Publications

Research Index

Every publication of the ASI Lab, fully indexed and crawlable — 289 papers across journal, conference and preprint, each with its own landing page.

Empirical 231 Decision 103 LLM 93 Logs 62 Trust 37 Agentic 32

2026 35

Where Do Expectations Diverge? an Empirical Analysis of Software Engineering Graduate Preparedness in Industry. Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Hi Kuen Yu, Yihan Liao, Yishu Li et al. COMPSAC · 2026 LLMEmpirical
When Fine-Tuning LLMs Meets Data Privacy: An Empirical Study of Federated Learning in LLM-Based Program Repair. Wenqiang Luo, Jacky W. Keung, Boyang Yang, He Ye, Claire Le Goues et al. ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol. · 2026 LLMEmpiricalTrust
UniAda: Universal Adaptive Multi-objective Adversarial Attack for End-to-End Autonomous Driving Systems. Jingyu Zhang, Jacky W. Keung, Yan Xiao, Yihan Liao, Yishu Li et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMEmpiricalDecision
Understanding How Enterprises Adopt the Model Context Protocol for LLM-Driven Software Engineering. Kehui Chen, Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Zhenyu Mao, Xiaoxue Ma CoRR · 2026 LLMAgenticLogs
To Answer or to Abstain: Mitigating Search-Agent Hallucinations via Abstention-Aware Reinforcement Learning. Fengji Zhang, Tianyu Fan, Yuxiang Zheng, Xinyao Niu, Chengen Huang et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
Teaching Software Engineering with LLM and MCP Integration: From Classroom to Industry Practice. Kehui Chen, Jacky W. Keung, Weining Li, Xiangbing Shao, Yishu Li et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMAgentic
SysTradeBench: An Iterative Build-Test-Patch Benchmark for Strategy-to-Code Trading Systems with Drift-Aware Diagnostics. Yuchen Cao, Hanlin Zhang, Jacky W. Keung, Yang Chen, Linqi Song CoRR · 2026 LLMAgenticLogs
Refine After Generation: Toward Correct and Concise Patches in LLM-based Program Repair. Wenqiang Luo, Jacky W. Keung, Xiaoyu Shi, Yicheng Sun, Boyang Yang et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
R2ComSync: improving code-comment synchronization with in-context learning and reranking. Zhen Yang, Hongyi Lin, Xiao Yu, Jacky W. Keung, Shuo Liu et al. Empir. Softw. Eng. · 2026 LLMEmpirical
R2Code: A Self-Reflective LLM Framework for Requirements-to-Code Traceability. Yifei Wang, Jacky W. Keung, Xiaoxue Ma, Zhenyu Mao, Kehui Chen et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
R2Code: A Self-Reflective LLM Framework for Requirements-to-Code Traceability. Yifei Wang, Jacky W. Keung, Xiaoxue Ma, Zhenyu Mao, Kehui Chen et al. COMPSAC · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
NFR-to-Code Traceability in a Blockchain-IoT System: An Empirical Study. Yifei Wang, Jacky W. Keung, Xiaoxue Ma, Shijie Zhang, Yishu Li CoRR · 2026 LLMEmpiricalDecision
Making Sense of Scams: Understanding Scam Conversations Through Multi-Level Alignment. Zhenyu Mao, Jacky W. Keung, Xiangyu Li, Yicheng Sun, Kehui Chen et al. CoRR · 2026 LogsEmpiricalDecision
Making Sense of Scams: Understanding Scam Conversations Through Multi-Level Alignment. Zhenyu Mao, Jacky W. Keung, Xiangyu Li, Yicheng Sun, Kehui Chen et al. COMPSAC · 2026 LogsEmpiricalDecision
LogMeta: A few-shot model-agnostic meta-learning framework for robust and adaptive log anomaly detection. Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Hi Kuen Yu, Wenqiang Luo J. Syst. Softw. · 2026 LogsEmpiricalDecision
LaViT: Aligning Latent Visual Thoughts for Multi-modal Reasoning. Linquan Wu, Tianxiang Jiang, Yifei Dong, Haoyu Yang, Fengji Zhang et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMEmpirical
Industrial log analysis revisited: A task-oriented evaluation of parsing and anomaly detection under real-world constraints. Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Xiaoxue Ma, Yihan Liao, Zhenyu Mao et al. Inf. Softw. Technol. · 2026 LLMAgenticLogs
Improving anomaly detection in software logs through hybrid language modeling and reduced reliance on parser. Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Zhen Yang, Shuo Liu, Hi Kuen Yu Autom. Softw. Eng. · 2026 LLMLogsEmpirical
