Wentao Huang

My name is Wentao Huang (Chinese: 黄文韬). I recently received my Ph.D. in Computer Science from the National University of Singapore, where I was advised by Prof. Kian-Lee Tan and collaborated closely with Prof. Bingsheng He. My research focuses on designing high-performance data systems through hardware–software co-design, with particular emphasis on emerging memory technologies (e.g., CXL, HBM), scheduling, and efficient data processing on modern hardware. My broader interests include data management, machine learning systems, high-performance computing, and quantum computing.

I am currently on the industry job market and seeking research and engineering opportunities. I would also be happy to discuss potential research collaborations in related areas. Please feel free to get in touch.

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science

Aug. 2020 - Feb. 2026, National University of Singapore

M.Phil. in Computer Science

Sep. 2017 - Jun. 2020, Renmin University of China

B.S. in Electronic Engineering

Sep. 2013 - Jun. 2017, Shandong University

Internships

Student Research Assistant

Aug. 2024 - Jun. 2026, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Ph.D. Student Researcher

Aug. 2023 - Jan. 2026, Phancy Group Co, Ltd, Singapore

Research Engineer

Jul. 2018 - Feb. 2019, Illinois Advanced Research Center at Singapore

Wentao Huang, Qiming Huang, Yunhong Ji, Mian Lu, Yuqiang Chen, Bingsheng He, Kian-Lee Tan. Taming Multi-Dimensional Skew in Sparse Matrix Multiplication with Contention-Aware Scheduling.
53rd International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB), 2027.
[Technical Report] [Code] [Media Coverage (Chinese)]

Wentao Huang, Fanfan Lin. Quantum-Enhanced Knowledge Graph Systems: Survey, Taxonomy, and the Road to Scalability.
7th International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE), 2026.
[Slides]

Tongfeng Weng, Mo Sha, Xu Zhou, Jingjing Lu, Wentao Huang, Kenli Li, Kian-Lee Tan. SMDG: Enhancing In-Memory Dynamic Graph Processing With Storage-Class Memory.
IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (TKDE), 2026.
[Paper]

Wentao Huang, Mian Lu, Kian-Lee Tan. Hash Joins Meet CXL: A Fresh Look.
16th Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR), 2026.
[Paper] [Code] [Slides]

Wentao Huang, Mo Sha, Mian Lu, Yuqiang Chen, Bingsheng He, Kian-Lee Tan. Bandwidth Expansion via CXL: A Pathway to Accelerating In-Memory Analytical Processing. 15th International Workshop on Accelerating Analytics and Data Management Systems Using Modern Processor and Storage Architectures (ADMS), 2024.
[Paper] [Code] [Slides] [Media Coverage (Chinese)]

Yunhong Ji, Wentao Huang, Xuan Zhou. HeterMM: applying in-DRAM index to heterogeneous memory-based key-value stores. Frontiers of Computer Science (FCS), 18(4): 184612, 2024.
[Paper]

Yunhong Ji, Wentao Huang, Xuan Zhou, Bingsheng He, Kian-Lee Tan. TaC: An Anti-Caching Key-Value Store on Heterogeneous Memory Architectures. 27th International Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT), 2024.
[Paper] [Code] [Slides]

Wentao Huang, Yunhong Ji, Xuan Zhou, Bingsheng He, Kian-Lee Tan. A Design Space Exploration and Evaluation for Main-Memory Hash Joins in Storage Class Memory. 49th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB), 2023.
[Paper] [Technical Report] [Code] [Slides] [Video]

Wentao Huang, Yuchen Li, Yuan Fang, Ju Fan, Hongxia Yang. BiANE: Bipartite Attributed Network Embedding. 43rd International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR), 2020.
[Paper] [Supplementary] [Code] [Slides] [Video] [Media Coverage (Chinese)]

Review Board / Program Committee Member

VLDB’27, ADMS’25, DL4C@NeurIPS’25.

Invited Reviewer

FCS’26, DPD’26, ISCAS’24.

Student Area Search Committee

NUS SoC, 2025–2026.

Research Session Deputy Chair

EDBT'24.

Artifact Evaluation Committee

SOSP’23, OSDI’23, EuroSys’23, USENIX ATC’23.

Shadow Program Committee Member

VLDB’26.