Software Engineering Empirical Research Radar

SEER Radar

A living academic map of software engineering research, with an emphasis on testing, debugging, programming, recent venue trends, topic signals, datasets, scholars, and paper trails.

VenuesBrowse ICSE / FSE / ASE / ISSTANavigate recent major software-engineering venues by year and paper topic. CalendarTrack CCF Venue DatesReview CCF A/B/C SE, systems, and PL venue windows, official dates, and forecasted next editions. TopicsMap Testing, Debugging, AI for SEFollow hot research families and jump into topic-specific paper lists. PDFsRead Papers on MobileOpen source-attributed PDFs and individual paper pages directly in the browser. BenchmarksTrack Datasets and Local AvailabilitySee which common SE datasets are present locally as data, papers, notes, or not yet collected. IndexSearchable Structure NextStart from a broad paper index; database-backed search is now ready underneath.

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3674papers in snapshot
17topic labels
2021-2026recent major-venue window

Venue Coverage

Venues: ASE: 1258, FSE: 832, ICSE: 1030, ICSE-SEIP: 1, ICST: 1, ISSTA: 549, TOSEM: 1, arXiv: 2

Years: 2021: 551, 2022: 685, 2023: 763, 2024: 794, 2025: 876, 2026: 5

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Study Notes

Quiet catch-up notes for AI-native software engineering and program repair. These are reading guides and experiment checklists, not the main front page of the radar.

中文总教程 Repair 专题 群论与机器证明 English

Research Focus

Software Testing

Test generation, prioritization, selection, flaky tests, regression testing, and CI testing.

Debugging and Diagnosis

Fault localization, failure diagnosis, repair signals, logs, spectra, and change-aware triage.

Programming Research

Program analysis, developer tools, code intelligence, maintenance, and AI-assisted workflows.

Research Infrastructure

Benchmarks, datasets, metrics, venues, scholars, and reproducible reading trails.

Top Topic Families

TopicPapersVenue Breakdown
Other1070ASE: 366, FSE: 264, ICSE: 307, ISSTA: 133
Testing / QA862ASE: 295, FSE: 139, ICSE: 219, ICST: 1, ISSTA: 208
AI / LLM for SE578ASE: 202, FSE: 114, ICSE: 177, ICSE-SEIP: 1, ICST: 1, ISSTA: 80, TOSEM: 1, arXiv: 2
Human / Empirical / Socio-technical391ASE: 100, FSE: 107, ICSE: 143, ISSTA: 41
Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair348ASE: 112, FSE: 76, ICSE: 102, ICSE-SEIP: 1, ICST: 1, ISSTA: 53, TOSEM: 1, arXiv: 2
Mobile / Web / GUI / Android304ASE: 116, FSE: 54, ICSE: 82, ISSTA: 52
Program Analysis / Verification / Formal Methods296ASE: 106, FSE: 61, ICSE: 78, ISSTA: 50, arXiv: 1
Security / Privacy / Vulnerability209ASE: 73, FSE: 43, ICSE: 54, ISSTA: 39
DevOps / CI / Build / Release198ASE: 70, FSE: 51, ICSE: 54, ISSTA: 23
Maintenance / Evolution / Refactoring / Review190ASE: 60, FSE: 57, ICSE: 48, ISSTA: 25

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code testing learning analysis models detection automated generation systems language test deep program fuzzing large detecting neural android repair model empirical framework bugs approach data vulnerability static smart

Recent Paper Index

This public preview lists metadata only. PDFs and local notes are tracked privately; when public links are later shown, each source will be attributed.

