| 2026 | ACL | ARES: Adaptive Red-Teaming and End-to-End Repair of Policy-Reward System. | Jiacheng Liang, Yao Ma, Tharindu Kumarage, Satyapriya Krishna, Rahul Gupta, Kai-Wei Chang, Aram Galstyan, Charith Peris |
| 2026 | ACL | Ground Then Rank: Revisiting Knowledge-Based VQA with Training-Free Entity Identification. | Qian Ma, Qiong Wu, Zhengyi Zhou, Yao Ma |
| 2026 | ACL | Understanding Structured Financial Data with LLMs: A Case Study on Fraud Detection. | Xuwei Tan, Yao Ma, Xueru Zhang |
| 2026 | ACL | Exploring Graph Learning Tasks with Pure LLMs: A Comprehensive Benchmark and Investigation. | Yuxiang Wang, Xinnan Dai, Wenqi Fan, Yao Ma |
| 2026 | KDD | SaVe-TAG: LLM-based Interpolation for Long-Tailed Text-Attributed Graphs. | Leyao Wang, Yu Wang, Bo Ni, Yuying Zhao, Hanyu Wang, Yao Ma, Tyler Derr |
| 2026 | WSDM | Knowledge Homophily in Large Language Models. | Utkarsh Sahu, Zhisheng Qi, Mahantesh Halappanavar, Nedim Lipka, Ryan A. Rossi, Franck Dernoncourt, Yu Zhang, Yao Ma, Yu Wang |
| 2026 | WSDM | Planning Before Retrieval: A Constrained Planner-Executor Framework for Reliable and Efficient KG-Augmented Reasoning. | Liangliang Zhang, Yao Ma |
| 2025 | CCS | CryptGNN: Enabling Secure Inference for Graph Neural Networks. | Pritam Sen, Yao Ma, Cristian Borcea |
| 2025 | ICIS | Ecosystem Beyond a Metaphor: A Critical Literature Review and Research Agenda. | Yao Ma |
| 2025 | ICLR | Precedence-Constrained Winter Value for Effective Graph Data Valuation. | Hongliang Chi, Wei Jin, Charu C. Aggarwal, Yao Ma |
| 2025 | ICLR | Shapley-Guided Utility Learning for Effective Graph Inference Data Valuation. | Hongliang Chi, Qiong Wu, Zhengyi Zhou, Yao Ma |
| 2025 | IIWAS | Addressing Label Scarcity: Hybrid Anomaly Detection in Mental Healthcare Billing. | Samirah Bakker, Yao Ma, Seyed Sahand Mohammadi Ziabari |
| 2025 | KDD | A Survey on Small Language Models in the Era of Large Language Models: Architecture, Capabilities, and Trustworthiness. | Fali Wang, Minhua Lin, Yao Ma, Hui Liu, Qi He, Xianfeng Tang, Jiliang Tang, Jian Pei, Suhang Wang |
| 2025 | NAACL | A Survey to Recent Progress Towards Understanding In-Context Learning. | Haitao Mao, Guangliang Liu, Yao Ma, Rongrong Wang, Kristen Marie Johnson, Jiliang Tang |
| 2025 | PIMRC | Intelligent Radio-Protocol Recognition Leveraging SDR and a Transformer Network. | Akimun Jannat Alvina, Yao Ma, Nadia P. Yoza-Mitsuishi, Susanna Mosleh |
| 2025 | VTC | Super-wideband Spectrum Sensing Using A Simplified Receiver Architecture. | Yao Ma, Xifeng Lu, Nadia Yoza-Mitsuishi, Dazhen Gu, Susanna Mosleh, Daniel Kuester |
| 2025 | VTC | Optimized Power Allocation in Multi-cell 4G/5G Systems using Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning. | Nadia Yoza-Mitsuishi, Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder |
| 2025 | WCNC | WLAN 802.11ax Airtime Utilization Measurements. | Nadia Yoza-Mitsuishi, Jason B. Coder, Yao Ma |
| 2024 | EMNLP | Efficient Pointwise-Pairwise Learning-to-Rank for News Recommendation. | Nithish Kannen, Yao Ma, Gerrit J. J. van den Burg, Jean Baptiste Faddoul |
| 2024 | ICLR | Revisiting Link Prediction: a data perspective. | Haitao Mao, Juanhui Li, Harry Shomer, Bingheng Li, Wenqi Fan, Yao Ma, Tong Zhao, Neil Shah, Jiliang Tang |
