Yao Zhang

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor at Tianjin University, China (天津大学). Previously, I received my Master of Engineering and Doctor of Engineering degrees in 2024 under the supervision of Prof. Xiaohong Li, Prof. Guangquan Xu, and Prof. Xiaofei Xie. My research interests include program analysis, software testing, large model security, and intelligent software engineering.

Research Interests

Program Analysis Software Testing Software Security Hardware Testing Large Model Security Intelligent Software Engineering

Selected Publications

EndWatch: A Practical Method for Detecting Non-Termination in Real-World Software

Yao Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Yi Li, Sen Chen, Cen Zhang, Xiaohong Li

CCF A ASE 2023 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award

Demystifying Performance Regressions in String Solvers

Yao Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Yi Li, Yun Lin, Sen Chen, Yang Liu, Xiaohong Li

CCF A TSE 2023, selected as Journal-First Paper in ASE 2022

LIMR: Intent-Aware Mashup API Recommendation via LLM-Augmented Multi-Scale Fusion

Yao Zhang, Yude Bai, Minhong Dong, Keqing Cen, Ji Zhang, Qiang Hu, Wei Ma, Yongqiang Lyu,Ruitao Feng, Xiaohong Li, Junjie Wang, Lingxiao Jiang, Yang Liu,

CCF A TSC 2026

Knowledge is Power: A Knowledge Graph-Based Approach for Mobile Malware Traceability Analysis

Yao Zhang, Guangquan Xu, Ruitao Feng, Xiaohong Li, Sen Chen, Zhenchang Xing, Yude Bai, Yongqiang Lyu, Wei Gong, Xibin Zhao

CCF A TMC 2026

FidelityGPT: Correcting Decompilation Distortions with Retrieval Augmented Generation

Zhiping Zhou, Xiaohong Li, Ruitao Feng, Yao Zhang*, Yuekang Li, Wenbu Feng, Yunqian Wang, Yuqing Li

CCF A NDSS 2025 (通讯作者)

On the Evaluation of Capability Estimation Methods for Large Language Models

Qiang Hu, Wen Jin, Yao Zhang*, Maxime Cordy, Yongqiang Lyu

CCF A AAAI 2026 Oral. (通讯作者)

IRHunter: Universal Detection of Instruction Reordering Vulnerabilities for Enhanced Concurrency in Distributed and Parallel Systems

GuoHua Xin, Guangquan Xu, Yao Zhang*, Cheng Wen, Cen Zhang, Xiaofei Xie, Neal N Xiong, Shaoying Liu, Pan Gao

CCF A TPDS 2025 (通讯作者)

Determining the Unreachable: Constraint-Guided Reachability Analysis for Dependency Vulnerabilities

Wenbu Feng, Xiaohong Li, Ruitao Feng, Yao Zhang*, Yuekang Li, Zhiping Zhou, Yunqian Wang, Yuqing Li

CCF A OOPSLA 2026 (通讯作者)

Enhanced Web Testing with LLMs: A Research Roadmap

Weizhe Wang, Zhenqi Guo, Qingyang Yan, Zenghao Yang, Yao Zhang*, Guangquan Xu, Xiaoming Li, Bin Wu

CCF A TOSEM 2026 (通讯作者)

Large-scale Analysis of Non-termination Bugs in Real-world OSS Projects

Xiuhan Shi, Xiaofei Xie, Yi Li, Yao Zhang, Sen Chen, Xiaohong Li

CCF A FSE 2022

VaryBalance: Detecting LLM-generated Text through Variation

Xuecong Li, Xiaohong Li, Qiang Hu, Yao Zhang*, Junjie Wang

CCF B IJCAI 2026

ProCURE: Addressing the Programming Concept Understanding Gap for Code Generation in LLMs via Concept-Aware Consistency Learning

xiaoning ren, Qiang Hu, Wei Ma, cy liu, Yan Li, Yao Zhang, Lingxiao Jiang, Yongqiang Lyu, Yinxing Xue

CCF B IJCAI 2026

CSP-E2: An abuse-free contract signing protocol with low-storage TTP for energy-efficient electronic transaction ecosystems

Guangquan Xu, Yao Zhang*, AK Sangaiah, X Li, A Castiglione, X Zheng

CCF B Information Sciences (通讯作者)

Foundation Models for Autonomous Driving Systems: An Initial Roadmap

Wu, Xiongfei; Cheng, Mingfei; Ren, Xiaoning; Hu, Qiang; Chen, Jianlang; Huang, Yuheng; Cordy, Maxime; Yao Zhang; Xie, Xiaofei; Ma, Lei; Le Traon, Yves

CCF A TOSEM 2026 (Accepted)

Selected Honors

  • ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
  • ACM Tianjin Chapter Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award