📝 Publications

• 计算机教育'26 Diagnosing Organizational Bottlenecks inStudentSoftware Projects with Extended Problem Frames, Zicheng Huang、Hongbin Xiao、Zhi Li.
• INTERNETWARE'25 XR4PD: Augmented Reality for Visualising Problem Diagrams in Requirements Analysis, Yang Hua, Hongbin Xiao, Wenhao Wang, Zhi Li.
• REW'25 ME4PD: A Multi-Modal and Dynamically Extensible System for Problem Frame Construction, Yang Hua; Hongbin Xiao; Zhi Li.
• REW'25 From Causal Graphs to Problem Diagrams: Enhancing Safety Requirement Modeling with LLM, Liyuan Zhang; Zhi Li; Hongbin Xiao; Changjin Li; Bo Huang; Xu Chen.
• QRS'25 Learning in Imperfect Environments: Multi-Label Classification of Non-Functional Requirements under Long-Tailed Distribution, Wenhao Wang; Zicheng Huang; Hongbin Xiao; Zhi Li; Bo Huang.
• QRS'25 PF4SAFE: Problem Frames extension for Safety Analysis based on FBN Evaluation, Liyuan Zhang; Hongbin Xiao; Wenhao Wang; Zhi Li; Changjin Li.
• 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

• 2025.11, PF-AIRM, Chinasoft 2025.
• 2025.06, PF2UML, FSE 2025.
• 2024.11, LLM4LCR, Chinasoft 2024.
• 2021.09, Extended Meta-Model of Problem Frames, RE 2021.

📂 Projects

As Leader

• 2024 - Requirement Modeling and Transformation of Cyber-Physical Systems for Problem-Oriented Scenarios
  • Type: University-level Research Project
  • Funding: Training Institution (XYCBZ2024024)
  • Role: Leader

As Participant

• 2024 - Research on Government Procurement Audit Analysis Model Based on Big Data Technology
  • Type: Guangxi Audit Key Research Project (Open Bidding)
  • Source: Guilin Municipal Audit Bureau
  • Role: Participant
  • Achievement: Second Prize 🏆
• 2024 - Research and Development of Key Technologies for Human Resource Digital Intelligence Services
  • Type: Guangxi Key Research and Development Plan
  • Role: Participant
• 2023 - Research and Development of Collaborative Mechanism and Management Platform for National and Internal Auditing
  • Type: Guangxi Internal Audit Research Project
  • Role: Participant
  • Achievement: 1st Prize in Final Evaluation 🏆
• 2022.12 - 2024.12 - Research on Multi-core Clustering Algorithms with Block Diagonal Properties
  • Type: Open Project of Guangxi Key Laboratory of Multi-source Information Mining and Security
  • Project No.: MIMS22-03
  • Role: Participant

🌟 Academic Service

Journal Reviewer

• Reviewer: Expert Systems with Applications (ESWA)
• Reviewer: Information and Software Technology (IST)
• Reviewer: SoftwareX
• Reviewer: Software Impacts

Conference Service

• Technical Committee Member: The 18th International Conference on Advanced Computer Theory and Engineering (ICACTE 2025), Nanjing, China, September 26-28, 2025
• Reviewer: The 8th International Conference on Mechanical, Electric, and Industrial Engineering (MEIE2025)