Yuanfeng Song – författare

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The four-volume set, LNAI 16597-16600 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 184 full papers presented in this book were carefully selected and reviewed from 728 submissions. This program featured three tracks, the Main Track, the Survey Track, and the Special Track on LLMs for Data Science. The Main Track continued its tradition of being the premier forum for the presentation of research results and experience reports on knowledge discovery, data science, and machine learning.The Survey Track was introduced in 2025 for the first time, to promote the dissemination of insightful survey papers: survey papers are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.As the rapid advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have opened new avenues for innovation and research across various domains, particularly in the field of data science, we introduced the Special Track on LLMs, which aimed to explore the transformative potential of LLMs for data science, bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss the latest developments, challenges, and opportunities in this rapidly growing area.

The two-volume set LNAI 16617-16618 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026 Special Session, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 97 full papers included in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 728 submissions. These papers were divided into two tracks: the Survey Track, the Main & LLM Track.The Survey Track contains survey papers that are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.The Main & LLM Track covers research papers on knowledge discovery, data science, machine learning, and LLMs for data science.

The two-volume set LNAI 16617-16618 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026 Special Session, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 97 full papers included in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 728 submissions. These papers were divided into two tracks: the Survey Track, the Main & LLM Track.The Survey Track contains survey papers that are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.The Main & LLM Track covers research papers on knowledge discovery, data science, machine learning, and LLMs for data science.

The two-volume set LNAI 16617-16618 constitutes the proceedings of the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026 Special Session, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026.The 97 full papers included in this set were carefully reviewed and selected from 728 submissions. These papers were divided into two tracks: the Survey Track, the Main & LLM Track.The Survey Track contains survey papers that are intended to provide a structured synthesis of a particular topic in the area of data mining, including but not limited to theoretical foundations of mining, inference, and learning, big data technologies, as well as security, privacy, and integrity, for the perusal of junior researchers and of experts from other research fields.The Main & LLM Track covers research papers on knowledge discovery, data science, machine learning, and LLMs for data science.

The LNAI 16603 constitutes the proceedings of the following workshops that were held in conjunction with the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026:-Workshop on AI and Data Science for Digital Finance (AI4DF 2026): This workshop received 3 submissions and accepted 2 papers. 2 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.- Workshop of Decision Making and Optimization in Financial Technologies (DMO-FinTech 2026): This workshop received 10 submissions and accepted 5 papers. 5 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.- Workshop on Research and Applications of Foundation Models for Data Mining and Affective Computing (RAFDA 2026): This workshop received 21 submissions and accepted 13 papers. 13 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.-Workshop on Autonomous Machine Intelligence (AMI-PAKDD 2026): This workshop received 23 submissions and accepted 9 papers. 9 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.- Workshop on Resource-Efficient Foundation Models for Large-Scale Data Mining (EFMxDM 2026): This workshop received 8 submissions and accepted 7 papers. 7 camera-ready paper was finally received for publication.-Workshop on Generative AI and Computational Journalism (JEN-AI 2026): This workshop received 8 submissions and accepted 5 papers. 3 cameraready papers were finally received for publication.Furthermore, we include 8 papers from the Doctoral Consortium in the Appendix of this proceeding.

The LNAI 16603 constitutes the proceedings of the following workshops that were held in conjunction with the 30th Pacific-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, PAKDD 2026, held in Hong Kong, China, during June 9–12, 2026:-Workshop on AI and Data Science for Digital Finance (AI4DF 2026): This workshop received 3 submissions and accepted 2 papers. 2 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.- Workshop of Decision Making and Optimization in Financial Technologies (DMO-FinTech 2026): This workshop received 10 submissions and accepted 5 papers. 5 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.- Workshop on Research and Applications of Foundation Models for Data Mining and Affective Computing (RAFDA 2026): This workshop received 21 submissions and accepted 13 papers. 13 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.-Workshop on Autonomous Machine Intelligence (AMI-PAKDD 2026): This workshop received 23 submissions and accepted 9 papers. 9 camera-ready papers were finally received for publication.- Workshop on Resource-Efficient Foundation Models for Large-Scale Data Mining (EFMxDM 2026): This workshop received 8 submissions and accepted 7 papers. 7 camera-ready paper was finally received for publication.-Workshop on Generative AI and Computational Journalism (JEN-AI 2026): This workshop received 8 submissions and accepted 5 papers. 3 cameraready papers were finally received for publication.Furthermore, we include 8 papers from the Doctoral Consortium in the Appendix of this proceeding.

This book introduces readers to the theoretical foundation and application of topic models. It provides readers with efficient means to learn about the technical principles underlying topic models. More concretely, it covers topics such as fundamental concepts, topic model structures, approximate inference algorithms, and a range of methods used to create high-quality topic models. In addition, this book illustrates the applications of topic models applied in real-world scenarios. Readers will be instructed on the means to select and apply suitable models for specific real-world tasks, providing this book with greater use for the industry. Finally, the book presents a catalog of the most important topic models from the literature over the past decades, which can be referenced and indexed by researchers and engineers in related fields. We hope this book can bridge the gap between academic research and industrial application and help topic models play an increasingly effective role inboth academia and industry. This book offers a valuable reference guide for senior undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers, covering the latest advances in topic models, and for industrial practitioners, sharing state-of-the-art solutions for topic-related applications. The book can also serve as a reference for job seekers preparing for interviews.