Publications

2026

1. ASE 2026

   Enhancing Trace-Based Root Cause Analysis for Microservice Systems via Code Change Understanding

   Min Zhang, Chenxi Zhang, Senyu Xie, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE ’26), October 12–16, 2026, Munich, Germany, 2026

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2. ASE 2026

   MicroWeaver: A Constraint-Guided Structure–Semantic Aware Approach to Automated Microservice Decomposition

   In Proceedings of the 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE ’26), October 12–16, 2026, Munich, Germany, 2026

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3. JOS

   LLM-Extractor: LLM-based Constraints Extraction Method among Software Configurations

   Tianyi Zhang, Tong Zhou, Chenxi Zhang, and 1 more author

   Journal of Software, May 2026

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4. JSS

   Automated assessment of the relationship between microservice architectures and performance

   Alberto Avritzer, Andrea Janes, Helena Rodrigues, and 7 more authors

   Journal of Systems and Software, May 2026

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5. TOSEM

   PromCopilot: Simplifying Prometheus Metric Querying in Cloud Native Online Service Systems via Large Language Models

   Chenxi Zhang, Bicheng Zhang, Dingyu Yang, and 6 more authors

   ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol., Feb 2026

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6. WWW 2026

   TraceLLM: Evaluating and Exploring Large Language Models on Trace Analysis in Microservice-based Web Applications

   Tong Zhou, Xin Peng, Jie Zhang, and 4 more authors

   In Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2026, WWW 2026, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, originally scheduled for April 13-17, 2026, rescheduled for June 29 - July 3, 2026, Feb 2026

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2025

1. ASE 2025

   Hypergraph Neural Network-based Multi-Granular Root Cause Localization for Microservice Systems

   Yaxiao Li, Lu Wang, Chenxi Zhang, and 10 more authors

   In 40th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2025, Feb 2025
2. ICWS 2025

   DistriAD: Distributed Anomaly Detection for Large-Scale Microservice Systems

   Yaxiao Li, Qingshan Li, Chenxi Zhang, and 7 more authors

   In IEEE International Conference on Web Services, ICWS 2025, Helsinki, Finland, July 7-12, 2025, Feb 2025

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3. JOS

   Neural-network-based Compression and Query Approach for Distributed Tracing Data

   Shang Wang, Chenxi Zhang, and Xin Peng

   Journal of Software, Sep 2025

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4. arXiv

   LogiAgent: Automated Logical Testing for REST Systems with LLM-Based Multi-Agents

   Ke Zhang^†, Chenxi Zhang^†, Chong Wang, and 6 more authors

   CoRR, Sep 2025

   DOI Bib

   @article{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2503-15079,
     author = {Zhang, Ke and Zhang, Chenxi and Wang, Chong and Zhang, Chi and Wu, YaChen and Xing, Zhenchang and Liu, Yang and Li, Qingshan and Peng, Xin},
     title = {LogiAgent: Automated Logical Testing for {REST} Systems with LLM-Based
                       Multi-Agents},
     journal = {CoRR},
     volume = {abs/2503.15079},
     year = {2025},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2503.15079},
     doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2503.15079},
     eprinttype = {arXiv},
     eprint = {2503.15079}
   }

2024

1. ICSE 2024

   Trace-based Multi-Dimensional Root Cause Localization of Performance Issues in Microservice Systems

   Chenxi Zhang, Zhen Dong, Xin Peng, and 2 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 46th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, April 14-20, 2024, Sep 2024

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icse/ZhangD0ZC24,
     author = {Zhang, Chenxi and Dong, Zhen and Peng, Xin and Zhang, Bicheng and Chen, Miao},
     title = {Trace-based Multi-Dimensional Root Cause Localization of Performance
                       Issues in Microservice Systems},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 46th {IEEE/ACM} International Conference on Software
                       Engineering, {ICSE} 2024, Lisbon, Portugal, April 14-20, 2024},
     pages = {110:1--110:12},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3597503.3639088},
     doi = {10.1145/3597503.3639088}
   }

2023

1. ISSRE 2023

   TraceStream: Anomalous Service Localization based on Trace Stream Clustering with Online Feedback

   Tong Zhou, Chenxi Zhang, Xin Peng, and 6 more authors

   In 34th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 2023, Florence, Italy, October 9-12, 2023, Sep 2023

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/issre/ZhouZPYLLZZD23,
     author = {Zhou, Tong and Zhang, Chenxi and Peng, Xin and Yan, Zhenghui and Li, Pairui and Liang, Jianming and Zheng, Haibing and Zheng, Wujie and Deng, Yuetang},
     title = {TraceStream: Anomalous Service Localization based on Trace Stream
                       Clustering with Online Feedback},
     booktitle = {34th {IEEE} International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering,
                       {ISSRE} 2023, Florence, Italy, October 9-12, 2023},
     pages = {601--611},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2023},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSRE59848.2023.00033},
     doi = {10.1109/ISSRE59848.2023.00033}
   }

2. ASE 2023

   Dynamic Graph Neural Networks-Based Alert Link Prediction for Online Service Systems

   Yiru Chen^†, Chenxi Zhang^†, Zhen Dong, and 7 more authors

   In 38th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, ASE 2023, Luxembourg, September 11-15, 2023, Sep 2023

