Mingji Yang (杨铭基)

Renmin University of China, Beijing, China
Email: kyleyoung AT ruc.edu.cn

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I am currently a 3rd-year Ph.D. candidate at Gaoling School of Artificial Intelligence, Renmin University of China, where I am fortunate to be supervised by Prof. Ji-Rong Wen and Prof. Zhewei Wei. Before my graduate studies, I received my B.E. degree in Computer Science and Technology at Turing Class, School of Information, Renmin University of China in June 2022.

During the Spring of 2025, I was visiting the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, working under the supervision of Prof. Tsz Chiu Kwok.

My research interests lie at the intersection of theoretical computer science (TCS) and data mining, with a particular emphasis on spectral graph theory, the Laplacian Paradigm (2.0), and sublinear graph algorithms. Although I am currently at a school that focuses on artificial intelligence, I have developed a strong interest and passion for TCS and plan to dedicate my life to it. So far, my published works primarily concentrate on efficient approximation of PageRank and Personalized PageRank values, which are celebrated node centrality and proximity measures on graphs. I am currently striving to expand my research scope, and I hope to work out more significant results in spectral graph theory in the near future.

News

Jun 22, 2025 I am traveling to Prague, Czech to attend the STOC 2025 Conference from June 23th to June 27th. :airplane: :czech_republic:
Jan 01, 2025 From Feb. to June 2025, I will be visiting Prof. Tsz Chiu Kwok at the Institute for Theoretical Computer Science, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, focusing on spectral graph theory. Many thanks to Prof. Tsz Chiu Kwok, and I am looking forward to the new opportunities and connections!
Sep 01, 2024 My first-authored paper “Efficient Algorithms for Personalized PageRank Computation: A Survey” has been officially published.
Jun 11, 2024 My co-authored paper “Revisiting Local Computation of PageRank: Simple and Optimal” has been officially published. Unfortunately, I cannot attend the STOC 2024 conference in person, due to the exceptionally and unreasonably long processing time of my visa application to Canada. :disappointed:
Mar 24, 2024 I am traveling to Paestum, Italy to attend the EDBT/ICDT 2024 Joint Conference from Mar. 25th to Mar. 28th. :airplane: :it:

Publications

Papers marked with "†" are from theoretical venues, where the authors have equal contributions and are ordered alphabetically.

  1. Mingji YangHanzhi WangZhewei Wei*Sibo Wang, and Ji-Rong Wen
    IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 2024
  2. Hanzhi WangZhewei Wei*Ji-Rong Wen, and Mingji Yang
    In Proceedings of the 56th Annual ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing, Jun 2024
  3. Zhewei Wei*Ji-Rong Wen, and Mingji Yang
    In Proceedings of the 27th International Conference on Database Theory, Mar 2024

Selected Awards

2022 Outstanding Graduate Student of Beijing
2021 China Computer Federation (CCF) Elite Collegiate Award
2021 Gold Medal in CCF Collegiate Computer Systems & Programming Contest (CCSP)
2020 Silver Medal in International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) Asia-East Continent Final (Thrice, in 2018, 2019, and 2020)
2019 Gold Medal in ICPC Asia Regional Contest (Twice, in Nanjing and Nanchang)
2019 China National Scholarship
2017 Silver Medal (Category D) in Chinese National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI)

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