| 2024 | ICML | PDHG-Unrolled Learning-to-Optimize Method for Large-Scale Linear Programming. | Bingheng Li, Linxin Yang, Yupeng Chen, Senmiao Wang, Haitao Mao, Qian Chen, Yao Ma, Akang Wang, Tian Ding, Jiliang Tang, Ruoyu Sun |
| 2024 | ICML | Position: Graph Foundation Models Are Already Here. | Haitao Mao, Zhikai Chen, Wenzhuo Tang, Jianan Zhao, Yao Ma, Tong Zhao, Neil Shah, Mikhail Galkin, Jiliang Tang |
| 2024 | KDD | Enhancing Contrastive Learning on Graphs with Node Similarity. | Hongliang Chi, Yao Ma |
| 2024 | KDD | Addressing Shortcomings in Fair Graph Learning Datasets: Towards a New Benchmark. | Xiaowei Qian, Zhimeng Guo, Jialiang Li, Haitao Mao, Bingheng Li, Suhang Wang, Yao Ma |
| 2024 | KDD | LPFormer: An Adaptive Graph Transformer for Link Prediction. | Harry Shomer, Yao Ma, Haitao Mao, Juanhui Li, Bo Wu, Jiliang Tang |
| 2024 | KDD | A Survey on Safe Multi-Modal Learning Systems. | Tianyi Zhao, Liangliang Zhang, Yao Ma, Lu Cheng |
| 2024 | WWW | DCAI: Data-centric Artificial Intelligence. | Wei Jin, Haohan Wang, Daochen Zha, Qiaoyu Tan, Yao Ma, Sharon Li, Su-In Lee |
| 2024 | WWW | Fast Graph Condensation with Structure-based Neural Tangent Kernel. | Lin Wang, Wenqi Fan, Jiatong Li, Yao Ma, Qing Li |
| 2024 | SP | Multi-Instance Adversarial Attack on GNN-Based Malicious Domain Detection. | Mahmoud Nazzal, Issa Khalil, Abdallah Khreishah, NhatHai Phan, Yao Ma |
| 2024 | WSDM | The 5th International Workshop on Machine Learning on Graphs (MLoG). | Tyler Derr, Yao Ma, Kaize Ding, Tong Zhao, Nesreen K. Ahmed |
| 2024 | SDM | Active Learning for Graphs with Noisy Structures. | Hongliang Chi, Cong Qi, Suhang Wang, Yao Ma |
| 2023 | ACL | Are Message Passing Neural Networks Really Helpful for Knowledge Graph Completion? | Juanhui Li, Harry Shomer, Jiayuan Ding, Yiqi Wang, Yao Ma, Neil Shah, Jiliang Tang, Dawei Yin |
| 2023 | CIKM | Towards Fair Graph Neural Networks via Graph Counterfactual. | Zhimeng Guo, Jialiang Li, Teng Xiao, Yao Ma, Suhang Wang |
| 2023 | EMNLP | Distance-Based Propagation for Efficient Knowledge Graph Reasoning. | Harry Shomer, Yao Ma, Juanhui Li, Bo Wu, Charu C. Aggarwal, Jiliang Tang |
| 2023 | SIGIR | Graph Enhanced BERT for Query Understanding. | Juanhui Li, Wei Zeng, Suqi Cheng, Yao Ma, Jiliang Tang, Shuaiqiang Wang, Dawei Yin |
| 2023 | WSDM | The 3rd International Workshop on Machine Learning on Graphs (MLoG). | Tyler Derr, Yao Ma, Benedek Rozemberczki, Neil Shah, Shirui Pan |
| 2022 | ICDM | SGKD: A Scalable and Effective Knowledge Distillation Framework for Graph Representation Learning. | Yufei He, Yao Ma |
| 2022 | ICLR | Is Homophily a Necessity for Graph Neural Networks? | Yao Ma, Xiaorui Liu, Neil Shah, Jiliang Tang |
| 2022 | ICLR | Automated Self-Supervised Learning for Graphs. | Wei Jin, Xiaorui Liu, Xiangyu Zhao, Yao Ma, Neil Shah, Jiliang Tang |
| 2022 | KDD | Feature Overcorrelation in Deep Graph Neural Networks: A New Perspective. | Wei Jin, Xiaorui Liu, Yao Ma, Charu C. Aggarwal, Jiliang Tang |
| 2022 | PIMRC | An SDR-Based Performance Measurement of LTE and WLAN Coexistence. | Nadia Yoza-Mitsuishi, Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder |
