About

I am currently a second-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, where I am supervised by Chengnian Sun. My research interests lie at the intersection of software engineering and programming languages, with a particular focus on software testing and debugging. My goal is to improve software reliability by building advanced bug detection and resolution techniques.

Publications

1. [ICSE'25] WDD: Weighted Delta Debugging [ paper | code ]
   Xintong Zhou, Zhenyang Xu, Mengxiao Zhang, Yongqiang Tian, Chengnian Sun
   in Proceedings of the 47th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE), 2025.

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant:

  • CS241 - Foundations of Sequential Programs (Spring, Fall 2024, Winter 2025)
  • CS115 - Introduction to Computer Science 1 (Winter 2025)
  • CS116 - Introduction to Computer Science 2 (Winter 2024)

Experience

• Ph.D. in Computer Science, 2024.01 ~ Now @University of Waterloo
• B.Eng. in Software Engineering, 2018.09 ~ 2023.06 @Beihang University
• Mitacs Research Internship (Supervisor: Nancy Day), 2022.07 ~ 2022.10 @University of Waterloo

Awards

• ACM SIGSOFT CAPS for ICSE'25, 2025
• UWaterloo International Doctoral Student Award, 2024
• UWaterloo Graduate Research Scholarship, 2024
• Mitacs Globalink Graduate Fellowship, 2023
• Mitacs Globalink Research Internship Award, 2022

Misc.

• Chinese name: 周昕潼
• Skills questionable, but enjoy 🏸, 🎱 and 🎸