Jinfu Chen

Name: Jinfu Chen

Title: Professor, Vice Dean, Ph. D Supervisor

Research Interests: Software engineering and Information security

E-mail: jinfuchen@ujs.edu.cn

Curriculum Vitae

Jinfu Chen received the Ph.D. degree in computer science and technology from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China, in 2009. He is currently a Full Professor with the School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, China. He has authored or coauthored more than 60 papers in some famous journals or conferences, including the IEEE Transactions on Reliability, Information Sciences, Journal of Systems and Software, Information and Software Technology, Software: Practice and Experience, IET Software, The Computer Journal, ISSTA, ASE, ISSRE, and QRS. His main research interests include software testing, software security, and trusted software. He is a member of the ACM, IEEE CS, and China Computer Federation.

Welcome to apply for the postdoctor, doctor and master's degree in computer science and technology, software engineering and cyberspace security in our research group.

Teaching and research achievements

Teaching Achievements

Software testing technology, advanced software engineering, software system security, C# Programming and Software system design.

Research Achievements

Selected Publications:

[1] Jinfu Chen, Tianxiang Lv, Saihua Cai*, et al. A novel detection model for abnormal network traffic based on bidirectional temporal convolutional network. Information and Software Technology, 2023, 157:107166.SCICCF B类期刊)

[2] Jinfu Chen, Jingyi Chen, Saihua Cai*, et al. A Novel Combinatorial Testing Approach with Fuzzing Strategy. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2023, e2537:1-17.SCICCF B类期刊)

[3] Saihua Cai, Jinfu Chen*, Haibo Chen, et al. Minimal rare pattern-based outlier detection approach for uncertain data streams under monotonic constraints. The Computer Journal, 2023, 66(1):16-34.SCICCF B类期刊)

[4] Richard Amankwah, Jinfu Chen*, Heping Song, et al. Bug detection in Java code: An extensive evaluation of static analysis tools using Juliet Test Suites. Software: Practice and Experience, 53(5): 1125-1143 (2023)SCICCF B类期刊)

[5] Jinfu Chen, Chi Zhang, Saihua Cai, Lin Zhang, Liang Ma. A memory-related vulnerability detection approach based on vulnerability model with Petri Net. J. Log. Algebraic Methods Program, 132: 100859 (2023) SCICCF C类期刊)

[6] Jinfu Chen, Yuechao Gu, Saihua Cai*, Jingyi Chen, Haibo Chen. A Novel Test Case Prioritization Approach for Black-box testing based on K-medoids Clustering. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 2023, e2565:1-17.SCICCF B类期刊).

[7] Jinfu Chen, Shengran Wang, Saihua Cai, et al. A Novel Coverage-gudied Greybox Fuzzing based on Power Schedule Optimization with Time Complexity. The 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2022), 10-14 October 2022 Oakland Center, Michigan, United States.CCF A类会议)

[8] Haibo Chen, Jinfu Chen*. Coverage-based Greybox Fuzzing with Pointer Monitoring for C Programs. The 37th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering, 10-14 October 2022 Oakland Center, Michigan, United States.CCF A类会议)

[9] Jinfu Chen, Chi Zhang, Saihua Cai, Zufa Zhang, Lu Liu, Longxia Huang: Malware recognition approach based on self-similarity and an improved clustering algorithm. IET Software,16(5): 527-541 (2022) SCICCF-B类期刊)

[10] Jinfu Chen, Xiaoli Wang, Saihua Cai, Jiaping Xu, Jingyi Chen, Haibo Chen: A software defect prediction method with metric compensation based on feature selection and transfer learning. Frontiers Inf. Technol. Electron. Eng. 23(5): 715-731 (2022) SCIT1级)

[11] Jinfu Chen, Haibo Chen, Yuchi Guo, Minmin Zhou, Rubing Huang, Chengying Mao. A Novel Test Case Generation Approach for Adaptive Random Testing of Object-Oriented Software Using K-means Clustering Technique. IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topic in Computational Intelligence, 6(4): 969-981 2022. SCI, JCR一区)

[12] Saihua Cai, Li Li, Jinfu Chen, Kaiyi Zhao, Gang Yuan, Ruizhi Sun, Rexford Nii Ayitey Sosu, Longxia Huang:MWFP-outlier: Maximal weighted frequent-pattern-based approach for detecting outliers from uncertain weighted data streams. Information Sciences, 591: 195-225 (2022) SCICCF-B类期刊, JCR一区)

[13] Chi Zhang, Jinfu Chen*. Fuzzing Methods Recommendation Based on Feature Vectors. The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2021), Sun 14 - Sat 20 November 2021 Australia.CCF A类会议

