Xiaofei Xie

Xiaofei Xie is an Assistant Professor in the School of Computing and Information Systems at Singapore Management University (SMU), where he has been employed since 2022. Prior to this position, he was a postdoctoral researcher at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore from 2018 to 2021. His research primarily focuses on program analysis, software testing, vulnerability detection, and quality assurance of AI systems. SMU is ranked No. 9 (No. 5 in Asia) in the Software Engineering category according to CSRankings.

Dr. Xie's research interests span multiple critical areas in software engineering and AI systems. His work on program analysis includes detecting non-termination bugs and developing practical methods like EndWatch for real-world software. In software testing, he has made significant contributions to deep learning systems testing, autonomous driving systems testing, and smart contract security. His research on vulnerability detection encompasses various aspects of AI security, including backdoor attacks, adversarial examples, and security testing for web-based deep learning frameworks. His quality assurance work for AI systems includes developing metrics for robustness evaluation and creating testing methodologies for diverse AI applications.

Dr. Xie's publication record shows a strong trend toward integrating large language models with traditional software engineering techniques. His recent work demonstrates increasing focus on testing autonomous systems, securing AI models, and applying advanced machine learning techniques to traditional software engineering problems. The research spans multiple domains including deep learning frameworks, smart contracts, autonomous driving systems, and federated learning environments.

Among his notable achievements are multiple ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards (ASE 2019, ASE 2023, ISSTA 2022), the ACM Tianjin Doctoral Dissertation Award 2019, and the Best Paper Award at APSEC 2020. His work has been accepted to top-tier conferences including ICSE, FSE, ASE, ISSTA, and security venues like USENIX Security.

Dr. Xie actively serves the academic community as a PC co-chair for ICECCS 2025 and as a program committee member for numerous prestigious conferences including ICSE, FSE, ASE, ISSTA, and AAAI. He has also organized workshops such as the Workshop on AI and Software Testing/Analysis (AISTA) and served as Guest Editor for special issues on AI security. His service demonstrates leadership in bridging software engineering with AI and security research communities.