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Book Chapters

Farhan K; Li Y; Xue J, 2027, 'Holmes: Forensic-Aware Design and Evaluation of Large Language Models for Procedurally Constrained Digital Investigations', in , pp. 3 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-92-2859-1_1

Xiao ZK; Wang Q; Li Y; Chen S, 2026, 'Prompt to Pwn: Automated Exploit Generation for Smart Contracts', in , pp. 445 - 473, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-92-3012-9_19

Journal articles

Feng W; Li X; Feng R; Zhang Y; Li Y; Zhou Z; Wang Y; Li Y, 2026, 'Determining the Unreachable: Constraint-Guided Reachability Analysis for Dependency Vulnerabilities', Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 10, pp. 1514 - 1541, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3798255

Kan S; Li Y; He W; Xing Z; Zhu L; Sui Y, 2026, 'Spectre: Automated Aliasing Specification Generation for Library APIs with Fuzzing', ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3725811

Ge J; Zheng Y; Li Y; Ma W; Habib SM; Kakkolangara P; Byman GW; Liu Y, 2026, 'OptRCA: A More Efficient and Accurate Approach for Automated Root Cause Analysis and Explanation', ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3736718

Li N; Song Y; Li Y; Shi L; Liu Y; Wang H; Wang K, 2026, 'Detecting LLM Fact-conflicting Hallucinations Enhanced by Temporal-logic-based Reasoning', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2026.3731191

Wang S; Li Y; Wang K; Liu Y; Li H; Liu Y; Wang H, 2025, 'MiniScope: Automated UI Exploration and Privacy Inconsistency Detection of MiniApps via Two-phase Iterative Hybrid Analysis', ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3709351

Li S; Xie K; Li Y; Li H; Ren Y; Sun L; Zhu H, 2025, 'TransferFuzz-Pro: Large Language Model Driven Code Debugging Technology for Verifying Propagated Vulnerability', IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 51, pp. 2396 - 2411, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TSE.2025.3584774

Liu Y; Deng G; Ding J; Li Y; Zhang T; Sun W; Zheng Y; Ge J, 2025, 'Mission: Impossible – Image-Based Geolocation with Large Vision Language Models', Proceedings on Privacy Enhancing Technologies, 2025, pp. 410 - 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.56553/popets-2025-0137

Zhang X; Zhang C; Li X; Du Z; Mao B; Li Y; Zheng Y; Li Y; Pan L; Liu Y; Deng R, 2024, 'A Survey of Protocol Fuzzing', ACM Computing Surveys, 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3696788

Li N; Li Y; Liu Y; Shi L; Wang K; Wang H, 2024, 'Drowzee: Metamorphic Testing for Fact-Conflicting Hallucination Detection in Large Language Models', Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3689776

Li Y; Liu Y; Deng G; Zhang Y; Song W; Shi L; Wang K; Li Y; Liu Y; Wang H, 2024, 'Glitch Tokens in Large Language Models: Categorization Taxonomy and Effective Detection', Proceedings of the ACM on Software Engineering, 1, pp. 2075 - 2097, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3660799

Wei X; Xiao M; Wang B; Wang C; Li Y; Dou J; Cui Z; Dou J; Wang H; Ma S; Zhu C; Yuan G; Yang N; Song T; Zhou H; Chen H; Bai Y; Chen Q, 2022, 'Avoiding Structural Collapse to Reduce Lead Leakage in Perovskite Photovoltaics', Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 61, pp. e202204314, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.202204314

Li S; Xie X; Lin Y; Li Y; Feng R; Li X; Ge W; Dong JS, 2022, 'Deep Learning for Coverage-Guided Fuzzing: How Far are We?', IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, pp. 1 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TDSC.2022.3200525

Yao S; Chen C; Chen Q; Zhang J; Li Y; Zeng Y, 2022, 'An integrated hydrodynamic and multicriteria evaluation Cellular Automata–Markov model to assess the effects of a water resource project on waterbird habitat in wetlands', Journal of Hydrology, 607, pp. 127561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127561

Yao S; Li X; Liu C; Zhang J; Li Y; Gan T; Liu B; Kuang W, 2020, 'New assessment indicator of habitat suitability for migratory bird in wetland based on hydrodynamic model and vegetation growth threshold', Ecological Indicators, 117, pp. 106556, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106556

Luo H; Lou VWQ; Li Y; Chi I, 2019, 'Development and Validation of a Prognostic Tool for Identifying Residents at Increased Risk of Death in Long-Term Care Facilities', Journal of Palliative Medicine, 22, pp. 258 - 266, http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2018.0219

Conference Papers

Li Y; Liu Y; Li Y; Shi L; Deng G; Chen S; Wang K, 2027, 'Uncovering Logit Suppression Vulnerabilities in LLM Safety Alignment', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 61 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-31583-0_5

