Shin Hwei Tan

Shin Hwei Tan is an Associate Professor (Gina Cody Research Chair) at the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) since June 2018. Her academic journey includes a PhD from the National University of Singapore under Abhik Roychoudhury and MS/BS degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, co-advised by Darko Marinov and Lin Tan.

• Education:
  • PhD in Computer Science (National University of Singapore, 2018)
  • MS in Computer Science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2012)
  • BS in Computer Science (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Her research interests span Automated Program Repair, Software Testing, Open-source Software Development, Genetic Improvement, Program Analysis, and Comment Analysis. She actively applies machine learning and formal methods to improve software reliability. Recent work includes LMDefects (Codex-generated bugs dataset), Droix (Android app repair), and Codeflaws (program repair benchmark).

Her research outputs demonstrate expertise in automated patch generation, static analyzer testing, and quantum software verification. Key projects include Concoction (vulnerability prediction), SAScope (static analysis framework testing), and COMFUZZ (compiler fuzzing). She has secured significant grants including a NSERC Discovery Grant (2024–2028) and ECR Young Researcher Fund (2019).

• Scientific Awards:
  • ACM-W Rising Star Award (2025)
  • ICSE/SANER Distinguished Paper Awards (2023–2025)
  • Google Anita Borg Memorial Scholarship (2015)
  • David J. Kuck Outstanding MS Thesis Award (2013)
  • Multiple Best Reviewer Awards

She serves as General Chair for FSE 2026, Guest Editor-in-Chief for TOSEM, and workshop co-chair for APR@ICSE series. Her teaching focuses on software engineering practices with real-world open-source projects. She also co-founded the ACM-W Montreal Professional Chapter in 2025.