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Unit testing is a stage of testing where the smallest segment of code that can be tested in isolation from the rest of the system - often a class - is tested. Unit tests are typically written as executable code, often in a format provided…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-10-27 Afonso Fontes , Gregory Gay , Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto , Robert Feldt

The evaluation of Large Language Models (LLMs) for code generation relies heavily on the quality and robustness of test cases. However, existing benchmarks often lack coverage for subtle corner cases, allowing incorrect solutions to pass.…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Jingwei Shi , Xinxiang Yin , Jing Huang , Jinman Zhao , Shengyu Tao

We introduce Ghostbuster, a state-of-the-art system for detecting AI-generated text. Our method works by passing documents through a series of weaker language models, running a structured search over possible combinations of their features,…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Vivek Verma , Eve Fleisig , Nicholas Tomlin , Dan Klein

We explored the challenges practitioners face in software testing and proposed automated solutions to address these obstacles. We began with a survey of local software companies and 26 practitioners, revealing that the primary challenge is…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-03-25 Navid Bin Hasan , Md. Ashraful Islam , Junaed Younus Khan , Sanjida Senjik , Anindya Iqbal

We present JAttack, a framework that enables template-based testing for compilers. Using JAttack, a developer writes a template program that describes a set of programs to be generated and given as test inputs to a compiler. Such a…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2022-09-13 Zhiqiang Zang , Nathan Wiatrek , Milos Gligoric , August Shi

We study the problem of determining whether a piece of text has been authored by a human or by a large language model (LLM). Existing state of the art logits-based detectors make use of statistics derived from the log-probability of the…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Hongyi Zhou , Jin Zhu , Pingfan Su , Kai Ye , Ying Yang , Shakeel A O B Gavioli-Akilagun , Chengchun Shi

This article discusses a new technique to automatically generate test cases for object oriented programs. At the state of the art, the problem of generating adequate sets of complete test cases has not been satisfactorily solved yet. There…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Matteo Modonato

Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated notable proficiency in code generation, with numerous prior studies showing their promising capabilities in various development scenarios. However, these studies mainly provide evaluations in…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Kailun Jin , Chung-Yu Wang , Hung Viet Pham , Hadi Hemmati

AI generated content (AIGC) presents considerable challenge to educators around the world. Instructors need to be able to detect such text generated by large language models, either with the naked eye or with the help of some tools. There…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-09-26 Yikang Liu , Ziyin Zhang , Wanyang Zhang , Shisen Yue , Xiaojing Zhao , Xinyuan Cheng , Yiwen Zhang , Hai Hu

The proliferation of datasets across open data portals and enterprise data lakes presents an opportunity for deriving data-driven insights. Widely-used dataset search systems rely on keyword search over dataset metadata, including…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-12-19 Haoxiang Zhang , Yurong Liu , Aécio Santos , Wei-Lun Hung , Juliana Freire

Automated debugging techniques have the potential to reduce developer effort in debugging, and have matured enough to be adopted by industry. However, one critical issue with existing techniques is that, while developers want rationales for…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Sungmin Kang , Bei Chen , Shin Yoo , Jian-Guang Lou

Automated software testing involves the execution of test scripts by a machine instead of being manually run. This significantly reduces the amount of manual time & effort needed and thus is of great interest to the software testing…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-09-26 Anurag Dwarakanath , Neville Dubash , Sanjay Podder

The mass production of complex software has made it impossible to manually test it for security vulnerabilities. Automated security testing tools come in a variety of flavors, function at various stages of software development, and target…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-01-18 Yan Wu , Jingyi Su , David D. Moran , Chris D. Near

Due to the increasing volume, volatility, and diversity of data in virtually all areas of our lives, the ability to detect duplicates in potentially linked data sources is more important than ever before. However, while research is already…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-01-01 Fabian Panse , Wolfram Wingerath , Benjamin Wollmer

The rising popularity of large language models (LLMs) has raised concerns about machine-generated text (MGT), particularly in academic settings, where issues like plagiarism and misinformation are prevalent. As a result, developing a highly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Yule Liu , Zhiyuan Zhong , Yifan Liao , Zhen Sun , Jingyi Zheng , Jiaheng Wei , Qingyuan Gong , Fenghua Tong , Yang Chen , Yang Zhang , Xinlei He

Diverse studies have analyzed the quality of automatically generated test cases by using test smells as the main quality attribute. But recent work reported that generated tests may suffer a number of quality issues not necessarily…

Reliably determining the performance of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems depends on comprehensive test questions. While a proliferation of evaluation frameworks for LLM-powered applications exists, current practices lack a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-10-02 Noah Broestl , Adel Nasser Abdalla , Rajprakash Bale , Hersh Gupta , Max Struever

As AI code assistants become increasingly integrated into software development workflows, understanding how their code compares to human-written programs is critical for ensuring reliability, maintainability, and security. In this paper, we…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Domenico Cotroneo , Cristina Improta , Pietro Liguori

LLM agents are increasingly deployed to plan, retrieve, and write with tools, yet evaluation still leans on static benchmarks and small human studies. We present the Agent-Testing Agent (ATA), a meta-agent that combines static code…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Sameer Komoravolu , Khalil Mrini

Given an issue on a software repository, a reproduction test confirms its presence in the code before it gets fixed and its absence after. Reproduction tests provide crucial execution-based feedback for diagnosis and validation during…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Toufique Ahmed , Jatin Ganhotra , Avraham Shinnar , Martin Hirzel