2026
Deprecated but Not Abandoned: A Large-Scale Empirical Study on Growing-user-demand Deprecated NPM Packages
Zezhou Tang, Yang Zhang†, Xinjun Mao, Tanghaoran Zhang, Changrong Xie, Wenyu Xu, Simeng Yao, Yiwen Wu
The 35th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), 2026
CCF-A Conference
Deprecated but Not Abandoned: A Large-Scale Empirical Study on Growing-user-demand Deprecated NPM Packages
Zezhou Tang, Yang Zhang†, Xinjun Mao, Tanghaoran Zhang, Changrong Xie, Wenyu Xu, Simeng Yao, Yiwen Wu
The 35th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA), 2026 CCF-A Conference
Understanding the Executability of Example Code in Hugging Face Model Cards: An Empirical Study
Simeng Yao, Jialin Zhao, Yang Zhang†, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang
The 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2026
CCF-A Conference
Understanding the Executability of Example Code in Hugging Face Model Cards: An Empirical Study
Simeng Yao, Jialin Zhao, Yang Zhang†, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang
The 48th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2026 CCF-A Conference
Behavioral analysis of contributors in China’s open-source software ecosystem (中国软件开源生态贡献者行为分析)
Zhe Wang, Zhixing Li, Tao Wang, Yang Zhang, Minghui Zhou, Xudong Li
SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis (中国科学: 信息科学), 2026
CCF-T1中文 Journal
Behavioral analysis of contributors in China’s open-source software ecosystem (中国软件开源生态贡献者行为分析)
Zhe Wang, Zhixing Li, Tao Wang, Yang Zhang, Minghui Zhou, Xudong Li
SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis (中国科学: 信息科学), 2026 CCF-T1中文 Journal
Divergence or Convergence? A Deep Insight into the Crowd Collaboration and its Productivity in Open Source Software based on Entropy
Yang Shen, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Cheng Yang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
The ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2026
CCF-A Conference
Divergence or Convergence? A Deep Insight into the Crowd Collaboration and its Productivity in Open Source Software based on Entropy
Yang Shen, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Cheng Yang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
The ACM CHI conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI), 2026 CCF-A Conference
Quantifying Credibility Risk of Open-Source AI Resources Based on Heterogeneous Dependency Networks (基于异构依赖网络的开源AI资源可信性风险量化研究)
Simeng Yao, Yang Zhang†, Jialin Zhao, Junchen Li, Yang Shen, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang
Journal of Software (软件学报), 2026
CCF-T1中文 Journal
Quantifying Credibility Risk of Open-Source AI Resources Based on Heterogeneous Dependency Networks (基于异构依赖网络的开源AI资源可信性风险量化研究)
Simeng Yao, Yang Zhang†, Jialin Zhao, Junchen Li, Yang Shen, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang
Journal of Software (软件学报), 2026 CCF-T1中文 Journal
2025
DockerFill: Automatically Completing Dockerfile Code with Syntax-aware Multi-task Learning
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Tao Wang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2025
CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
DockerFill: Automatically Completing Dockerfile Code with Syntax-aware Multi-task Learning
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Tao Wang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2025 CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
Are External Contributions Important to Project Productivityin Open Source Software? A Deep Insight Based on IssueEntropy
Yang Shen, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Cheng Yang, Huaimin Wang
The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW), 2025
CCF-A Conference
Are External Contributions Important to Project Productivityin Open Source Software? A Deep Insight Based on IssueEntropy
Yang Shen, Tao Wang, Xunhui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Cheng Yang, Huaimin Wang
The 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW), 2025 CCF-A Conference
What Problems are MLOps Practitioners Talking About? A Study of Discussions in Stack Overflow Forum and GitHub Projects
Yang Zhang, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
Information and Software Technology (IST), 2025
CCF-B JCR Q1 Journal
What Problems are MLOps Practitioners Talking About? A Study of Discussions in Stack Overflow Forum and GitHub Projects
Yang Zhang, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
Information and Software Technology (IST), 2025 CCF-B JCR Q1 Journal
Understanding the Faults in Serverless Computing Based Applications: An Empirical Study
Changrong Xie, Yang Zhang†, Xinjun Mao, Kang Yang, Tanghaoran Zhang
The 41st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), 2025
CCF-B Conference
Understanding the Faults in Serverless Computing Based Applications: An Empirical Study
Changrong Xie, Yang Zhang†, Xinjun Mao, Kang Yang, Tanghaoran Zhang
The 41st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), 2025 CCF-B Conference
An Empirical Study of Transformer Models on Automatically Templating GitHub Issue Reports
Jin Zhang, Maoqi Peng, Yang Zhang†
The 32nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2025
CCF-B Conference