| 2021 | CIKM | A Unified View on Graph Neural Networks as Graph Signal Denoising. | Yao Ma, Xiaorui Liu, Tong Zhao, Yozen Liu, Jiliang Tang, Neil Shah |
| 2021 | CIKM | Graph Feature Gating Networks. | Wei Jin, Xiaorui Liu, Yao Ma, Tyler Derr, Charu C. Aggarwal, Jiliang Tang |
| 2021 | GLOBECOM | Enhancing Multi-RAT Coexistence in Unlicensed mmWave Bands Using Hybrid-Beamforming. | Susanna Mosleh, Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder |
| 2021 | ICDE | Attacking Black-box Recommendations via Copying Cross-domain User Profiles. | Wenqi Fan, Tyler Derr, Xiangyu Zhao, Yao Ma, Hui Liu, Jianping Wang, Jiliang Tang, Qing Li |
| 2021 | ICML | Elastic Graph Neural Networks. | Xiaorui Liu, Wei Jin, Yao Ma, Yaxin Li, Hua Liu, Yiqi Wang, Ming Yan, Jiliang Tang |
| 2021 | KDD | Graph Adversarial Attack via Rewiring. | Yao Ma, Suhang Wang, Tyler Derr, Lingfei Wu, Jiliang Tang |
| 2021 | KDD | Graph Representation Learning: Foundations, Methods, Applications and Systems. | Wei Jin, Yao Ma, Yiqi Wang, Xiaorui Liu, Jiliang Tang, Yukuo Cen, Jiezhong Qiu, Jie Tang, Chuan Shi, Yanfang Ye, Jiawei Zhang, Philip S. Yu |
| 2021 | WSDM | Node Similarity Preserving Graph Convolutional Networks. | Wei Jin, Tyler Derr, Yiqi Wang, Yao Ma, Zitao Liu, Jiliang Tang |
| 2020 | ICDM | Graph Pooling with Representativeness. | Juan-Hui Li, Yao Ma, Yiqi Wang, Charu C. Aggarwal, Chang-Dong Wang, Jiliang Tang |
| 2020 | ICDM | Learning from Incomplete Labeled Data via Adversarial Data Generation. | Wentao Wang, Tyler Derr, Yao Ma, Suhang Wang, Hui Liu, Zitao Liu, Jiliang Tang |
| 2020 | KDD | Graph Structure Learning for Robust Graph Neural Networks. | Wei Jin, Yao Ma, Xiaorui Liu, Xianfeng Tang, Suhang Wang, Jiliang Tang |
| 2020 | KDD | Deep Graph Learning: Foundations, Advances and Applications. | Yu Rong, Tingyang Xu, Junzhou Huang, Wenbing Huang, Hong Cheng, Yao Ma, Yiqi Wang, Tyler Derr, Lingfei Wu, Tengfei Ma |
| 2020 | VTC | A Unified Analytical Approach to Multi-Cell LBT-Based Spectrum Sharing Systems. | Yao Ma, Susanna Mosleh, Jason B. Coder |
| 2020 | VTC | Dynamic Spectrum Access with Reinforcement Learning for Unlicensed Access in 5G and Beyond. | Susanna Mosleh, Yao Ma, Jacob D. Rezac, Jason B. Coder |
| 2020 | WWW | Traffic Flow Prediction via Spatial Temporal Graph Neural Network. | Xiaoyang Wang, Yao Ma, Yiqi Wang, Wei Jin, Xin Wang, Jiliang Tang, Caiyan Jia, Jian Yu |
| 2020 | SIGIR | Streaming Graph Neural Networks. | Yao Ma, Ziyi Guo, Zhaochun Ren, Jiliang Tang, Dawei Yin |
| 2020 | WSDM | Epidemic Graph Convolutional Network. | Tyler Derr, Yao Ma, Wenqi Fan, Xiaorui Liu, Charu C. Aggarwal, Jiliang Tang |
| 2020 | SDM | Deep Adversarial Canonical Correlation Analysis. | Wenqi Fan, Yao Ma, Han Xu, Xiaorui Liu, Jianping Wang, Qing Li, Jiliang Tang |
| 2019 | GLOBECOM | Analysis of Generalized CCA Errors and Mitigation in LTE-LAA Spectrum Sharing System. | Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder |
| 2019 | GLOBECOM | Enhancing LAA Co-Existence Using MIMO under Imperfect Sensing. | Susanna Mosleh, Yao Ma, Jason B. Coder, Erik Perrins, Lingjia Liu |
| 2019 | IJCAI | Deep Adversarial Social Recommendation. | Wenqi Fan, Tyler Derr, Yao Ma, Jianping Wang, Jiliang Tang, Qing Li |
