Publications

(DBLP-style listing; Taotao Cai is highlighted.)

Publication Profile

30+ peer-reviewed outputs with strong representation in CORE A* and high-impact journals, spanning graph learning, trustworthy AI, and applied intelligent systems.

CORE A* TKDE / ICDE Graph Learning Applied AI

2026

Penghui Niu, Jiashuai She, Taotao Cai, Yajuan Zhang, Ping Zhang, Junhua Gu, Jianxin Li. MPCM-Net: A multi-scale network that integrates partial attention convolution with Mamba for ground-based cloud image segmentation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (TGRS), 2026 (Top-tier journal in Remote Sensing).
Mingyi Liu, Zijie Yin, Congcong Tian, Shuang Yu, Taotao Cai, Zhihui Xu, Zhongjie Wang. MARS: A Multi-Agent Collaborative Reasoning Framework for Service Recommendation. IEEE Transactions on Services Computing （IEEE TSC）, 2026 (CORE A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=5.8).
Shuang Wang, He Zhang, Xiaoping Li, Taotao Cai, Michael Sheng, Jixiang Lu. Truth Discovery From Multiple Dependent Sources. IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems (IEEE TCSS), 2026.
Aditya P. Kamath, Xiaohui Tao, Taotao Cai, Prabal Datta Barua, Sreeni Chadalavada, Abdulkadir Sengur. Explainable pain level classification using a natural visibility graph-driven adaptive dilated recurrent unit with speech signals. Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, 2026.

2025

Mo Li, Zhaosong Zhao, Mingyang Ma, Linlin Ding, Taotao Cai. Personalized Short-term and Periodic Long-term Preferences Modeling with Contrastive Learning for Next POI Recommendation. IEEE TCSS, 2025.
Penghui Niu, Taotao Cai, Yajuan Zhang, Ping Zhang, Wenjia Xu, Junhua Gu, Jungong Han. LG-Umer: A UNet-like Network Integrating Local-Global Features with a Novel Attention Mechanism for Road Extraction from Remote Sensing Images. IEEE JSTARS, 2025 (SCI Q1).
Zihan Yang, Xiaohui Tao, Taotao Cai, Yifu Tang, Haoran Xie, Lin Li, Jianxin Li, Qing Li. A Survey on Multi-View Knowledge Graph: Generation, Fusion, Applications and Future Directions. IJCAI 2025 Survey Track (CORE2018 A*, CCF-A).
Simi Job, Xiaohui Tao, Taotao Cai, Haoran Xie, Lin Li, Qing Li, Jianming Yong. Exploring Causal Learning through Graph Neural Networks: An In-depth Review. WIREs Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, 2025.
Simi Job, Xiaohui Tao, Taotao Cai, Lin Li, Quan Z Sheng, Haoran Xie, Jianming Yong. Causal integration in graph neural networks toward enhanced classification: benchmarking and advancements for robust performance. WWW Journal, 2025.
Simi Job, Xiaohui Tao, Taotao Cai, Lin Li, Haoran Xie, Cai Xu, Jianming Yong. HebCGNN: Hebbian-enabled causal classification integrating dynamic impact valuing. Knowledge-Based Systems, 2025 (ERA B, JCR-Q1, IF=7.6).
Kexin Zhang, Taotao Cai, Zhaoyu Liu, Shuang Teng, Yi Wang, Yu Chen, Ji Zhang. Efficient Influential Nodes Tracking via Link Prediction in Evolving Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Journal, 2025.
Wencheng Yang, Song Wang, Di Wu, Taotao Cai, Yanming Zhu, Shicheng Wei, Yiying Zhang, Xu Yang, Yan Li. Deep Learning Model Inversion Attacks and Defenses: A Comprehensive Survey. Artificial Intelligence Review, 2025.
Jianxin Li, Liang Qu, Taotao Cai, Zhixue Zhao, Nur Al Hasan Haldar, Aneesh Krishna, Xiangjie Kong, Flavio Romero Macau, Tanmoy Chakraborty, Aniket Deroy, Binshan Lin, Karen Blackmore, Nasimul Noman, Jingxian Cheng, Ningning Cui, Jianliang Xu. AI-Generated Content in Cross-Domain Applications: Research Trends, Challenges and Propositions. Knowledge-Based Systems, 2025 (ERA B, JCR-Q1).

