The People
The People Behind ASI.
A single research group, one leader and a growing team of PhD students driving agentic software intelligence forward.
1Director
11PhD Students
13Graduated (Dr.)
290Publications
6204Citations
41h-index
6204 Scopus citationsh-index 41Stanford top-2% 2022 & 2023IEEE Hong Kong CS Chairman13+ research awardsHK$20M+ funding290 publications
Dr. Jacky Wai Keung
Director, Agentic Software Intelligence (ASI) Lab
Prof. Jacky Wai Keung leads the Agentic Software Intelligence (ASI) Lab at City University of Hong Kong, where he is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science. His work sits at the intersection of large language models, agentic and multi-agent systems, and empirical software engineering.
Large Language Models 90%Agentic Systems 80%Log Anomaly Detection 60%Empirical Software Engineering 65%Trustworthy AI 50%AI for Decision Support & Security 55%
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PhD Students (11)
Yuchen Cao
曹語辰
PhD Student
🌐 github.com
Large Language ModelsArtificial IntelligenceInformation Retrieval
Kehui Chen
陳可慧
PhD Student
Large Language ModelsSoftware Engineering
Guancheng Lin
林冠成
PhD Student
Code GenerationLarge Language Models
Sifan Lin
林思凡
PhD Student
Artificial IntelligenceSoftware Engineering
Wenqiang Luo
羅文强
PhD Student
Large Language ModelsAnomaly DetectionLog Analysis
Zhenyu Mao
毛震宇
PhD Student
Large Language ModelsSoftware Engineering
Yicheng Sun
孫毅誠
PhD Student
Large Language ModelsArtificial Intelligence
Yifei Wang
王譯啡
PhD Student
Code GenerationLarge Language Models
Linquan Wu
吴林泉
PhD Student
🌐 github.com
Large Language ModelsInformation Retrieval
Hi Kuen Yu
余喜娟
PhD Student
Artificial IntelligenceTrustworthy AI
Fengji Zhang
張丰基
PhD Student
🌐 zfj1998.github.io
Large Language ModelsSoftware Engineering
Fengji Zhang
張丰基
PhD Student
🌐 zfj1998.github.io
Large Language ModelsSoftware Engineering
Alumni / Graduated (Dr.)
Graduated (13)
Our PhD graduates now hold faculty and research positions worldwide.
Dr. Shahid Hussain
PhD Graduate (2017)
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, School of Engineering, Penn State University Behrend, USA
🌐 behrend.psu.edu
Software Design PatternsText Categorization
Dr. Arif Ali Khan
PhD Graduate (2017)
Associate Professor (tenured), M3S Unit of Empirical Software Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland
🌐 oulu.fi
Empirical SESoftware Process Improvement
Dr. Qing Mi
米慶
PhD Graduate (2018)
Lecturer (Master Supervisor), College of Computer Science, Beijing University of Technology, China
🌐 english.bjut.edu.cn
Code ReadabilityDeep Learning
Dr. Solomon Mensah
PhD Graduate (2018)
Senior Lecturer and Data Science lab lead, Department of Computer Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
🌐 pure.ug.edu.gh
Effort EstimationBellwetherMachine Learning
Dr. Zhendong Shi
施振東
PhD Graduate (2018)
Lecturer, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China (since Dec 2018; per LinkedIn). Previously associated with Xi'an Jiaotong University (joint PhD with CityU).
🌐 orcid.org
Bug LocalizationLearning-to-Rank
Dr. Yan Xiao
肖艷
PhD Graduate (2019)
Associate Professor, School of Cyber Science and Technology (Shenzhen Campus), Sun Yat-sen University, China
🌐 yanxiao6.github.io
Bug LocalizationDefect Prediction
Dr. Xiao Yu
余嘯
PhD Graduate (2021)
Research Fellow, State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
🌐 xiaoyu-cs.github.io
Defect PredictionLLM Code Tasks
Dr. Md Alamgir Kabir
PhD Graduate (2021)
Assistant Professor, Department of Software Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (his site also lists prior Senior Lecturer at DIU and Assistant Professor at AIUB)
🌐 makabir4.github.io
Concept DriftDefect Prediction
Dr. Miao Zhang
張妙
PhD Graduate (2021)
Lecturer, School of Artificial Intelligence, Shenzhen Technology University, China (since Sep 2021; MSc China University of Mining & Technology). NOTE: not currently at CUMT.
