🍦 About Me

Hi, there! I’m a Ph.D. student in the School of Cyber Science and Engineering at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), under the supervision of Prof. Haoyu Wang. Previously, I received my B.Eng. degree at Northeastern University (NEU) in June 2023.

My research interests include but are not limited to LLM+SE.

If you would like to reach me, please send an email to xinyihou@hust.edu.cn.

Here are my close friends’ homepages: Yanjie Zhao, Shenao Wang, Liu Wang, Ningke Li…

🌷 News

  • [27 Nov 2024] Excited to announce the 1st workshop on LLMapp, co-located with @FSE 2025! Join us in Trondheim, Norway.
  • [21 Nov 2024] Two papers working on LLM Apps and Supply Chain were accepted by TOSEM 2030 SE Roadmap!
  • [15-17 Nov 2024] We won the third prize in the Software Research Prototype System Competition of ChinaSoft 2024.
  • [8-9 Nov 2024] I attended the AI+ Development Digital Summit in Shenzhen, China.
  • [27 Aug 2024] Our paper titled “Large language models for software engineering: A systematic literature review” was accepted by TOSEM!
  • [24 Aug 2024] Our paper titled “Models Are Codes: Towards Measuring Malicious Code Poisoning Attacks on Pre-trained Model Hubs” was accepted by ASE 2024, Industry Showcase!
  • [4 Aug 2024] Our paper titled “GPTZoo: A Large-scale Dataset of GPTs for the Research Community” was accepted by ASE 2024, NIER Track!
  • [1-3 Dec 2023] I attended the CCF ChinaSoft 2023 Conference in Shanghai, China.
  • [20-22 Oct 2023] I attended the CCF Advanced Disciplines Lectures (ADL), Session 144, on the topic of Code Generation Based on large language models in Beijing, China.
  • [28 Jun 2023] I received my B.Eng. degree at Northeastern University.
  • [28 Sep 2022] I have become a member of the SECURITY PRIDE Research Group.

đź“ś Publications

(* Equal Contribution)

Peer-Reviewed

  • Large language models for software engineering: A systematic literature review
    Xinyi Hou*, Yanjie Zhao*, Yue Liu, Zhou Yang, Kailong Wang, Li Li, Xiapu Luo, David Lo, John Grundy, Haoyu Wang
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) [Paper]
  • LLM App Store Analysis: A Vision and Roadmap
    Yanjie Zhao, Xinyi Hou, Shenao Wang, Haoyu Wang
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) [Paper]
  • Large Language Model Supply Chain: A Research Agenda
    Shenao Wang, Yanjie Zhao, Xinyi Hou, Haoyu Wang
    ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM) [Paper]
  • Models Are Codes: Towards Measuring Malicious Code Poisoning Attacks on Pre-trained Model Hubs
    Jian Zhao*, Shenao Wang*, Yanjie Zhao, Xinyi Hou, Kailong Wang, Peiming Gao, Yuanchao Zhang, Chen Wei, Haoyu Wang
    The 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE), Industry Showcase (Full Paper), 2024 [Paper]
  • GPTZoo: A Large-scale Dataset of GPTs for the Research Community
    Xinyi Hou, Yanjie Zhao, Shenao Wang, Haoyu Wang
    ASE 2024, The New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) Track [Paper]
  • ChatGPT Chats Decoded: Uncovering Prompt Patterns for Superior Solutions in Software Development Lifecycle
    Liangxuan Wu, Yanjie Zhao, Xinyi Hou, Tianming Liu, Haoyu Wang
    The 21st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR’24) [Paper]

Preprint

  • LLM App Squatting and Cloning
    Yinglin Xie*, Xinyi Hou*, Yanjie Zhao, Kai Chen, Haoyu Wang [Paper]
  • Bridging Design and Development with Automated Declarative UI Code Generation
    Ting Zhou*, Yanjie Zhao*, Xinyi Hou, Xiaoyu Sun, Kai Chen, Haoyu Wang [Paper]
  • Voices from the Frontier: A Comprehensive Analysis of the OpenAI Developer Forum
    Xinyi Hou*, Yanjie Zhao*, Haoyu Wang [Paper]
  • On the (In)Security of LLM App Stores
    Xinyi Hou*, Yanjie Zhao*, Haoyu Wang [Paper]
  • GPT Store Mining and Analysis
    Dongxun Su*, Yanjie Zhao*, Xinyi Hou, Shenao Wang, Haoyu Wang [Paper]

đź“š Educations

  • 2019.09 - 2023.06, B.Eng., Northeastern University, Shenyang, China.
  • 2023.09 till now, Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.

đź’Ľ Services

  • Journal Reviewer – Automated Software Engineering (ASE)
  • Publicity Chair – LLMapp 2025

🏆 Honors and Awards

  • 2023 - Outstanding Graduates of Liaoning Province
  • 2023 - Distinguished Undergraduate Thesis of NEU
  • 2022 - China National Scholarship
  • 2022 - First Class Annual Outstanding Student
  • 2020 - Inspur Scholarship
  • 2020 - First Class Annual Outstanding Student