Tutorials

PAKDD 2026 will feature 10 tutorials covering large language models, graph learning, database systems, web agents, trustworthy reasoning, and applications in medicine and pharmacology.

Tutorial 1: Generalizability of Large Language Model-Based Agents

Presenters

  • Minxing ZhangDuke University
  • Yi YangDuke University
  • Jian PeiDuke University

Tutorial 2: Function Calling in Large Language Models: From Fundamentals to Industrial Practice

Presenters

  • Maolin WangCity University of Hong Kong
  • Bowen YuCity University of Hong Kong
  • Yingyi ZhangCity University of Hong Kong
  • Bingguang HaoAnt Group
  • Chenyi ZhuangAnt Group
  • Xiangyu ZhaoCity University of Hong Kong

Tutorial 3: Foundations and Recent Advances of Graph Learning: A Perspective from Distances and Representations

Presenters

  • Jicong FanThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
  • Xudong WangThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
  • Qi FengThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)
  • Chris DingThe Chinese University of Hong Kong (Shenzhen)

Tutorial 4: LLMs+Graphs: Toward Graph-Native, Synergistic AI Systems

Presenters

  • Arijit KhanBowling Green State University
  • Longxu SunHong Kong Baptist University
  • Xin HuangHong Kong Baptist University

Tutorial 5: Towards Autonomous Web Interaction: Empowering WebAgents by Large Foundation Models

Presenters

  • Liangbo NingThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Ziran LiangThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Haohao QuThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Chan Richard Wai CheungThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Yujuan DingThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Shanru LinThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Yiqi WangNational University of Defense Technology
  • Wenqi FanThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Qing LiThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tutorial 6: When RAG Meets LFMs: Towards Retrieval-Augmented Large Foundation Models

Presenters

  • Xu YuanThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Yujuan DingThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Chengliang LiuThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Rui AnThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Chun-Hin ChanThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Yiqi WangNational University of Defense Technology
  • Wenqi FanThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Qing LiThe Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Tutorial 7: Trustworthy and Efficient Machine Reasoning with Foundation Models

Presenters

  • Zhanke ZhouHong Kong Baptist University
  • Chentao CaoHong Kong Baptist University
  • Jiangchao YaoShanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Bo HanHong Kong Baptist University

Tutorial 8: Learning-based Cardinality Estimation: A Data Model-Centric Perspective

Presenters

  • Shuxun ZhangUniversity of Helsinki
  • Jiaheng LuUniversity of Helsinki

Tutorial 9: Data Agents in Database Systems: A Tutorial on Semantic Operators and Agentic Query Processing

Presenters

  • Ran BaiHuawei
  • Gao CongNanyang Technological University
  • Yue JiangNanyang Technological University
  • Xueling LinHuawei
  • Luning WangHuawei
  • Jingyi YangNanyang Technological University
  • Zhenghai ZhangHuawei

Tutorial 10: Mining Network Data in Medicine and Pharmacology

Presenters

  • Qingpeng ZhangThe University of Hong Kong
  • Zhongzhi XuSun Yat-sen University