Lili Wei
Scholar

Lili Wei

Google Scholar ID: TctbYXkAAAAJ
Assistant Professor at McGill University
Software EngineeringSoftware TestingSoftware AnalysisAndroid
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
773
 
H-index
16
 
i10-index
18
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
13
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - [ASE 2025] Yifei Chen, Sarra Habchi, Lili Wei, MIMIC: Integrating Diverse Personality Traits for Better Game Testing Using Large Language Model
  • - [ASE 2025] Hengcheng Zhu, Songqiang Chen, Valerio Terragni, Lili Wei, Jiarong Wu, Yepang Liu, and Shing-Chi Cheung, LSPFuzz: Hunting Bugs in Language Servers
  • - [AIware 2025] Rufeng Chen, Shuaishuai Jiang, Jiyun Shen, AJung Moon, Lili Wei, Examining the Usage of Generative AI Models in Student Learning Activities for Software Programming
  • - [EmSE 2025] Lu Liu, Lili Wei, Wuqi Zhang, Shuqing Li, Yifan Zhou, Yepang Liu, Shing-Chi Cheung, Michael R. Lyu, On State Reverting in Solidity Smart Contracts: Developer Practices, Fault Categorization, and Tool Evaluation
  • - [TSE 2025] Jiarong Wu, Yanyan Jiang, Lili Wei, Congying Xu, Shing-Chi Cheung, Chang Xu, Question Selection for Multi-Modal Code Search Synthesis using Probabilistic Version Space
  • - [TSE 2025] Sogol Masoumzadeh, Nuno Saavedra, Rungroj Maipradit, Lili Wei, João F. Ferreira, Dániel Varró, Shane McIntosh, Do Experts Agree About Smelly Infrastructure?
  • - [FSE 2025] Hengcheng Zhu, Valerio Terragni, Lili Wei, Shing-Chi Cheung, Jiarong Wu, and Yepang Liu, Understanding and Characterizing Mock Assertions in Unit Tests
  • - [ICSE 2025] Faridah Akinotcho, Lili Wei (incomplete)
Research Experience
  • - Assistant Professor at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McGill University
  • - Postdoctoral Fellow at CASTLE group, HKUST
  • - Visiting Scholar at Opera, UCSD
Education
  • - Ph.D. from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, supervised by Prof. S.C. Cheung, graduated in Spring 2020, focusing on taming compatibility issues raised by Android fragmentation
  • - Postdoctoral Fellow at CASTLE group, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, recipient of the Postdoctoral Fellowship Award by the Hong Kong Research Grant Council
  • - Visiting Scholar at Opera, UCSD, from February 2019 to August 2019, working with Prof. Yuanyuan Zhou
  • - B.Sc. from Nanjing University, Department of Computer Science and Technology, 2011-2015
Background
  • - Research Interests: software analysis, testing, and mining code repositories, with a focus on Android applications, smart contracts, and IoT software
  • - Professional Field: Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • - Brief Introduction: Currently an Assistant Professor at McGill University, actively seeking self-motivated PhD students.
Miscellany
  • - Hobbies: Japanese manga and video games, enjoys drawing
  • - Favorite manga: One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, Evangelion, etc.
  • - Recent favorite games: Zelda Breath of the Wind, Pokemon Violet (completed Pokedex), Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Detroit: Become Human, Animal Crossing: New Horizons
  • - Animal Crossing: New Horizons island dream address: DA-4276-1213-2798