🌐 ai.sztu.edu.cn
Class Integration TestDefect Prediction
Dr. Shuo Feng
馮朔
PhD Graduate (2021)
Faculty, School of Information Engineering (also School of Computer and Artificial Intelligence), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (email fengshuo@zzu.edu.cn)
🌐 dblp.org
Class ImbalanceDefect Prediction
Dr. Zhen Yang
楊振
PhD Graduate (2023)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
🌐 yz1019117968.github.io
Code-comment SyncCode SummarizationPEFT
Dr. Xiaoxue Ma
馬笑雪
PhD Graduate (2024)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
🌐 scholars.hkmu.edu.hk
Log Anomaly DetectionBug Report
Dr. Yishu Li
李一舒
PhD Graduate (2024)
Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
🌐 hkmu.edu.hk
Requirements EngineeringAI/ML FinTech
Dr. Arif Ali Khan
PhD Graduate (2017)
Associate Professor (tenured), M3S Unit of Empirical Software Engineering, University of Oulu, Finland
🌐 oulu.fi
Empirical SESoftware Process Improvement
Dr. Qing Mi
米慶
PhD Graduate (2018)
Lecturer (Master Supervisor), College of Computer Science, Beijing University of Technology, China
🌐 english.bjut.edu.cn
Code ReadabilityDeep Learning
Dr. Solomon Mensah
PhD Graduate (2018)
Senior Lecturer and Data Science lab lead, Department of Computer Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra
🌐 pure.ug.edu.gh
Effort EstimationBellwetherMachine Learning
Dr. Zhendong Shi
施振東
PhD Graduate (2018)
Lecturer, Zhejiang Wanli University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China (since Dec 2018; per LinkedIn). Previously associated with Xi'an Jiaotong University (joint PhD with CityU).
🌐 orcid.org
Bug LocalizationLearning-to-Rank
Dr. Yan Xiao
肖艷
PhD Graduate (2019)
Associate Professor, School of Cyber Science and Technology (Shenzhen Campus), Sun Yat-sen University, China
🌐 yanxiao6.github.io
Bug LocalizationDefect Prediction
Dr. Xiao Yu
余嘯
PhD Graduate (2021)
Research Fellow, State Key Laboratory of Blockchain and Data Security, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
🌐 xiaoyu-cs.github.io
Defect PredictionLLM Code Tasks
Dr. Md Alamgir Kabir
PhD Graduate (2021)
Assistant Professor, Department of Software Engineering, Daffodil International University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (his site also lists prior Senior Lecturer at DIU and Assistant Professor at AIUB)
🌐 makabir4.github.io
Concept DriftDefect Prediction
Dr. Miao Zhang
張妙
PhD Graduate (2021)
Lecturer, School of Artificial Intelligence, Shenzhen Technology University, China (since Sep 2021; MSc China University of Mining & Technology). NOTE: not currently at CUMT.
🌐 ai.sztu.edu.cn
Class Integration TestDefect Prediction
Dr. Shuo Feng
馮朔
PhD Graduate (2021)
Faculty, School of Information Engineering (also School of Computer and Artificial Intelligence), Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China (email fengshuo@zzu.edu.cn)
🌐 dblp.org
Class ImbalanceDefect Prediction
Dr. Zhen Yang
楊振
PhD Graduate (2023)
Tenure-track Assistant Professor, School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
🌐 yz1019117968.github.io
Code-comment SyncCode SummarizationPEFT
Dr. Xiaoxue Ma
馬笑雪
PhD Graduate (2024)
Senior Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
🌐 scholars.hkmu.edu.hk
Log Anomaly DetectionBug Report
Dr. Yishu Li
李一舒
PhD Graduate (2024)
Lecturer, Department of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science, School of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong
🌐 hkmu.edu.hk
Requirements EngineeringAI/ML FinTech
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Dr. Jacky Wai Keung, Director of ASI, welcomes PhD applicants and industry research collaborations.
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