2026 Kian-Lee Tan: 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	80	1094	1059	20	20	484	23185

Overview

Kian-Lee Tan is affiliated with the National University of Singapore in Singapore. Their research output spans multiple aspects of computer science, with a particular focus on data management, algorithms, and graph theory.

The scientist's publications cover several subfields within computer science, including:

Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications
Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Information Systems

Their main fields of study are concentrated in computer science, with a notable emphasis on the following research topics:

Data Management and Algorithms
Graph Theory and Algorithms
Anomaly Detection Techniques and Applications
Human Mobility and Location-Based Analysis
Complex Network Analysis Techniques
Caching and Content Delivery
Advanced Data Storage Technologies

Kian-Lee Tan's recent papers demonstrate contributions to areas such as graph computations, clustering techniques, and outlier detection. Selected publications include:

"Exploiting Reuse for GPU Subgraph Enumeration" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
"Continuous Trajectory Similarity Search for Online Outlier Detection" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
"Distributed Density Peaks Clustering Revisited" (2020) in IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
"Distributed Approaches to Butterfly Analysis on Large Dynamic Bipartite Graphs" (2022) in IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems
"TopoX: Topology Refactorization for Minimizing Network Communication in Graph Computations" (2020) in IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

The scientist has worked frequently with several co-authors, including:

Dongxiang Zhang
Gang Chen
Yuchen Li
Dongsheng Li
Yijun Bei

Their work has appeared repeatedly in several publication venues, including:

arXiv (Cornell University)
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering
Proceedings of the VLDB Endowment
Proceedings of the ACM on Management of Data
IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems

Best Publications

Private queries in location based services: anonymizers are not necessary

Gabriel Ghinita;Panos Kalnis;Ali Khoshgozaran;Cyrus Shahabi

1070
Citations
Efficient Progressive Skyline Computation

Kian-Lee Tan;Pin-Kwang Eng;Beng Chin Ooi

1040
Citations
BLOCKBENCH: A Framework for Analyzing Private Blockchains

Tien Tuan Anh Dinh;Ji Wang;Gang Chen;Rui Liu

991
Citations
iDistance: An adaptive B+-tree based indexing method for nearest neighbor search

H. V. Jagadish;Beng Chin Ooi;Kian-Lee Tan;Cui Yu

822
Citations
Influence Maximization on Social Graphs: A Survey

Yuchen Li;Ju Fan;Yanhao Wang;Kian-Lee Tan

629
Citations
Finding k-dominant skylines in high dimensional space

Chee-Yong Chan;H. V. Jagadish;Kian-Lee Tan;Anthony K. H. Tung

604
Citations
In-Memory Big Data Management and Processing: A Survey

Hao Zhang;Gang Chen;Beng Chin Ooi;Kian-Lee Tan

524
Citations
PeerDB: a P2P-based system for distributed data sharing

W.S. Ng;B.C. Ooi;K.-L. Tan;Aoying Zhou

522
Citations
Indexing the Distance: An Efficient Method to KNN Processing

Cui Yu;Beng Chin Ooi;Kian-Lee Tan;H. V. Jagadish

445
Citations
Verifying completeness of relational query results in data publishing

HweeHwa Pang;Arpit Jain;Krithi Ramamritham;Kian-Lee Tan

357
Citations
On high dimensional skylines

Chee-Yong Chan;H. V. Jagadish;Kian-Lee Tan;Anthony K. H. Tung

344
Citations
Authenticating query results in edge computing

H.H. Pang;K.-L. Tan

325
Citations
Online topic-aware influence maximization

Shuo Chen;Ju Fan;Guoliang Li;Jianhua Feng

276
Citations
iCrowd: An Adaptive Crowdsourcing Framework

Ju Fan;Guoliang Li;Beng Chin Ooi;Kian-lee Tan

231
Citations
Stratified computation of skylines with partially-ordered domains

Chee-Yong Chan;Pin-Kwang Eng;Kian-Lee Tan

223
Citations
Real-time targeted influence maximization for online advertisements

Yuchen Li;Dongxiang Zhang;Kian-Lee Tan

220
Citations
Supporting multi-dimensional range queries in peer-to-peer systems

Yanfeng Shu;Beng Chin Ooi;Kian-Lee Tan;Aoying Zhou

215
Citations
Efficient location-aware influence maximization

Guoliang Li;Shuo Chen;Jianhua Feng;Kian-lee Tan

211
Citations
Indexing Techniques for Advanced Database Systems

Elisa Bertino;Beng Chin Ooi;Ron Sacks-Davis;Kian-Lee Tan

201
Citations
Giving meanings to WWW images

Heng Tao Shen;Beng Chin Ooi;Kian-Lee Tan

196
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Beng Chin Ooi National University of Singapore

Dongxiang Zhang Zhejiang University

Anthony K. H. Tung National University of Singapore

Bin Cui Peking University

Hosagrahar V. Jagadish University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Gao Cong Nanyang Technological University

Jialie Shen City, University of London

Aoying Zhou East China Normal University

Heng Tao Shen University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

Jianhua Feng Tsinghua University

External Links

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