PaperVenueTopics
Measure Twice, Locate Once: Mitigating Hallucinations in LLM-based Agents for Repository-Scale Fault Localization
Feiyue Chen, Guowei Yang, Cheryl Lee, Zhanming Jie		TOSEM 2026Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair; AI / LLM for SE; Software Agents
LLM Agents Can See Code Repositories
Dongjian Ma, Silin Chen, Yufei Yang, Yulin Shi		arXiv 2026Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair; AI / LLM for SE; Program Comprehension
Assessing the Impact of Code Changes on the Fault Localizability of Large Language Models
Sabaat Haroon, Ahmand Faraz Khan, Ahmad Humayun, Waris Gill		ICST 2026Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair; AI / LLM for SE; Testing / QA
ARISE: A Repository-level Graph Representation and Toolset for Agentic Fault Localization and Program Repair
Shahd Seddik, Fatemeh Fard		arXiv 2026Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair; Program Analysis / Verification / Formal Methods; AI / LLM for SE
Finding the Needle in the Crash Stack: Industrial-Scale Crash Root Cause Localization with AutoCrashFL
Sungmin Kang, Sumi Yun, Jingun Hong, Shin Yoo		ICSE-SEIP 2026Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair; AI / LLM for SE; Industrial Software Engineering
Playing Planning Poker in Crowds: Human Computation of Software Effort Estimates.
Mohammed Alhamed, Tim Storer		ICSE 2021Human / Empirical / Socio-technical
JEST: N+1 -version Differential Testing of Both JavaScript Engines and Specification.
Jihyeok Park, Seungmin An, Dongjun Youn, Gyeongwon Kim		ICSE 2021Testing / QA; Program Analysis / Verification / Formal Methods
Unrealizable Cores for Reactive Systems Specifications.
Shahar Maoz, Rafi Shalom		ICSE 2021Other
Verifying Determinism in Sequential Programs.
Rashmi Mudduluru, Jason Waataja, Suzanne Millstein, Michael D. Ernst		ICSE 2021Other
Domain-Specific Fixes for Flaky Tests with Wrong Assumptions on Underdetermined Specifications.
Peilun Zhang, Yanjie Jiang, Anjiang Wei, Victoria Stodden		ICSE 2021Testing / QA; Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair; DevOps / CI / Build / Release
Studying Test Annotation Maintenance in the Wild.
Dong Jae Kim, Nikolaos Tsantalis, Tse-Hsun Peter Chen, Jinqiu Yang 0001		ICSE 2021Testing / QA; Maintenance / Evolution / Refactoring / Review
Semantic Patches for Adaptation of JavaScript Programs to Evolving Libraries.
Benjamin Barslev Nielsen, Martin Toldam Torp, Anders Møller		ICSE 2021Maintenance / Evolution / Refactoring / Review
DepOwl: Detecting Dependency Bugs to Prevent Compatibility Failures.
Zhouyang Jia, Shanshan Li 0001, Tingting Yu 0001, Chen Zeng		ICSE 2021Debugging / Fault Localization / Diagnosis / Repair
HERO: On the Chaos When PATH Meets Modules.
Ying Wang 0038, Liang Qiao 0002, Chang Xu 0001, Yepang Liu 0001		ICSE 2021Other
SOAR: A Synthesis Approach for Data Science API Refactoring.
Ansong Ni, Daniel Ramos, Aidan Z. H. Yang, Inês Lynce		ICSE 2021Maintenance / Evolution / Refactoring / Review
Are Machine Learning Cloud APIs Used Correctly?
Chengcheng Wan 0001, Shicheng Liu, Henry Hoffmann, Michael Maire		ICSE 2021AI / LLM for SE; Cloud / Microservices / Distributed Systems

Benchmark and Dataset Signals

TermMentions in Titles
ci593
android129
java76
python64
benchmark49
fault localization39
github32
dataset31
javascript22
flaky19

Scholar Signals

ScholarPapers in SnapshotVenue Breakdown
Yang Liu 000375ASE: 33, ICSE: 27, ISSTA: 9, FSE: 6
Xin Xia 000168ICSE: 27, ASE: 21, FSE: 16, ISSTA: 4
David Lo 000167ICSE: 24, ASE: 21, FSE: 16, ISSTA: 6
Hongyu Zhang 000258ICSE: 29, FSE: 12, ASE: 11, ISSTA: 6
Xin Peng 000144ASE: 14, ICSE: 11, FSE: 11, ISSTA: 8
Junjie Chen 000343ASE: 14, ICSE: 13, FSE: 8, ISSTA: 8
Michael R. Lyu42ICSE: 17, ASE: 17, ISSTA: 5, FSE: 3
Xiapu Luo41ICSE: 13, ISSTA: 13, ASE: 9, FSE: 6
Zibin Zheng41ICSE: 14, ASE: 13, ISSTA: 13, FSE: 1
Haoyu Wang 000138ASE: 19, ICSE: 9, ISSTA: 8, FSE: 2
Xing Hu 000833ICSE: 15, ASE: 12, ISSTA: 4, FSE: 2
Yu Jiang 000133ICSE: 10, ASE: 10, ISSTA: 8, FSE: 5