Publications

2023

J. Chen, Z. Ding, Y. Tang, M. Sayagh, H. Li, B. Adams, and W. Shang, “IoPV: On Inconsistent Option Performance Variations,” in ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, 2023.
```
@inproceedings{Chen2023IoPV,
  title = {IoPV: On Inconsistent Option Performance Variations},
  author = {Chen, Jinfu and Ding, Zishuo and Tang, Yiming and Sayagh, Mohammed and Li, Heng and Adams, Bram and Shang, Weiyi},
  booktitle = {ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering},
  series = {ESEC/FSE '23},
  year = {2023},
  organization = {ACM}
}
```
F. Yousefifeshki, H. Li, and F. Khomh, “Studying the challenges of developing hardware description language programs,” Information and Software Technology, vol. 159, 2023 [Online]. Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584923000502
```
@article{YOUSEFIFESHKI2023107196,
  title = {Studying the challenges of developing hardware description language programs},
  journal = {Information and Software Technology},
  volume = {159},
  year = {2023},
  issn = {0950-5849},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2023.107196},
  url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0950584923000502},
  author = {Yousefifeshki, Fatemeh and Li, Heng and Khomh, Foutse}
}
```
Z. Ding, Y. Tang, Y. Li, H. Li, and W. Shang, “On the Temporal Relations between Logging and Code,” in Proceedings of the 45rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2023.
```
@inproceedings{Ding2023LogTemp,
  title = {On the Temporal Relations between Logging and Code},
  author = {Ding, Zishuo and Tang, Yiming and Li, Yang and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 45rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)},
  series = {ICSE '23},
  year = {2023},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
H. Dai, Y. Tang, H. Li, and W. Shang, “PILAR: Studying and Mitigating the Influence of Configurations on Log Parsing,” in Proceedings of the 45rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2023.
```
@inproceedings{Dai2023LogEntropyParser,
  title = {PILAR: Studying and Mitigating the Influence of Configurations on Log Parsing},
  author = {Dai, Hetong and Tang, Yiming and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 45rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)},
  series = {ICSE '23},
  year = {2023},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```

2022

F. Majidi, M. Openja, F. Khomh, and H. Li, “An Empirical Study on the Usage of Automated Machine Learning Tools,” in Proceedings of the 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), 2022.
```
@inproceedings{Majidi2022ICSME,
  title = {An Empirical Study on the Usage of Automated Machine Learning Tools},
  author = {Majidi, Forough and Openja, Moses and Khomh, Foutse and Li, Heng},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 38th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)},
  series = {ICSME '22},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
M. Raed, H. Li, F. Khomh, and L. Tidjon, “Bug Characteristics in Quantum Software Ecosystem,” arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.11965, 2022.
```
@article{Raed2022QuantumBugs,
  author = {Raed, Mohamed and Li, Heng and Khomh, Foutse and Tidjon, Lionel},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.11965},
  title = {Bug Characteristics in Quantum Software Ecosystem},
  year = {2022},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  volume = {},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2204.11965},
  publisher = {}
}
```
Z. Ding, H. Li, W. Shang, and T.-H. Chen, “Towards Learning Generalizable Code Embeddings using Task-agnostic Graph Convolutional Networks,” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), 2022.
```
@article{Ding2022CodeEmbeddingGCN,
  author = {Ding, Zishuo and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Chen, Tse-Hsun},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)},
  title = {Towards Learning Generalizable Code Embeddings using Task-agnostic Graph Convolutional Networks},
  year = {2022},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  volume = {},
  doi = {},
  publisher = {ACM}
}
```
M. Openja, F. Majidi, F. Khomh, B. Chembakottu, and H. Li, “Studying the Practices of Deploying Machine Learning Projects on Docker,” in Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), 2022.
```
@inproceedings{Openja2022MLDocker,
  title = {Studying the Practices of Deploying Machine Learning Projects on Docker},
  author = {Openja, Moses and Majidi, Forough and Khomh, Foutse and Chembakottu, Bhagya and Li, Heng},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE)},
  series = {EASE '22},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {},
  organization = {}
}
```
H. Zhang, Y. Tang, M. Lamothe, H. Li, and W. Shang, “Studying Logging Practice in Test Code,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 1–45, 2022.
```
@article{Zhang2022TestLog,
  author = {Zhang, Haonan and Tang, Yiming and Lamothe, Maxime and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  title = {Studying Logging Practice in Test Code},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {27},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1--45},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-022-10139-0},
  publisher = {Springer}
}
```
Z. Ding, H. Li, W. Shang, and T.-H. Chen, “Can Pre-trained Code Embeddings Improve Model Performance? Revisiting the Use of Code Embeddings in Software Engineering Tasks,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 1–38, 2022.
