Advances in Software Engineering and Bug Detection

The field of software engineering is witnessing significant advancements in bug detection and localization, driven by the integration of large language models (LLMs) and innovative methodologies. Researchers are focusing on developing more effective and efficient techniques to identify and classify bugs, with a particular emphasis on scalability and accuracy. Notably, the use of LLMs is enabling the analysis of issue reports and code to supplement data-limited information, leading to more accurate root cause analysis and localization results. Moreover, novel approaches such as probabilistic fault localization and generative root cause analysis are being explored to improve the reliability and availability of distributed systems. Some noteworthy papers in this area include CoSIL, which introduces an LLM-driven issue localization method, and PROMFUZZ, which detects functional bugs in smart contracts through LLM-powered and bug-oriented composite analysis. Overall, the field is moving towards more sophisticated and automated bug detection and localization techniques, leveraging the strengths of LLMs and innovative methodologies.

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CoSIL: Software Issue Localization via LLM-Driven Code Repository Graph Searching

Improving the Context Length and Efficiency of Code Retrieval for Tracing Security Vulnerability Fixes

SmartFL: Semantics Based Probabilistic Fault Localization

COCA: Generative Root Cause Analysis for Distributed Systems with Code Knowledge

Detecting Functional Bugs in Smart Contracts through LLM-Powered and Bug-Oriented Composite Analysis

An Empirical Study of Rust-Specific Bugs in the rustc Compiler

DESIL: Detecting Silent Bugs in MLIR Compiler Infrastructure

LLM4SZZ: Enhancing SZZ Algorithm with Context-Enhanced Assessment on Large Language Models

Garbage Collection for Rust: The Finalizer Frontier

Buggin: Automatic intrinsic bugs classification model using NLP and ML

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