An Empirical Study of Transformer Models on Automatically Templating GitHub Issue Reports
Jin Zhang, Maoqi Peng, Yang Zhang†
The 32nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2025 CCF-B Conference
Open source oriented cross-platform survey
Simeng Yao, Xunhui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tao Wang
Information and Software Technology (IST), 2025
CCF-B JCR Q1 Journal
Open source oriented cross-platform survey
Simeng Yao, Xunhui Zhang, Yang Zhang, Tao Wang
Information and Software Technology (IST), 2025 CCF-B JCR Q1 Journal
Towards Understanding Docker Build Faults in Practice: Symptoms, Root Causes, and Fix Patterns
Yiwen Wu*, Yang Zhang*†, Tao Wang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
The 33rd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE), 2025
CCF-A Conference
Towards Understanding Docker Build Faults in Practice: Symptoms, Root Causes, and Fix Patterns
Yiwen Wu*, Yang Zhang*†, Tao Wang, Bo Ding, Huaimin Wang
The 33rd ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE), 2025 CCF-A Conference
2024
How do Developers Adapt Code Snippets to Their Contexts? An Empirical Study of Context-Based Code Snippet Adaptations
Tanghaoran Zhang, Yao Lu, Yue Yu, Xinjun Mao, Yang Zhang, Yuxin Zhao
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2024
CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
How do Developers Adapt Code Snippets to Their Contexts? An Empirical Study of Context-Based Code Snippet Adaptations
Tanghaoran Zhang, Yao Lu, Yue Yu, Xinjun Mao, Yang Zhang, Yuxin Zhao
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2024 CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
How do Developers Talk about GitHub Actions? Evidence from Online Software Development Community
Yang Zhang*, Yiwen Wu*, Tingting Chen, Tao Wang, Hui Liu, Huaimin Wang
The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2024
CCF-A Conference
How do Developers Talk about GitHub Actions? Evidence from Online Software Development Community
Yang Zhang*, Yiwen Wu*, Tingting Chen, Tao Wang, Hui Liu, Huaimin Wang
The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2024 CCF-A Conference
A Transformer-based Model for Assisting Dockerfile Revising
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2024
CCF-A Conference
A Transformer-based Model for Assisting Dockerfile Revising
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2024 CCF-A Conference
2023
Exploring the Development of Container Technology through Docker Containers: A Systematic Literature Review Perspective (从Docker容器看容器技术的发展:一种系统文献综述的视角)
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
Journal of Software (软件学报), 2023
CCF-T1中文 Journal High Impact Paper Award
Exploring the Development of Container Technology through Docker Containers: A Systematic Literature Review Perspective (从Docker容器看容器技术的发展:一种系统文献综述的视角)
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
Journal of Software (软件学报), 2023 CCF-T1中文 Journal High Impact Paper Award
2022
On the Way to Microservices: Exploring Problems and Solutions from Online Q&A Community
Menghan Wu*, Yang Zhang*, Jiakun Liu, Shangwen Wang, Zhang Zhang, Xin Xia, Xinjun Mao
The 29th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2022
CCF-B Conference Distinguished Paper Award
On the Way to Microservices: Exploring Problems and Solutions from Online Q&A Community
Menghan Wu*, Yang Zhang*, Jiakun Liu, Shangwen Wang, Zhang Zhang, Xin Xia, Xinjun Mao
The 29th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2022 CCF-B Conference Distinguished Paper Award
Understanding and Predicting Docker Build Duration: An Empirical Study of Containerized Workflow of OSS Projects
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Kele Xu, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
The 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2022
CCF-A Conference
Understanding and Predicting Docker Build Duration: An Empirical Study of Containerized Workflow of OSS Projects
Yiwen Wu, Yang Zhang†, Kele Xu, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
The 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), 2022 CCF-A Conference
Recommending Base Image for Docker Containers based on Deep Configuration Comprehension
Yinyuan Zhang, Yang Zhang†, Xinjun Mao, Yiwen Wu, Bo Lin, Shangwen Wang
The 29th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2022
CCF-B Conference
Recommending Base Image for Docker Containers based on Deep Configuration Comprehension
Yinyuan Zhang, Yang Zhang†, Xinjun Mao, Yiwen Wu, Bo Lin, Shangwen Wang
The 29th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER), 2022 CCF-B Conference
Motivation under Gamification: An Empirical Study of Developers' Motivations and Contributions in Stack Overflow
Yao Lu, Xinjun Mao, Minghui Zhou, Yang Zhang, Zude Li, Tao Wang, Gang Yin, Huaimin Wang
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2025
CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
Motivation under Gamification: An Empirical Study of Developers' Motivations and Contributions in Stack Overflow
Yao Lu, Xinjun Mao, Minghui Zhou, Yang Zhang, Zude Li, Tao Wang, Gang Yin, Huaimin Wang
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE), 2025 CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
2020
An Empirical Study of Build Failures in the Docker Context
