Jiadong Xie, Jiaming Yang, Kangfei Zhao +1

Heterogeneous information networks (HINs) model typed entities and typed relations, where dense cross-type structures can reveal cohesive semantic patterns such as prolific author-…

cs.IR2026

PLACE: Prompt Learning for Attributed Community Search in Large Graphs

Shuheng Fang, Kangfei Zhao, Rener Zhang +2

In this paper, we propose PLACE (Prompt Learning for Attributed Community Search), an innovative graph prompt learning framework for ACS. Enlightened by prompt-tuning in Natural La…

cs.DB2026

Sema: A High-performance System for LLM-based Semantic Query Processing

Kangkang Qi, Dongyang Xie, Wenbo Li +4

The integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) into data analytics has unlocked powerful capabilities for reasoning over bulk structured and unstructured data. However, existing s…

cs.DB2026

Beyond Linear LLM Invocation: An Efficient and Effective Semantic Filter Paradigm

Nan Hou, Kangfei Zhao, Jiadong Xie +1

Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for semantic query processing over large corpora. A set of semantic operators derived from relational algebra has been proposed t…

cs.DB2025

Can Large Language Models Be Query Optimizer for Relational Databases?

Jie Tan, Kangfei Zhao, Rui Li +6

Query optimization, which finds the optimized execution plan for a given query, is a complex planning and decision-making problem within the exponentially growing plan space in dat…

cs.DB2024

CardOOD: Robust Query-driven Cardinality Estimation under Out-of-Distribution

Rui Li, Kangfei Zhao, Jeffrey Xu Yu +1

Query-driven learned estimators are accurate, flexible, and lightweight alternatives to traditional estimators in query optimization. However, existing query-driven approaches stru…