Scholar
Tao Zhang
Google Scholar ID: eMfANKoAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology
Citations & Impact
Citations
2,691
H-index
30
i10-index
61
Publications
20
Co-authors
59
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Publications
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published more than 100 high-quality papers in renowned software engineering and security journals and conferences like ICSE, ESEC/FSE, ASE, TSE, TOSEM, EMSE, TIFS, and TDSC. Notable works include: Do Pretrained Language Models Indeed Understand Software Engineering Tasks? (TSE’23), RepresentThemAll: A Universal Learning Representation of Bug Reports (ICSE’23), Enhancing Android Malware Detection: The Influence of ChatGPT on Decision-centric Task (TOSEM’25), Detecting Reentrancy Vulnerabilities for Solidity Smart Contracts with Contract Standards-Based Rules (TIFS’25), Meta-Learning for Multi-Family Android Malware Classification (TOSEM’24).
Research Experience
- Served as General or Program Chair for numerous academic conferences including APSEC 2025, Internetware 2024, SANER 2023, and DSA 2021. Also serves as a PC member for several top-tier SE conferences such as ICSE, FSE, ASE, and ISSTA. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), IEEE Transactions on Reliability (TRel), and the Journal of Systems and Software (JSS). He is also an Editorial Board Member for Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) and Science of Computer Programming (SCP).
Education
- Received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Seoul under the supervision of Prof. Byungjeong Lee; obtained his bachelor’s degree in Automation and master’s degree in Software Engineering from Northeastern University, China; spent one year as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, advised by Prof. Xiapu Luo.
Background
- Currently a Full Professor at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Macau University of Science and Technology (MUST). Research interests include AI for Software Engineering, Software Security, and Mining Software Repositories.
Miscellany
- Looking for highly motivated PhD students in the areas of Data Mining, Artificial Intelligence, Software Security, and Software Engineering. Contact information: tazhang[at]must.edu.mo or kerryking.tao[at]gmail.com.
