Yucen Gao is currently an associate professor in Software College of Northeastern University, China. He received the PhD degree in computer science from the Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 2025. He has published more than 20 papers in high-ranked international conferences and journals including SIGKDD, ICDE, SIGIR, TMC, etc.

📖 Educations

2020.09 - 2025.09, Doctoral Student, School of Computer Science, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
2016.09 - 2020.06, Undergraduate, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

🎓 Research Interests

Data Engineering, Network Optimization

📝 Publications

[CCF-A] Yucen Gao, Li Ma, Zhemeng Yu, Songjian Zhang, Hui Gao, Jun Fang, Xiaofeng Gao, A Lightweight Encoder-Decoder Framework for Carpooling Route Planning, IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (TMC), 2025.
[CCF-A] Yucen Gao, Zhehao Zhu, Mingqian Ma, Fei Gao, Hui Gao, Yangguang Shi, Xiaofeng Gao, Online Preference Weight Estimation Algorithm with Vanishing Regret for Car-Hailing in Road Network, ACM Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD), 2024.
[CCF-A] Yucen Gao, Wei Liu, JianXiong Guo, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, A Dual-Embedding Based DQN for Worker Recruitment in Spatial Crowdsourcing with Social Network, ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval (SIGIR), 2024.
[CCF-A] Yucen Gao, Li Ma, Zhemeng Yu, Songjian Zhang, Jun Fang, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, Lightweight GCN Encoder and Sequential Decoder for Multi-Candidate Carpooling Route Planning in Road Network, The Web Conference (WWW), 2024.
[CCF-A] Yucen Gao, Xikai Wei, Xi Jing, Yangguang Shi, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, Online Shipping Container Pricing Strategy Achieving Vanishing Regret with Limited Inventory, IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE), 2023.
[CCF-A] Jiaqi Xue, Hongji Dong, Yucen Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, ProCAST: A Projection Framework for Coupled Aggregation Constrained Multivariate Time Series Forecasting, AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2026.
[CCF-A] Xiaofeng Gao, Akbar Majidi, Yucen Gao, Guanhao Wu, Nazila Jahanbakhsh, Linghe Kong, Guihai Chen, Nous: Drop-Freeness and Duplicate-Freeness for Consistent Updating in SDN Multicast Routing, IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON), 2024.
[CCF-B] Yucen Gao, Zhuoran Li, Jingyu He, Jun Fang, Hui Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, Algorithms for Shortest Path Tour Problem, Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), 2025.
[CCF-B] Yucen Gao, Dejun Kong, Haipeng Dai, Xiaofeng Gao, Jiaqi Zheng, Fan Wu, Guihai Chen, A Dual-Embedding Based Reinforcement Learning Scheme for Task Assignment Problem in Spatial Crowdsourcing. World Wide Web Journal (WWWJ), 2025.
[CCF-B] Yucen Gao, Xikai Wei, Hui Gao, Qun Li, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, Spherical Projection Based Clustering Algorithm for Cooperative Sweep Coverage in Crowdsourcing, IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 2024.
[CCF-B] Yucen Gao, Mingqian Ma, Jiale Zhang, Songjian Zhang, Jun Fang, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, Algorithms for Shortest Path Tour Problem in Large-Scale Road Network, International Computing and Combinatorics Conference (COCOON), 2023.
[CCF-B] Yucen Gao, Yulong Song, Xikai Wei, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, SACA: An End-to-End Method for Dispatching, Routing, and Pricing of Online Bus-Booking, International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), 2023.
[CCF-B] Yucen Gao, Yuanning Gao, Yuhao Li, Xiaofeng Gao, Xiang Li, Guihai Chen, An Attention-Based Bi-GRU for Route Planning and Order Dispatch of Bus-Booking Platform, International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), 2021.
[CCF-B] Zhuoran Li, Yucen Gao, Yu Yin, Xinle Li, Hui Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, DRNCS: Dual-Level Route Generation Model Based on Node Contraction and Shortcuts, European Conference on Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML-PKDD), 2025.
[CCF-B] Zhemeng Yu, Yang Luo, Yucen Gao, Yinbo Sun, Xiaofeng Gao, Lintao Ma, Guihai Chen, CausalScaler: A Causality-Driven Autoscaling Framework for the Cloud, International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), 2025.
[CCF-B] Jianxiong Guo, Zhehao Zhu, Yucen Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, A New Similarity in Clustering through Users’ Interest and Social Relationship, Theoretical Computer Science (TCS), 2024.
[CCF-B] Kexin Xu, Zhemeng Yu, Yucen Gao, Songjian Zhang, Jun Fang, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, MetaSTC: A Backbone Agnostic Spatio-Temporal Framework for Traffic Forecasting, International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM), 2024.
[CCF-B] Zifeng Liu, Dejun Kong, Yucen Gao, Haipeng Dai, Xiaofeng Gao, Tian He, An Approximation for Routing Planning, Mobile Charging, and Energy Sharing for Sensing Devices, IEEE International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), 2023.
[CCF-B] Hao Zhou, Yucen Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, Real-Time Route Planning Online Order Dispatch for Bus-Booking Platforms, International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA), 2019.
[CCF-C] Yucen Gao, Dejun Kong, Haipeng Dai, Xiaofeng Gao, Jiaqi Zheng, Fan Wu, Guihai Chen, DE-DQN: A Dual-Embedding Based Deep Q-Network for Task Assignment Problem in Spatial Crowdsourcing, APWeb-WAIM International Joint Conference on Web and Big Data (APWeb-WAIM), 2022. (Best Paper Award)
Yucen Gao, Yunlong Cheng, Chan Tin Ping, Xiaofeng Gao, Guihai Chen, RL with Balanced Reward and Masking Mechanism for Multi-NUMA Virtual Machine Scheduling, IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Information Management and Communication (IMCOM), 2025.
Yucen Gao, Liang Gong, Chengliang Liu, Yixiang Huang, Xinyang Li, Rhino: An Open-source Embedded Motherboard Design Enabling Complex Behavior of Intelligent Robots, IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2019.
Jianxiong Guo, Zhehao Zhu, Yucen Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Graph Clustering through Users’ Properties and Social Influence, International Conference on Combinatorial Optimization and Applications (COCOA), 2023.
Ganyu Huang, Qiaoyi Pan, Shuangying Zhao, Yucen Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Prediction of COVID-19 Outbreak in China and Optimal Return Date for University Students Based on Propagation Dynamics, Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science), 2020.
Sijia Li, Kun Song, Boran Yang, Yucen Gao, Xiaofeng Gao, Preliminary Assessment of the COVID-19 Outbreak Using 3-Staged Model e-ISHR, Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Science), 2020.

