Yakun Zhang

Yakun Zhang is an Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen). She holds a Ph.D. in Software Engineering from Peking University (2021-2025) and was a visiting scholar at the National University of Singapore. Her research integrates AI technologies like large language models to advance software engineering automation.

Education

• Ph.D. in Software Engineering, Peking University (2021-2025)
• M.S. in Software Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2018-2021)
• B.S. in Computer Science, Wuhan University (2014-2018)

Research Focus

Her work spans: Intelligent Software Engineering (LLM-powered code generation/testing), Multi-Agent Systems (collaborative AI agents), and Trustworthy LLMs (addressing hallucinations/security). Recent publications demonstrate strong emphasis on GUI testing automation and dynamic analysis frameworks.

Awards & Honors

• CCF System Software Outstanding PhD Dissertation Nomination (2025)
• Tencent Qingyun Talent Program & ByteDance Soaring Star Talent (2025)
• Outstanding Graduate of Beijing Municipality & Peking University (2025)
• National Scholarship & President's Awards (Peking University/CAS)

Academic Service

PC member for ASE 2025, ICSE 2026, and MSR 2025. Reviewer for ACM TOSEM and IEEE TSE. Actively recruits PhD/Master's students and collaborates with NUS, Microsoft, and Tencent.