Biography
Chao Peng （彭péng, 超chāo）
I am a Senior Researcher at ByteDance (字节跳动) and a part-time postgraduate student mentor of School of Computer Science, Fudan University. I received my PhD degree from Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science (LFCS), The University of Edinburgh under supervision of Dr. Ajitha Rajan.
At ByteDance, I am on the Software Engineering Lab. My research interest lies in the area of software testing, program repair and optimisations, and the synergy with machine learning and compiler techniques. I am also responsible for academic development and university collaboration.
I am passionate about building practical software testing, analysis, and debugging systems to predict, detect, diagnose, and fix bugs for all kinds of software systems.
Outside of work, I enjoy going to the gym.
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- LLM4Code
- Software Testing
- Program Repair
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PhD in Informatics, 2021
University of Edinburgh, UK
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MSc in High Performance Computing and Data Science, 2017
University of Edinburgh, UK
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BEng in Computer Science and Technology, 2016
Xuzhou University of Technology, China
News
- 4 Aug 2024 Our paper RepoSim: Evaluating Prompt Strategies for Code Completion via User Behavior Simulation is accepted by the NIER track of ASE 2024.
- 14 Jun 2024 I am invited to join the organisation committee of the 6th International Workshop on Automated Program Repair (APR 2025), co-located with ICSE 2025. Please consider submitting your paper to the workshop!
- 18 Apr 2024 Our paper Neat: Mobile App Layout Similarity Comparison based on Graph Convolutional Networks is accepted by the Industry Track of FSE 2024.
- 21 Dec 2023 Our paper Hawkeye: Change-targeted Testing for Android Apps based on Deep Reinforcement Learning is accepted by the SEIP track of ICSE 2024.
- 8 Aug 2023 Our paper Effective Concurrency Testing for Go via Directional Primitive-constrained Interleaving Exploration is accepted by ASE 2023.
- 31 Jul 2023 Our paper AG3: Automated Game GUI Text Glitch Detection based on Computer Vision is accepted by the Industry Track of FSE 2023.
Featured Publications
Service
| Organising Committee | APR 2025 (Workshop with ICSE 2025) |
| PC Member (Research/Technical Track) | FSE 2025, MSR 2023(Junior PC), A-Mobile 2022, PRDC 2022 |
| PC Member (Industry Track) | ISSRE 2024, APSEC 2024, MSR 2024 |
| PC Member (Artifact Evaluation) | OSDI 2022, USENIX ATC 2022, ISSTA 2022, 2021, 2020 |
| Reviewer | TOSEM, TSE, STVR |
| Sub-reviewer | ICSE 2019 Software Engineering in Practice Track |
| Student Volunteer | PLDI 2020, ISSTA 2019, ETAPS 2019 |
Teaching
[Part-time Postgraduate Student Mentor] School of Computer Science, Fudan University. Mar 2022 - Present
[Sub-supervisor] MSc Projects. School of Informatics, the University of Edinburgh. Apr 2018 - Aug 2018, Apr 2019 - Aug 2019
[Teaching Assistant, Tutor and Marker] Software Testing. School of Informatics, the University of Edinburgh. Jan 2018 - Apr 2018, Jan 2019 - Apr 2019, Jan 2021 - Apr 2021
[Marker] Computer Programming Skills and Concepts. School of Informatics, the University of Edinburgh. Nov 2017 - Dec 2017, Dec 2018 - Jan 2019
[Demonstrator] Introduction to Java Programming. School of Informatics, the University of Edinburgh. Sep 2017 - Dec2017, Sep 2018 - Dec 2018
Awards
Scholarship
- School of Informatics Scholarship (fully-funded PhD scholarship)
- Outstanding Graduate Scholarship at Xuzhou University of Technology
- China National Scholarship of 2014⁄15 Academic Year
- China National Encouragement Scholarship of 2013⁄14 Academic Year
- China National Scholarship of 2012⁄13 Academic Year
Honours
- Spot Bonus at ByteDance
- Nominee for Teaching Awards: Best Student Who Tutors Award
- Certificate of Achievement for Participating in the 6th Annual HPCAC Student Cluster Competition
- Top Ten Role Models of Study in Xuzhou University of Technology
- Excellent Graduate of Xuzhou University of Technology
- Jiangsu Province-Level Excellent Student Cadre
Work Experience
- Project: Testing and benchmarking for compilers
- Mentor: Dan Ghica (PL Group Lead)
- Micro benchmarking for mobile GPUs
- Mentor: Graham Connor (Chief GPU Scientist)