🧰 Projects

National Key R&D Program, Research on Quality Control and Traceability Technology of Manufacturing Process Based on Online Monitoring Data, 2024.12-2027.11, Key Member
National Key R&D Program, Theory and Methods of Manufacturing Big Data Value, 2020.11-2023.10, Key Member
NSFC Joint Key Project, Research on Key Technologies of Collaborative Perception and Data Management for Intelligent Workshop in Aircraft Manufacturing, 2024.01-2027.12, Key Member
NSFC General Project, Research on Key Algorithms for Collaborative Optimization in Mobile Crowd Sensing, 2023.01-2026.12, Key Member
CCF-DiDi Gaia Scholar Research Fund, Exploration of Localization Optimization in Complex Occlusion Scenarios Based on Machine Learning Algorithms, 2024.08-2025.07, Student Leader
CCF-DiDi Gaia Scholar Research Fund, Research on Supply and Demand Forecasting in Ride-Hailing Business Scenarios, 2023.08-2024.07, Student Leader
CCF-DiDi Gaia Scholar Research Fund, Research on Multi-Waypoint Path Planning Problem, 2022.08-2023.07, Student Leader
COSCO Shipping Container Slot Intelligent Pricing Project, 2020.07-2023.06, Student Leader

🛎 Academic Services

Executive Committee Member, Technical Committee on Distributed Computing and Systems of CCF
Reviewer for ICDE, NeurIPS, WWW, ICML, etc.

🎖 Honors and Awards

2024, National Scholarship, China
2020, Outstanding Graduate, Shanghai
2025, Outstanding Doctoral Graduate, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020, Zhiyuan Outstanding Student Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020, Zhiyuan Honorary Bachelor’s Degree, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2023, Huatai Securities Technology Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2019&2020&2021, Rongchang Technology Innovation Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2017&2018&2019, Zhiyuan Honorary Scholarship, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2020, First Prize in Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), American Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Top 7%)
2018, First Prize in National Mathematical Contest in Modeling (Shanghai Region, Undergraduate Group) (Top 10%)

💻 Internships

2022.08 - 2024.08, DiDi Chuxing, Beijing, China.
2020.09 - 2022.07, China COSCO Shipping, Shanghai, China.