Cong Yu

Publication List Details

Period

1998 - 2009

Number

54

Co-Authors

SocialScope: Enabling Information Discovery on Social Content Sites (2009)

Sihem Amer-yahia, Cong Yu

Recently, many content sites have started encouraging their users to engage in social activities such as adding buddies on Yahoo! Travel and sharing articles with their friends on New York Times....

SocialScope: Enabling Information Discovery on Social Content Sites (2009)

Amer-Yahia, Sihem, Lakshmanan, Laks, Yu, Cong

Recently, many content sites have started encouraging their users to engage in social activities such as adding buddies on Yahoo! Travel and sharing articles with their friends on New York Times....

Nonaxisymmetric Rossby Vortex Instability with Toroidal Magnetic Fields in Radially Structured Disks (2009)

Yu, Cong, Li, Hui

We investigate the global nonaxisymmetric Rossby vortex instability in a differentially rotating, compressible magnetized accretion disk with radial density structures. Equilibrium magnetic fields...

Modeling Emission from the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center with GRMHD Simulations (2009)

Martin, Kyle W., Liu, Siming, Fragile, Chris, Yu, Cong, Fryer, Chris L.

Sagittarius A* is a compact radio source at the Galactic center, powered by accretion of fully ionized plasmas into a supermassive black hole. However, the radio emission cannot be produced through...

General Terms (2008)

H. V. Jagadish, Adriane Chapman, Aaron Elkiss, Magesh Jayapandian, Yunyao Li, Arnab Nandi, ...

Database researchers have striven to improve the capability of a database in terms of both performance and functionality. We assert that the usability of a database is as important as its capability....

Constant contour integration in peripheral vision for stimuli with good Gestalt properties (2008)

Shu-guang Kuai, Cong Yu

The visual system integrates discrete but aligned local stimuli to form percept of global contours. Previous experiments using ‘‘snake’ ’ contours showed that contour integration was mainly...

Stimulus Coding Rules for Perceptual Learning (2008)

Jun-Yun Zhang, Shu-Guang Kuai, Lu-Qi Xiao, Stanley A. Klein, Dennis M. Levi, Cong Yu

Perceptual learning of visual features occurs when multiple stimuli are presented in a fixed sequence (temporal patterning), but not when they are presented in random order (roving). This points to...

Associate Editors (2008)

Philip A. Bernstein, Nishant Dani, Badriddine Khessib, Ramesh Manne, David Shutt, Jayant Madhavan, ...

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General Terms (2008)

H. V. Jagadish, Adriane Chapman, Aaron Elkiss, Magesh Jayapandian, Yunyao Li, Arnab Nandi, ...

Database researchers have striven to improve the capability of a database in terms of both performance and functionality. We assert that the usability of a database is as important as its capability....

Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI): Putting the Jigsaw Puzzle Together (2008)

Magesh Jayap, Adriane Chapman, V. Glenn Tarcea, Cong Yu, Aaron Elkiss, Angela Ianni, ...

Protein interaction data exists in a number of repositories. Each repository has its own data format, molecule identifier and supplementary information. Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI) assists...

MiMI: Michigan Molecular Interactions (2008)

Adriane Chapman Magesh, Adriane Chapman, Magesh Jayap, Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

There is a proliferation of data sources in biology. A complete understanding of a biological problem often requires the integration of multiple data sources, each providing insights on certain...

Short Communication (2008)

Cloning And Mapping, Chromosome P. –p, Min Zhang, Long Yu, Yurong Xin, Peirong Hu, ...

this article have been deposited with the GenBank Database under Accession No. AF064257

INitiative for the Evaluation of XML Retrieval (2007)

Cong Yu

Structure matching has been the focus and strength of standard XML querying. However, textual content is still an essential component of XML data. It is therefore important to extend the standard XML...

Developing Novel Indexing Scheme for XML Data by Extending the GiST Framework (2007)

Cong Yu, Hai Huang, Hongmei Ge

Indexing schemes in relational database have been well-studied in the past, but this is not true in semi-structured database and XML database. In this project, we designed and implemented novel...

A Comprehensive Front-End Architecture for the VeriSimple Alpha Pipeline ∗ (2007)

Scott Gifford, Chien-wen Huang, Zimin Yang, Cong Yu

The performance of a pipelined computer system depends heavily on the degree of Instruction Level Parallelism (ILP) obtained. Pipeline stalling or flushing due to unpredicted or mispredicted branch...

Integration of IR into an XML Database (2007)

Cong Yu

Structure matching has been the focus and strength of standard XML querying. However, textual content is still an essential component of XML data. It is therefore important to extend the standard XML...

Querying Complex Structured Databases (2007)

Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

Correctly generating a structured query (e.g., an XQuery or a SQL query) requires the user to have a full understanding of the database schema, which can be a daunting task. Alternative query models...

Querying Complex Structured Databases (2007)

Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

Correctly generating a structured query (e.g., an XQuery or a SQL query) requires the user to have a full understanding of the database schema, which can be a daunting task. Alternative query models...

