Software Engineering × AI · CUHK-Shenzhen

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Our mission is to advance software engineering and AI through rigorous, impactful research, while helping students become independent, capable, and dependable researchers.

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Current Members

First-author publications are underlined.

PhD Students

Zhiqing Zhong

PhD · 2023-09 – present

  • B.S., South China University of Technology
    • Publications: ISSTA22, ISSTA23
    • Undergraduate intern in the group

PublicationsISSTA22, ISSTA23, ICSE24, ICSE25, FSE25, ICLR25, FSE26, ICML26

VisitsAalto University

NotesCo-supervised by Pinjia He and Boxi Yu

Aoyang Fang

PhD · 2024-09 – present

  • B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
  • M.S., CUHK-Shenzhen

PublicationsASE23 (Industry Challenge Track), ICSE24, ASE25, FSE26, ISSTA26

AwardsDistinguished Paper Award (ASE23 Industry Challenge Track, First Level)Distinguished Artifact Reviewer Award (ECOOP24)

VisitsAalto University

NotesPreviously: MPhil · 2023-01 – 2024-07

Zhouruixing Zhu

PhD · 2024-09 – present

  • B.S., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
  • M.S., CUHK-Shenzhen

PublicationsFSE23, TOSEM24, ASE24, TOSEM26

NotesPreviously: MPhil · 2022-09 – 2024-07

Jiaming Huang

PhD · 2024-09 – present

  • B.S., Peking University

PublicationsFSE26

Changyue Li

PhD · 2024-09 – present

  • B.S., Northwestern Polytechnical University
  • M.S., Beijing Institute of Technology
    • Publications: TDSC23, USENIX Security24

PublicationsICML26

Xiaoyuan Liu

PhD · 2024-09 – present

  • B.S., Bachelor-PhD Class, CUHK-Shenzhen
    • Rank top 10%
    • Undergraduate intern in the group

PublicationsACL25, NeurIPS25, ACL25, ICLR26, ACL26, EMNLP Findings26

Songhan Zhang

PhD · 2023-01 – present

  • B.S., University of Science and Technology Beijing
  • M.S., HKUST

PublicationsFSE26, ISSTA26

NotesTransferred from MPhil to PhD in 2025.01

Qisheng Lu

PhD · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    • Rank top 8%

PublicationsFSE26

Huachao Zhu

PhD · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    • Rank top 0.5% (1/173)
    • National Scholarship (×3)
  • M.S., Wuhan University
    • Publications: ICCV25, TMM26

Tong Zhu

PhD · 2026-01 – present

  • B.S., East China Normal University
    • ICPC World Finalist (×2)

Mingyu Chen

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
    • Publications: ISSTA26
    • Rank top 1.5%
    • National Scholarship

Haotian Fan

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Renmin University
    • Publications: EMNLP26

Zequan Fang

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    • Rank top 6%
    • National Scholarship

Yichen Guo

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    • Publications: NeurIPS26 (E & D Track)

Linxi Liang

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Sun Yat-sen University
    • Publications: TSE25

Rongbin Shang

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    • Rank top 1.5%
    • National Scholarship (×2)

Zhenfeng Su

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong University
    • Rank top 13%
  • M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Publications: ICS26, ICML26

Haoyu Wang

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Zhejiang University
    • Publications: KDD25
    • Rank top 20%
    • Chu Kochen Honors College

Zhengyuan Xin

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • M.S., CUHK-Shenzhen
    • Publications: KDD26

NotesCo-supervised by Guangxu Zhu and Pinjia He

Ruiyang Xu

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Soochow University
    • Rank top 8% (Gifted Class)
  • M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Publications: AAAI23, ACL25, ICSE25

Qiming Zhu

PhD · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Sichuan University
    • Rank top 13% (Gifted Class)
    • National Scholarship
    • Silver Medal, ICPC Regional Contest
  • M.S., Chinese Academy of Sciences
    • Publications: AAAI25, ACL Findings26
    • National Scholarship

MPhil Students

Sicheng Li

MPhil · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Tinghan Li

MPhil · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology

Manyi Wang

MPhil · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

PublicationsASE26, FSE26

Haotong Wu

MPhil · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Zhejiang University

PublicationsFSE26

Xiaochuan Yan

MPhil · 2025-09 – present

  • B.S., Northeastern University

Yu Huang

MPhil · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Zhengxu Jing

MPhil · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Xi'an Jiaotong–Liverpool University

Xuyao Wang

MPhil · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Nankai University
    • Publications: NeurIPS24, NeurIPS25

Yiyang Wei

MPhil · 2026-09 – present

  • B.S., Zhejiang University
    • Publications: ACL26

People

Alumni

PhD Students

Junjielong Xu

PhD · 2022-09 – 2026-07

  • B.S., Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    • 1st Prize in CUMCM
    • Finalist in MCM (solo)

