Lo, David

Large Language Models for Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review

Hou, X., Zhao, Y., Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, K., Li, L., Luo, X., Lo, D., Grundy, J., & Wang, H. (2024) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 1,029

Where should the bugs be fixed? More accurate information retrieval-based bug localization based on bug reports

Zhou, J., Zhang, H., & Lo, D. (2012) · 2012 34th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE)

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques

Cited by 507

Measuring Program Comprehension: A Large-Scale Field Study with Professionals

Xia, X., Bao, L., Lo, D., Xing, Z., Hassan, A. E., & Li, S. (2018) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 326

LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems for Software Engineering: Literature Review, Vision and the Road Ahead

He, J., Treude, C., & Lo, D. (2024) · arXiv

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 246

LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems for Software Engineering: Literature Review, Vision, and the Road Ahead

He, J., Treude, C., & Lo, D. (2025) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 246

A survey on deep learning for software engineering

Yang, Y., Xia, X., Lo, D., & Grundy, J. (2022) · ACM Computing Surveys

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 223

How does Machine Learning Change Software Development Practices?

Wan, Z., Xia, X., Lo, D., & Murphy, G. C. (2020) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Software Engineering Techniques and PracticesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 181

What do developers search for on the web?

Xia, X., Bao, L., Lo, D., Kochhar, P. S., Hassan, A. E., & Xing, Z. (2017) · Empirical Software Engineering

Software Engineering ResearchInformation Retrieval and Search Behavior

Cited by 174

Natural Attack for Pre-trained Models of Code

Yang, Z., Shi, J., He, J., & Lo, D. (2022) · Proceedings of the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering

Adversarial Robustness in Machine LearningSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 166

BugsInPy: a database of existing bugs in Python programs to enable controlled testing and debugging studies

Widyasari, R., Sim, S. Q., Lok, C., Qi, H., Phan, J., Tay, Q., Tan, C., Wee, F., Tan, J. E., Yieh, Y., et al. (2020) · Proceedings of the 28th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering

Software Testing and Debugging TechniquesSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 150

Refining ChatGPT-Generated Code: Characterizing and Mitigating Code Quality Issues

Liu, Y., Le-Cong, T., Widyasari, R., Tantithamthavorn, C., Li, L., Le, X.-B. D., & Lo, D. (2024) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Testing and Debugging Techniques

Cited by 149

Sentiment Analysis for Software Engineering: How Far Can Pre-trained Transformer Models Go?

Zhang, T., Xu, B., Thung, F., Haryono, S. A., Lo, D., & Jiang, L. (2020) · 2020 IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME)

Sentiment Analysis and Opinion MiningSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 129

Large Language Models for Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review

Hou, X., Zhao, Y., Liu, Y., Yang, Z., Wang, K., Li, L., Luo, X., Lo, D., Grundy, J., & Wang, H. (2023) · arXiv

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 114

Accessibility in Software Practice: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Bi, T., Xia, X., Lo, D., Grundy, J., Zimmermann, T., & Ford, D. (2022) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Digital Accessibility for DisabilitiesSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 109

Assessing AI Detectors in Identifying AI-Generated Code: Implications for Education

Pan, W. H., Chok, M. J., Wong, J. L. S., Shin, Y. X., Poon, Y. S., Yang, Z., Chong, C. Y., Lo, D., & Lim, M. K. (2024) · Proceedings of the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering Education and Training

Academic integrity and plagiarismSoftware Engineering Research

Cited by 66

Including Everyone, Everywhere: Understanding Opportunities and Challenges of Geographic Gender-Inclusion in OSS

Prana, G. A. A., Ford, D., Rastogi, A., Lo, D., Purandare, R., & Nagappan, N. (2022) · IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering

Open Source Software InnovationsGender and Technology in Education

Cited by 66

Efficient and Green Large Language Models for Software Engineering: Literature Review, Vision, and the Road Ahead

Shi, J., Yang, Z., & Lo, D. (2025) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 43

Exploring the Capabilities of LLMs for Code-Change-Related Tasks

Fan, L., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Lo, D., Xia, X., & Li, S. (2025) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchTopic Modeling

Cited by 41

Exploring the Capabilities of LLMs for Code Change Related Tasks

Fan, L., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Lo, D., Xia, X., & Li, S. (2024) · arXiv

Software Engineering ResearchTopic Modeling

Cited by 41

Correlating Automated and Human Evaluation of Code Documentation Generation Quality

Hu, X., Chen, Q., Wang, H., Xia, X., Lo, D., & Zimmermann, T. (2022) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchTopic Modeling

Cited by 33

Software Architecture in Practice: Challenges and Opportunities

Wan, Z., Zhang, Y., Xia, X., Jiang, Y., & Lo, D. (2023) · Proceedings of the 31st ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering

Advanced Software Engineering MethodologiesSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 30

BigCodeBench: Benchmarking Code Generation with Diverse Function Calls and Complex Instructions

Zhuo, T. Y., Vu, M. C., Chim, J., Hu, H., Yu, W., Widyasari, R., Yusuf, I. N. B., Zhan, H., He, J., Paul, I., et al. (2024) · arXiv

Software Engineering ResearchTopic Modeling

Cited by 29

Inference of development activities from interaction with uninstrumented applications

Bao, L., Xing, Z., Xia, X., Lo, D., & Hassan, A. E. (2018) · Empirical Software Engineering

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 25

LLM-as-a-Judge for Software Engineering: Literature Review, Vision, and the Road Ahead

He, J., Shi, J., Zhuo, T. Y., Treude, C., Sun, J., Du, X., Xing, Z., & Lo, D. (2026) · ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology

Software Engineering ResearchSoftware Engineering Techniques and Practices

Cited by 12