Do Not Go Gentle into
That Good Night!

不要温和地走进那个良夜！

About Me

I was born and raised in Nanjing, China. I’m currently pursuing Master degree at Software Institue, Nanjing University, as a member of NJU-iSE DL testing group, working with Associate Prof. Chunrong Fang. Before Joining Nanjing University, I received my B.Eng degree from Nantong University, fortunately supervised by Associate Prof. Xiang Chen. I have disclosed 100+ previously unknown bugs in popular machine learning systems (e.g., PyTorch, vLLM, TensorFlow, TVM). I’m also a contributor of PyTorch , aiming to fix some bugs in Inductor (a PyTorch native compiler).

My research interests lie at the intersection of AI Infrastructures, Fuzz Testing, and Large Language Models, aiming to build more reliable, effective, and efficient AI systems for programming language and software engineering. More specifically, I am currently (or previously) focusing on following Research Problems (RPs):

RP1: How to ensure the correctness of AI Infras (PyTorch & Inductor, TVM, vLLM, etc.)?
RP2: How to unleash the power of LLMs in specific domain (fuzzing, etc.)?
RP3: How to use LLM-based approaches to provide quality assurance for software repositories (GitHub, Stack Overflow, etc.)?

AgeForever 18🤪 (well, actually 22)
ResidenceChina
AddressJiangsu Science and technology Building, Nanjing, China
e-mailshaoyuyoung@gmail.com
MBTIENFP
My Favorite😋🤪☺️🥰😍🤩😚😘💖💓
🦆FoodNanjing Roast Duck
👨‍💼EntrepreneurSteve Jobs
⚽️Football Club Barcelona
🎸Band🥕Mayday & Beyond
👨‍🎤Chinese SingersVae & Jay Chou & JJ Lin
👩‍🎤English SingerTaylor Swift
🎮️GameTeamfights Tactics (TFT)
📖BookThe worlds I See
🏊‍♂️SportSwimming
🎹InstrumentElectronic organ (Piano)
🎞️MovieCoco & Flipped
🎵SongQQ Music showed my favorite song in 2024 is 因为你所以我 (Because of You)

Fun Facts

Exploring

I love the feelings of being on the way forever🚶‍♂️‍➡️. I am always open to new things and challenges! Exploring the unknown is really important for me. My dream is to travel around the world (it would be great if with my research🚀).

Swimming

Swimming🏊‍♂️ is cool! I can do breaststroke and now I am teaching myself freestyle at Lui Chi-Woo Natatorium, Gulou Campus, Nanjing University. Additionally, swimming is also a good sport for losing weight (yeah, I'm currently losing weight🤠).

Instrument

Perviouly, I learned 🎹electronic organ in my high school. Currently, I'm trying to move to the piano (they are very simmilar). My favorite piano song is Summer. Welcome to play or sing a song with me or discussion on music!🎶

Talking

I'm really open to exchanging ideas with others and talking freely. I firmly believe that talking is the magic bullet🪄 of maintaining human connections. So, do you want to chat with me over a cup of coffee☕️?

My research belief is to make something really work

🌈

We will aim to make steady progress with small milestones along the way, but the ultimate goal of our research is to create something impactful and real, which is expected to be either novel or practical.
Ying Sheng

Resume

Education

2024.9-Now

Nanjing, CN

M.Eng, Nanjing University

I am currently pursuing my M.Eng degree (similar to M.Phil. in Hong Kong, a 2-year program) at Software Instute, Nanjing University, working with Associate Prof. Chunrong Fang.

2020.9-2024.6

Nantong, CN

B.Eng, Nantong University

I received my B.Eng. degree from Nantong University, majoring in Software Engineering. I was verry very very fortunate to begin my research career under the supervision of Prof. Xiang Chen, working alongside many excellent guys (Guang Yang, Ke Liu, Yanlin Zhou, Wei Cheng, etc.), which makes this journey memorable and fulfilling.

Experience

2023.1

Macau, CN

Visting Student, University of Macau

Sposored by Nantong Univeristy, I had a short visit to University of Macau. The visiting professors are Chi Man Vong and Leong Hou U.

Soft Skills

Creative Thinking

95%

Critical Thinking

90%

Writing Skills

85%

Oral Presentation

95%

Coding Skills

Python/Deep Learning

95%

Java

85%

HTML/CSS/JavaScript

85%

C++

85%

Knowledges

AI Infra
Fuzz Testing
Large Language Models

Services

2025

Co-Reviewer, SANER

2024

Co-Reviewer, ASEJ

Highlights (Real World Impact)

PyTorch

PR contribution

#143802
#144313
#145136

PyTorch

Selected Bugs I detect

#141538
#142463
#142466
#142853
#143729
#143752
#137254

TensorFlow

Selected Bugs I detect

#82317
#83063
#84205

TVM

Selected Bugs I detect

#16891
#16898

ONNX

Selected Bugs I detect

#6135

Publication

* equal contribution

Conference Papers

ICPC-23

31St International Conference on Program Comprehension

QTC4SO: Automatic Question Title Completion for Stack Overflow

Yanlin Zhou*, Shaoyu Yang*, Xiang Chen, Zichen Zhang, Jiahua Pei

Journal Papers

EMSE-24

Empirical Software Engineering

Automatic Bi-modal Question Title Generation for Stack Overflow with Prompt Learning

Shaoyu Yang, Xiang Chen, Ke Liu, Guang Yang, Chi Yu

EMSE-24

Empirical Software Engineering

Automatic Title Completion for Stack Overflow Posts and GitHub Issues

Xiang Chen, Wenlong Pei , Shaoyu Yang, Yanlin Zhou, Zichen Zhang, Jiahua Pei

Awards

Timeline

2023.5

best paper

🏆ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (ICPC 2023)

Our publiacation entitled QTC4SO: Automatic Question Title Completion for Stack Overflow in ICPC 2023 won the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award (2 of 22 accepted papers). Thanks for the recognition!

2023.12

国奖

National Scholarship

I won the National Scholarship for the 2023-2024 academic year as the 1st rank in my college. Awarded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, it is the highest honor for Chinese undergraduate students.