Chen Z; Zhang Y; Liu Y; Deng G; Li Y; Zhang Y; Ning J; Zhang LY; Ma L; Li Z, 2026, 'How Your Credentials Are Leaked by LLM Agent Skills: An Empirical Study', Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 536 - 548, presented at Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3832783.3834373

Xu S; Song W; Li Y; Sun N; Ahmed ME; Susilo W; Turnbull B; Cheng X; Ma S, 2026, 'RamFuzz: LLM-Guided Greybox Fuzzing for Spatial Memory Corruption via Valid Range Violation', Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 1908 - 1920, presented at Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3832783.3837447

Li Y; Li W; Song W; Liu Y; Deng G, 2026, 'SAF: An AI-Agent-Ready and Browser-Accessible Static Analysis Framework for LLVM IR', Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 3373 - 3376, presented at Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3832783.3834597

Kan S; Li Y; Cheng X; Sui Y, 2026, 'SpecGuru: Hierarchical LLM-Driven API Points-to Specification Generation with Self-Validation', in Proceedings 2026 IEEE ACM 48th International Conference on Software Engineering ICSE 2026, pp. 1200 - 1212, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3744916.3773209

Ding Z; Xu S; Song W; Li Y, 2026, 'NgCaptcha: A CAPTCHA Bridging the Past and the Future', in Www Companion 2026 Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2026, pp. 104 - 107, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3774905.3793112

Yu C; Li Y; Xiao Y; Lu J; Li Y; Bo D; Huo W, 2026, 'LifeFuzz: Lifecycle-Guided Fuzzing for Windows Driver Cross-Handler Vulnerabilities', in Eurosys 2026 Proceedings of the 2026 European Conference on Computer Systems, pp. 2022 - 2036, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3767295.3803624

Shrestha MM; Wong W; Al Zeidat O; Jiang Y; Li Y, 2026, 'Diverse Claire: An AI-Powered UDL Approach Bridging Educational Experience Gaps in CS1', Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), pp. 1714 - 1714, presented at Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V.2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3770761.3777125

Cheng Z; Wan Y; Liu D; Li Y; Jiang Y; Gong D, 2026, 'CSTutorBench: Benchmarking Large Language Models for Realistic Computer Science Tutoring', in SIGCSE TS 2026 Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V 2, pp. 1263 - 1264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3770761.3777333

Wong W; Jiang Y; Li Y, 2026, 'DiverseClaire: Simulating Students to Improve Introductory Programming Course Materials for All CS1 Learners', in SIGCSE TS 2026 Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V 2, pp. 1585 - 1586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3770761.3777340

Liao Y; Jiang Y; Bandara M; Li Y; Samarasekara I; Guo Z; Leuva D; Joukhadar G, 2026, 'Exploring Trust in Human-LLM Feedback Systems: Observation of Student Behaviour in Software Engineering Education', in SIGCSE TS 2026 Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V 2, pp. 1419 - 1420, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3770761.3777342

Xu Z; Liu Y; Li Y; Shi L; Wang K; Zhao Y, 2026, 'A Multi-Agent System for Inclusive Automatic Speech Recognition for People Who Stutter', in Proceedings of the Aaai Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 39495 - 39503, http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i46.41300

Yu M; Rabhi F; Suleiman B; Liu N; Li Y, 2026, 'An Ontology-Driven Service-Oriented System for ESG Metric Computation and Reporting', in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Web Services Icws, pp. 347 - 353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICWS72778.2026.00052

Han T; Song W; Ding Z; Li Z; Fang C; Li Y; Liu D; Chen Z; Wang Z, 2026, 'Debiasing LLMs by Masking Unfairness-Driving Attention Heads', in Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, pp. 37980 - 37992

Xu S; Ding Z; Cheng X; Li Y; Sun N; Turnbull B; Kan S; Ma S, 2026, 'PufferDoS: Efficient and Effective Attack String Generation for Regular Expression Denial of Service Vulnerabilities', in Proceedings IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, pp. 3984 - 4002, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SP63933.2026.00169

Jiang L; Li Y; Zhang X; Ding Y; Pan L, 2026, 'SceneJailEval: A Scenario-Adaptive Multi-Dimensional Framework for Jailbreak Evaluation', in Proceedings of the Aaai Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 35553 - 35561, http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i42.40866

Xu Z; Ding J; Lou Y; Zhang K; Gong D; Li Y, 2026, 'Socrates or Smartypants: Testing Logic Reasoning Capabilities of Large Language Models with Logic Programming-Based Test Oracles', in Proceedings of the Aaai Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 19433 - 19440, http://dx.doi.org/10.1609/aaai.v40i23.39021

Ding Z; Deng G; Liu Y; Ding J; Chen J; Sui Y; Li Y, 2025, 'IllusionCAPTCHA: A CAPTCHA based on Visual Illusion', in Www 2025 Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference, pp. 3683 - 3691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3696410.3714726

