I am currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Software Institute of Nanjing University (NJU), supervised by Dr. Chunrong Fang and Dr. Zhenyu Chen. My research interests focus on fuzzing and the application of AI in software testing. Prior to my Ph.D. studies, I received my Master’s degree from NJU and my Bachelor’s degree from Harbin Engineering University (HEU). In 2025, I spent an enjoyable and productive summer in Bochum, Germany, as a research intern of Max Plank Institute of Security and Privacy (MPI-SP). I was fortunate to be advised by Dr. Marcel Böhme and Dr. Yannic Nollar and to connect with outstanding researchers from the MPI-SP Software Security group. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions or are interested in potential collaborations!

News

• Our paper, Peeling Off the Cocoon: Unveiling Suppressed Golden Seeds for Mutational Greybox Fuzzing, has been accepted to OOPSLA 2026. Congrats to all authors!
• Our paper, Deep Learning Framework Testing via Model Mutation: How Far Are We?, has been accepted to TSE 2026. Congrats to Yanzhou!
• Finish my intership in MPI-SP, Bochum! Thanks to Marcel and Yannic for their warm hospitality!
• Our paper, Improving Retrieval-Augmented Deep Assertion Generation via Joint Training, has been accepted to TSE 2025. Congrats to Pr. Quanjun Zhang!
• Our paper, FunFuzz: Greybox Fuzzing with Function Significance, has been accepted to TOSEM 2025
• Our paper, DiPri: Distance-Based Seed Prioritization for Greybox Fuzzing, has been accepted to TOSEM 2024.

Selected Publications

1. [OOPSLA 2026] Peeling Off the Cocoon: Unveiling Suppressed Golden Seeds for Mutational Greybox Fuzzing. Ruixiang Qian, Chunrong Fang, Zengxu Chen, Youxin Fu, and Zhenyu Chen. [Paper] [Artifact]
2. [TOSEM 2025] FunFuzz: Greybox Fuzzing with Function Significance. Ruixiang Qian, Quanjun Zhang, Chunrong Fang, Lihua Guo, and Zhenyu Chen. [Paper] [Artifact]
3. [TOSEM 2024] DiPri: Distance-Based Seed Prioritization for Greybox Fuzzing. Ruixiang Qian, Quanjun Zhang, Chunrong Fang, Ding Yang, Shun Li, Binyu Li, and Zhenyu Chen [Paper] [Artifact]