```
@article{Ding2022CodeEmbeddings,
  author = {Ding, Zishuo and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Chen, Tse-Hsun},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  title = {Can Pre-trained Code Embeddings Improve Model Performance? Revisiting the Use of Code Embeddings in Software Engineering Tasks},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {27},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1--38},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-022-10118-5},
  publisher = {Springer}
}
```
Z. Ding, H. Li, and W. Shang, “LoGenText: Automatically Generating Logging Texts Using Neural Machine Translation,” in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2022.
```
@inproceedings{Ding2022LoGenText,
  title = {LoGenText: Automatically Generating Logging Texts Using Neural Machine Translation},
  author = {Ding, Zishuo and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)},
  series = {SANER '22},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
S. Hassan, H. Li, and A. E. Hassan, “On the Importance of Performing App Analysis Within Peer Groups,” in Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2022.
```
@inproceedings{Hassan2022PeerApps,
  title = {On the Importance of Performing App Analysis Within Peer Groups},
  author = {Hassan, Safwat and Li, Heng and Hassan, Ahmed E.},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER)},
  series = {SANER '22},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
L. Liao, H. Li, W. Shang, and L. Ma, “An Empirical Study of the Impact of Hyperparameter Tuning and Model Optimization on the Performance Properties of Deep Neural Networks,” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), vol. 31, no. 3, pp. 1–40, 2022.
```
@article{Liao2021DNNPerformance,
  author = {Liao, Lizhi and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Ma, Lei},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)},
  title = {An Empirical Study of the Impact of Hyperparameter Tuning and Model Optimization on the Performance Properties of Deep Neural Networks},
  year = {2022},
  volume = {31},
  number = {3},
  pages = {1--40},
  doi = {10.1145/3506695},
  publisher = {ACM}
}
```

2021

L. Liao, J. Chen, H. Li, Y. Zeng, W. Shang, C. Sporea, A. Toma, and S. Sajedi, “Locating Performance Regression Root Causes in the Field Operations of Web-based Systems: An Experience Report,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2021.
```
@article{Liao2021LocatePerfReg,
  author = {Liao, Lizhi and Chen, Jinfu and Li, Heng and Zeng, Yi and Shang, Weiyi and Sporea, Catalin and Toma, Andrei and Sajedi, Sarah},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
  title = {Locating Performance Regression Root Causes in the Field Operations of Web-based Systems: An Experience Report},
  year = {2021},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2021.3131529},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
H. Li, H. Zhang, S. Wang, and A. E. Hassan, “Studying the Practices of Logging Exception Stack Traces in Open-Source Software Projects,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, 2021.
```
@article{Li2021StackTrace,
  title = {Studying the Practices of Logging Exception Stack Traces in Open-Source Software Projects},
  author = {Li, Heng and Zhang, Haoxiang and Wang, Shaowei and Hassan, Ahmed E.},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2021.3129688},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
M. Raed, H. Li, F. Khomh, and M. Openja, “Understanding Quantum Software Engineering Challenges: An Empirical Study on Stack Exchange Forums and GitHub Issues,” in Proceedings of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), 2021.
```
@inproceedings{Mohamed2021ICSME,
  title = {Understanding Quantum Software Engineering Challenges: An Empirical Study on Stack Exchange Forums and GitHub Issues},
  author = {Raed, Mohamed and Li, Heng and Khomh, Foutse and Openja, Moses},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)},
  series = {ICSME '21},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/ICSME52107.2021.00037},
  organization = {IEEE}
}
```
M. Lamothe, H. Li, and W. Shang, “Assisting Example-based API Misuse Detection via Complementary Artificial Examples,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2021.
```
@article{Lamothe2021APIMisuse,
  title = {Assisting Example-based API Misuse Detection via Complementary Artificial Examples},
  author = {Lamothe, Maxime and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2021.3093246},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
S. Locke, H. Li, T.-H. P. Chen, W. Shang, and W. Liu, “LogAssist: Assisting Log Analysis Through Log Summarization,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2021.
```
@article{Locke2021LogAssist,
  title = {LogAssist: Assisting Log Analysis Through Log Summarization},
  author = {Locke, Steven and Li, Heng and Chen, {Tse-Hsun Peter} and Shang, Weiyi and Liu, Wei},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2021.3083715},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
H. Gujral, S. Lal, and H. Li, “An Exploratory Semantic Analysis of Logging Questions,” Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSME), vol. 33, no. 7, p. e2361, 2021.