2024

Simi Job, Xiaohui Tao, Lin Li, Haoran Xie, Taotao Cai, Jianming Yong, Qing Li. Optimal Treatment Strategies for Critical Patients with Deep Reinforcement Learning. ACM TIST, 2024 (CCF-B).
Penghui Niu, Junhua Gu, Yajuan Zhang, Ping Zhang, Taotao Cai, Wenjia Xu, Jungong Han. MDCGA-Net: Multi-Scale Direction Context-Aware Network with Global Attention for Building Extraction from Remote Sensing Images. IEEE JSTARS, 2024 (SCI Q1).
Thanveer Shaik, Xiaohui Tao, Lin Li, Haoran Xie, Taotao Cai, Xiaofeng Zhu, Qing Li. FRAMU: Attention-based Machine Unlearning using Federated Reinforcement Learning. IEEE TKDE, 2024 (CORE A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=8.9).
Shuang Wang, He Zhang, Quan Z Sheng, Xiaoping Li, Zhu Sun, Taotao Cai, Wei Emma Zhang, Jian Yang, Qing Gao. A Survey on Truth Discovery: Concepts, Methods, Applications, and Opportunities. IEEE Transactions on Big Data, 2024 (SCI Q1).

2023

Taotao Cai, Qi Lei, Quan Z. Sheng, Ningning Cui, Shuiqiao Yang, Jian Yang, Wei Emma Zhang, Adnan Mahamood. Reconnecting the Estranged Relationships: Optimizing the Influence Propagation in Evolving Networks. IEEE TKDE, 2023 (CORE A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=8.9).
Ningning Cui, Kang Qiao, Taotao Cai, Jianxin Li, Xiaochun Yang, Jie Cui, Hong Zhong. Towards Multi-User, Secure, and Verifiable kNN Query in Cloud Database. IEEE TKDE, 2023 (CORE A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=8.9).
Junhua Gu, Zhihao Jia, Taotao Cai, Xiangyu Song, Adnan Mahamood. Dynamic Correlation Adjacency Matrix Based Graph Neural Network for Traffic Flow Prediction. Sensors, 2023.
Ang Li, Xiangyu Song, Shijie Sun, Zhaoyang Zhang, Taotao Cai, Huansheng Song. YOLO-SA: An Efficient Object Detection Model Based on Self-Attention Mechanism. APWeb-WAIM, 2023 (CORE B, CCF-C).
Huansheng Song, Ya Wen, Xiangyu Song, Shijie Sun, Taotao Cai, Jianxin Li. ECS-STPM: An Efficient Model for Tunnel Fire Anomaly Detection. APWeb-WAIM, 2023 (CORE B, CCF-C).

2022

Taotao Cai, Shuiqiao Yang, Jianxin Li, Quan Z. Sheng, Jian Yang, Xin Wang, Wei Emma Zhang, Longxiang Gao. Incremental Graph Computation: Anchored Vertex Tracking in Dynamic Social Networks. IEEE TKDE, 2022 (CORE A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=8.9).
Nur Al Hasan Haldar, Jianxin Li, Mohammed Eunus Ali, Taotao Cai, Timos Sellis, Mark Reynolds. Top-k Socio-Spatial Co-engaged Location Selection for Social Users. IEEE TKDE, 2022 (CORE A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=8.9).
Xiangyu Song, Jianxin Li, Taotao Cai, Shuiqiao Yang, Tingting Yang, Chenfei Liu. A Survey on Deep Learning based Knowledge Tracing. Knowledge-Based Systems, 2022 (ERA B, JCR-Q1, IF=8.139).
Shuiqiao Yang, Borui Cai, Taotao Cai, Xiangyu Song, Jiaojiao Jiang, Bing Li, Jianxin Li. Robust Cross-Network Node Classification via Constrained Graph Mutual Information. Knowledge-Based Systems, 2022 (ERA B, JCR-Q1, IF=8.139).
Weitong Chen, Lina Yao, Taotao Cai, Shirui Pan, Tao Shen, Xue Li. Advanced Data Mining and Applications: 18th International Conference, ADMA 2022, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, November 28–30, 2022, Proceedings.

