Li Li

Li Li is a Professor of Software Engineering at Beihang University, China. Previously, he served as an ARC DECRA Fellow and Senior Lecturer at Monash University, leading the SMart software Analysis and Trustworthy computing (SMAT) research lab at the Department of Software Systems and Cybersecurity. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from the University of Luxembourg (2016), supervised by IEEE Fellow Prof. Yves Le Traon and Dr. Jacques Klein.

Research Interests

Li's research focuses on Mobile Software Engineering (Mobile Security, Quality Assurance) and Intelligent Software Engineering (SE4AI, AI4SE). He applies static code analysis, dynamic program testing, and machine/deep learning to enhance software security and reliability. Key areas include Android API evolution, automated patch validation, and multi-language code analysis frameworks like Scalpel for Python.

Scientific Recognition

• ARC DECRA Fellowship
• Rising SE Research Star
• Top-5 Most Impactful Early Career SE Researchers (2020, 2017)
• 5 Best/Distinguished Paper Awards across PLDI, WWW, ASE, MSR, and SANER

Academic Contributions

He has contributed to foundational Android analysis tools (e.g., AndroZoo++, DroidRA) and developed scalable systems for distributed program analysis (Seads). His work appears in top venues like ICSE, ESEC/FSE, ASE, ISSTA, POPL, and TSE.