| 2009 | SIGMOD | Validating the Oracle SQL engine. | Allison W. Lee, Mohamed Zat, Thierry Cruanes, Rafi Ahmed, Yali Zhu |
| 2007 | ICDE | Adapting Partitioned Continuous Query Processing in Distributed Systems. | Yali Zhu, Elke A. Rundensteiner |
| 2006 | SIGMOD | Run-time operator state spilling for memory intensive long-running queries. | Bin Liu, Yali Zhu, Elke A. Rundensteiner |
| 2005 | ICECCS | Modeling Diverse and Complex Interactions Enabled by Middleware as Connectors in Software Architectures. | Yali Zhu |
| 2005 | ICECCS | Modeling Architecture Based Development in UML. | Yali Zhu, Gang Huang, Hong Mei |
| 2005 | IDEAS | An Adaptive Multi-Objective Scheduling Selection Framework for Continuous Query Processing. | Timothy M. Sutherland, Yali Zhu, Luping Ding, Elke A. Rundensteiner |
| 2005 | VLDB | A Dynamically Adaptive Distributed System for Processing Complex Continuous Queries. | Bin Liu, Yali Zhu, Mariana Jbantova, Bradley Momberger, Elke A. Rundensteiner |
| 2004 | APSEC | Quality Attribute Scenario Based Architectural Modeling for Self-Adaptation Supported by Architecture-Based Reflective Middleware. | Yali Zhu, Gang Huang, Hong Mei |
| 2004 | SIGMOD | Dynamic Plan Migration for Continuous Queries Over Data Streams. | Yali Zhu, Elke A. Rundensteiner, George T. Heineman |
| 2004 | VLDB | CAPE: Continuous Query Engine with Heterogeneous-Grained Adaptivity. | Elke A. Rundensteiner, Luping Ding, Timothy M. Sutherland, Yali Zhu, Bradford Pielech, Nishant K. Mehta |
| 2002 | ICCCN | Applying objective perceptual quality assessment methods in network performance modeling. | Adrian E. Conway, Yali Zhu |