| 2019 | KDD | Graph Convolutional Networks with EigenPooling. | Yao Ma, Suhang Wang, Charu C. Aggarwal, Jiliang Tang |
| 2019 | RecSys | Deep social collaborative filtering. | Wenqi Fan, Yao Ma, Dawei Yin, Jianping Wang, Jiliang Tang, Qing Li |
| 2019 | WWW | Graph Neural Networks for Social Recommendation. | Wenqi Fan, Yao Ma, Qing Li, Yuan He, Yihong Eric Zhao, Jiliang Tang, Dawei Yin |
| 2019 | SDM | Multi-dimensional Graph Convolutional Networks. | Yao Ma, Suhang Wang, Charu C. Aggarwal, Dawei Yin, Jiliang Tang |
| 2018 | ICCCN | Analysis of Channel Access Priority Classes in LTE-LAA Spectrum Sharing System. | Yao Ma |
| 2018 | ICCCN | Probability of Coexistence of LTE-LAA and WLAN Systems Based on Delay Constraints. | Yao Ma, William F. Young, Eric Anderson, Jason B. Coder |
| 2018 | ICDM | Signed Graph Convolutional Networks. | Tyler Derr, Yao Ma, Jiliang Tang |
| 2018 | ICML | Gradient Descent for Sparse Rank-One Matrix Completion for Crowd-Sourced Aggregation of Sparsely Interacting Workers. | Yao Ma, Alexander Olshevsky, Csaba Szepesvri, Venkatesh Saligrama |
| 2018 | WSDM | Multi-Dimensional Network Embedding with Hierarchical Structure. | Yao Ma, Zhaochun Ren, Ziheng Jiang, Jiliang Tang, Dawei Yin |
| 2017 | GLOBECOM | SDR-Based Experiments for LTE-LAA Based Coexistence Systems with Improved Design. | Yao Ma, Ryan Jacobs, Daniel G. Kuester, Jason B. Coder, William F. Young |
| 2017 | ICDM | Network Embedding with Centrality Information. | Yao Ma, Suhang Wang, Jiliang Tang |
| 2015 | CCGRID | Optimizing Soft Real-Time Scheduling Performance for Virtual Machines with SRT-Xen. | Kun Cheng, Yuebin Bai, Rui Wang, Yao Ma |
| 2014 | APWEB | Improving Recommendation Accuracy with Clustering-Based Social Regularization. | Xiao Ma, Hongwei Lu, Zaobin Gan, Yao Ma |
| 2014 | APWEB | Trust Discounting and Trust Fusion in Online Social Networks. | Yao Ma, Hongwei Lu, Zaobin Gan, Xiao Ma |
| 2014 | DAC | BTI-Induced Aging under Random Stress Waveforms: Modeling, Simulation and Silicon Validation. | Ketul Sutaria, Athul Ramkumar, Rongjun Zhu, Renju Rajveev, Yao Ma, Yu Cao |
| 2014 | NPC | BIDS: Bridgehead-Employed Image Distribution System for Cloud Data Centers. | Zhongzhao Wang, Yuebin Bai, Kun Cheng, Jihong Ma, Duo Lv, Yuanfeng Peng, Yao Ma |
| 2013 | GPC | QoC-Aware Access Control Based on Fuzzy Inference for Pervasive Computing Environments. | Yao Ma, Hongwei Lu, Zaobin Gan |
| 2012 | ASSETS | Investigating authentication methods used by individuals with down syndrome. | Yao Ma, Jinjuan Heidi Feng, Libby Kumin, Jonathan Lazar, Lakshmidevi Sreeramareddy |
| 2011 | SERA | Evaluating Usability of Three Authentication Methods in Web-Based Application. | Yao Ma, Jinjuan Feng |
| 2010 | CloudCom | Affinity-Aware Dynamic Pinning Scheduling for Virtual Machines. | Zhi Li, Yuebin Bai, Huiyong Zhang, Yao Ma |
| 2010 | GLOBECOM | Subchannel-Sharing Based Distributed Optimization of Ad-Hoc Cognitive Radio Network. | Yao Ma, Dong In Kim |
| 2010 | GLOBECOM | Multiple Description Coding-Based Optimal Resource Allocation for OFDMA Multicast Service. | Yao Ma, Khaled Ben Letaief, Zhengdao Wang, Ross D. Murch, Zhiqiang Wu |
| 2009 | ASSETS | Don't listen! I am dictating my password! | Shaojian Zhu, Yao Ma, Jinjuan Feng, Andrew Sears |
