About
Ke Yi is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. He received his bachelor's degree from Tsinghua University (2001) and PhD from Duke University (2006), both in Computer Science. His research interests include database theory and systems, query processing, data security and privacy, parallel and distributed algorithms, sampling, data summarization, data streams, etc. He has received two SIGMOD Best Paper Awards, two SIGMOD Best Paper Honorable Mentions, four SIGMOD Research Highlight Awards, a PODS Test-of-time Award, a SIGMOD Best Demonstration Award, and a Google Faculty Research Award. He is a Fellow of the ACM.
Research Interests
Database theory and algorithmsData security and privacyParallel anddistributed algorithmsSamplingData streams
Last updated: 4/10/2026