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奖项

ICST 2025 十年最具影响力Journal First论文奖, "Testing and validating machine learning classifiers by metamorphic testing", Xiaoyuan Xie, Joshua Wing Kei Ho, Christian Murphy, Gail Kaiser, Baowen Xu, and Tsong Yueh Chen, 2025 18th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST)

2025
ACM SIGSOFT杰出论文奖, "Do not neglect what’s on your hands: localizing software faults with exception trigger stream", Xihao Zhang, Yi Song, Xiaoyuan Xie, Qi Xin, Chenliang Xing, 2024 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

2024
CCF开源创新大赛一等奖

2024
武汉大学我心目中的好导师

2023
2023 AI+软件研发数字峰会 (AiDD) Top 12 演讲嘉宾

2023
2022年基金委外国优秀青年学者研究基金获得者 (全国49人)

2022
ACM SIGSOFT杰出论文奖, "Boosting the Revealing of Detected Violations in Deep Learning Testing: A Diversity-Guided Method", Xiaoyuan Xie, Pengbo Yin, and Songqiang Chen, 2022 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

2022
2021年中国计算机学会NASAC青年软件创新奖 (该奖项针对在软件领域的科学研究、技术发明、系统开发及应用等方面有突出成就和重大贡献、年龄不超过40岁的软件领域研究人员，每年1-3人)

2021
ACM SIGSOFT杰出论文奖, "Testing Your Question Answering Software via Asking Recursively", Songqiang Chen, Shuo Jin, and Xiaoyuan Xie, 2021 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

2021
ACM SigEvo HUMIES 2017银奖, "Human Competitiveness of Genetic Programming in Spectrum Based Fault Localisation: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis"

2017
武汉大学珞珈青年学者

2016
最佳论文奖, "Application of Metamorphic Testing to Supervised Classifiers", Xiaoyuan Xie, Joshua Ho, Christian Murphy, Gail Kaiser, Baowen Xu and Tsong Yueh Chen, 9th International Conference on Quality Software

2009

发表论文

期刊论文

[ASE25]

RFMC-CS: a representation fusion based multi-view momentum contrastive learning framework for code search
G. Chen, W. Liu, X. Xie
Automated Software Engineering
Vol.32, No.1, pp.1-16 (corresponding author)

CCF-B
[TSE24]

Metamorphic Testing of Image Captioning Systems via Image-Level Reduction
X. Xie, X. Li, S. Chen
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
(corresponding author)

CCF-A
[TOSEM24]

SURE: A Visualized Failure Indexing Approach using Program Memory Spectrum
Y. Song, X. Zhang, X. Xie, S. Chen, Q. Liu, R. Gao
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Vol.33, No.8, pp.1-43 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[TOSEM24]

Word Closure-Based Metamorphic Testing for Machine Translation
X. Xie, S. Jin, S. Chen, S.C. Cheung
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Vol.33, No.8, pp.1-46 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[SCIS24]

When Debugging Encounters Artificial Intelligence: State of the Art and Open Challenges
Y. Song, X. Xie, B. Xu
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences
Vol.67, No.4, pp.141101 (co-first and corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ASE23]

QAASKER+: a novel testing method for question answering software via asking recursive questions
X. Xie, S. Jin, S. Chen
Automated Software Engineering
Vol.30, No.1, pp.14 (corresponding author)

CCF-B
[JSS22]

A comprehensive empirical investigation on failure clustering in parallel debugging
Y. Song, X. Xie, Q. Liu, X. Zhang, X. Wu
Journal of Systems and Software
Vol.193, pp.111452 (corresponding author)

CCF-B
[IST22]

Personalizing label prediction for GitHub issues
J. Wang, X. Zhang, L. Chen, X. Xie
Information and Software Technology
Vol.145, pp.106845

CCF-B
[TR22]

MULA: A Just-In-Time Multi-labeling System for Issue Reports
X. Xie, Y. Su, S. Chen, L. Chen, J. Xuan, B. Xu
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
Vol.71, No.1, pp.250-263 (corresponding author)

SCI二区
[TR20]

METTLE: a METamorphic testing approach to assessing and validating unsupervised machine LEarning systems
X. Xie, Z. Zhang, T.Y. Chen, Y. Liu, P-L. Poon, B. Xu
IEEE Transactions on Reliability
Vol.69, No.4, pp.1293-1322 (corresponding author)