Web-scale Data Integration: You Can Only Afford to Pay As You Go (2007)

Jayant Madhavan, Shawn R. Jeffery, Shirley Cohen, Xin (luna Dong, David Ko, Cong Yu, ...

The World Wide Web is witnessing an increase in the amount of structured content – vast heterogeneous collections of structured data are on the rise due to the Deep Web, annotation schemes like...

Web-scale Data Integration: You Can Only Afford to Pay As You Go (2007)

Jayant Madhavan, Shawn R. Jeffery, Shirley Cohen, Xin (luna Dong, David Ko, Cong Yu, ...

The World Wide Web is witnessing an increase in the amount of structured content – vast heterogeneous collections of structured data are on the rise due to the Deep Web, annotation schemes like...

Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI): putting the jigsaw puzzle together (2007)

Jayapandian, Magesh, Chapman, Adriane, Tarcea, V. Glenn, Yu, Cong, Elkiss, Aaron, Ianni, Angela, ...

Protein interaction data exists in a number of repositories. Each repository has its own data format, molecule identifier and supplementary information. Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI) assists...

Envelope Expansion with Core Collapse. III. Similarity Isothermal Shocks in a Magnetofluid (2006)

Yu, Cong, Lou, Yu-Qing, Bian, Fu-Yan, Wu, Yan

We explore MHD solutions for envelope expansions with core collapse (EECC) with isothermal MHD shocks in a quasi-spherical symmetry and outline potential astrophysical applications of such magnetized...

Envelope Expansion with Core Collapse II. Quasi-Spherical Self-Similar Solutions for an Isothermal Magnetofluid (2006)

Yu, Cong, Lou, Yu-Qing

We investigate self-similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes in an isothermal self-gravitating fluid with a quasi-spherical symmetry and extend the envelope expansion with core collapse (EECC)...

Efficient discovery of xml data redundancies (2006)

Cong Yu

As XML becomes widely used, dealing with redundancies in XML data has become an increasingly important issue. Redundantly stored information can lead not just to a higher data storage cost, but also...

Efficient discovery of xml data redundancies (2006)

Cong Yu

As XML becomes widely used, dealing with redundancies in XML data has become an increasingly important issue. Redundantly stored information can lead not just to a higher data storage cost, but also...

Structured Data Meets the Web: A Few Observations (2006)

Jayant Madhavan, Alon Halevy, Shirley Cohen, Xin (luna Dong, Shawn R. Jeffery, David Ko, ...

The World Wide Web is witnessing an increase in the amount of structured content – vast heterogeneous collections of structured data are on the rise due to the Deep Web, annotation schemes like...

Envelope Expansion with Core Collapse II. Quasi-Spherical Self-Similar Solutions for an Isothermal Magnetofluid (2005)

Yu, Cong, Lou, Yu-Qing

We investigate self-similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes in an isothermal self-gravitating fluid with a quasi-spherical symmetry and extend the envelope expansion with core collapse (EECC)...

Envelope Expansion with Core Collapse II. Quasi-Spherical Self-Similar Solutions for an Isothermal Magnetofluid (2005)

Yu, Cong, Lou, Yu-Qing

We investigate self-similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes in an isothermal self-gravitating fluid with a quasi-spherical symmetry and extend the envelope expansion with core collapse (EECC)...

Envelope Expansion with Core Collapse II. Quasi-Spherical Self-Similar Solutions for an Isothermal Magnetofluid (2005)

Yu, Cong, Lou, Yu-Qing

We investigate self-similar magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes in an isothermal self-gravitating fluid with a quasi-spherical symmetry and extend the envelope expansion with core collapse (EECC)...

Semantic Adaptation of Schema Mappings when Schemas Evolve (2005)

Cong Yu Lucian, Cong Yu, Lucian Popa

Schemas evolve over time to accommodate the changes in the information they represent. Such evolution causes invalidation of various artifacts depending on the schemas, such as schema mappings. In a...

Semantic Adaptation of Schema Mappings when Schemas Evolve (2005)

Cong Yu Lucian, Cong Yu, Lucian Popa

Schemas evolve over time to accommodate the changes in the information they represent. Such evolution causes invalidation of various artifacts depending on the schemas, such as schema mappings. In a...

Semantic Adaptation of Schema Mappings when Schemas Evolve (2005)

Cong Yu, Lucian Popa

Schemas evolve over time to accommodate the changes in the information they represent. Such evolution causes invalidation of various artifacts depending on the schemas, such as schema mappings. In a...

China's sustainable energy future: Scenarios of energy and carbon emissions (Summary) (2004)

Zhou, Dadi, Levine, Mark, Dai, Yande, Yu, Cong, Guo, Yuan, Sinton, Jonathan E., ...

China has ambitious goals for economic development, and must find ways to power the achievement of those goals that are both environmentally and socially sustainable. Integration into the global...

