Xin Xia

Xin Xia is a Qiushi Distinguished Professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University. Previously, he served as the Chief Expert and Director of the Software Engineering Application Technology Lab at Huawei Technologies, China from 2021 to 2025. His academic career spans software engineering research with a focus on AI applications in the field.

• Ph.D. from Zhejiang University (2014)
• Supervised by Prof. Xiaohu Yang and Prof. Jianling Sun
• Visiting student at Singapore Management University (2012-2014) under Prof. David Lo

Xin Xia's research primarily focuses on applying data science techniques to software engineering problems. His work spans AI for Software Engineering, Mining Software Repositories, Empirical Software Engineering, and Large Language Models for code understanding and generation. He employs data mining, information retrieval, natural language processing, search-based algorithms, and program analysis to transform software engineering data into automated tools and insights.

His recent publications show a strong trend toward leveraging Large Language Models for various software engineering tasks, including code generation, vulnerability detection, and test generation. He has been exploring how to make these models more effective, reliable, and practical for real-world software development scenarios, with a particular focus on Java and Python ecosystems.

• ACM SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award (2022)
• ACM Distinguished Member
• 16 best or distinguished paper awards, including nine ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Awards
• Recipient of the IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 2021 Best Paper Award Runner-Up

Xin Xia has advised numerous students who have gone on to publish in top software engineering venues. His research has been supported by grants from both academic institutions and industry partners, particularly during his time at Huawei. He actively collaborates with researchers worldwide, especially with David Lo at Singapore Management University.

At Zhejiang University, Professor Xia leads research in the intersection of AI and Software Engineering. His work has practical applications in improving developer productivity through automated tools that analyze software repositories and provide actionable insights.