Publications using Large Language Models (LLM)

LLMs for software engineering, testing, mobile systems, and HCI

This page gathers publications related to large language models across software engineering and human-computer interaction, while preserving the current thematic framing of the site. For the broader publication archive, see the full publications page, Google Scholar, and DBLP.

Preprints

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

    Jian Gu, Chunyang Chen, Aldeida Aleti

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  2. [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-26] Neuron Patching: Semantic-based Neuron-level Language Model Repair for Code Generation

    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

    Jian Gu, Aldeida Aleti, Chunyang Chen, Hongyu Zhang

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  2. [TSE-25 / ICSE-26-JF] Seeing is Believing: Vision-driven Non-crash Functional Bug Detection for Mobile Apps

    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering / ICSE Journal First

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

    To appear
  3. [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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  4. [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. [ACL-26-Finding] Beyond Neural Incompatibility: Cross-Scale Knowledge Transfer in Large Language Models through Latent Semantic Alignment

    Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics

    Jian Gu, Aldeida Aleti, Chunyang Chen, Hongyu Zhang

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  2. [FSE-26] ViBR: Automated Bug Replay from Video-based Reports Using Vision-Language Models

    ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering

    Sidong Feng, Dingbang Wang, Nikola Tomic, Tingting Yu, Aldeida Aleti, Chunyang Chen

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  3. [FSE-26] Towards Automated Crowdsourced Testing via Personified-LLM

    ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering

    Shengcheng Yu, Yuchen Ling, Chunrong Fang, Zhenyu Chen, Chunyang Chen

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  4. [FSE-26-Industry] Adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence in the German Software Engineering Industry: An Empirical Study

    ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering, Industry Track

    Ludwig Felder, Tobias Eisenreich, Mahsa Fischer, Stefan Wagner, Chunyang Chen

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  5. [ICSE-26-Demo] BugHunter: An Automated Tool for Bug-Aware GUI Testing via Retrieval Augmentation

    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, Demonstrations Track

    Zhe Liu, Mengzhuo Chen, Chunyang Chen, Junjie Wang, Xu Xiang, Yujiao Yuan, Qing Wang

    Code · Video
  6. [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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  7. [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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  8. [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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  9. [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
  10. [ASE-25] Seeing is Fixing: Cross-Modal Reasoning with Multimodal LLMs for Visual Software Issue Repair

    ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering

    Kai Huang, Jian Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Chunyang Chen

    PDF · ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
  11. [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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  12. [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
  13. [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)
  14. [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)
  15. [ICSE-25-SEIP] Agent for User: Testing Multi-User Interactive Features in TikTok

    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, Software Engineering in Practice (SEIP)

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

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  16. [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

    PDF · Code
  17. [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

    PDF · Code
  18. [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

    PDF · Code
  19. [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)
  20. [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)
  21. [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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  22. [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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  23. [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)
  24. [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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  25. [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)