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Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly deployed to resolve real-world GitHub issues. However, despite their potential, the specific failure modes of these models in complex repair tasks remain poorly understood. To characterize how…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Yanjie Jiang , Yian Huang , Guancheng Wang , Junjie Chen , Hui Liu , Lionel Briand

Automated Program Repair (APR) uses various tools and techniques to help developers achieve functional and error-free code faster. In recent years, Large Language Models (LLMs) have gained popularity as components in APR tool chains because…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Roman Macháček , Anastasiia Grishina , Max Hort , Leon Moonen

In the rapidly evolving domain of artificial intelligence, Large Language Models (LLMs) play a crucial role due to their advanced text processing and generation abilities. This study introduces a new strategy aimed at harnessing on-device…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-03 Wei Chen , Zhiyuan Li , Mingyuan Ma

The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) in software development is rapidly growing, with developers increasingly relying on these models for coding assistance, including security-critical tasks. Our work presents a comprehensive comparison…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Zohaib Masood , Miguel Vargas Martin

This study investigates the reliability of code generation by Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on identifying and analyzing defects in the generated code. Despite the advanced capabilities of LLMs in automating code generation,…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Ali Mohammadi Esfahani , Nafiseh Kahani , Samuel A. Ajila

The use of generative AI-based coding assistants like ChatGPT and Github Copilot is a reality in contemporary software development. Many of these tools are provided as remote APIs. Using third-party APIs raises data privacy and security…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-01-20 Negar Alizadeh , Boris Belchev , Nishant Saurabh , Patricia Kelbert , Fernando Castor

Human developers can produce code with cybersecurity bugs. Can emerging 'smart' code completion tools help repair those bugs? In this work, we examine the use of large language models (LLMs) for code (such as OpenAI's Codex and AI21's…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-08-16 Hammond Pearce , Benjamin Tan , Baleegh Ahmad , Ramesh Karri , Brendan Dolan-Gavitt

API integration is a cornerstone of our digital infrastructure, enabling software systems to connect and interact. However, as shown by many studies, writing or generating correct code to invoke APIs, particularly web APIs, is challenging.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Daniel Maninger , Leon Chemnitz , Amir Molzam Sharifloo , Tushar Lamba , Jannis Brugger , Mira Mezini

Automatic programming has seen increasing popularity due to the emergence of tools like GitHub Copilot which rely on Large Language Models (LLMs). At the same time, automatically generated code faces challenges during deployment due to…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Michael R. Lyu , Baishakhi Ray , Abhik Roychoudhury , Shin Hwei Tan , Patanamon Thongtanunam

In this paper, we present a new framework, named GPTAid, for automatic APSRs generation by analyzing API source code with LLM and detecting API misuse caused by incorrect parameter use. To validate the correctness of the LLM-generated…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-09-20 Jinghua Liu , Yi Yang , Kai Chen , Miaoqian Lin

In recent years, JavaScript has become the most widely used programming language, especially in web development. However, writing secure JavaScript code is not trivial, and programmers often make mistakes that lead to security…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-03-21 Tan Khang Le , Saba Alimadadi , Steven Y. Ko

Modern language models (LMs) have been successfully employed in source code generation and understanding, leading to a significant increase in research focused on learning-based code intelligence, such as automated bug repair, and test case…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-30 Xinyu She , Yue Liu , Yanjie Zhao , Yiling He , Li Li , Chakkrit Tantithamthavorn , Zhan Qin , Haoyu Wang

Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven code generation tools are increasingly used throughout the software development lifecycle to accelerate coding tasks. However, the security of AI-generated code using Large Language Models (LLMs) remains…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Mohammed Kharma , Soohyeon Choi , Mohammed AlKhanafseh , David Mohaisen

Large language models (LLMs) are reshaping automated program repair. We present a unified taxonomy that groups 62 recent LLM-based repair systems into four paradigms defined by parameter adaptation and control authority over the repair…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Boyang Yang , Zijian Cai , Fengling Liu , Bach Le , Lingming Zhang , Tegawendé F. Bissyandé , Yang Liu , Haoye Tian

Large Language Models (LLMs) offer new potential for automating documentation-to-code traceability, yet their capabilities remain underexplored. We present a comprehensive evaluation of LLMs (Claude 3.5 Sonnet, GPT-4o, and o3-mini) in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Ebube Alor , SayedHassan Khatoonabadi , Emad Shihab

The growing need for scalable, maintainable, and fast-deploying systems has made microservice architecture widely popular in software development. This paper presents a system that uses Large Language Models (LLMs) to automate the API-first…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Saurabh Chauhan , Zeeshan Rasheed , Abdul Malik Sami , Zheying Zhang , Jussi Rasku , Kai-Kristian Kemell , Pekka Abrahamsson

Command injection vulnerabilities are a significant security threat in dynamic languages like Python, particularly in widely used open-source projects where security issues can have extensive impact. With the proven effectiveness of Large…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-05-22 Yuxuan Wang , Jingshu Chen , Qingyang Wang

Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated their remarkable capabilities in numerous fields. This survey focuses on how LLMs empower users, regardless of their technical background, to use human languages to automatically generate…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-04-03 Nam Huynh , Beiyu Lin

Large language models (LLMs), such as Codex and GPT-4, have recently showcased their remarkable code generation abilities, facilitating a significant boost in coding efficiency. This paper will delve into utilizing LLMs for code generation…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Daoguang Zan , Bei Chen , Yongshun Gong , Junzhi Cao , Fengji Zhang , Bingchao Wu , Bei Guan , Yilong Yin , Yongji Wang

Novice programmers often face challenges in fault localization due to their limited experience and understanding of programming syntax and logic. Traditional methods like Spectrum-Based Fault Localization (SBFL) and Mutation-Based Fault…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-12-04 Hexiang Xu , Hengyuan Liu , Yonghao Wu , Xiaolan Kang , Xiang Chen , Yong Liu