Ph.D. student, College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University. Email: tianzhao[AT]tju[DOT]edu[DOT]cn [GitHub] [Google Scholar]

About me

I am currently a third-year Ph.D. student in software engineering at Tianjin University and fortunate to be advised by Prof. Junjie Chen.

Research Interests: AI4SE (such as intelligent code generation and software testing), SE4AI (such as AI performance/security/robustness/fairness enhancements).

Educations

• Ph.D., Software Engineering, Tianjin University [2023.9 - Now]

• Master, Computer Science, Tianjin University [2021.9 - 2023.6]

• Bachelor, Software Engineering, Tianjin University [2017.9 - 2021.6]

Publications

Note: # refers to equal contribution.

• 13. [Preprint] Trae Agent: An LLM-based Agent for Software Engineering with Test-time Scaling
  Pengfei Gao#, Zhao Tian#, Xiangxin Meng, Xinchen Wang, Ruida Hu, Yuanan Xiao, Yizhou Liu, Zhao Zhang, Junjie Chen, Cuiyun Gao, Yun Lin, Yingfei Xiong, Chao Peng, Xia Liu
  📒Blog, 🛠️Artifact
  
  

• 12. [ICSE'26] Aligning Requirement for Large Language Model's Code Generation (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Junjie Chen
  In: International Conference on Software Engineering, 2026.
  
  

• 11. [ICSE'25] Fixing Large Language Models' Specification Misunderstanding for Better Code Generation (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Junjie Chen, Xiangyu Zhang
  In: International Conference on Software Engineering, 2025.
  
  

• 10. [TOSEM'25] LEAM++: Learning for Selective Mutation Fault Construction (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Junjie Chen, Dong Wang, Qihao Zhu, Xingyu Fan, Lingming Zhang
  In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 2025.
  
  

• 9. [TOSEM'25] Enhanced Fairness Testing via Generating Effective Initial Individual Discriminatory Instances (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Minghua Ma, Max Hort, Federica Sarro, Hongyu Zhang, Junjie Chen
  In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 2025.
  
  

• 8. [Journal of Software'25] CoDefense: Defending Against Adversarial Attacks with Multi-Granularity Code Normalization (CCF-A中文期刊)
  Zhao Tian, Shiqi Kuang, Ming Yan, Haichi Wang, Junjie Chen
  In: Journal of Software, 2025.
  
  

• 7. [ISSTA'24] Large Language Models for Equivalent Mutant Detection: How Far Are We? (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Honglin Shu, Dong Wang, Xuejie Cao, Yasutaka Kamei, Junjie Chen
  In: International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis, 2024.
  🏆 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
  
  

• 6. [ASE'23] On-the-fly Improving Performance of Deep Code Models via Input Denoising (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Junjie Chen, Xiangyu Zhang
  In: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, 2023.
  
  

• 5. [ASE'23] Code Difference Guided Adversarial Example Generation for Deep Code Models (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Junjie Chen, Zhi Jin
  In: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, 2023.
  
  

• 4. [ICSE'23] Achieving Last-Mile Functional Coverage in Testing Chip Design Software Implementations (CCF-A)
  Ming Yan, Junjie Chen, Hangyu Mao, Jiajun Jiang, Jianye Hao, Xingjian Li, Zhao Tian, Zhichao Chen, Dong Li, Zhangkong Xian, Yanwei Guo, Wulong Liu, Bin Wang, Yuefeng Sun, Yongshun Cui
  In: International Conference on Software Engineering, 2023.
  
  

• 3. [ASE'22] Learning to Construct Better Mutation Faults (CCF-A)
  Zhao Tian, Junjie Chen, Qihao Zhu, Junjie Yang, Lingming Zhang
  In: International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, 2022.
  🏆 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
  
  

• 2. [ICPP'20] XShot: Light-weight Link Failure Localization using Crossed Probing Cycles in SDN (CCF-B)
  Hongyun Gao, Laiping Zhao, Huanbin Wang, Zhao Tian, Lihai Nie, Keqiu Li
  In: International Conference on Parallel Processing, 2020.
  
  

• 1. [ICPADS'19] Deeplive: QoE Optimization for Live Video Streaming through Deep Reinforcement Learning (CCF-C)
  Zhao Tian, Laiping Zhao, Lihai Nie, Peiqi Chen, Shuyu Chen
  In: International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems, 2019.
  
  

Patents

• 一种面向时序KPI数据的异常检测方法
  发明专利, 授权公告号: CN112446002B

• An Inverse Design based Simulation Platform for Biomass Gasifier Control
  Software Copyright, Patent Number: 2020SR1160919

• Inverse Designer of Organic Waste Gasification
  Software Copyright, Patent Number: 2019SR1154686

Academic Services

• Journal Reviewer: TOSEM, IEEE Systems Journal
  

• Conference PC Member: ICSE 2026 (Shadow PC), MSR 2025 (Junior PC), ICSE 2025 (AE Track), ISSRE 2025 (AE Track), ISSRE 2024 (AE Track)
  

• Sub-reviewer: ICSE 2026, ASE 2025, ICSME 2025, ISSTA 2025, ISSTA 2024, FSE 2024, ICST 2024, ISSTA 2023, ESEC/FSE 2023, Internetware 2023, ASE 2023, FCS 2023, Internetware 2023, Chinese Journal of Computers 2023, ESEC/FSE 2022, ASE 2022, Chinese Journal of Software 2022
  

Employment

• Research Scientist, Bytedance Trae IDE, Beijing [2025.03 - now]
  

• Technical Partner, Hokdo, Beijing [2021.05 - 2022.05]
  

• Algorithm Engineer, Kuaishou Technology, Beijing [2020.10 - 2021.02]
  

Honors & Awards

• 2025, 天津大学优秀博士学位论文培育基金获得者
  

• 2024, 首届中国科协青年人才托举工程(博士生专项计划)入选者
  

• 2024, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education
  

• 2024, 🏆 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, ISSTA 2024
  

• 2022, Prototype Research Tool Award 2nd Place, CCF ChinaSoft 2022
  

• 2022, 🏆 ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award, ASE 2022
  

• 2022, National Scholarship, Ministry of Education
  

• 2021, Outstanding Graduates, Tianjin University
  

• 2021, Huawei Scholarship
  

• 2019, First-Class University Scholarship, Tianjin University
  

• 2019, First Place of Global AI Transmission Competition (Undergraduate Category)
  

• 2019, Science and Technology Talent Scholarship, Tianjin University
  

• 2018, Xiongtao Scholarship, Tianjin University
  

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