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Software Testing and Debugging Techniques

Last updated July 7, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Chunqiu Steven Xia
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
2
Jason Ansel
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
3
Zhuofan Zong
Beihang University
4
Arghavan Moradi Dakhel
Polytechnique Montréal
5
Yinlin Deng
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
6
Nigar M. Shafiq Surameery
Kurdistan Regional Government
7
Daya Guo
Sun Yat-sen University
8
Max Schäfer
Voith (United States)
9
Zhengran Zeng
Southern University of Science and Technology
10
Ruijie Meng
National University of Singapore

Rising Stars Papers

1
PyTorch 2: Faster Machine Learning Through Dynamic Python Bytecode Transformation and Graph Compilation
Unknown Journal|2024
579 cit.
2
DeepSeek-R1 incentivizes reasoning in LLMs through reinforcement learning
Nature|2025
568 cit.
3
Large Language Model guided Protocol Fuzzing
Unknown Journal|2024
174 cit.
4
Fuzz4All: Universal Fuzzing with Large Language Models
Unknown Journal|2024
161 cit.
5
Automated Program Repair via Conversation: Fixing 162 out of 337 Bugs for $0.42 Each using ChatGPT
Unknown Journal|2024
109 cit.
6
Effective test generation using pre-trained Large Language Models and mutation testing
Information and Software Technology|2024
97 cit.
7
Large Language Models are Edge-Case Generators: Crafting Unusual Programs for Fuzzing Deep Learning Libraries
Unknown Journal|2024
89 cit.
8
Demystifying LLM-Based Software Engineering Agents
Proceedings of the ACM on software engineering.|2025
39 cit.
9
CoderUJB: An Executable and Unified Java Benchmark for Practical Programming Scenarios
Unknown Journal|2024
11 cit.
10
CoMat: Aligning Text-to-Image Diffusion Model with Image-to-Text Concept Matching
Unknown Journal|2024
9 cit.

Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Lingming Zhang
Qinghai Provincial Peoples Hospital
2
Thomas Stifter
IEE (Luxembourg)
3
Eric S. Fischer
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
4
Heng Ye
Sun Yat-sen University
5
Soumith Chintala
Meta (Israel)
6
Gabriele Bavota
Università della Svizzera italiana
7
Milos Gligoric
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
8
Marina Polishchuk
Microsoft Research (United Kingdom)
9
Mohammed Y. Shakor
Kurdistan Regional Government
10
Miguel Matos
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
PyTorch 2: Faster Machine Learning Through Dynamic Python Bytecode Transformation and Graph Compilation
Unknown Journal|2024
579 cit.
2
Use Chat GPT to Solve Programming Bugs
International Journal of Information technology and Computer Engineering|2023
379 cit.
3
Automated Program Repair in the Era of Large Pre-trained Language Models
Unknown Journal|2023
329 cit.
4
Less training, more repairing please: revisiting automated program repair via zero-shot learning
Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering|2022
194 cit.
5
Fuzz4All: Universal Fuzzing with Large Language Models
Unknown Journal|2024
161 cit.
6
Using pre-trained models to boost code review automation
Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering|2022
153 cit.
7
An extensive study on pre-trained models for program understanding and generation
Unknown Journal|2022
142 cit.
8
On the Robustness of Code Generation Techniques: An Empirical Study on GitHub Copilot
Unknown Journal|2023
126 cit.
9
Automated Program Repair via Conversation: Fixing 162 out of 337 Bugs for $0.42 Each using ChatGPT
Unknown Journal|2024
109 cit.
10
Free lunch for testing
Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering|2022
93 cit.

Current Senior Leaders

Established & currently active

Current Senior Leaders Researchers

1
Steve Rozen
Duke University
2
Mark Harman
University College London
3
Koushik Sen
University of California, Berkeley
4
Andreas Zeller
Saarland University
5
Gregg Rothermel
Oregon State University
6
Zhendong Su
ETH Zurich
7
Abhik Roychoudhury
National University of Singapore
8
Yves Le Traon
University of Luxembourg
9
Michael D. Ernst
University of Washington
10
Kim Hazelwood
Intel (United Kingdom)

Current Senior Leaders Papers

1
Primer3 on the WWW for General Users and for Biologist Programmers
Humana Press eBooks|2003
15.1k cit.
2
Primer3—new capabilities and interfaces
Nucleic Acids Research|2012
9.8k cit.
3
Pin
ACM SIGPLAN Notices|2005
3.2k cit.
4
Pin
Unknown Journal|2005
2.3k cit.
5
DART
ACM SIGPLAN Notices|2005
2.1k cit.
6
An Analysis and Survey of the Development of Mutation Testing
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering|2010
1.7k cit.
7
CUTE
Unknown Journal|2005
1.7k cit.
8
DART
Unknown Journal|2005
1.5k cit.
9
Prioritizing test cases for regression testing
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering|2001
1.3k cit.
10
Defects4J: a database of existing faults to enable controlled testing studies for Java programs
Unknown Journal|2014
1.3k cit.

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