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Research Program for Web and Data Engineering

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Publications

Book Chapters

  • X. Zhao and C. Liu, Towards Dymanic Collaborations in Virtual Organisation Alliances, to appear in Handbook of Research on Complex Dynamic Process Management, 2008.

  • C. Liu and Y. Zhang, Distributed databases, Wiley's Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Engineering, Wiley Publishers, 2008.

Journal Articles

  • J. Wang, J. Yu and C. Liu, Independence of containing patterns property and its applications in tree pattern query rewriting using views, to appear in World Wide Web Journal, 2008.
  • C. Liu, Q. Li, and X. Zhao, Challenges and Opportunities in Collaborative Business Process Management, to appear in Information System Frontiers, 2008.
  • C. Liu and X. Zhao, Towards flexible compensation for business transactions in Web service environment, to appear in Service Oriented Computing and Applications, 2008.
  • C. Liu, M. Vincent and J. Liu, Constraint Preserving Transformation from Relational Schema to XML Schema, World Wide Web Journal 9(1):93-110, March 2006.
  • W. Chang, M. Guo, M. Ho and C. Liu, Fast Parallel Bio-molecular Solutions: the Set-basis Problem, International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering 2(1/2):72-80, 2006.
  • X. Zhao and C. Liu, Process Integration based on Interoperability across Multiple Workflow Domains, International Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management 3(2): pp.199-213, 2005.
  • M. Vincent, J. Liu and C. Liu, Strong Functional Dependencies and a Redundancy Free Normal Form for XML, ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS) 29(3): 445-462, September 2004.
  • H. Li, C. Liu and M. Orlowska, Extended Algebra and Calculus for Object-Relational Databases, Asian Journal of Information Technology 3(5): 386-399, May 2004.
  • C. Liu, X. Lin, M. Orlowska, and X. Zhou. Confirmation: Increasing Resource Availability in Transactional Workflows, Information Sciences 153:37-53, July 2003.
  • C. Liu, X. Zhou, J. Cao and X. Lin. On Incremental Global Update Support in Cooperative Database Systems. Informatica 24(1): 27-32, 2000.
  • C. Liu, X. Lin, X. Zhou and M.Orlowska. Repository Support for Workflow Management Systems. Journal of Applied Systems Studies 1(3), 2000.
  • X. Lin, X. Zhou and C. Liu. Efficiently Computation of a Proximity Matching in Spatial Databases. Data & Knowledge Engineering 33(1): 85-102, 2000.
  • X. Zhou, X. Lin, C. Liu and J. Cao. Spatial Query Processing Using Generalized Filter. International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems 9(1-2): 77-92, 2000.
  • H.Li, C.Liu and M.Orlowska. Object-Relational Query Translation on a Heterogeneous Database Architecture. International Journal of Information Technology 5(1): 114-148, 1999.
  • C.Liu, H.Li and M.Orlowska. Supporting Update Propagation in Object-Oriented Databases. Data & Knowledge Engineering 26(1): 99-115, 1998.