[14] Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Jinfu Chen*. A cost-effective strategy for software vulnerability prediction based on bellwether analysis. 28th ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA 2019), China, Beijing, July 2019: 424-427.CCF A类会议

[15] Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Jinfu Chen*, Selasie Brown Aformaley, Solomon Mensah. The Effect of Weighted Moving Windows on Security Vulnerability Prediction. The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2019) Workshops, 2019: 65-68.CCF A类会议

[16] Hilary Ackah-Arthur, Jinfu Chen*, Dave Towey, Michael Omari, Jiaxiang Xi, Rubing Huang. One-Domain-One-Input: Adaptive Random Testing by Orthogonal Recursive Bisection with Restriction. IEEE Transactions on Reliability, 2019, 68(4):1404-1428.SCIJCR一区)

[17] Jinfu Chen, Fei-Ching Kuo, Tsong Yueh Chen, Dave Towey, Chenfei Su, Rubing Huang. A Similarity Metric for the Inputs of OO Programs and Its Application in Adaptive Random Testing. IEEE Transactions on Reliability , 2017, 66(2):373-402. (SCIJCR一区)

[18] Saihua Cai, Jinfu Chen*, Haibo Chen, Chi Zhang, Qian Li, Rexford Nii Ayitey Sosu, Shang Yin: An efficient anomaly detection method for uncertain data based on minimal rare patterns with the consideration of anti-monotonic constraints. Information Sciences, 2021, 580: 620-642 .SCICCF-B类期刊, JCR一区)

[19] Saihua Cai, Rubing Huang, Jinfu Chen*, Chi Zhang, Bo Liu, Shang Yin, Ye Geng. An efficient outlier detection method for data streams based on closed frequent patterns by considering anti-monotonic constraints. Information Sciences, 2021, 555:125-146.SCICCF-B类期刊, JCR一区)

[20] Saihua Cai, Jinfu Chen*, Haibo Chen, Chi Zhang, Qian Li, Dengzhou Shi, Wei Lin. Minimal Rare Pattern-Based Outlier Detection Approach For Uncertain Data Streams Under Monotonic Constraints. The Computer Journal, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/bxab139. SCICCF-B类期刊)

[21] Jinfu Chen, Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Solomon Mensah, Selasie Aformaley Brown, George Akorfu. An automatic software vulnerability classification framework using term frequency-inverse gravity moment and feature selection. Journal of Systems and Software, 2020, 167:1-20.CCF B类期刊, JCR一区)

[22] Jinfu Chen, Lili Zhu, Tsong Yueh Chen, Dave Towey, Fei-Ching Kuo, Rubing Huang, Yuchi Guo. Test case prioritization for object-oriented software: An adaptive random sequence approach based on clustering. Journal of Systems and Software, Volume 135, 2018, Pages 107-125. (SCI, CCF-B类期刊,JCR一区).

[23] Jinfu Chen, Jinyi Chen, Saihua Cai, Haibo Chen, Chi Zhang, Chuangfei Huang, A Test Case Generation Method of Combinatorial Testing based on t-way Testing with Adaptive Random Testing. IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2021) Workshops, 2021. CCF B类会议)

[24] Jinfu Chen, Yuechao Gu, Saihua Cai, Haibo Chen, Jingyi Chen, Haiyi Liu. KS-TCP: An Efficient Test Case Prioritization Approach based on K-medoids and Similarity. IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2021) Workshops, 2021. CCF B类会议)

[25] Jinfu Chen, Jiaping Xu, Saihua Cai, Xiaoli Wang, Yuechao Gu, Shuhui Wang. An efficient dual ensemble software defect prediction method with neural network. IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2021) Workshops, 2021. CCF B类会议)

[26] Richard Amankwah, Jinfu Chen*, Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Dave Towey. An empirical comparison of commercial and open-source web vulnerability scanners. Software: Practice and Experience. 2020, 50(9):1842-1857.SCI, CCF B类期刊)

[27] Jinfu Chen, Jingyi Chen, Dong Guo. An improved fuzzing approach based on adaptive random testing. IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2020), 2020, pp.141-146. CCF B类会议)

[28] Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Jinfu Chen*, Solomon Mensah, Richard Amankwah, Christopher Kudjo. The effect of Bellwether analysis on software vulnerability severity prediction models. Software Quality Journal, 2020, 28(4):1413-1446.SCI, CCF C类期刊)

[29] Jinchang Hu, Jinfu Chen*, Lin Zhang, Yisong Liu, Qihao Bao, Hilary Ackah-Arthur, and Chi Zhang. A Memory-Related Vulnerability Detection Approach Based on Vulnerability Features. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2020, 25(5):604–613. SCI, 卓越期刊)

[30] Jinfu Chen*, Minmin Zhou, T H Tse, et al. Toward a K-means clustering approach to adaptive random testing for object-oriented software. Science China Information Sciences, 2019, 62(11):219105.SCICCF-B类期刊,卓越重点期刊)

[31] Hilary Ackah-Arthur, Jinfu Chen*, Jiaxiang Xi, Michael Omari, Heping Song, Rubing Huang. A cost-effective adaptive random testing approach by dynamic restriction. IET Software 12(6): 489-497 (2018) (SCI, CCF-B类期刊).