PublicationsFSE23, ICSE24 (×2), ICSE25, ICLR25, EMNLP Findings26, TOSEM26, ASE26, ICML26, ACL26, AAAI26, FSE26

VisitsETH Zurich

NextResearcher, Tencent Hunyuan (Project UP 青云计划)

Youliang Yuan

PhD · 2022-09 – 2026-07

  • B.S., Tongji University
    • Rank top 4% (1/25)
  • M.S., Wuhan University

PublicationsICLR24, COLING24 (Oral), EMNLP24, EMNLP Findings24, ACL25, NeurIPS25 (D & B Track), EMNLP25, ACL25 (×2), ACL26, ICML26, EMNLP26, ACL26

AwardsNeurIPS25 Top Reviewer

NextResearcher, Meituan LongCat (Beidou Program 北斗计划)

Boxi Yu

PhD · 2021-09 – 2025-07

  • B.S. and M.S., Gifted Class, South China University of Technology

PublicationsISSTA22, ISSTA23, FSE23, ICSE24, ICSE24, ACL25, ICSE25

NextSenior Research Scientist, Lero

MPhil & MSc Students

Ziwen Cai

MPhil · 2024-09 – 2026-07

PublicationsISSTA26

NextAlgorithm Engineer, Xiaomi

Menghan Tian

MPhil · 2024-09 – 2026-07

PublicationsNeurIPS25 (D & B Track), ASE26

NextAlgorithm Engineer, Meituan

Jiaying Li

MPhil · 2024-09 – 2026-07

PublicationsICML26

NextAlgorithm Engineer, OPPO

Sihang Zhao

MPhil · 2023-01 – 2025-01

PublicationsEMNLP Findings24, CHI Extended Abstracts25

NextPhD, NYU Courant (Shanghai Track)

Ruiyu Zhou

MPhil · 2023-09 – 2025-07

PublicationsASE23 (Industry Challenge Track)

AwardsDistinguished Paper Award (ASE23 Industry Challenge Track, First Level)

NextPhD, Nanjing University

Boyin Tan

MAIR · 2023-09 – 2025-07

PublicationsTOSEM26, EMNLP Findings26

NextPhD, MBZUAI

Yidan Wang

MAIR · 2023-09 – 2025-07

PublicationsASE24

NextPhD, University of Luxembourg

Aoyang Fang

MPhil · 2023-01 – 2024-07

NextPhD, CUHK-Shenzhen

Haowen Yang

MPhil · 2022-09 – 2024-07

PublicationsFSE25, ICSE25

NextPhD, HKUST-Guangzhou

Postdoc & Visiting

Zhijing Li

Postdoc · 2021 – 2023

  • Ph.D., Xi'an Jiaotong University

NextResearcher, Shenzhen University

Jialun Cao

NextResearch Assistant Professor, HKUST

Notes2024-03 – 2024-04; Visiting Scholar from HKUST

Ying Fu

NextAssistant Professor, Southwest Jiaotong University

Notes2023-08 – 2024-02; Visiting PhD from Chongqing University

Dinghua Wang

NextAssociate Research Fellow, Hainan University

Notes2023-03 – 2024-02; Visiting PhD from UTS/SUSTech

Research Assistants

Siyu Yu

PublicationsASE24

NextPhD, Peking University

Yusheng Huang

NextAlgorithm Engineer, Kuaishou

Jianbo Yu

NextPhD, Southeast University

Qijing Shen

NextPhD, University of Oxford

Clara Meister

PublicationsICSE20, ICSE21

NextPhD, ETH Zurich

Notes2019-01 – 2020-02; Co-supervised by Pinjia He and Zhendong Su

Rohan Parag Shah

NextMSc, CMU

NotesCo-supervised by Pinjia He and Zhendong Su; Winter 2020

Shashij Gupta

PublicationsFSE20

NextFounder, Edverhub

NotesCo-supervised by Pinjia He and Zhendong Su; Summer 2019

Undergraduates

I am grateful to mentor outstanding undergraduates at CUHK-Shenzhen. Those with joint publications are listed here.

Jiayi Yao

PublicationsISSTA22, ICSE24

NextPhD, University of Chicago

Yuancheng Wang

PublicationsISSTA22

Yiyan Hu

PublicationsFSE23

Wenhan Hu

PublicationsFSE23

Jiaqi Li

PublicationsISSTA23

Yixing Yang

PublicationsISSTA23

Hanfei Chen

PublicationsICSE24

Ruichun Yang

PublicationsICSE24

Zhengda Li

PublicationsFSE25

Haoxuan Wang

PublicationsICSE25

Yusong Zhao

PublicationsEMNLP26

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