Conference Papers

  • X. Zhao, C. Liu, W. Sadiq and M. Kowalkiewicz, Role-based process view derivation and composition. Accepted by the 16th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS 2008), Nov 2008, Monterrey, Mexico.
  • J. Xu, C. Liu and X. Zhao, Resource Allocation vs. Business Process Improvement: How They Impact on Each Other? To appear in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2008), September 2008, Milan, Italy.
  • J. Wang, J. Yu, C. Liu and R. Zhou, Transforming tree patterns under DTD constraints for efficient query containment test, to appear in Proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2008), September 2008, Turin, Italy.
  • R. Zhou, C. Liu, J. Li, and J. Wang, Filtering Techniques for Rewriting XPath Queries Using Views, to appear in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2008), September 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • H. Huang, C. Liu, and X. Zhou, Computing Relaxed Answers on RDF Databases, to appear in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2008), September 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • J. Wang, J. Yu, and C. Liu, Contained XPATH Query Rewritings Using Views Revisited, to appear in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2008), September 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • K. Nguyen, J. Cao and C. Liu, Semantic-Enabled Organisation of Web Services, to appear in Proceedings of the 10th Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb’08), pp. 511-521, April 2008, Shengyang, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4976, Springer.
  • J. Tian, J. Liu, W. Pan, M. Vincent and C. Liu, Performance Analysis and Improvement for Transformation Operators in XML Data Integration, Proceedings of the 10th Asia-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb’08), pp. 214-226, April 2008, Shengyang, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4976, Springer.
  • C. Liu, Q. Li, Y. Zhang, M. Indulska and X. Zhao, Introduction to the First Workshop on Collaborative Business Processes (CBP 2007), Proceedings of the International Workshops on Business Process Management, pp.181-184, September 2007, Brisbane, Australia. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4928, Springer.
  • R. Zhou, C. Liu and J. Li, Transformation from Relational Schema to XML Schema, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2008), pp. 4-18, March 2008, New Delhi, India. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4947, Springer.
  • J. Li, C. Liu, J. Yu and R. Zhou, Efficient Top-k Search across Heterogeneous XML Data Sources, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2008), pp. 314-329, March 2008, New Delhi, India. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4947, Springer.
  • C. Yang, C. Liu, J. Li, J. Yu and J. Wang, Semantics based Buffer Reduction for Queries over XML Data Streams, Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Database Conference (ADC'08), pp.145-153, January, 2008, Wollongong, Australia. (The Best Paper Award and The Best Student Paper Award)
  • J. Li, C. Liu, J. Yu, J. Liu, G. Wang and C. Yang, Computing Structural Similarity of Source XML Schemas against Domain XML Schema, Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Database Conference (ADC'08), pp.155-164, January, 2008, Wollongong, Australia.
  • J. Wang, J. Yu and C. Liu, On Tree Pattern Query Rewriting Using Views, Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Web Information Systems Engineering (WISE 2007), pp. 1-12, December 2007, Nancy, France. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4831, Springer. (The Yahiko Kambayashi Best Paper Award)
  • L. Li , C. Liu and J. Wang, Deriving Transactional Properties of Composite Web Services, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2007), pp. 631-638, July 2007, Salt Lake City, USA.
  • X. Zhao and C. Liu, Version Management in the Business Process Change Context. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2007), pp.198-213, Brisbane, Australia. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4714, Springer.
  • X. Zhao, C. Liu, Y. Yang and W. Sadiq, Handling Instance Correspondence in Inter-Organisational Workflows. Proceedings of 19th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'07), pp.51-65, Trondheim, Norway. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4495, Springer.
  • X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, Specifying Instance Correspondence in Collaborative Business Processes, Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS'06), pp.1-2, Montpellier, France. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4277, Springer.
  • Z. Yang and C. Liu, Implementing a Flexible Compensation Mechanism for Business Processes in Web Service Environment, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2006), pp. 753-760, September 2006, Chicago, USA.