Schema-Free XQuery (2004)

Yunyao Li, Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

The widespread adoption of XML holds out the promise that document structure can be exploited to specify precise database queries. However, the user may have only a limited knowledge of the XML...

The VLDB Journal (2006) DOI 10.1007/s00778-006-0003-4 REGULAR PAPER (2004)

Yunyao Li, Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

Abstract The widespread adoption of XML holds the promise that document structure can be exploited to specify precise database queries. However, users may have only a limited knowledge of the XML...

Schema-Free XQuery (2004)

Yunyao Li, Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

The widespread adoption of XML holds out the promise that document structure can be exploited to specify precise database queries. However, the user may have only a limited knowledge of the XML...

Constraint-Based XML Query Rewriting (2004)

For Data Integration, Cong Yu

We study the problem of answering queries through a target schema, given a set of mappings between one or more source schemas and this target schema, and given that the data is at the sources. The...

Constraint-Based XML Query Rewriting for Data Integration (2004)

Cong Yu

We study the problem of answering queries through a target schema, given a set of mappings between one or more source schemas and this target schema, and given that the data is at the sources. The...

Schema-Free XQuery (2004)

Yunyao Li, Cong Yu, H. V. Jagadish

The widespread adoption of XML holds out the promise that document structure can be exploited to specify precise database queries. However, the user may have only a limited knowledge of the XML...

Effective Integration of Protein Data through Better Data Modeling (2003)

Chapman, Adriane, Yu, Cong, Jagadish, H.V.

Protein data, from sequence and structure to interaction, is being generated through many diverse methodologies; it is stored and reported in numerous forms and multiple places. The magnitude of the...

Querying XML using structures and keywords in timber (2003)

Cong Yu

This demonstration will describe how Timber, a native XML database system, has been extended with the capability to answer XML-style structured queries (e.g., XQuery) with embedded IR-style...

Timber: A native system for querying XML (2003)

Stelios Paparizos, Shurug Al-khalifa, Adriane Chapman, Jignesh M. Patel, Divesh Srivastava, Nuwee Wiwatwattana, ...

XML has become ubiquitous, and XML data has to be managed in databases. The current industry standard is to map XML data into relational tables and store this information in a relational database....

Timber: A native system for querying XML (2003)

Stelios Paparizos, Shurug Al-khalifa, Adriane Chapman, Jignesh M. Patel, Divesh Srivastava, Nuwee Wiwatwattana, ...

XML has become ubiquitous, and XML data has to be managed in databases. The current industry standard is to map XML data into relational tables and store this information in a relational database....

TIMBER: A Native XML Database (2002)

H. V. Jagadish, Shurug Al-khalifa, Adriane Chapman, Andrew Nierman, Stelios Paparizos, ...

Abstract. This paper describes the overall design and architecture of the Timber XML database system currently being implemented at the University of Michigan. The system is based upon a bulk algebra...

TIMBER: A Native XML Database (2002)

H. V. Jagadish, Shurug Al-khalifa, Adriane Chapman, Andrew Nierman, Stelios Paparizos, ...

The date of receipt and acceptance will be inserted by the editor Abstract This paper describes the overall design and architecture of the Timber XML database system currently being implemented at...

TIMBER: A Native XML Database (2002)

H. V. Jagadish, Adriane Chapman, Andrew Nierman, Stelios Paparizos, ...

This paper describes the overall design and architecture of the Timber XML database system currently being implemented at the University of Michigan. The system is based upon a bulk algebra for...

Lowness for genericity (2000)

Cong Yu

This demonstration will describe how Timber, a native XML database system, has been extended with the capability to answer XML-style structured queries (e.g., XQuery) with embedded IR-style...

Molecular Recognition Studies Based on Imprinting Technology (1998)

Yu, Cong

In this thesis, I have focused on five main research areas: 1). A new type of imprinted polymer has been developed, namely the amide MIP. The amide functional monomers showed better hydrogen bonding...

Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI): putting the jigsaw puzzle together

Jayapandian, Magesh, Chapman, Adriane, Tarcea, V. Glenn, Yu, Cong, Elkiss, Aaron, Ianni, Angela, ...

Protein interaction data exists in a number of repositories. Each repository has its own data format, molecule identifier and supplementary information. Michigan Molecular Interactions (MiMI) assists...

Single-stranded nucleic acid-induced helical self-assembly of alkynylplatinum(II) terpyridyl complexes

Yu, Cong, Chan, Kenneth Hoi-Yiu, Wong, Keith Man-Chung, Yam, Vivian Wing-Wah

Single-stranded nucleic acids, which carry multiple negative charges in an aqueous medium at near neutral pH, are found to induce the aggregation and self-assembly of the positively charged...

Stimulus Coding Rules for Perceptual Learning

Zhang, Jun-Yun, Kuai, Shu-Guang, Xiao, Lu-Qi, Klein, Stanley A, Levi, Dennis M, Yu, Cong

Perceptual learning of visual features occurs when multiple stimuli are presented in a fixed sequence (temporal patterning), but not when they are presented in random order (roving). This points to...