SCI二区
[ESE19]

How does code style inconsistency affect pull request integration? an exploratory study on 117 github project
W. Zou, J. Xuan, X. Xie, Z. Chen, B. Xu
Empirical Software Engineering
Vol.24, No.6, pp.3871-3903

CCF-B
[TSE19]

Metric+: A metamorphic relation identification technique based on input plus output domains
C-A. Sun, A. Fu, P-L. Poon, X. Xie, H. Liu, T. Y. Chen
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

CCF-A
[JSS19]

Does the fault reside in a stack trace? assisting crash localization by predicting crashing fault residence
Y. Gu, J. Xuan, H. Zhang, L. Zhang, Q. Fan, X. Xie, T. Qian
Journal of Systems and Software
Vol.148, pp.88-104

CCF-B
[JSS19]

On the analysis of spectrum based fault localization using hitting sets
J. Tu , X. Xie , T. Y. Chen , B. Xu
Journal of Systems and Software
Vol.147, pp.106-123

CCF-B
[IST17]

Software effort estimation based on open source projects: Case study of Github, Information and Software Technology
F. Qi, X. Y. Jing, X. Zhu, X. Xie, B. Xu, S. Ying
Information and Software Technology
Vol.92, pp.145-157

CCF-B
[CI17]

Multi-level random walk for software test suite reduction
Z. Chi, J. Xuan, Z. Ren, X. Xie, H. Guo
IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine
Vol.12, No.2, pp.24-33

SCI一区
[TOSEM17]

Localisation: Theoretical and Empirical Analysis, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
S. Yoo, X. Xie, F-C. Kuo, T. Y. Chen, M. Harman
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Vol.26(1), pp.4:1-4:30 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[TSC17]

Localizing runtime anomalies in service-oriented systems
Q. He, X. Xie, Y. Wang, D. Ye, F. Chen, H. Jin, Y. Yang
IEEE Transactions on Services Computing
Vol.10, No.1, pp.94-106

CCF-A
[JSS16]

METRIC: METamorphic Relation Identification based on the Category-choice framework
T.Y. Chen, P-L. Poon, X. Xie
Journal of Systems and Software
Vol.116, pp. 177-190

CCF-B
[TOSEM13]

A Theoretical Analysis of The Risk Evaluation Formulas for Spectrum-Based Fault Localization
X. Xie, T. Y. Chen, F.-C. Kuo, B. W. Xu
ACM Transaction on Software Engineering and Methodology
Vol. 22, No.4, pp.31:1-31:40

CCF-A
[IST13]

Metamorphic Slice: An Application in Spectrum-Based Fault
X. Xie, W. E. Wong, T. Y. Chen, B. W. Xu
Information and Software Technology
Vol.55, No.5, pp.866-879

CCF-B
[JSS11]

Testing and Validating Machine Learning Classifiers by Metamorphic Testing
X. Xie, J. W. K. Ho, C. Murphy, G. Kaiser, B. W. Xu, and T. Y. Chen
Journal of Systems and Software
ICST 2025 十年最具影响力Journal First论文奖
Vol.84, No.4, pp.544-558

CCF-B

会议论文

[ICSE25]

HedgeCode: A Multi-Task Hedging Contrastive Learning Framework for Code Search
G. Chen, X. Xie, D. Tang, Q. Xin, W. Liu
IEEE/ACM 47th International Conference on Software Engineering
pp.89-100 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ASE24]

Do Not Neglect What's on Your Hands: Localizing Software Faults with Exception Trigger Stream
X. Zhang, Y. Song, X. Xie, Q. Xin, C. Xing
Proceedings of the 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
ACM SIGSOFT杰出论文奖
pp. 982-994 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ISSTA24]

FastLog: An End-to-End Method to Efficiently Generate and Insert Logging Statements
X. Xie, Z. Cai, S. Chen, J. Xuan
Proceedings of the 33rd ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis
pp. 26-37 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ICSE24]

ReClues: Representing and indexing failures in parallel debugging with program variables
Y. Song, X. Zhang, X. Xie, Q. Liu, R. Gao, C. Xing
Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering
pp.1-13 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ICPC23]

Properly Offer Options to Improve the Practicality of Software Document Completion Tools
Z. Cai, S. Chen, X. Xie
IEEE/ACM 31st International Conference on Program Comprehension
pp.237-241 (corresponding author)

