Ana Carolina de Souza Mendes, Mason Adsero, Joshua Palicka, Nurulla Zholdoshov, and Xin Zhao, “AI-crafted narratives: an empirical study on generating interactive stories using generative pre-training transformers,” Applied Intelligence 55, 1004 (2025), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-025-06833-3.
Saheed Popoola, Xin Zhao, Jeff Gray, and Antonio Garcia-Dominguez, “Classifying Changes to LabVIEW and Simulink Models via Changeset Metrics,” Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering 2024: 1 - 15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11334-024-00577-y.
Xin Zhao, Gurshan Rai, and Saheed Popoola, “Ask or tell: An empirical study on modeling challenges from LabVIEW community", Journal of Computer Languages, Vol. 80, 2024: 101284. 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, Brian Vu, and Sitesh Pattanaik, “Is Artificial Intelligence an Elixir to the Software Engineering Community? An Empirical Study Among Managers.” In Proceedings of the 3rd ACM International Conference on AI-powered Software, pp. 168-177, Montreal, Canada, July 2026. https://doi.org/10.1145/3805760.3814907. ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Xin Zhao and Ai Sun, “Mapping K–12 Educators’ Professional Learning Pathways to AI Literacy and Integration: An Empirical Study.” In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Volume 2, pp. 1278-1289, Benidorm, Spain, May 2026. https://doi.org/10.5220/0014980400004021.
Zhiju Yang, Xiaoshuai Zhang, and Xin Zhao, “AuditCopilot: An End-to-End LLM-Based Framework for Automated Vulnerability Detection in Web3.” In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Blockchain Technology and Applications, pp. 47-68, Kanazawa, Japan, December 2025.
Xin Zhao and Parth Manish Reshamwala, “Personalized Medicine Meets Artificial Intelligence: A Systematic Literature Review,” In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on AI-Health, pp. 82-89, Valencia, Spain, March 2026.
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 Diagrams from Execution 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
Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology
Software: Practice and Experience
International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems
European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications
European Conference on Modelling Foundations and Applications
International Conference on Model Transformation
Conference of Evaluation and Modelling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development
Student Volunteer
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)