👋 About Me
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I am currently a third-year Ph.D. candidate at the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Guangxi Normal University, under the supervision of Professor Zhi Li. I am expected to complete my Ph.D. by June 2026.
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My research interests include Software Engineering (SE), Requirements Engineering (RE), Problem Frames (PF), Model-Driven Development (MDD), Model Transformation (MT), Large Language Models (LLM), and Artificial Intelligence (AI).
📝 Publications
FSE'25
PF2UML: A Tool for Problem-Oriented Requirements Modeling and Transformation, Hongbin Xiao, Li, Z., Yang, Y., et al.
ICACTE'24
Combining STPA with PF Requirements Analysis: Taking the Insulin Pump Problem as an Example, Zhou, X., Hongbin Xiao, Zheng, B., et al.
REW'24
A Microservice Decomposition Approach Driven by Sub-Requirement References in Problem Diagrams, Bu, Y., Hongbin Xiao, Li, Z., Xie, X.
arXiv'24
An Evaluation of Requirements Modeling for Cyber-Physical Systems via LLMs, Jin, D., Zhao, S., Jin, Z., Chen, X., Wang, C., Fang, Z., Hongbin Xiao.
REW'24
Deriving and Verifying B Specifications from Problem Frames Models via Model Transformation, Yang, S., Hongbin Xiao, Li, Z., Xie, X.
APSEC'23
Natural Language Processing-Based Requirements Modeling: A Case Study on Problem Frames, Wei, J., Chen, X., Hongbin Xiao, Tang, S., Xie, X., Li, Z.
RE'23
NFRNet-LT: Improving Accuracy in Extracting Long-tailed Non-functional Requirements, Deng, J., Li, Z., Zhou, X., Hongbin Xiao.
Mathematics'23
One-Step Clustering with Adaptively Local Kernels and a Neighborhood Kernel, Chen, C., Hu, Z., Hongbin Xiao, Ma, J., Li, Z.
RE'23
PF4MD: A Microservice Decomposition Tool Combining Problem Frames, Li, Y., Li, Z., Bu, Y., Hongbin Xiao, Deng, Y.
QRS-C'23
Using Problem Frames Approach for Key Information Extraction from Natural Language Requirements, Tang, S., Chen, X., Hongbin Xiao, Wei, J., Li, Z.
REW'23
A Multimedia Approach to Problem Descriptions for Fine-Grained Detail Characterization, Bowen Zheng, Zhi Li, Hongbin Xiao.
REW'23
Augmenting the Problem Frames Approach with Explicit Data Descriptions Using ChatGPT, Ling Xie, Hongbin Xiao, Zhi Li.
RE'23
NL2PD: A Tool for Problem Diagram Generation from Requirements in Natural Language, Xuan Chen, Hongbin Xiao, Yajun Deng, Zhi Li.
arXiv'22
PF4Microservices: A decomposition scheme for microservices based on Problem Frames, Bo, Y., Hongbin Xiao, Li, Z.
SEKE'22
Trace4PF: A tool for Automated Decomposition of Problem Diagrams with Traceability, Yajun Deng, Zhi Li, Hongbin Xiao.
REW'21
An Extended Meta-Model of Problem Frames for Enriching Environmental Descriptions, Hongbin Xiao, Zhi Li, Yilong Yang, Jie Deng, Shangfeng Wei.
RE'21
Zoom4PF: A Tool for Refining Static and Dynamic Domain Descriptions in Problem Frames, Shangfeng Wei, Zhi Li, Yilong Yang, Hongbin Xiao.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- 2022 Third Prize, 18th “Huawei Cup” China Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
- 2021 Third Prize, 2nd Guangxi College Students Artificial Intelligence Design Competition
- 2018 First Prize, National Finals of the National College Students Intelligent Interconnection Innovation Application Design Competition
📖 Educations
- 2022.09 - 2026.06, Ph.D. in Software Engineering, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- 2020.09 - 2022.06, M.S. in Computer Science, Guangxi Normal University, Guilin, China
- 2016.09 - 2020.06, B.S. in Computer Science, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, Zhengzhou, China
💬 Invited Talks
- 2024.11, LLM4LCR, Chinasoft 2024.
- 2021.09, Extended Meta-Model of Problem Frames, RE 2021.
📂 Projects
- 2024, Requirement Modeling and Transformation of Cyber-Physical Systems for Problem-Oriented Scenarios, University-level Research Project (Funded by Training Institution, XYCBZ2024024), Leader.
- 2024, Research and Development of Key Technologies for Human Resource Digital Intelligence Services, Guangxi Key Research and Development Plan, Participant, Participant..
- 2023, Research and Development of Collaborative Mechanism and Management Platform for National and Internal Auditing, Guangxi Internal Audit Research Project, Participant, 5th Prize in Final Evaluation.
- 2022.12 - 2024.12, Research on Multi-core Clustering Algorithms with Block Diagonal Properties, Open Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Multi-source Information Mining and Security (NO.MIMS22-03), Participant.
🌟 Academic Service
- Reviewer: Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA).
- Reviewer: Information and Software Technology (IST).
- Reviewer: SoftwareX .
- Reviewer: The 8th International Conference on Mechanical, Electric, and Industrial Engineering (MEIE2025)