Yicong Huang
Scholar

Yicong Huang

Google Scholar ID: 9ZmdkkIAAAAJ
Databricks, Inc. and UMass Amherst
distributed systembig data processingdatabasebig datadata science
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
299
 
H-index
8
 
i10-index
7
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
32
list available
Resume (English only)
Background
  • Currently a Software Engineer at Databricks and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UMass Amherst.
  • Research focuses on big data management, data-processing systems, and machine learning systems.
  • Takes a systems-driven approach by co-designing key components of modern data-intensive pipelines, including workflow engines, UDF debugging frameworks, pipelining optimizers, and ML acceleration systems for streaming data.
  • Integrates techniques from data management, distributed systems, program analysis, and machine learning to optimize performance, usability, and scalability.
  • Has contributed extensively to the Texera project (Apache Incubating), a collaborative and interactive workflow system for data science and AI/ML.