"To get to know, to discover, to publish"

Journals


Xin Zhao, Gurshan Rai, and Saheed Popoola, “Ask or tell: An empirical study on modeling challenges from LabVIEW community", Journal of Computer Languages, in press. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cola.2024.101284


Xin Zhao and Jeff Gray, “Towards a Metrics Suite for the Complexity Analysis of LabVIEW Systems Models", Science of Computer Programming , Vol 227, No. 102931, pp. 1-28, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scico.2023.102931


Saheed Popoola, Xin Zhao, and Jeff Gray, “Evolution of Bad Smells in LabVIEW Graphical Models.” Journal of Object Technology, Vol 20, No. 1, pp. 1-15, 2021. DOI: 10.5381/jot.2021.20.1.a1


Book Chapter


Xin Zhao, Jiang Zhe, and Jeff Gray, Text Classification and Topic Modeling for Online Discussion Forums - An Empirical Study from the Systems Modeling Community. In Trends and Applications of Text Summarization Techniques. pp 151 – 186. IGI Global, 2019.

Conference Proceedings


Xin Zhao and Narrissa Tsuboi, “Early Software Developers - Are You Sinking or Swimming?” 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE, Society Track), Lisbon, Portugal, April 2024. PDF


Stefanzick, Julian, and Xin Zhao. "Popular Songs: The Sentiment Surrounding the Conversation." In International Conference on Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA), pp. 368-382, Shenyang, China., August 2023.


Xin Zhao and Riley Young, “Workplace Discrimination in Software Engineering: Where We Stand Today,” 45th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE, Society Track), Melbourne, Australia, May 2023.


Saheed Popoola, Xin Zhao, Jeff Gray, Antonio Garcia-Dominguez, “Classifying Changes to Models via Changeset Metrics,” 14th System Analysis and Modelling Conference (SAM), pp. 276–285, Montreal, Canada, October 2022. https://doi.org/10.1145/3550356.3561563.


Xin Zhao and Jeff Gray, “A Survey-Based Empirical Evaluation of Bad Smells in LabVIEW Systems Models,” 28th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER'21), pp. 177-188, Virtual - Honolulu, Hawaii. USA.


Xin Zhao and Jeff Gray, “BESMER: An Approach for Bad Smells Summarization in Systems Models.” in Models and Evolution at ACM/IEEE 22th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’19) , Munich, Germany.


Xin Zhao and Jeff Gray, “Feature Model Design Guidelines: Exploring the Relationship between Feature Model Structure and Structural Complexity,” in 7th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, (MODELSWARD’ 19) , pp 323 – 331. Prague, Czech.


Xin Zhao, Austin Payne, and Travis Atkison “TTExTS: A Dynamic Framework to Reverse UML Sequence DiagramsfromExecution Traces,” in 16th International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Practice (SERP’18) , pp 82 – 88. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.


Xin Zhao, “Feature-oriented Modeling for Collaborative Virtual Environment Construction,” in Doctoral Symposium at ACM/IEEE 20th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’17) , pp 494 – 499. Austin, TX, USA.

Academic Services

Reviewer


Journal of Software and Systems Modeling (Springer)

23th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’20)

16th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA'20)

15th European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications (ECMFA'19)

10th International Conference on Model Transformation (ICMT'17)

22nd Conference of Evaluation and Modelling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development (EMMSAD'17)

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ACM/IEEE 22th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’19)

ACM/IEEE 20th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS’17)