HumanEval-V: Systematic Evaluation of Visual Reasoning in Large Multimodal Models for Code Generation Fengji Zhang, Linquan Wu, Huiyu Bai, Guancheng Lin, Xiao Li et al. ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol. · 2026 LLMAgenticDecision
HGARena: Budgeted Test-Driven Multi-Agent Repository Issue Resolution with Heterogeneous Graph-Augmented Retrieval. Yuchen Cao, Jacky W. Keung, Yifei Wang, Yicheng Sun, Zhenyu Mao COMPSAC · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
FedDC: Efficient protection scheme based on chaotic system in federated learning. Yihan Liao, Jacky W. Keung, Jingyu Zhang, Yurou Dai J. Inf. Secur. Appl. · 2026 LLMEmpiricalTrust
Empirical Insights of Test Selection Metrics under Multiple Testing Objectives and Distribution Shifts. Jingyu Zhang, Fan Wang, Jacky W. Keung, Yihan Liao, Yan Xiao et al. CoRR · 2026 EmpiricalDecision
Empirical Insights of Test Selection Metrics under Multiple Testing Objectives and Distribution Shifts. Jingyu Zhang, Fan Wang, Jacky W. Keung, Yihan Liao, Yan Xiao et al. Proc. ACM Softw. Eng. · 2026 EmpiricalDecision
Designing Psychologically Safe AI Tutors for Students: An Emotion-Aware Post-Hoc Intervention for LLM-Assisted Learning. Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Hi Kuen Yu, Yihan Liao, Zhenyu Mao et al. COMPSAC · 2026 LLMEmpiricalDecision
At the point of risk: Can AI-assisted decision support reduce digital fraud vulnerability across age groups and scam types? Yicheng Sun, Jacky W. Keung, Hi Kuen Yu, Yuchen Cao Comput. Hum. Behav. · 2026 EmpiricalTrustDecision
Artifact-Constrained Agentic Testing for Black-Box System Testing under Actuarial and Regulatory Constraints. Hi Kuen Yu, Jacky W. Keung, Man On Wong, Yicheng Sun, Rachel Samantha Chandra et al. COMPSAC · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
An Empirical Study of Perceptions of General LLMs and Multimodal LLMs on Hugging Face. Yujian Liu, Xiao Yu, Jacky W. Keung, Xing Hu, Xin Xia et al. CoRR · 2026 LLMEmpiricalDecision
An Empirical Study of Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning in Code Change Learning and Beyond. Shuo Liu, Jacky W. Keung, Zhi Jin, Zhen Yang, Fang Liu et al. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. · 2026 LLMEmpirical
A Unified Benchmark for Out-of-Distribution Detection for Autonomous Driving Systems. Xiangyu Li, Jingyu Zhang, Jacky W. Keung, Xiaoxue Ma, Yihan Liao AST · 2026 LLMEmpiricalDecision
Transient-RAG: Ephemeral Graph Topology for Dynamic Reasoning Linquan Wu, Haoyu Yang, Shaochao Lin, Jacky W. Keung Int. Conf. Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD) · 2026 LLMAgenticLogs
KBC-Coop: Knowledge-Grounded Role Cooperation for Single-Model LLMs in Collaborative Tasks Haoyu Yang, Linquan Wu, Shaochao Lin, Zixuan Wang, Jacky W. Keung Int. Conf. Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design (CSCWD) · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
Fostering Critical Thinking by Integrating Case-Based Learning and Generative AI in a Closed-Loop Reflective Learning Environment Hi Kuen Yu, Jacky W. Keung, Man On Wong, Yicheng Sun, Tianqing Xiao · 2026 LLMAgenticDecision
FedDC: Efficient protection scheme based on chaotic system in federated learning. Yihan Liao, Jacky W. Keung, Jingyu Zhang, Yurou Dai J. Inf. Secur. Appl. · 2026 LogsEmpiricalDecision
Building Bridges to Student Growth: An LLM-Powered Feedback Generation System for Holistic Development Hi-Kuen Yu, Jacky W. Keung, Yicheng Sun Technology in Education (Springer LNCS) · 2026 LLMAgenticEmpirical
An Empirical Study of Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning in Code Change Learning and Beyond. Shuo Liu, Jacky W. Keung, Zhi Jin, Zhen Yang, Fang Liu et al. IEEE Trans. Software Eng. · 2026 LLMEmpirical

2025 47

2024 35

2023 16

2022 7

2021 19

2020 4

2019 15

2018 21

2017 23

2016 14

2015 4

2014 4

2013 11

2012 9

2011 2

2010 8

2009 2

2008 8

2007 3

2006 1

Evaluating guidelines for empirical software engineering studies. Barbara A. Kitchenham, Hiyam Al-Kilidar, Muhammad Ali Babar, Mike Berry, Karl Cox et al. ISESE · 2006 Empirical

2004 1

The Challenge of Introducing a New Software Cost Estimation Technology into a Small Software Organisation. Jacky W. Keung, D. Ross Jeffery, Barbara A. Kitchenham Australian Software Engineering Conference · 2004 Empirical