[32] Jinfu Chen, Saihua Cai, Lili Zhu, Yuchi Guo, Rubing Huang, Xiaolei Zhao. An improved string searching algorithm and its application in component security testing. Tsinghua Science and Technology, 2016, 21(3):281-294. SCI, 卓越梯队期刊)

[33] Jinfu Chen, Lili Zhu, Zhibin Xie, et al. An effective long string searching algorithm towards component security testing. China Communications, 2016, 13(11):153-169.SCI, 卓越梯队期刊)

[34] Jinfu Chen, Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Zufa Zhang, Chenfei Su, Yuchi Guo, Rubing Huang, Heping Song. A Modified Similarity Metric for Unit Testing of Object-Oriented Software Based on Adaptive Random Testing. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering 29(4): 577-606 (2019) (SCI, CCF-C类期刊).

[35] Jin Li, Jinfu Chen*, Minhuan Huang, Minmin Zhou, et al. An Integration Testing Framework and Evaluation Metric for Vulnerability Miming Methods. China Communications, Feb. 2018, 15(2): 190-208. SCI, 卓越梯队期刊)

[36] Jinfu Chen, Saihua Cai, Dave Towey, Lili Zhu,Rubing Huang, Hilary Ackah-Arthur and Michael Omari. Detecting Implicit Security Exceptions Using an Improved Variable-Length Sequential Pattern Mining Method. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, 2017,27(8):1235-1268. (SCI, CCF-C类期刊)

[37] Jinfu Chen, Lili Zhu, Tsong Yueh Chen, Rubing Huang, Dave Towey, Fei-Ching Kuo, and Yuchi Guo, An adaptive sequence approach for OOS test case prioritization, IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2016), 2016, pp.205-212.CCF-B类会议)

[38] Jinfu Chen, Huanhuan Wang, Dave Towey, Chengying Mao, Rubing Huang, Yongzhao Zhan, Worst-input Mutation Approach to Web Services Vulnerability Testing based on SOAP Messages, Tsinghua Science and Technology, vol. 19, no. 5, pp: 429-441, 2014. SCI, 卓越梯队期刊)

[39] Jinfu Chen, Yansheng Lu and Huanhuan Wang. Component Security Testing Approach Based on Extended Chemical Abstract Machine. International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE). 2012, 22(1): 59-83. SCICCF-C类期刊)

[40] Rubing Huang, Yunan Zhou, Dave Towey, Tsong Yueh Chen, Jinfu Chen. An experimental analysis of fault detection capabilities of covering array constructors. ICSE (Companion Volume) 2018: 246-247CCF-A类会议)

[41] Rubing Huang, Jinfu Chen, Dave Towey, Alvin T. S. Chan, Yansheng Lu, Aggregate-strength Interaction Test Suite Prioritization, Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), vol. 99, 36-51, January 2015. SCI, CCF-B类期刊)

[42] Rubing Huang, Weiwen Zong, Dave Towey, Yunan Zhou, Jinfu Chen, An Empirical Examination of Abstract Test Case Prioritization Techniques, The 39th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Software Engineering Companion (ICSE’17), IEEE, 2017:141-143. CCF-A类会议)

[43] Rubing Huang, Huai Liu, Xiaodong Xie, Jinfu Chen. Enhancing Mirror Adaptive Random Testing through Dynamic Partitioning. Information and Software Technology,2015, 67: 1329 SCI, CCF-B类期刊)

Selected Projects:

[1] National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant No. 62172194 (2022, Jan.--2025, Dec.);

[2] National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant No. U1836116 (2019, Jan.--2021, Dec.);

[3] National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant No. 61202110 (2013, Jan.--2015, Dec.);

[4] National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) under Grant No. 61063013 (2011, Jan.--2013, Dec.);

[5] Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province under Grant No. BK2012284 (2012,July.--2015, June.);

[6] The Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China under Grant No. 2010322 7120005 (2011, Jan.--2013, Dec.).