Jiahao Zhang

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Nashville, TN

Thanks for being here!

My name is Jiahao Zhang(张嘉浩). I’m a second-year CS PhD student at Vanderbilt University, and fortunate to be advised by Prof. Yu Huang.

Prior to my PhD, I earned my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Southern University of Science and Technology(SUSTech), supervised by Prof. Yepang Liu. In Fall 2023, I also worked as a research intern during my exchange semester at University of Notre Dame, under the mentorship of Prof. Joanna C.S. Santos.

Contact: jiahao.zhang@vanderbilt.edu or michaelzjh2002@gmail.com

news

Dec 26, 2025 📄 Our paper EyeLayer: Integrating Human Attention Patterns into LLM-Based Code Summarization is accepted to ICPC 2026!
Aug 9, 2024 🏫 Starting my PhD journey at Vanderbilt. Excited for what’s ahead!
Apr 15, 2024 🏫 I will be joining Vanderbilt University as a Ph.D. student in Computer Science and fortunate to work with Prof. Yu Huang!
Jan 31, 2024 📄 Our paper Understanding ReDoS: Insights from LLM-Generated Regexes and Developer Forums is accepted to ICPC 2024!
Jan 20, 2024 📄 Our paper Quality Assessment of ChatGPT Generated Code and their Use by Developers is accepted to MSR Mining Challenge 2024!

selected publications

2026

  1. ICPC ’26
    EyeLayer: Integrating Human Attention Patterns into LLM-Based Code Summarization
    Jiahao ZhangYifan ZhangKevin Leach, and Yu Huang
    In Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Program Comprehension, Research Track, Apr 2026

2024

  1. ICPC ’24
    Understanding ReDoS: Insights from LLM-Generated Regexes and Developer Forums
    In Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Program Comprehension, Research Track, Apr 2024