  • X. Zhao and C. Liu, Tracking over Collaborative Business Processes, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2006), pp. 33-48, September 2006, Vienna, Austria. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4102, Springer
  • J. Liu, H. Park, M. Vincent and C. Liu, A Formalization of XML Restructuring Operations, Proceedings of the 1st Asian Semantic Web Conference (ASWC’06), pp. 126-132, September 2006, Beijing, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4185, Springer.
  • C. Liu and J. Li, Designing Quality XML Schemas from E-R Diagrams, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM’06), pp. 510-521, June 2006, Hong Kong. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4016, Springer.
  • Z. Yang and C. Liu, On the Development of a Multiple-Compensation Mechanism for Business Transactions, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM’06), pp. 583-594, June 2006, Hong Kong. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 4016, Springer.
  • X. Zhao and C. Liu, Supporting Relative Workflows with Web Services, Proceedings of the 8th Asian-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'06), pp. 680-691, January, 2006, Harbin, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3841, Springer 2006.
  • X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, Supporting Virtual Organisation Alliances with Relative Workflows, Proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Conference on Conceptual Modelling (APCCM 2006), pp. 115-124, January 2006, Hobart, Australia.
  • X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, An Organisational Perspective on Collaborative Business Processes, Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Business Process Management (BPM 2005), pp.17-31, September 2005, Nancy, France. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3649, Springer.
  • Y. Zhang, J. Yang and C. Liu, Collaborative Business Transactions Management: Issues and Challenges, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS 2005), IEEE Computer Society, July 2005, Orlando, USA
  • J. Liu, M. Vincent, C. Liu and M. Mohania, Checking Multivalued Dependencies in XML, Proceedings of Proceedings of the 7th Asian-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'05), pp. 320-332, March, 2005, Shanghai, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3399, Springer 2005.
  • X. Zhao, C. Liu and Y. Yang, A Web Services Based Architecture for Workflow Management Systems, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 2004), pp. 34-43, August/September 2004, Zaragoza, Spain. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3180, Springer.
  • M. Vincent, J. Liu and C. Liu, Mapping Normalized Relations to Normalized XML Documents, Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM’04). pp. 346-356, July 2004, Dalian, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3129, Springer.
  • M. Vincent, M. Schrefl, J. Liu, C. Liu and S. Dogen, Generalized Inclusion Dependencies in XML, Proceedings of Proceedings of the 6th Asian-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'04), pp. 224-233, April, 2004, Hangzhou, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3007, Springer 2004.
  • M. Guo, J. Cao, W. Chang, L. Li and C. Liu, Effective OpenMP Extensions for Irregular Applications on Cluster Environments, Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Grid and Cooperative Computing (GCC’03), pp. 97-104, December 2003, Shanghai, China, Revised Papers, Part II. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3033, Springer 2004.
  • C. Liu, B. Lindsay, S. Bourbonnais, E. Hamel, J. Stankiewitz and T. Truong, Capturing Global Transactions from Multiple Recovery Log Files in a Partitioned Database System, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB’03), pp. 987-996, September 2003, Berlin, Germany.
  • C. Liu, M. Vincent, J. Liu and M. Guo. A Virtual XML Database Engine for Relational Databases, Proceedings of the VLDB XML Data Database Symposium (XSYM’03), pp. 37-51, September 2003, Berlin, Germany. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2824, Springer.
  • M. Vincent, J. Liu and C. Liu. A Redundancy Free 4NF for XML, Proceedings of the VLDB XML Data Database Symposium (XSYM’03), pp. 254-266, September 2003, Berlin, Germany. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2824, Springer.
  • M. Vincent, J. Liu and C. Liu, Redundancy Free Mapping from Relations to XML, Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM’03). pp. 55-67, August 2003, Chengdu, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2762, Springer.
  • J. Liu, M. Vincent and C. Liu. Local XML Functional Dependencies, Proceedings of the 5th ACM international workshop on Web information and data management (WIDM’03), pp. 23-28, November, 2003, New Orleans, USA.
  • J. Liu, M. Vincent and C. Liu, Functional Dependencies, from Relational to XML, Proceedings of the 5th International Andrei Ershov Memorial Conference on Perspectives of Systems Informatics (PSI’03). pp. 319-32, 9-12 July 2003. Novosibirsk, Russia. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2890, pp. 530-537, Springer.
