| 2026 | FAST | Holistic and Automated Task Scheduling for Distributed LSM-tree-based Storage. | Yuanming Ren, Siyuan Sheng, Zhang Cao, Yongkun Li, Patrick P. C. Lee |
| 2026 | FAST | DMTree: Towards Efficient Tree Indexing on Disaggregated Memory via Compute-side Collaborative Design. | Guoli Wei, Yongkun Li, Haoze Song, Tao Li, Lulu Yao, Yinlong Xu, Heming Cui |
| 2026 | ICDE | Mitigating Dual Load Imbalance via Dynamic Cooperative Scheduling in Distributed Key-Value Stores. | Jiakun Zhang, Patrick P. C. Lee, Wenzhe Zhu, Yongkun Li, Shuyi Zhang, Yinlong Xu |
| 2026 | ICS | CoCache: Accelerating Reads in KV Stores via Cooperative Metadata and Data Cache Management. | Haoting Tang, Wenzhe Zhu, Qingyang Zhang, Jiakun Zhang, Junlin Jiang, Zaigui Zhang, Haijun Zhang, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2025 | ICPADS | Split-LSM-Tree: High-Performance KV Storage via Dynamic Tree Splitting. | Yu-Ang Cao, Fan Guo, Yuhang Li, Deming Ren, Ruida Xu, Wenzhe Zhu, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2025 | ICPADS | Double-Metadata-Cache: An Efficient Metadata Caching Architecture for Distributed File Systems. | Yuhang Li, Fan Guo, Yu-Ang Cao, Deming Ren, Wenzhe Zhu, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2025 | ICPP | PTWalker: Cache-Efficient Random Walks via Alternating Dual-Subgraph Walker Updating. | Shuai Lin, Rui Wang, Zaigui Zhang, Long Deng, Wenzhe Zhu, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2025 | ICPP | Amber: Towards Fast and Space-Efficient Incremental Checkpointing in Large Language Model Training. | Zhiqiang Wang, Wenzhe Zhu, Zaigui Zhang, Chaomei Yan, Fan Guo, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2025 | OSDI | FineMem: Breaking the Allocation Overhead vs. Memory Waste Dilemma in Fine-Grained Disaggregated Memory Management. | Xiaoyang Wang, Yongkun Li, Kan Wu, Wenzhe Zhu, Yuqi Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2025 | SC | Bubble: Towards Scalable Evolving Graph Processing via Mini-Batch Sorting. | Long Deng, Yongkun Li, Zaigui Zhang, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2025 | USENIX | Mitigating Resource Usage Dependency in Sorting-based KV Stores on Hybrid Storage Devices via Operation Decoupling. | Qingyang Zhang, Yongkun Li, Yubiao Pan, Haoting Tang, Yinlong Xu |
| 2024 | FAST | MinFlow: High-performance and Cost-efficient Data Passing for I/O-intensive Stateful Serverless Analytics. | Tao Li, Yongkun Li, Wenzhe Zhu, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2023 | ICDE | LightTraffic: On Optimizing CPU-GPU Data Traffic for Efficient Large-scale Random Walks. | Yipeng Xing, Yongkun Li, Zhiqiang Wang, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2023 | ICPADS | CARE: A Cost-AwaRe Eviction Strategy for Improving Throughput in Cloud Environments. | Xiyuan Liang, Lulu Yao, Si Wu, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2023 | ICPP | On Optimizing Traffic Scheduling for Multi-replica Containerized Microservices. | Xianzhi Zhu, Yongkun Li, Lulu Yao, Zhihao Qi, Yinlong Xu, Pengcheng Wang, Weiguang Wang, Xia Zhu |
| 2023 | SIGMETRICS | DiffForward: On Balancing Forwarding Traffic for Modern Cloud Block Services via Differentiated Forwarding. | Wenzhe Zhu, Yongkun Li, Erci Xu, Fei Li, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2022 | FAST | DEPART: Replica Decoupling for Distributed Key-Value Storage. | Qiang Zhang, Yongkun Li, Patrick P. C. Lee, Yinlong Xu, Si Wu |
| 2022 | ICPADS | On Optimizing Traffic Imbalance in Large-scale Block-based Cloud Storage: Trace Analysis and Algorithm Design. | Haoyu Mao, Yongkun Li, Wenzhe Zhu, Fei Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2022 | ICPP | Towards Fast Large-scale Graph Analysis via Two-dimensional Balanced Partitioning. | Shuai Lin, Rui Wang, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui, Fei Chen, Pengcheng Wang, Lei Han |
| 2022 | INFOCOM | Optimal Data Placement for Stripe Merging in Locally Repairable Codes. | Si Wu, Qingpeng Du, Patrick P. C. Lee, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2022 | IWQoS | HPUCache: Toward High Performance and Resource Utilization in Clustered Cache via Data Copying and Instance Merging. | Qianli Wang, Si Wu, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Fei Chen, Pengcheng Wang, Lei Han |
| 2022 | MICRO | XPGraph: XPline-Friendly Persistent Memory Graph Stores for Large-Scale Evolving Graphs. | Rui Wang, Shuibing He, Weixu Zong, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2021 | ICDE | A Bootstrapping Approach to Optimize Random Walk Based Statistical Estimation over Graphs. | Pei Yi, Hong Xie, Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui |
| 2021 | ICPP | Progressive Memory Adjustment with Performance Guarantee in Virtualized Systems. | Lulu Yao, Yongkun Li, Jiawei Li, Weijie Wu, Yinlong Xu |