| 2009 | GLOBECOM | Centralized and Distributed Optimization of Ad-Hoc Cognitive Radio Network. | Yao Ma, Dong In Kim |
| 2009 | Interact | Speech-Based Navigation: Improving Grid-Based Solutions. | Shaojian Zhu, Yao Ma, Jinjuan Feng, Andrew Sears |
| 2008 | GLOBECOM | Diversity and Coding Gains of Threshold-Based Generalized Selection Combining. | Yao Ma, Xiaodai Dong, Hong-Chuan Yang |
| 2008 | GLOBECOM | Weighted Sum Rate Optimization of Multicell Cognitive Radio Networks. | Yao Ma, Dong In Kim, Alex Leith |
| 2008 | VTC | Asymptotic Analysis of Space-Time Codes in Non-Gaussian Noise and Interference. | Ali Nezampour, Robert Schober, Yao Ma |
| 2007 | GLOBECOM | Asymptotic Gains of Generalized Selection Combining Over Correlated Fading Channels. | Yao Ma, Robert Schober, Subbarayan Pasupathy |
| 2007 | GLOBECOM | Complex Nakagami Channel Simulator with Accurate Phase and Auto-Correlation Properties. | Yao Ma, Dongbo Zhang |
| 2007 | GLOBECOM | Error Rate of Transmit Beamforming with Delayed and Limited Feedback. | Yao Ma, Dongbo Zhang |
| 2007 | GLOBECOM | Optimal Power Allocation for Parallel Access Multiuser Scheduling. | Yao Ma, Dongbo Zhang, Robert Schober |
| 2007 | GLOBECOM | Asymptotic BEP and SEP of Differential EGC in Correlated Ricean Fading and Non-Gaussian Noise. | Ali Nezampour, Amir Nasri, Robert Schober, Yao Ma |
| 2007 | VTC | Asymptotic BEP and SEP of MRC in Correlated Ricean Fading and Non-Gaussian Noise. | Ali Nezampour, Amir Nasri, Robert Schober, Yao Ma |
| 2006 | CISS | Diversity and Multiplexing Tradeoff in General Fading Channels. | Lei Zhao, Wei Mo, Yao Ma, Zhengdao Wang |
| 2006 | GLOBECOM | Hybrid-Selection/Equal-Gain Combining for Non-Constant Modulus Signals. | Yao Ma, Jinghua Jin |
| 2006 | GLOBECOM | Channel Capacity and Fairness of SNR-Ranking-Based Parallel Multiuser Scheduling. | Yao Ma, Jinghua Jin, Lei Zhao |
| 2006 | GLOBECOM | Generalized Selection Multiuser Scheduling with Channel Estimation Errors. | Yao Ma, Dongbo Zhang |
| 2006 | GLOBECOM | Unified Asymptotic Analysis of Linearly Modulated Signals in Fading and Noise. | Amir Nasri, Robert Schober, Yao Ma |
| 2006 | IWCMC | Performance of generalized selection multiuser scheduling over generalized fading channels. | Yao Ma, Dongbo Zhang |
| 2006 | IWCMC | Accurate performance analysis of UWB acquisition over multipath channels. | Yao Ma, Lei Zhao |
| 2006 | WCNC | Performance of MRC and EGC M-QAM with imperfect channel estimation. | Yao Ma, Jinghua Jin |
| 2006 | WCNC | Asymptotic performance of space-time block codes over correlated Rician MIMO channels. | Lei Zhao, Yao Ma |
| 2005 | WCNC | Exact BERs for M-QAM with MRC and channel estimation errors in Rician channels. | Yao Ma, Robert Schober, Dongbo Zhang |
| 2004 | GLOBECOM | Diversity combining for differential MPSK in fading and class-A impulsive noise. | Robert Schober, Yao Ma, Lutz Lampe, P. Takis Mathiopoulos |
| 2003 | GLOBECOM | Performance of multiuser detection with decision-directed channel estimation. | Yao Ma, Robert Schober, Subbarayan Pasupathy, Teng Joon Lim |
| 2003 | GLOBECOM | Asymptotic performance of wireless communications with generalized selection combining. | Yao Ma, Zhengdao Wang, Subbarayan Pasupathy |