Yiwen Wu*, Yang Zhang*, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
The 17th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), 2020
CCF-C Conference
An Empirical Study of Build Failures in the Docker Context
Yiwen Wu*, Yang Zhang*, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
The 17th International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR), 2020 CCF-C Conference
Haste Makes Waste: An Empirical Study of Fast Answers in Stack Overflow
Yao Lu, Xinjun Mao, Minghui Zhou, Yang Zhang, Tao Wang, Zude Li
The 36th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), 2020
CCF-B Conference
Haste Makes Waste: An Empirical Study of Fast Answers in Stack Overflow
Yao Lu, Xinjun Mao, Minghui Zhou, Yang Zhang, Tao Wang, Zude Li
The 36th International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME), 2020 CCF-B Conference
Crowd-intelligence-based software development method and practices (基于群智的软件开发群体化方法与实践)
Tao Wang, Gang Yin, Yue Yu, Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (中国科学:信息科学), 2020
CCF-T1中文 Journal
Crowd-intelligence-based software development method and practices (基于群智的软件开发群体化方法与实践)
Tao Wang, Gang Yin, Yue Yu, Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (中国科学:信息科学), 2020 CCF-T1中文 Journal
iLinker: A Novel Approach for Issue Knowledge Acquisition in GitHub Projects
Yang Zhang, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
World Wide Web Journal (WWWJ), 2020
CCF-B Journal
iLinker: A Novel Approach for Issue Knowledge Acquisition in GitHub Projects
Yang Zhang, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
World Wide Web Journal (WWWJ), 2020 CCF-B Journal
2019
A Novel Approach for Recommending Semantically Linkable Issues in GitHub Projects
Yang Zhang, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS), 2019
CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
A Novel Approach for Recommending Semantically Linkable Issues in GitHub Projects
Yang Zhang, Yiwen Wu, Tao Wang, Huaimin Wang
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS), 2019 CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
GitHub's milestone tool: a mixed-methods analysis on its use
Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Yiwen Wu, Dongyang Hu, Tao Wang
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP), 2019
CCF-B Journal
GitHub's milestone tool: a mixed-methods analysis on its use
Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Yiwen Wu, Dongyang Hu, Tao Wang
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP), 2019 CCF-B Journal
Multi-reviewing Pull-requests: An Exploratory Study on GitHub OSS Projects
Dongyang Hu, Yang Zhang†, Junsheng Chang, Gang Yin, Yue Yu, Tao Wang
Information and Software Technology (IST), 2019
CCF-B JCR Q1 Journal
Multi-reviewing Pull-requests: An Exploratory Study on GitHub OSS Projects
Dongyang Hu, Yang Zhang†, Junsheng Chang, Gang Yin, Yue Yu, Tao Wang
Information and Software Technology (IST), 2019 CCF-B JCR Q1 Journal
An Embedding Model based Hybrid Approach for Linking Related Issues (基于嵌入模型的混合式相关缺陷关联方法)
Yang Zhang, Tao Wang, Yiwen Wu, Gang Yin, Huaimin Wang
Journal of Software (软件学报), 2019
CCF-T1中文 Journal
An Embedding Model based Hybrid Approach for Linking Related Issues (基于嵌入模型的混合式相关缺陷关联方法)
Yang Zhang, Tao Wang, Yiwen Wu, Gang Yin, Huaimin Wang
Journal of Software (软件学报), 2019 CCF-T1中文 Journal
A Clustering-based Approach for Mining Dockerfile Evolutionary Trajectories
Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Vladimir Filkov
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS), 2019
CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
A Clustering-based Approach for Mining Dockerfile Evolutionary Trajectories
Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Vladimir Filkov
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS), 2019 CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
2018
One Size Does Not Fit All: An Empirical Study of Containerized Continuous Deployment Workflows
Yang Zhang, Bogdan Vasilescu, Huaimin Wang, Vladimir Filkov
The 26th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE), 2018
CCF-A Conference
One Size Does Not Fit All: An Empirical Study of Containerized Continuous Deployment Workflows
Yang Zhang, Bogdan Vasilescu, Huaimin Wang, Vladimir Filkov
The 26th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE), 2018 CCF-A Conference
2017
Internal quality assurance for external contributions in GitHub: An empirical investigation
Yao Lu, Xinjun Mao, Zude Li, Yang Zhang, Tao Wang, Gang Yin
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP), 2017
CCF-B Journal
Internal quality assurance for external contributions in GitHub: An empirical investigation
Yao Lu, Xinjun Mao, Zude Li, Yang Zhang, Tao Wang, Gang Yin
Journal of Software: Evolution and Process (JSEP), 2017 CCF-B Journal
Social media in GitHub: the role of @-mention in assisting software development
Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Gang Yin, Tao Wang, Yue Yu
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS), 2017
CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal
Social media in GitHub: the role of @-mention in assisting software development
Yang Zhang, Huaimin Wang, Gang Yin, Tao Wang, Yue Yu
SCIENCE CHINA Information Sciences (SCIS), 2017 CCF-A JCR Q1 Journal