Shi J; Chen Y; Xiao Y; Li Y; Xu Z; Qiu S; Zhang C; Qi K; Li Y; Chen X; Zou Y; Liu Y; Huo W, 2025, 'A Large Scale Study of AI-based Binary Function Similarity Detection Techniques for Security Researchers and Practitioners', in Proceedings 2025 40th IEEE ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Ase 2025, pp. 1070 - 1082, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ASE63991.2025.00093

Chen Z; Kemper P; Liu Y; Gorzny J; Siqueira D; Li Y; Pellegrino D; Derka M, 2025, 'A Methodology for Replicating Historical Exploits on EVM-Compatible Blockchains', in Proceedings 2025 IEEE ACM 7th International Workshop on Emerging Trends in Software Engineering for Blockchain Wetseb 2025, pp. 57 - 60, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WETSEB66605.2025.00014

Ding Z; Fu Q; Ding J; Deng G; Liu Y; Li Y, 2025, 'A Rusty Link in the AI Supply Chain: Detecting Evil Configurations in Model Repositories', in Proceedings 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops Spw 2025, pp. 260 - 264, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPW67851.2025.00036

Xu Z; Liu Y; Deng G; Wang K; Li Y; Shi L; Picek S, 2025, 'Continuous Embedding Attacks via Clipped Inputs in Jailbreaking Large Language Models', in Proceedings 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops Spw 2025, pp. 270 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPW67851.2025.00038

Zhao J; Li Y; Zou Y; Xiao Y; Jiang N; Li Y; Zhong N; Peng B; Jian K; Huo W, 2025, 'From Constraints to Cracks: Constraint Semantic Inconsistencies as Vulnerability Beacons for Embedded Systems', in Proceedings of the 34th Usenix Security Symposium, pp. 685 - 704

Jin D; Fu Q; Li Y, 2025, 'Good News for Script Kiddies? Evaluating Large Language Models for Automated Exploit Generation', in Proceedings 46th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops Spw 2025, pp. 278 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SPW67851.2025.00039

Wang Y; Li X; Feng R; Zhang Y; Li Y; Zhou Z, 2025, 'It Only Gets Worse: Revisiting DL-Based Vulnerability Detectors from a Practical Perspective', in Proceedings Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference APSEC, pp. 947 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APSEC66846.2025.00109

Wang J; Li Y; Wang K, 2025, 'KRAKEN-FUZZ: Minimizing Corpus During Ensemble Fuzzing', in Proceedings 2025 IEEE ACM International Workshop on Search Based and Fuzz Testing Sbft 2025, pp. 47 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SBFT66712.2025.00017

Xuan W; Yang R; Qi H; Zeng Q; Xiao Y; Feng A; Liu D; Xing Y; Wang J; Gao F; Lu J; Jiang Y; Li H; Li X; Yu K; Dong R; Gu S; Li Y; Xie X; Juefei-Xu F; Khomh F; Yoshie O; Chen Q; Teodoro D; Liu N; Goebel R; Ma L; Marrese-Taylor E; Lu S; Iwasawa Y; Matsuo Y; Li I, 2025, 'MMLU-ProX: A Multilingual Benchmark for Advanced Large Language Model Evaluation', in Emnlp 2025 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing Proceedings of the Conference, pp. 1513 - 1532, http://dx.doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.emnlp-main.79

Sun W; Miao Y; Li Y; Zhang H; Fang C; Liu Y; Deng G; Liu Y; Chen Z, 2025, 'Source Code Summarization in the Era of Large Language Models', in Proceedings International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 1882 - 1894, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSE55347.2025.00034

Ding J; Zhang J; Liu Y; Ding Z; Deng G; Li Y, 2025, 'TOMBRAIDER: Entering the Vault of History to Jailbreak Large Language Models', in Emnlp 2025 2025 Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing Proceedings of the Conference, pp. 5478 - 5493, http://dx.doi.org/10.18653/v1/2025.emnlp-main.279

Li S; Li Y; Chen Z; Dong C; Wang Y; Li H; Chen Y; Zhu H, 2025, 'TransferFuzz: Fuzzing with Historical Trace for Verifying Propagated Vulnerability Code', in Proceedings International Conference on Software Engineering, pp. 268 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICSE55347.2025.00061

Kute DV; Xu Z; Li Y; Rabhi F, 2025, 'Truman: A Large Language Model-based Multi-agent Simulator for Synthetic Money Laundering Data Generation', in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems Aamas, pp. 2594 - 2596

Liu T; Deng Z; Meng G; Li Y; Chen K, 2024, 'Demystifying RCE Vulnerabilities in LLM-Integrated Apps', in Ccs 2024 Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Sigsac Conference on Computer and Communications Security, pp. 1716 - 1730, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3658644.3690338

Yang W; Gao C; Liu X; Li Y; Xue Y, 2024, 'Rust-twins: Automatic Rust Compiler Testing through Program Mutation and Dual Macros Generation', in Proceedings 2024 39th ACM IEEE International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Ase 2024, pp. 631 - 642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3691620.3695059


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