Bo Wang's Publications

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  1. [Arxiv] Mut4All: Fuzzing Compilers via LLM-Synthesized Mutators Learned from Bug Reports
    Bo Wang, Pengyang Wang, Chong Chen, Ming Deng, Jieke Shi, Qi Sun, Chengran Yang, Youfang Lin, Zhou Yang, Junjie Chen, Jun Sun, David Lo. Under Review PAPER

  2. [ISSTA'26] From Greedy Steps to Global Optimization: Learning Sequential Test Suite Generation
    Guoqing Wang, Chengran Yang, Xiaoxuan Zhou, Zeyu Sun, Bo Wang, David Lo, Dan Hao.
    ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'26) PAPER

  3. [ISSTA'26] Hidden Licensing Risks in the PTMware Ecosystem
    Bo Wang, Yueyang Chen, Jieke Shi, Minghui Li, Yunbo Lyu, Yinan Wu, Youfang Lin, Zhou Yang.
    ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'26) PAPER

  4. [FSE'26] Boosting LLMs for Mutation Generation
    Bo Wang, Ming Deng, Mingda Chen, Chengran Yang, Youfang Lin, Mark Harman, Mike Papadakis, Jie M. Zhang.
    ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE'26) PAPER

  5. [TOSEM'26] A Comprehensive Study on Large Language Models for Mutation Testing
    Bo Wang*, Mingda Chen, Ming Deng, Youfang Lin, Mark Harman, Mike Papadakis, Jie M. Zhang.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM'26) PAPER

  6. [ASEJ'26] Assessing the Effectiveness of Recent Closed-source Large Language Models in Fault Localization and Automated Program Repair
    Bo Wang, Ming Deng, Mingda Chen, Youfang Lin, Jianyi Zhou, Jie M. Zhang.
    Automated Software Engineering Journal (ASEJ'26) PAPER

  7. [APSEC'25] CAMUS: Context-Aware Neural Mutation Selection
    Mingda Chen, Bo Wang*, Youfang Lin, Jie M. Zhang.
    32nd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC'25) PAPER

  8. [OOPSLA'25] Fuzzing C++ Compilers via Type-Driven Mutation
    Bo Wang*, Chong Chen, Ming Deng, Junjie Chen, Xing Zhang, Youfang Lin, Dan Hao, Jun Sun.
    Proceedings of the ACM on Programming Languages (PACMPL) OOPSLA'25 PAPER

  9. [TSE'25] A Comprehensive Study of OOP-Related Bugs in C++ Compilers
    Bo Wang, Chong Chen, Junjie Chen, Bowen Xu, Chen Ye, Youfang Lin, Guoliang Dong, Jun Sun.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE'25) PAPER

  10. [ICSME'25] Boosting Redundancy-based Automated Program Repair by Fine-grained Pattern Mining
    Jiajun Jiang, Fengjie Li, Zijie Zhao, Zhirui Ye, Mengjiao Liu, Bo Wang, Hongyu Zhang, Junjie Chen.
    41st International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME'25) PAPER IEEE TCSE DISTINGUISHED PAPER AWARD

  11. [ICECCS'25] RustMap: Towards Project-Scale C-to-Rust Migration via Program Analysis and LLM
    Xuemeng Cai, Jiakun Liu, Xiping Huang, Yijun Yu, Haitao Wu, Chunmiao Li, Bo Wang, Imam Nur Bani Yusuf, Lingxiao Jiang.
    29th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS'25) PAPER

  12. [JOS'25] Survey on Automatic GUI Test Generation Technologies of Mobile Applications
    Bo Wang, Chong Chen, Ming Deng, Zhen Dong, Youfang Lin, Dan Hao.
    Journal of Software (In Chinese) (JOS'25) PAPER

  13. [STVR'25] A Systematic Exploration of Mutation-Based Fault Localization Formulae
    Bo Wang, Jinkang Wei, Mingda Chen, Chong Chen, Youfang Lin, Jie M. Zhang.
    Software Testing, Verification and Reliability (STVR'25) PAPER

  14. [SCIS'25] Deep Learning-based Software Engineering: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities
    Xiangping Chen*, ..., Bo Wang*, ..., Lu Zhang*.
    SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS'25) PAPER

  15. [ASE'24] On the Evaluation of Large Language Models in Unit Test Generation
    Lin Yang, Chen Yang, Shutao Gao, Weijing Wang, Bo Wang, Qihao Zhu, Xiao Chu, Jianyi Zhou, Guangtai Liang, Qianxiang Wang, Junjie Chen.
    39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE'24) PAPER

  16. [LLM4Code'24] Evaluating Fault Localization and Program Repair Capabilities of Existing Closed-Source General-Purpose LLMs
    Shengbei Jiang, Jiabao Zhang, Wei Chen, Bo Wang*, Jianyi Zhou, Jie M. Zhang.
    The 1st LLM4Code Workshop (LLM4Code'24) PAPER

  17. [TSE'24] Accelerating Patch Validation for Program Repair with Interception-Based Execution Scheduling
    Yuan-An Xiao, Chenyang Yang, Bo Wang, Yingfei Xiong.
    IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE'24) PAPER

  18. [JSEP'24] Enhanced Evolutionary Automated Program Repair by Finer-Granularity Ingredients and Better Search Algorithms
    Bo Wang*, Guizhuang Liu, Youfang Lin, Shuang Ren, Honghui Li, Dalin Zhang.
    Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP'24) PAPER

  19. [ASE'23] ExpressAPR: Efficient Patch Validation for Java Automated Program Repair Systems
    Yuan-An Xiao, Chenyang Yang, Bo Wang, Yingfei Xiong.
    38th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Demo Track (ASE'23 Demo) PAPER

  20. [Internetware'22] Enhanced Evolutionary Automated Program Repair by Finer-Granularity Ingredients and Better Search Algorithms
    Bo Wang, Guizhuang Liu, Youfang Lin, Shuang Ren, Honghui Li, Dalin Zhang.
    13th Asia-Pacific Symposium on Internetware (Internetware'22) PAPER

  21. [TOSEM'22] L2S: A Framework for Synthesizing the Most Probable Program under a Specification
    Yingfei Xiong, Bo Wang.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM'22) PAPER

  22. [ASE'21] Faster Mutation Analysis with Fewer Processes and Smaller Overheads
    Bo Wang#, Sirui Lu#, Yingfei Xiong, Feng Liu
    36th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE'21) PAPER

  23. [TOSEM'21] Beyond Tests: Program Vulnerability Repair via Crash Constraint Extraction
    Xiang Gao, Bo Wang*, Gregory J. Duck, Ruyi Ji, Yingfei Xiong, Abhik Roychoudhury.
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM'20) PAPER

  24. [JOS'20] Survey of Dynamic Analysis Based Program Invariant Synthesis Techniques
    Bo Wang, Sirui Lu, Jiajun Jiang, Yingfei Xiong.
    Journal of Software (In Chinese) (JOS'20) PAPER

  25. [GI'18] Learning to Synthesize
    Yingfei Xiong, Bo Wang, Guirong Fu, Linfei Zang.
    The 4th International Workshop on Genetic Improvement Workshop PAPER

  26. [ISSTA'17] Faster Mutation Analysis via Equivalence Modulo States
    Bo Wang, Yingfei Xiong, Yangqingwei Shi, Lu Zhang, Dan Hao.
    26th International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA'17) PAPER ACM SIGSOFT DISTINGUISHED PAPER AWARD