CV

Education

• B.S. in Computer Science, Peking University, 2020

Publications

[ESEC/FSE'19] Understanding Source Code Comments at Large-Scale

Hao He
In: The 2019 27th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] Student Research Competition

[SANER'21] A Multi-Metric Ranking Approach for Library Migration Recommendations

Hao He, Yulin Xu, Yixiao Ma, Yifei Xu, Guangtai Liang and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2021 IEEE 28th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[ICSE'21 Demo] MigrationAdvisor: Recommending Library Migrations from Large-Scale Open-Source Data

Hao He, Yulin Xu, Xiao Cheng, Guangtai Liang and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] Tool Demo

[ESEC/FSE'21] A Large-Scale Empirical Study on Java Library Migrations: Prevalence, Trends, and Rationales

Hao He, Runzhi He, Haiqiao Gu, and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2021 ACM 29th Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[IEEE Computer] Commercial Participation in OpenStack: Two Sides of a Coin

Yuxia Zhang, Hao He, and Minghui Zhou
In: Computer, Volume 55, Issue 2
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF]

[ICPC'22] Demystifying Software Release Note Issues on GitHub

Jianyu Wu, Hao He, Wenxin Xiao, Kai Gao, and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2022 IEEE/ACM 30th International Conference on Program Comprehension
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] 🏆Distinguished Paper Award!

[ICSE'22] Recommending Good First Issues in GitHub OSS Projects

*Wenxin Xiao, *Hao He, Weiwei Xu, Xin Tan, Jinhao Dong, and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2022 IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] *Joint First Authors

[ESEC/FSE'22 Demo] GFI-Bot: Automated Good First Issue Recommendation on GitHub

Hao He, Haonan Su, Wenxin Xiao, Runzhi He, and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2022 ACM 30th Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[SANER'23] Self-Admitted Library Migrations in Java, JavaScript, and Python Packaging Ecosystems: A Comparative Study

Haiqiao Gu, Hao He, and Minghui Zhou
In: The 2023 IEEE 30th International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[TOSEM] Suboptimal Comments in Java Projects: From Independent Comment Changes to Commenting Practices

Chao Wang, Hao He, Uma Pal, Darko Marinov and Minghui Zhou
In: ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Volume 32, Issue 2
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[TSE] Automating Dependency Updates in Practice: An Exploratory Study on GitHub Dependabot

*Runzhi He, *Hao He, Yuxia Zhang, and Minghui Zhou
In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] *Joint First Authors

[ICSE'23 SEET] Open Source Software Onboarding as a University Course: An Experience Report

Hao He, Minghui Zhou, Qingye Wang, Jingyue Li
In: The 2023 IEEE/ACM 45th International Conference on Software Engineering
[PDF] Software Engineering Education and Training Track

[ASE'23] Understanding and Remediating Open-Source License Incompatibilities in the PyPI Ecosystem

*Weiwei Xu, *Hao He, Kai Gao, and Minghui Zhou
In: The 38th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] *Joint First Authors

[ASE'23] Personalized First Issue Recommender for Newcomers in Open Source Projects

Wenxin Xiao, Jingyue Li, Hao He, Ruiqiao Qiu, Minghui Zhou
In: The 38th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[ESEC/FSE'23] How Early Participation Determines Long-Term Sustained Activity in GitHub Projects?

Wenxin Xiao, Hao He, Weiwei Xu, Yuxia Zhang, Minghui Zhou
In: The 2023 ACM 31th Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[EMSE] A Comprehensive Analysis of Challenges and Strategies for Software Release Notes on GitHub

Jianyu Wu, Hao He, Wenxin Xiao, Kai Gao, and Minghui Zhou
In: Empirical Software Engineering, Volume 29, Article Number 104
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF]

[ICSE'25] LiCoEval: Evaluating LLMs on License Compliance in Code Generation

Weiwei Xu, Kai Gao, Hao He, Minghui Zhou
In: The 2025 47th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code]

[FSE'25] Pinning Is Futile: You Need More Than Local Dependency Versioning to Defend Against Supply Chain Attacks

Hao He, Bogdan Vasilescu, Christian Kästner
In: The 2025 ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering
[DOI] [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] 🏆Distinguished Paper Award!

[CIKM'25] The Structure of Cross-National Collaboration in Open-Source Software Development

Henry Xu, Katy Yu, Hao He, Hongbo Fang, Bogdan Vasilescu, Patrick S. Park
In: The 2025 34th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management
[DOI] [PDF] [Code]

[ICSE'26] Designing Abandabot: When Does Open Source Dependency Abandonment Matter?

*Courtney Miller, *Hao He, Weigen Chen, Elizabeth Lin, Chenyang Yang, Bogdan Vasilescu, Christian Kästner
In: The 2026 48th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering
[PDF] [Code] *Joint First Authors

[ICSE'26] Six Million (Suspected) Fake Stars in GitHub: A Growing Spiral of Popularity Contests, Spams, and Malware

Hao He, Haoqin Yang, Philipp Burckhardt, Alexandros Kapravelos, Bogdan Vasilescu, Christian Kästner
In: The 2026 48th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering
[PDF] [Code]

Teaching

Introduction to Computer Systems, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2018

School of EECS, Peking University

Introduction to Computation (C), Teaching Assistant, Fall 2020

School of EECS, Peking University

Open Source Software Development and Technology, Teaching Assistant, Fall 2022

School of EECS, Peking University