Hongwei Huo
Professor at Xidian University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, China
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Top SchoolHongwei Huo is a professor of computer science at Xidian University with over two decades of academic leadership and 10 years of focused experience in algorithm engineering and compressed data structures. He is known for practical compressed indexing theory and technology developed in collaboration with Jeffrey S. Vitter, producing open-source tools such as MSQ-Index and CIndex that accelerate graph similarity search and FASTQ retrieval. His research spans high-order entropy-compressed text self-indexing, pan-genome indexing in compressed space, parallel and distributed algorithms, and external-memory methods, bridging theory and deployable software. Trained in mathematics (Northwestern) and computer engineering (Xidian), he combines rigorous mathematical grounding with systems-oriented implementation skills. Notably, his work delivers tangible scientist-facing tools for bioinformatics and graph databases, reflecting an uncommon blend of deep theory and production-ready code.
9 years of coding experience
PhD, EECS, PhD, EECS at 西安电子科技大学BS, Mathematics, BS, Mathematics at Northwest University - 西北大学
Chinese, EnglishGithub contributions (5)
Hongweihuo-Lab/CS2A
Jun 2016 - Mar 2021
Contributions:69 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 10 months
Hongweihuo-Lab/MSQ-Index
May 2017 - Jan 2022
Contributions:67 commits, 65 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 8 months
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