  • C. Liu, M. Guo and J. Liu, Accessing Relational Databases via XML Schema, Proceedings of the 15th Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE '03), CAiSE Forum Short Paper Proceedings, pp. 17-20, June 2003, Klagenfurt/Velden, Austria.
  • C. Liu, J. Liu and M. Guo. On Transformation to Redundancy Free XML Schema from Relational Database Schema, Proceedings of the 5th Asian-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'03), pp. 35-46, April, 2003, Xi'an, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2642, Springer.
  • J. Liu and C. Liu. A Declarative Way of Extracting XML Data in XSL, Proceedings of the 6th East European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS'02), pp. 374-387, Sept, 2002, Bratislava, Slovakia, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2435, Springer.
  • M. Guo, Z. Liu, C. Liu, and L. Li. Reducing Communication Cost for Parallelizing Irregular Scientific Codes, Proceedings of PARA'02, pp. 203-216, June 2002, Espoo, Finland, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2367, Springer.
  • X. Lin, X. Zhou, C. Liu and X. Zhou. Efficiently Computing Weighted Proximity Relationships in Spatial Databases, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM’01), pp. 279-290, July 2001, Xi'an, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 2118, Springer.
  • C. Liu, M. Orlowska, X. Liu, X. Zhou. Improving Backward Recovery in Workflow Systems, Proceeding of the 7th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA 2001), pp. 276-283, April 2001, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
  • C. Liu, X. Lin, X. Zhou and M.Orlowska,. Building a Repository for Workflow Systems. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS 1999), pp. 348-357. September 1999, Nanjing, China.
  • X. Lin, C. Liu, Y. Zhang and X. Zhou. Efficiently Computing Frequent Tree-Like Topology Patterns in a Web Environment. Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Technology of Object-Oriented Languages and Systems (TOOLS 1999), pp. 440-447, September 1999, Nanjing, China.
  • C. Liu, X. Zhou, J. Cao and X. Lin. Global Transaction Management in a Cooperative Database System. Proceedings of the 1999 International Symposium on Database, Web and Cooperative Systems (DWACOS'99), pp. 73-78. August 1999, Baden-Baden, Germany (The Best Paper Award).
  • X. Lin, X. Zhou and C. Liu. Efficiently Matching Proximity Relationship in Spatial Databases. Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Spatial Databases (SSD'99), Hong Kong, China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1651, Springer.
  • C. Liu, M.Orlowska, X. Lin and X. Zhou. Confirmation: A Solution to Non-compensatability Problem in Workflow Systems. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE'99), pp. 102. March 1999, Sydney, Australia.
  • X. Zhou, Y. Zhang, X. Lin and C. Liu. On the Optimization of Complex Spatial Queries. Proceedings of CODAS'99, pp. 127-138. March 1999, Wollongong, Australia.
  • H. Li, M. Orlowska and C. Liu. A Normal Form on Functional Dependencies in Object-Oriented Data Models. Proceedings of the 10th Australasian Database Conference (ADC'99), pp. 77-88. January 1999, Auckland, New Zealand.
  • C. Liu, X. Zhou and M. Orlowska. Issues in Workflow and Web-based Workflow Systems. Proceedings of the 1st Asian-Pacific Web Conference (APWeb'98), pp. 275-280. September 1998, Beijing, China.
  • C.Liu, M.Orlowska and H.Li. Automating Handover in a Dynamic Workflow Environment. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'98), pp. 158-171. June 1998, Pisa, Italy. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1413, Springer.
  • H.Li, C. Liu and M.Orlowska. A Query System for Object-Relational Databases. Proceedings of the 9th Australasian Database Conference (ADC'98), pp. 39-50. February 1998, Perth, Australia, Springer.
  • C.Liu, M.Orlowska and H.Li. Realizing Object-Relational Databases by Mixing Tables with Objects. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Object-Oriented Information Systems, pp. 335-346. November 1997, Brisbane, Australia, Springer.
  • M.Orlowska, H.Li and C.Liu. On Integration of Relational and Object-Oriented Database Systems. Proceedings of SOFSEM'97, pp. 295-312. November 1997, Milovy, Czech Republic, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1338, Springer.
  • H. Wing, C.Liu and R. Colomb. A Bottom-up Approach to Distributed Workflow. Proceedings of the 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on Information Systems, pp. 157-173. April 1997, Brisbane, Australia.
  • D. Kuo, M. Lawley, C. Liu and M. Orlowska. A General Model for Nested Transactional Workflows. Proceedings of the International Workshop on Advanced Transaction Models and Architectures, pp. 18-35. September 1996, Goa, India.
  • D. Kuo, M. Lawley, C.Liu and M.Orlowska. A model for Transactional Workflows. Proceedings of Australasian Database Conference (ADC'96), pp. 139-146. January 1996, Melbourne, Australia.

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