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/kbse/ChenZDYPOYWQL23,
     author = {Chen, Yiru and Zhang, Chenxi and Dong, Zhen and Yang, Dingyu and Peng, Xin and Ou, Jiayu and Yang, Hong and Wu, Zheshun and Qu, Xiaojun and Li, Wei},
     title = {Dynamic Graph Neural Networks-Based Alert Link Prediction for Online
                       Service Systems},
     booktitle = {38th {IEEE/ACM} International Conference on Automated Software Engineering,
                       {ASE} 2023, Luxembourg, September 11-15, 2023},
     pages = {79--90},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2023},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ASE56229.2023.00177},
     doi = {10.1109/ASE56229.2023.00177}
   }

2022

1. ICSE 2022

   DeepTraLog: Trace-Log Combined Microservice Anomaly Detection through Graph-based Deep Learning

   Chenxi Zhang, Xin Peng, Chaofeng Sha, and 5 more authors

   In 44th IEEE/ACM 44th International Conference on Software Engineering, ICSE 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, May 25-27, 2022, Sep 2022

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icse/Zhang0SZFWL022,
     author = {Zhang, Chenxi and Peng, Xin and Sha, Chaofeng and Zhang, Ke and Fu, Zhenqing and Wu, Xiya and Lin, Qingwei and Zhang, Dongmei},
     title = {DeepTraLog: Trace-Log Combined Microservice Anomaly Detection through
                       Graph-based Deep Learning},
     booktitle = {44th {IEEE/ACM} 44th International Conference on Software Engineering,
                       {ICSE} 2022, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, May 25-27, 2022},
     pages = {623--634},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3510003.3510180},
     doi = {10.1145/3510003.3510180}
   }

2. ISSRE 2022

   PUTraceAD: Trace Anomaly Detection with Partial Labels based on GNN and PU Learning

   Ke Zhang, Chenxi Zhang, Xin Peng, and 1 more author

   In IEEE 33rd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering, ISSRE 2022, Charlotte, NC, USA, October 31 - Nov. 3, 2022, Sep 2022

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/issre/ZhangZ0S22,
     author = {Zhang, Ke and Zhang, Chenxi and Peng, Xin and Sha, Chaofeng},
     title = {PUTraceAD: Trace Anomaly Detection with Partial Labels based on {GNN}
                       and {PU} Learning},
     booktitle = {{IEEE} 33rd International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering,
                       {ISSRE} 2022, Charlotte, NC, USA, October 31 - Nov. 3, 2022},
     pages = {239--250},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ISSRE55969.2022.00032},
     doi = {10.1109/ISSRE55969.2022.00032}
   }

3. FSE 2022

   TraceCRL: contrastive representation learning for microservice trace analysis

   Chenxi Zhang, Xin Peng, Tong Zhou, and 4 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, ESEC/FSE 2022, Singapore, Singapore, November 14-18, 2022, Sep 2022

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigsoft/Zhang0ZSYCY22,
     author = {Zhang, Chenxi and Peng, Xin and Zhou, Tong and Sha, Chaofeng and Yan, Zhenghui and Chen, Yiru and Yang, Hong},
     title = {TraceCRL: contrastive representation learning for microservice trace
                       analysis},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th {ACM} Joint European Software Engineering
                       Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering,
                       {ESEC/FSE} 2022, Singapore, Singapore, November 14-18, 2022},
     pages = {1221--1232},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3549146},
     doi = {10.1145/3540250.3549146}
   }

4. FSE 2022

   Trace analysis based microservice architecture measurement

   Xin Peng, Chenxi Zhang, Zhongyuan Zhao, and 3 more authors

   In Proceedings of the 30th ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, ESEC/FSE 2022, Singapore, Singapore, November 14-18, 2022, Sep 2022

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/sigsoft/0001ZZIGC22,
     author = {Peng, Xin and Zhang, Chenxi and Zhao, Zhongyuan and Isami, Akasaka and Guo, Xiaofeng and Cui, Yunna},
     title = {Trace analysis based microservice architecture measurement},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th {ACM} Joint European Software Engineering
                       Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering,
                       {ESEC/FSE} 2022, Singapore, Singapore, November 14-18, 2022},
     pages = {1589--1599},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2022},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3540250.3558951},
     doi = {10.1145/3540250.3558951}
   }

2021

1. ICSE-SEIP 2021

   MicroHECL: High-Efficient Root Cause Localization in Large-Scale Microservice Systems

   Dewei Liu, Chuan He, Xin Peng, and 6 more authors

   In 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice, ICSE (SEIP) 2021, Madrid, Spain, May 25-28, 2021, Sep 2021

   DOI Bib

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icse/LiuH0LZGLOW21,
     author = {Liu, Dewei and He, Chuan and Peng, Xin and Lin, Fan and Zhang, Chenxi and Gong, Shengfang and Li, Ziang and Ou, Jiayu and Wu, Zheshun},
     title = {MicroHECL: High-Efficient Root Cause Localization in Large-Scale Microservice
                       Systems},
     booktitle = {43rd {IEEE/ACM} International Conference on Software Engineering:
                       Software Engineering in Practice, {ICSE} {(SEIP)} 2021, Madrid, Spain,
                       May 25-28, 2021},
     pages = {338--347},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2021},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-SEIP52600.2021.00043},
     doi = {10.1109/ICSE-SEIP52600.2021.00043}
   }