CCF-B
[DASFAA23]

ML-KGCL: Multi-level Knowledge Graph Contrastive Learning for Recommendation
G. Chen, X. Xie
International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications
pp.253-268 (corresponding author)

CCF-B
[ASE22]

Boosting the Revealing of Detected Violations in Deep Learning Testing: A Diversity-Guided Method
X. Xie, P. Yin, S. Chen
Proceedings of the 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
ACM SIGSOFT杰出论文奖
pp.1-13 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ASE22]

Evolving Ranking-Based Failure Proximities for Better Clustering in Fault Isolation
Y. Song, X. Xie, X. Zhang, Q. Liu, R. Gao
Proceedings of the 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
pp.1-13 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ISSRE22]

Towards the Robustness of Multiple Object Tracking Systems
X. Xie, Y. Duan, S. Chen and J. Xuan
Proceedings of the 33rd IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
pp.402-413 (corresponding author)

CCF-B
[ASE21]

Testing Your Question Answering Software via Asking Recursively
S. Chen, S. Jin, X. Xie
Proceedings of the 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
ACM SIGSOFT杰出论文奖
pp.104-116 (co-first and corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ASE21]

Property-based Test for Part-of-Speech Tagging Tool
S. Jin, S. Chen, X. Xie
Proceedings of the 36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering NIER Track
pp.1306-1311 (corresponding author)

CCF-A
[FSE21]

Validation on machine reading comprehension software without annotated labels: a property-based method
S. Chen, S. Jin, X. Xie
Proceedings of the 29th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
pp.590-602 (co-first and corresponding author)

CCF-A
[SANER21]

Towards Understanding Tool-chain Bugs in the LLVM Compiler Infrastructure
X. Xie, H. Yang, Q. He, L. Chen
IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
pp.1-11

CCF-B
[ASE20]

Stay professional and efficient: automatically generate titles for your bug reports
S. Chen, X. Xie, B. Yin, Y. Ji, L. Chen, B. Xu
Proceedings of the 35th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
(co-first and corresponding author)

CCF-A
[ICSME18]

How do multiple pull requests change the same code: A study of competing pull requests in github
X. Zhang, Y. Chen, Y. Gu, W. Zou, X. Xie, X. Jia, J. Xuan
IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution
pp.228-239

CCF-B
[ICSE16]

Revisit of automatic debugging via human focus-tracking analysis
X. Xie, Z. Liu, S. Song, Z. Chen, J. Xuan, B. Xu
Proceedings of the 38th International Conference on Software Engineering
pp.808-819

CCF-A
[MET16]

Looking for an MR? Try METWiki today
X. Xie, J. Li, C. Wang, T. Y. Chen
The 1st International Workshop on Metamorphic Testing (MET) co-located with ICSE
(corresponding author)
[FSE15]

Crash Reproduction via Test Case Mutation: Let Existing Test Cases Help
J. Xuan, X. Xie, M. Monperrus
Proceedings of the 10th Joint Meeting on Foundations of Software Engineering
pp. 910-913

CCF-A
[QSIC09]

Application of Metamorphic Testing to Supervised Classifiers
X. Xie, J. W. K. Ho, C. Murphy, G. Kaiser, B. W. Xu, and T. Y. Chen
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Quality Software
最佳论文奖
pp.135-144

书籍（章节）

X. Xie, W. E. Wong, Theoretical Aspects of Software Fault Localization
pp. 451-472, Handbook of Software Fault Localization: Foundations and Advances

2023
X. Xie, B. Xu, Essential Spectrum-based Fault Localization

2021
B. Xu, X. Xie, L. Shi, C. Nie, Application of Genetic Algorithms in Software Testing. Advances in Machine Learning Application in Software Engineering
pp. 287-317, IGI Global

2007

其他

X. Xie, F.-C. Kuo, T. Y. Chen, S. Yoo, M. Harman, Theoretical Analysis of GP-Evolved Risk Evaluation Formulas for Spectrum Based Fault Localisation. Research Note RN/13/06
Department of Computer Science, University College London

2013
X. Xie, W. E. Wong, B. W. Xu, and T. Y. Chen, Spectrum-based Fault Localization Without Test Oracles. Technical Report UTDCS-07-10
Department of Computer Science, University of Texas at Dallas

2010