Overview
Background
Dr. Guowei Yang is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Queensland, Australia. His research interests are in software engineering, cyber security, programming languages, formal methods, and machine learning, with a focus on improving software reliability and security. Prior to joining UQ in 2021, he was a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Texas State University, USA. He received his Ph.D. from The University of Texas at Austin, USA in 2013. To find out more details please check his homepage: https://guoweiyang.github.io.
Multiple scholarships are available! I am looking for highly motivated students (including PhDs, Masters, undergraduates), postdocs, and visitors to join my research group. If you are interested and have background in software engineering, programming languages, formal methods, and/or AI, please send an email with your CV to guowei.yang@uq.edu.au. The University of Queensland is ranked in the top 50 and top 100 globally according to major ranking systems, including U.S. News (36), QS (43), ARWU (51), and THE (53).
Availability
- Dr Guowei Yang is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Computer Science, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- Doctor of Philosophy of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin
Research interests
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Software engineering
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Cyber security
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Programming languages
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Formal methods
Works
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2020
Conference Publication
Summary-guided incremental symbolic execution
Yi, Qiuping, Wen, Junye and Yang, Guowei (2020). Summary-guided incremental symbolic execution. International Conference on Software Engineering, Seoul, South Korea, 27 June - 19 July 2020. Piscataway, NJ, United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1145/3377812.3390895
2019
Journal Article
A synergistic approach to improving symbolic execution using test ranges
Yang, Guowei, Qiu, Rui, Khurshid, Sarfraz, Pasareanu, Corina S. and Wen, Junye (2019). A synergistic approach to improving symbolic execution using test ranges. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, 15 (3-4), 325-342. doi: 10.1007/s11334-019-00331-9
2019
Conference Publication
Parallel property checking with staged symbolic execution
Wen, Junye and Yang, Guowei (2019). Parallel property checking with staged symbolic execution. 34th ACM/SIGAPP Annual International Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC), Limassol, Cyprus, 8-12 April 2019. New York, NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3297280.3297457
2019
Book Chapter
Advances in symbolic execution
Yang, Guowei, Filieri, Antonio, Borges, Mateus, Clun, Donato and Wen, Junye (2019). Advances in symbolic execution. Advances in Computers. (pp. 225-287) edited by Memon, A. M.. San Diego, CA, United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.adcom.2018.10.002
2018
Conference Publication
Parallel property checking with symbolic execution
Wen, Junye and Yang, Guowei (2018). Parallel property checking with symbolic execution. 30th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, SEKE 2018, Redwood City, United States, 1-3 July 2018. IL, United States: Knowledge Systems Institute. doi: 10.18293/SEKE2018-171
2018
Conference Publication
Using test ranges to improve symbolic execution
Qiu, Rui, Khurshid, Sarfraz, Pasareanu, Corina S., Wen, Junye and Yang, Guowei (2018). Using test ranges to improve symbolic execution. 10th International Symposium on NASA Formal Methods (NFM), Newport News VA, USA, 17-19 April 2018. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-77935-5_28
2018
Conference Publication
How do Android operating system updates impact apps?
Yang, Guowei, Jones, Jeffrey, Moninger, Austin and Che, Meiru (2018). How do Android operating system updates impact apps?. 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Mobile Software Engineering and Systems (MOBILESoft), Gothenburg, Sweden, 27-28 May 2018. New York, NY USA: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/3197231.3197258
2017
Conference Publication
CQM: coverage-constrained quality maximization in crowdsourcing test
Xie, Miao, Wang, Qing, Cui, Qiang, Yang, Guowei and Li, Mingshu (2017). CQM: coverage-constrained quality maximization in crowdsourcing test. 39th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering Companion, ICSE-C 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20-28 May 2017. United States: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ICSE-C.2017.112
2017
Conference Publication
A synergistic approach for distributed symbolic execution using test ranges
Qiu, Rui, Khurshid, Sarfraz, Pasareanu, Corina S. and Yang, Guowei (2017). A synergistic approach for distributed symbolic execution using test ranges. International Conference on Software Engineering Companion (ICSE-C), Buenos Aires, Argentina, 20-28 May 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/ICSE-C.2017.116
2017
Journal Article
Staged Symbolic Execution for Parallel Property Checking
Wen, Junye and Yang, Guowei (2017). Staged Symbolic Execution for Parallel Property Checking. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 41 (6), 1-5. doi: 10.1145/3011286.3011297
2017
Conference Publication
Who should be selected to perform a task in crowdsourced testing?