```
@article{Gujral2021LoggingQuestions,
  title = {An Exploratory Semantic Analysis of Logging Questions},
  author = {Gujral, Harshit and Lal, Sangeeta and Li, Heng},
  journal = {Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSME)},
  volume = {33},
  number = {7},
  pages = {e2361},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1002/smr.2361},
  publisher = {Wiley}
}
```
H. Zhang, S. Wang, H. Li, T.-H. P. Chen, and A. E. Hassan, “A Study of C/C++ Code Weaknesses on Stack Overflow,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2021.
```
@article{Zhang2021CodeWeaknessesOnStackOverflow,
  title = {A Study of C/C++ Code Weaknesses on Stack Overflow},
  author = {Zhang, Haoxiang and Wang, Shaowei and Li, Heng and Chen, {Tse-Hsun Peter} and Hassan, Ahmed E.},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  pages = {},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2021.3058985},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
Y. Lyu, H. Li, M. Sayagh, Z. M. Jiang, and A. E. Hassan, “An Empirical Study of the Impact of Data Splitting Decisions on the Performance of AIOps Solutions,” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 1–38, 2021.
```
@article{LyuAIOpsDataSplitting,
  author = {Lyu, Yingzhe and Li, Heng and Sayagh, Mohammed and Jiang, Zhen Ming and Hassan, Ahmed E.},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)},
  title = {An Empirical Study of the Impact of Data Splitting Decisions on the Performance of AIOps Solutions},
  year = {2021},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1--38},
  volume = {30},
  doi = {10.1145/3447876},
  publisher = {ACM}
}
```
Z. Li, H. Li, T.-H. P. Chen, and W. Shang, “DeepLV: Suggesting Log Levels Using Ordinal Based Neural Networks,” in Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2021.
```
@inproceedings{Li2021DeepLV,
  title = {DeepLV: Suggesting Log Levels Using Ordinal Based Neural Networks},
  author = {Li, Zhenhao and Li, Heng and Chen, Tse-Hsun Peter and Shang, Weiyi},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)},
  series = {ICSE '21},
  year = {2021},
  doi = {10.1109/ICSE43902.2021.00131},
  organization = {IEEE Press}
}
```

2020

L. Liao, J. Chen, H. Li, Y. Zeng, W. Shang, J. Guo, C. Sporea, A. Toma, and S. Sajedi, “Using Black-Box Performance Models to Detect Performance Regressions under Varying Workloads: An Empirical Study,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 4130–4160, 2020.
```
@article{Liao2020LogPerfReg,
  author = {Liao, Lizhi and Chen, Jinfu and Li, Heng and Zeng, Yi and Shang, Weiyi and Guo, Jianmei and Sporea, Catalin and Toma, Andrei and Sajedi, Sarah},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  title = {Using Black-Box Performance Models to Detect Performance Regressions under Varying Workloads: An Empirical Study},
  year = {2020},
  volume = {25},
  number = {5},
  pages = {4130--4160},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-020-09866-z},
  publisher = {Springer}
}
```
H. Dai, H. Li, C.-S. Chen, W. Shang, and T.-H. Chen, “Logram: Efficient Log Parsing Using n-Gram Dictionaries,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 879–892, 2020.
```
@article{Dai2020Logram,
  title = {Logram: Efficient Log Parsing Using n-Gram Dictionaries},
  author = {Dai, Hetong and Li, Heng and Chen, Che-Shao and Shang, Weiyi and Chen, Tse-Hsun},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
  volume = {48},
  number = {3},
  pages = {879--892},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2020.3007554},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```
K. Yao, H. Li, W. Shang, and A. E. Hassan, “A Study of the Performance of General Compressors on Log Files,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 25, no. 5, pp. 3043–3085, 2020.
```
@article{Yao2020LogCompression,
  title = {A Study of the Performance of General Compressors on Log Files},
  author = {Yao, Kundi and Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Hassan, Ahmed E.},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  volume = {25},
  number = {5},
  pages = {3043--3085},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-020-09822-x},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {Springer}
}
```
Y. Li, Z. M. Jiang, H. Li, A. E. Hassan, C. He, R. Huang, Z. Zeng, M. Wang, and P. Chen, “Predicting Node Failures in an Ultra-Large-Scale Cloud Computing Platform: An AIOps Solution,” ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM), vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 13:1–13:24, 2020.