2020

Taotao Cai, Jianxin Li, Ajmal Mian, Rong-Hua Li, Timos Sellis, Jeffrey Xu Yu. Target-aware Holistic Influence Maximization in Spatial Social Networks. IEEE TKDE, 2020 (ERA A*, CCF-A, JCR-Q1, IF=8.9).
Jianxin Li, Taotao Cai, Xinjue Wang, Ke Deng, Timos Sellis, Jeffrey Xu Yu. Community-diversity Driven Influence Maximization on Social Networks. Information Systems, 2020 (CORE A*, JCR-Q1, IF=2.551).
Selected as one of the most influential papers of the past decade, to be featured in the journal’s 50th Anniversary Virtual Special Issue. [25 Aug 2025 updated]
Taotao Cai, Jianxin Li, Nur Al Hasan Haldar, Ajmal Mian, John Yearwood, Timos Sellis. Anchored Vertex Exploration for Community Engagement in Social Networks. IEEE ICDE, 2020 (CORE2018 A*, CCF-A).
Hengda Zhang, Xiaofei Wang, Hao Fan, Taotao Cai, Jianxin Li, Xiuhua Li, Victor C. M. Leung. Anchor Vertex Selection for Enhanced Reliability of Traffic Offloading Service in Edge-Enabled Mobile P2P Social Networks. Journal of Communications and Information Networks, 2020 (JCR-Q1, IF=3.24).

2019

Arun Chaitanya Mandalapu, Saranya Gunabalan, Avinash Sadineni, Taotao Cai, Nur Al Hasan Haldar, Jianxin Li. Correlate Influence News Article Events to Stock Quote Movement. ADMA, 2019 (CORE B).

2018

Jianxin Li, Taotao Cai, Ajmal Mian, Ronghua Li, Timos Sellis, Jeffrey Xu Yu. Holistic Influence Maximization for Targeted Advertisements in Spatial Social Networks. IEEE ICDE, 2018 (CORE A*, CCF-A).

2017

Rui Mao, Taotao Cai, Ronghua Li, Jeffrey Xu Yu, Jianxin Li. Efficient Distance-based Representative Skyline Computation in 2D Space. World Wide Web Journal, 20(4): 621-638, 2017 (ERA A, JCR-Q2, IF=1.770).

2015

Taotao Cai, Rong-Hua Li, Jeffrey Xu Yu, Rui Mao, Yadi Cai. Efficient Algorithm for Distance-based Representative Skyline Computation in 2D Space. APWeb-WAIM, 2015 (CORE B).

Patents

PCT/CN2015/081145 — REJECT RATE-CONTROLLABLE METROPOLIS-HASTINGS GRAPH SAMPLING ALGORITHM. View
PCT/CN2015/081146 — DISTANCE-BASED ALGORITHM FOR SOLVING REPRESENTATIVE NODE SET IN TWO DIMENSIONAL SPACE. View
PCT/CN2015/079176 — COMMUNITY SEARCH ALGORITHM BASED ON K-KERNEL. View
PCT/CN2016/085242 — METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ESTIMATING USER INFLUENCE IN SOCIAL NETWORK USING GRAPH SIMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUE. View
PCT/CN2015/081147 — GENERALIZED MAXIMUM-DEGREE RANDOM WALK GRAPH SAMPLING ALGORITHM. View