Cui, Qiang, Wang, Junjie, Yang, Guowei, Xie, Miao, Wang, Qing and Li, Mingshu (2017). Who should be selected to perform a task in crowdsourced testing?. 41st IEEE Annual Computer Software and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), Torino, Italy, 4-8 July 2017. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/compsac.2017.265
2017
Conference Publication
COCOON: crowdsourced testing quality maximization under context coverage constraint
Xie, Miao, Wang, Qing, Yang, Guowei and Li, Mingshu (2017). COCOON: crowdsourced testing quality maximization under context coverage constraint. 28th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, Toulouse, France, 23-26 October 2017. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/issre.2017.25
2016
Conference Publication
Regression test selection for android applications
Do, Quan, Yang, Guowei, Che, Meiru, Hui, Darren and Ridgeway, Jefferson (2016). Regression test selection for android applications. ICSE '16: 38th International Conference on Software Engineering, Austin, TX United States, 14 - 22 May 2016. New York, NY United States: Association for Computing Machinery. doi: 10.1145/2897073.2897127
2016
Conference Publication
Redroid: a regression test selection approach for android applications
Do, Quan, Yang, Guowei, Che, Meiru, Hui, Darren and Ridgeway, Jefferson (2016). Redroid: a regression test selection approach for android applications. SEKE 2016: The 28th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Redwood City, CA USA, 1-3 July 2016. Skokie, IL USA: Knowledge Systems Institute Graduate School. doi: 10.18293/seke2016-223
2015
Journal Article
Distributed Assertion Checking Using Symbolic Execution
Yang, Guowei, Do, Quan Chau Dong and Wen, Junye (2015). Distributed Assertion Checking Using Symbolic Execution. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 40 (6), 1-5. doi: 10.1145/2830719.2830729
2015
Journal Article
Evaluating architectural design decision paradigms in global software development
Che, Meiru, Perry, Dewayne E. and Yang, Guowei (2015). Evaluating architectural design decision paradigms in global software development. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 25 (9-10), 1677-1692. doi: 10.1142/S0218194015400380
2015
Journal Article
Verification of Architectural Constraints on Sequences of Method Invocations
Siroky, Stuart, Podorozhny, Rodion and Yang, Guowei (2015). Verification of Architectural Constraints on Sequences of Method Invocations. ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes, 40 (1), 1-4. doi: 10.1145/2693208.2693246
2015
Conference Publication
Compositional symbolic execution with memoized replay
Qiu, Rui, Yang, Guowei, Pasareanu, Corina S. and Khurshid, Sarfraz (2015). Compositional symbolic execution with memoized replay. IEEE/ACM 37th IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), Florence, Italy, 16-24 May 2015. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/icse.2015.79
2015
Conference Publication
Quantification of software changes through probabilistic symbolic execution
Filieri, Antonio, Pasareanu, Corina S. and Yang, Guowei (2015). Quantification of software changes through probabilistic symbolic execution. 30th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering Workshops (ASEW), Lincoln, NE USA, 9-13 November 2015. New York, NY USA: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. doi: 10.1109/ase.2015.78
2014
Journal Article
Directed incremental symbolic execution
Yang, Guowei, Person, Suzette, Rungta, Neha and Khurshid, Sarfraz (2014). Directed incremental symbolic execution. ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, 24 (1) 2629536, 1-42. doi: 10.1145/2629536
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Dr Guowei Yang is:
- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Automated Testing of Deep Learning Systems
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Dan Kim, Dr Naipeng Dong
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Doctor Philosophy
Continuous Code Analysis for Rapidly Evolving Software
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mark Utting, Associate Professor Guangdong Bai
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Master Philosophy
Optimizing Software Development: Hierarchical Formal Specification Integration for Enhanced Unit Testing and Agile Synergy
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Mark Utting
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Doctor Philosophy
Advanced Moving Target Defence against AI based Cyber Attacks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Dan Kim
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