Xiu Fang(Susie)  方 秀   Ph.D. student School of Computer Science Faculty of Engineering Computer & Mathematical Sciences The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia Office: Room 4.33, Ingkarni Wardli, North Terrace Campus Email: xiu.fang@adelaide.edu.au

Personal Information

    I am currently a PhD student in School of Computer Science, The University of Adelaide. My supervisors are Prof. Michael Sheng and Prof. Anne.H.H.Ngu .

    Previously, I obtained my Master degree (Sep. 2009 - Jun. 2011) in Computer Techniques and Bachelor degree (Sep. 2005 - Jun. 2009) in Information Security, from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China. During my master study, I worked as a software engineer in Wuhan Zhengyuan Railway Electric Company (Mar.2010-Apr. 2011). After I got my master degree, I worked as an Associate Engineer in Huawei Software Technology Co., Ltd (Jul. 2011 - Feb. 2013).

    My resume is available in pdf.

Research interests

Big Data Analytics, Web Mining, Data Integration, Knowledge Bases, Web of Things

Selected Publications

• Xiu Susie Fang. Truth Discovery from Conflicting Multi-Valued Objects. In Proceedings of the 26th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2017 Companion), 3 - 7 April 2017, Perth, Australia.
• Xiu Susie Fang, Quan Z. Sheng, Xianzhi Wang, and Anne H.H. Ngu. Value Veracity Estimation for Multi-Truth Ojbects via a Graph-Based Approach. In Proceedings of the 26th International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2017 Companion), 3 - 7 April 2017, Perth, Australia.
• Xiu Susie Fang, Quan Z. Sheng, and Xianzhi Wang. An Ensemble Approach for Better Truth Discovery. In Proceedings of the 12th Anniversary of the International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2016), 12 - 15 Dec 2016, Gold Coast, Australia.
• Xianzhi Wang, Quan Z. Sheng, Lina Yao, Xue Li, Xiu Susie Fang, and Xiaofei Xu. Truth Discovery via Exploiting Implications from Multi-Source Data. In Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2016). 24 - 28 October, 2016, Indianapolis, USA.
• Xianzhi Wang, Quan Z. Sheng, Lina Yao, Xue Li, Xiu Susie Fang, and Xiaofei Xu. Empowering Truth Discovery with Multi-Truth Prediction. In Proceedings of the 25th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2016). 24 - 28 October, 2016, Indianapolis, USA.
• Yihong Zhang, Claudia Szabo, Quan Z. Sheng, and Xiu Susie Fang. Classifying Perspectives on Twitter: Immediate Observation, Affection, and Speculation. In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2015). 18 - 20 October 2015, Miami, Florida, USA.
• Xianzhi Wang, Quan Z. Sheng, Xiu Susie Fang, Lina Yao, Xiaofei Xu, and Xue Li. An Integrated Bayesian Approach for Multi-Truth Discovery. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2015). 19 - 23 October 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
• Xianzhi Wang, Quan Z. Sheng, Xiu Susie Fang, Xue Li, Xiaofei Xu, and Lina Yao. Approximate Truth Discovery via Problem Scale Reduction. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM 2015). 19 - 23 October 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
• Xiu Susie Fang, Xianzhi Wang, and Quan Z. Sheng. Ontology Augmentation via Attribute Extraction from Multiple Types of Sources. In Proceedings of the 26th Australasian Database Conference (ADC 2015). 4 - 6 June 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
• Xiu Susie Fang. Generating Actionable Knowledge from Big Data. In Proceedings of the 2015 SIGMOD PhD Symposium (SIGMOD 2015), May 31 - June 04 2015, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.

• Xiu Susie Fang, Quan Z. Sheng, Xianzhi Wang, Anne H.H. Ngu, and Yihong Zhang. GrandBase: Generating Actionable Knowledge from Big Data. International Journal on PSU Research Review, Emerald, 2017 (Invited Paper, To Appear).
• Yihong Zhang, Claudia Szabo, Quan Z. Sheng, and Xiu Susie Fang. SNAF: An Effective Location Inference and Event Monitoring System for Twitter. World Wide Web Journal, 2016 (To Appear).

Professional Activities

• Student, 25th Australia Database Conference (ADC 2014) PhD School in Big Data, Brisbane, Australia, July, 2014.
• Reviewer, The 8th IEEE International Conference on Service Oriented Computing & Applications (SOCA 2015), Rome, Italy, 19-21 October, 2015.
• PC Member, The 12th Anniversary of the International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2016), Gold Coast, Australia, 12-15 Dec, 2016.
• PC Member, Managing the Web of Things: Linking the Real World to the Web (WoT Book 2016), 15 October 2016.
• Reviewer, The 10th International Conference on Asia-Pacific Services Computing (APSCC 2016), Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016.
• PC Member, The 14th International Conference on Mobile Systems and Pervasive Computing (MobiSPC 2017), Leuven, Belgium, July 24-26, 2017.
• PC Member, The 7th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT-2016), Madrid, Spain, May 23-26, 2016.

Awards and Honors

• 2015 ACM SIGMOD Travel Grant

• 2013 Faculty of Engineering Computer and Mathematical Sciences Divisional Scholarship, University of Adelaide

• 2011 First-class Scholarship of Faculty, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

• 2010 First-class Scholarship of Faculty, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

• 2006 Stylistic Scholarship, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Teaching and Tutoring

Software Engineering in Industry, Semester 1, 2015 Tutoring

Software Engineering in Industry, Semester 2, 2016 Tutoring

Thesis

Bachelor thesis

• Xiu Fang " Research and Implementation of Safety Media Server Based on UShare " Department of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Master thesis

• Xiu Fang " The MRP Scheduling Strategy and System Implementation Based on Job Shop Manufacturing Mode " Department of Computer Science, Huazhong University of Science and Technology

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