Publication

Note: This page is no longer curated with complete coverage of all my publications. For a full and up-to-date list, please visit my Google Scholar, DBLP page and our group page.

Preprints

1. [Arxiv-24] Neuron Patching: Neuron-level Model Editing on Code Generation and LLMs

   Jian Gu, Chunyang Chen, Aldeida Aleti

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2. [Arxiv-24] On the Semantics of LM Latent Space: A Vocabulary-defined Approach

   Jian Gu, Chunyang Chen, Aldeida Aleti

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3. [Arxiv-24] Vision-driven Automated Mobile GUI Testing via Multimodal Large Language Model

   Junjie Wang, Yuchao Huang, Chunyang Chen, Zhe Liu, Song Wang, Qing Wang

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Journal

1. [TOSEM-25] An Empirical Study on Challenges for LLM Developers

   ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

   Xiang Chen, Chaoyang Gao, Chunyang Chen, Guangbei Zhang, Yong Liu

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2. [TSE-24] Software Testing with Large Language Model: Survey, Landscape, and Vision

   IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

   Junjie Wang, Yuchao Huang, Chunyang Chen, Zhe Liu, Song Wang, Qing Wang

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Conference

1. [ICSE-26] Breaking Single-Tester Limits: Multi-Agent LLMs for Multi-User Feature Testing

   IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering

   Sidong Feng, Changhao Du, Huaxiao Liu, Qingnan Wang, Zhengwei Lv, Mengfei Wang, Chunyang Chen

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2. [ICSE-26] A Semantic-based Optimization Approach for Repairing LLMs: Case Study on Code Generation

   IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering

   Jian Gu, Aldeida Aleti, Chunyang Chen, Hongyu Zhang

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3. [ICSE-26] Repair Ingredients Are All You Need: Improving Large Language Model-Based Program Repair via Repair Ingredients Search

   IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering

   Jiayi Zhang, Kai Huang, Jian Zhang, Yang Liu, Chunyang Chen

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4. [ICSE-26] Think Outside the Box: Automating Inter-App Functionality Testing via Memory Implanting and Reasoning

   IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering

   Mengzhuo Chen, Zhe Liu, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Yangguang Xue, Boyu Wu, Libin Wu, Qing Wang

   To appear
5. [ASE-25] Seeing is Fixing: Cross-Modal Reasoning with Multimodal LLMs for Visual Software Issue Fixing

   ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering

   Kai Huang, Jian Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Chunyang Chen

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6. [ACL-25-Finding] A Semantic-Aware Layer-Freezing Approach to Computation-Efficient Fine-Tuning of Language Models

   The 63rd Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics

   Jian Gu, Aldeida Aleti, Chunyang Chen, Hongyu Zhang

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7. [FSE-25-Industry] From Prompts to Templates: A Systematic Prompt Template Analysis for Real-world LLMapps

   ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering

   Yuetian Mao, Junjie He, Chunyang Chen

   PDF · Acceptance rate: 11.4% (70/612) · Code
8. [FSE-25] Automated Soap Opera Testing Directed by LLMs and Scenario Knowledge: Feasibility, Challenges, and Road Ahead

   ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering

   Yanqi Su, Zhenchang Xing, Chong Wang, Chunyang Chen, Xiwei Xu, Qinghua Lu, Liming Zhu

   PDF · Acceptance rate: 11.4% (70/612)
9. [FSE-25] Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Bug-Aware Automated GUI Testing via Retrieval Augmentation

   ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering

   Mengzhuo Chen, Zhe Liu, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Boyu Wu, Jun Hu, Qing Wang

   To appear · Acceptance rate: 11.4% (70/612)
10. [ICSE-25-Industry] Agent for User: Testing Multi-User Interactive Features in TikTok

    ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

    Sidong Feng, Changhao Du, Huaxiao Liu, Qingnan Wang, Zhengwei Lv, Gang Huo, Xu Yang, Chunyang Chen

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11. [USENIX-25] THEMIS: Towards Practical Intellectual Property Protection for Post-Deployment On-Device Deep Learning Models

    The 34th USENIX Security Symposium

    Yujin Huang, Zhi Zhang, Qingchuan Zhao, Xingliang Yuan, Chunyang Chen

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12. [UIST-24] GPTVoiceTasker: LLM-Powered Virtual Assistant for Smartphone

    ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology

    Minh Duc Vu, Han Wang, Zhuang Li, Jieshan Chen, Shengdong Zhao, Zhenchang Xing, Chunyang Chen

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13. [ISSTA-24] Feedback-Driven Automated Whole Bug Report Reproduction for Android Apps

    ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis

    Dingbang Wang, Yu Zhao, Sidong Feng, Zhaoxu Zhang, William G.J. Halfond, Chunyang Chen, Xiaoxia Sun, Jiangfan Shi, Tingting Yu

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14. [CHI-24] Unblind Text Inputs: Predicting Hint-text of Text Input in Mobile Apps via LLM

    ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

    Zhe Liu, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Mengzhuo Chen, Boyu Wu, Yuekai Huang, Jun Hu, Qing Wang

    PDF · Demo · Code · Best Paper Honorable Mention · Acceptance rate: 26.4% (1060/4009)
15. [CHI-24] MUD: Towards a Large-Scale and Noise-Filtered UI Dataset for Modern Style UI Modeling

    ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems

    Sidong Feng, Suyu Ma, Han Wang, David Kong, Chunyang Chen

    PDF · Dataset · Acceptance rate: 26.4% (1060/4009)
16. [ICSE-24] Make LLM a Testing Expert: Bringing Human-like Interaction to Mobile GUI Testing via Functionality-aware Decisions

    The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering

    Zhe Liu, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Mengzhuo Chen, Boyu Wu, Xing Che, Dandan Wang, Qing Wang

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17. [ICSE-24] Testing the Limits: Unusual Text Inputs Generation for Mobile App Crash Detection with Large Language Model

    The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering

    Zhe Liu, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Mengzhuo Chen, Boyu Wu, Zhilin Tian, Yuekai Huang, Jun Hu, Qing Wang

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18. [ICSE-24] Prompting Is All Your Need: Automated Android Bug Replay with Large Language Models

    The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering

    Sidong Feng, Chunyang Chen

    PDF · Acceptance rate: 6.6% (18/274)
19. [ICSE-24] CrashTranslator: Automatically Reproducing Mobile Application Crashes Directly from Stack Trace

    The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering

    Yuchao Huang, Junjie Wang, Zhe Liu, Yawen Wang, Song Wang, Chunyang Chen, Yuanzhe Hu, Qing Wang

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20. [ICSE-23] Fill in the Blank: Context-aware Automated Text Input Generation for Mobile GUI Testing

    The 45th International Conference on Software Engineering

    Zhe Liu, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Xing Che, Yuekai Huang, Jun Hu, Qing Wang

    PDF · Code · Acceptance rate: 26% (209/796)