2026 Chen Li: Computer Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Computer Science	46	6757	6561	2978	2867	236	10567

Research.com Recognitions

2018 - ACM Distinguished Member

Overview

Chen Li is affiliated with the University of California, Irvine in the United States. Their research work primarily spans the field of Computer Science, with a focus on artificial intelligence, computer networks and communications, and cognitive neuroscience.

The scientist has contributed extensively to various subfields with 104 publications overall. Their main subfields of study include:

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Networks and Communications
Cognitive Neuroscience
Molecular Biology
Computational Theory and Mathematics

Chen Li's research topics cover a diverse range of advanced computational and scientific subjects. Key topics of their work include:

Computational Drug Discovery Methods
Machine Learning in Materials Science
IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
EEG and Brain-Computer Interfaces
Data Management and Algorithms
Advanced Database Systems and Queries
Natural Language Processing Techniques

The scientist has published in a variety of venues, frequently appearing in:

arXiv (Cornell University)
SSRN Electronic Journal
Research Square (Research Square)
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
Proceedings on CD-ROM - International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Scientific Meeting and Exhibition/Proceedings of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, Scientific Meeting and Exhibition

Recent publications of Chen Li include:

"Why do people oppose mask wearing? A comprehensive analysis of U.S. tweets during the COVID-19 pandemic," 2021, Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
"Brain-Computer Interface Speller Based on Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential: A Review Focusing on the Stimulus Paradigm and Performance," 2021, Brain Sciences
"A new task offloading algorithm in edge computing," 2021, EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
"API Call-Based Malware Classification Using Recurrent Neural Networks," 2021, Journal of Cyber Security and Mobility
"Motor imagery brain-computer interface rehabilitation system enhances upper limb performance and improves brain activity in stroke patients: A clinical study," 2023, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Frequent collaborators of Chen Li include:

Yoshihiro Yamanishi
Sayaka Kamei
Yasuhiko Morimoto
Huidong Tang
Debo Cheng

Chen Li has been recognized as an ACM Distinguished Member since 2018.

Best Publications

Executing SQL over encrypted data in the database-service-provider model

Hakan Hacigümüş;Bala Iyer;Chen Li;Sharad Mehrotra

1874
Citations
Efficient parallel set-similarity joins using MapReduce

Rares Vernica;Michael J. Carey;Chen Li

693
Citations
Efficient Merging and Filtering Algorithms for Approximate String Searches

Chen Li;Jiaheng Lu;Yiming Lu

414
Citations
Processing Spatial-Keyword (SK) Queries in Geographic Information Retrieval (GIR) Systems

R. Hariharan;B. Hore;Chen Li;S. Mehrotra

335
Citations
Efficient record linkage in large data sets

Liang Jin;Chen Li;S. Mehrotra

305
Citations
AsterixDB: a scalable, open source BDMS

Sattam Alsubaiee;Yasser Altowim;Hotham Altwaijry;Alexander Behm

304
Citations
Efficient interactive fuzzy keyword search

Shengyue Ji;Guoliang Li;Chen Li;Jianhua Feng

292
Citations
VGRAM: improving performance of approximate queries on string collections using variable-length grams

Chen Li;Bin Wang;Xiaochun Yang

271
Citations
Executing SQL over encrypted data in the database-service-provider model

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259
Citations
Inside "Big Data management": ogres, onions, or parfaits?

Vinayak Borkar;Michael J. Carey;Chen Li

239
Citations
Human genomes as email attachments

Scott Christley;Yiming Lu;Chen Li;Xiaohui Xie

206
Citations
Capability based mediation in TSIMMIS

Chen Li;Ramana Yerneni;Vasilis Vassalos;Hector Garcia-Molina

192
Citations
RIME: A replicated image detector for the World-Wide Web

Edward Y. Chang;James Ze Wang;Chen Li;Gio Wiederhold

188
Citations
Clustering for approximate similarity search in high-dimensional spaces

Chen Li;E. Chang;H. Garcia-Molina;G. Wiederhold

186
Citations
ASTERIX: towards a scalable, semistructured data platform for evolving-world models

Alexander Behm;Vinayak R. Borkar;Michael J. Carey;Raman Grover

167
Citations
Efficient type-ahead search on relational data: a TASTIER approach

Guoliang Li;Shengyue Ji;Chen Li;Jianhua Feng

163
Citations
Cost-based variable-length-gram selection for string collections to support approximate queries efficiently

Xiaochun Yang;Bin Wang;Chen Li

146
Citations
Space-Constrained Gram-Based Indexing for Efficient Approximate String Search

Alexander Behm;Shengyue Ji;Chen Li;Jiaheng Lu

138
Citations
Computing capabilities of mediators

Ramana Yerneni;Chen Li;Hector Garcia-Molina;Jeffrey Ullman

138
Citations
Big data platforms: What's next?

Vinayak R. Borkar;Michael J. Carey;Chen Li

132
Citations
Relaxing join and selection queries

Nick Koudas;Chen Li;Anthony K. H. Tung;Rares Vernica

131
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael J. Carey University of California, Irvine

Jeffrey D. Ullman Stanford University

Sharad Mehrotra University of California, Irvine

Jianhua Feng Tsinghua University

Hector Garcia-Molina Stanford University

Xiaohui Xie University of California, Irvine

Gio Wiederhold Stanford University

Prasenjit Mitra Pennsylvania State University

James Z. Wang Pennsylvania State University

Vassilis J. Tsotras University of California, Riverside

External Links

Personal website of Chen Li Google Scholar page

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