```
@article{Li2020NodeFailurePrediction,
  author = {Li, Yangguang and Jiang, Zhen Ming and Li, Heng and Hassan, Ahmed E. and He, Cheng and Huang, Ruirui and Zeng, Zhengda and Wang, Mian and Chen, Pinan},
  journal = {ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)},
  title = {Predicting Node Failures in an Ultra-Large-Scale Cloud Computing Platform: An AIOps Solution},
  year = {2020},
  number = {2},
  pages = {13:1--13:24},
  volume = {29},
  doi = {10.1145/3385187},
  publisher = {ACM}
}
```
H. Li, W. Shang, B. Adams, M. Sayagh, and A. Hassan, “A Qualitative Study of the Benefits and Costs of Logging from Developers’ Perspectives,” IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), vol. 47, no. 12, pp. 2858–2873, 2020.
```
@article{Li2020LoggingQualitativeStudy,
  title = {A Qualitative Study of the Benefits and Costs of Logging from Developers' Perspectives},
  author = {Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Adams, Bram and Sayagh, Mohammed and Hassan, Ahmed},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE)},
  volume = {47},
  number = {12},
  pages = {2858--2873},
  year = {2020},
  doi = {10.1109/TSE.2020.2970422},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}
```

2019

S. M. Shariff, H. Li, C.-P. Bezemer, A. E. Hassan, T. H. D. Nguyen, and P. Flora, “Improving the Testing Efficiency of Selenium-based Load Tests,” in Proceedings of the 14th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Automation of Software Test (AST), 2019.
```
@inproceedings{Shariff2019LoadTesting,
  title = {Improving the Testing Efficiency of Selenium-based Load Tests},
  author = {Shariff, Shahnaz M. and Li, Heng and Bezemer, Cor-Paul and Hassan, Ahmed E. and Nguyen, Thanh H.D. and Flora, Parminder},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Automation of Software Test (AST)},
  series = {AST '19},
  year = {2019},
  doi = {10.1109/AST.2019.00008}
}
```

2018

H. Li, T.-H. P. Chen, A. E. Hassan, M. Nasser, and P. Flora, “Adopting Autonomic Computing Capabilities in Existing Large-Scale Systems: An Industrial Experience Report,” in Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE-SEIP), 2018.
```
@inproceedings{Li2018adopting,
  title = {Adopting Autonomic Computing Capabilities in Existing Large-Scale Systems: An Industrial Experience Report},
  author = {Li, Heng and Chen, Tse-Hsun Peter and Hassan, Ahmed E. and Nasser, Mohamed and Flora, Parminder},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 40th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE-SEIP)},
  series = {ICSE-SEIP '18},
  year = {2018},
  organization = {IEEE Press},
  doi = {10.1145/3183519.3183544}
}
```
H. Li and Z. Zhang, “Predicting the Receivers of Football Passes,” in Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics (MLSA), 2018.
```
@inproceedings{Li2018predicting,
  title = {Predicting the Receivers of Football Passes},
  author = {Li, Heng and Zhang, Zhiying},
  booktitle = {Machine Learning and Data Mining for Sports Analytics (MLSA)},
  series = {MLSA '18},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17274-9_15}
}
```
H. Li, T.-H. P. Chen, W. Shang, and A. E. Hassan, “Studying software logging using topic models,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 2655–2694, 2018.
```
@article{Li2018studying,
  title = {Studying software logging using topic models},
  author = {Li, Heng and Chen, Tse-Hsun Peter and Shang, Weiyi and Hassan, Ahmed E},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  volume = {23},
  number = {5},
  pages = {2655--2694},
  year = {2018},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-018-9595-8}
}
```

2017

H. Li, W. Shang, Y. Zou, and A. E. Hassan, “Towards just-in-time suggestions for log changes,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1831–1865, 2017.
```
@article{Li2017LogChange,
  title = {Towards just-in-time suggestions for log changes},
  author = {Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Zou, Ying and Hassan, Ahmed E},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  volume = {22},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1831--1865},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-016-9467-z}
}
```
H. Li, W. Shang, and A. E. Hassan, “Which log level should developers choose for a new logging statement?,” Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE), vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 1684–1716, 2017.
```
@article{Li2017LogLevel,
  title = {Which log level should developers choose for a new logging statement?},
  author = {Li, Heng and Shang, Weiyi and Hassan, Ahmed E},
  journal = {Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE)},
  volume = {22},
  number = {4},
  pages = {1684--1716},
  year = {2017},
  publisher = {Springer},
  doi = {10.1007/s10664-016-9456-2}
}
```

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