| 2021 | USENIX | Differentiated Key-Value Storage Management for Balanced I/O Performance. | Yongkun Li, Zhen Liu, Patrick P. C. Lee, Jiayu Wu, Yinlong Xu, Yi Wu, Liu Tang, Qi Liu, Qiu Cui |
| 2020 | ICDE | UniKV: Toward High-Performance and Scalable KV Storage in Mixed Workloads via Unified Indexing. | Qiang Zhang, Yongkun Li, Patrick P. C. Lee, Yinlong Xu, Qiu Cui, Liu Tang |
| 2020 | USENIX | GraphWalker: An I/O-Efficient and Resource-Friendly Graph Analytic System for Fast and Scalable Random Walks. | Rui Wang, Yongkun Li, Hong Xie, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2019 | AAAI | Understanding Persuasion Cascades in Online Product Rating Systems. | Hong Xie, Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui |
| 2019 | AAAI | Optimizing Discount and Reputation Trade-Offs in E-Commerce Systems: Characterization and Online Learning. | Hong Xie, Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui |
| 2019 | CLOUD | DCUDA: Dynamic GPU Scheduling with Live Migration Support. | Fan Guo, Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui, Yinlong Xu |
| 2019 | CLOUD | HP-Mapper: A High Performance Storage Driver for Docker Containers. | Fan Guo, Yongkun Li, Min Lv, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2019 | DATE | HCFTL: A Locality-Aware Page-Level Flash Translation Layer. | Hao Chen, Cheng Li, Yubiao Pan, Min Lyu, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2019 | ICDE | Walking with Perception: Efficient Random Walk Sampling via Common Neighbor Awareness. | Yongkun Li, Zhiyong Wu, Shuai Lin, Hong Xie, Min Lv, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2019 | USENIX | ElasticBF: Elastic Bloom Filter with Hotness Awareness for Boosting Read Performance in Large Key-Value Stores. | Yongkun Li, Chengjin Tian, Fan Guo, Cheng Li, Yinlong Xu |
| 2018 | DASFAA | SSRW: A Scalable Algorithm for Estimating Graphlet Statistics Based on Random Walk. | Chen Yang, Min Lyu, Yongkun Li, Qianqian Zhao, Yinlong Xu |
| 2018 | USENIX | HashKV: Enabling Efficient Updates in KV Storage via Hashing. | Helen H. W. Chan, Yongkun Li, Patrick P. C. Lee, Yinlong Xu |
| 2017 | DASFAA | Measuring and Maximizing Influence via Random Walk in Social Activity Networks. | Pengpeng Zhao, Yongkun Li, Hong Xie, Zhiyong Wu, Yinlong Xu, John C. S. Lui |
| 2017 | ICPP | PDS: An I/O-Efficient Scaling Scheme for Parity Declustered Data Layout. | Zhipeng Li, Yinlong Xu, Yongkun Li, Chengjin Tian, Youhui Bai |
| 2017 | INFOCOM | DSC: Dynamic stripe construction for asynchronous encoding in clustered file system. | Shuzhan Wei, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Si Wu |
| 2017 | USENIX | SmartMD: A High Performance Deduplication Engine with Mixed Pages. | Fan Guo, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Song Jiang, John C. S. Lui |
| 2016 | DSN | Elastic Parity Logging for SSD RAID Arrays. | Yongkun Li, Helen H. W. Chan, Patrick P. C. Lee, Yinlong Xu |
| 2016 | DSN | OI-RAID: A Two-Layer RAID Architecture towards Fast Recovery and High Reliability. | Neng Wang, Yinlong Xu, Yongkun Li, Si Wu |
| 2016 | ICPADS | Balanced Parity Update Algorithm with Queueing Length Awareness for RAID Arrays. | Youxu Chen, Yinlong Xu, Yongkun Li, Jun Xu |
| 2016 | ICPADS | Improving Write Performance of LSMT-Based Key-Value Store. | Weitao Zhang, Yinlong Xu, Yongkun Li, Dinglong Li |
| 2016 | MASCOTS | Stochastic Modeling of Hybrid Cache Systems. | Gaoying Ju, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Jiqiang Chen, John C. S. Lui |
| 2015 | DSN | Grouping-Based Elastic Striping with Hotness Awareness for Improving SSD RAID Performance. | Yubiao Pan, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Zhipeng Li |
| 2015 | ICA3PP | A Light-Weight Hot Data Identification Scheme via Grouping-based LRU Lists. | Biaobiao Shen, Yongkun Li, Yinlong Xu, Yubiao Pan |
| 2015 | ICCD | POS: A Popularity-based Online Scaling scheme for RAID-structured storage systems. | Si Wu, Yinlong Xu, Yongkun Li, Yunfeng Zhu |
| 2014 | ICPADS | Enhancing scalability in distributed storage systems with Cauchy Reed-Solomon codes. | Si Wu, Yinlong Xu, Yongkun Li, Yunfeng Zhu |
| 2013 | SIGMETRICS | Stochastic modeling of large-scale solid-state storage systems: analysis, design tradeoffs and optimization. | Yongkun Li, Patrick P. C. Lee, John C. S. Lui |
| 2013 | SRDS | Stochastic Analysis on RAID Reliability for Solid-State Drives. | Yongkun Li, Patrick P. C. Lee, John C. S. Lui |
| 2012 | COMSNETS | On detecting malicious behaviors in interactive networks: Algorithms and analysis. | Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui |
| 2011 | ICCCN | Friends or Foes: Detecting Dishonest Recommenders in Online Social Networks. | Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui |
| 2011 | ICCCN | Identifying Pollution Attackers in Network-Coding Enabled Wireless Mesh Networks. | Yongkun Li, John C. S. Lui |