weixing [at] chalmers [dot] se

敬天爱人。——稻盛和夫（日本）
(Respect the Divine and Love People. - Kazuo Inamori(Japan))

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Education

PhD in Software Engineering

Chalmers | University of Gothenburg (Sep 2020 – Present, Gothenburg, SE)

MSc in Automation

Beijing Jiaotong University (Sep 2010 – April 2013, Beijing, CN)

Experience

May 2017 - Dec 2019, Focus & Fusion Healthcare Co., Ltd.

Oct 2018 – Dec 2019, Software Team Leader, Hangzhou, China
- Was responsible for the management of software development team, including development plan formulation, task allocation, personnel allocation, performance appraisal and daily management, etc.
- Was responsible for solving difficult technical problems/bugs.

May 2017 – Oct 2018, Project Manager, Hangzhou, China
- Was responsible for the development of all ultrasound diagnostic systems in the company, including project planning and tracking, personnel arrangement, and daily management, etc.

Mar 2013 – May 2017, UniTTEC Co., Ltd.

Dec 2016 – May 2017, Embedded Software Engineer (Middleware Layer), Hangzhou, China
- Developed platform layer software in C language. The platform layer is used to shield/connect application software and underlying hardware.

Apr 2013 – Dec 2016, Embedded Software Engineer (Application Layer), Hangzhou, China
- Developed line data analysis module for the intelligent assistance system of heavy-haul train in C++ language. - Debugged/Upgraded/Evolved the embedded application software for the subsystem (i.e. Automatic Train Operation System, ATO) of China’s train control system (CTCS 2) in C language.
- Wrote documentations for obtaining Lloyd's Register Rail Safety Certificate (SIL2)
- Developed a prototype of the intelligent assistance system for heavy haul trains (mainly application development, debugging and configuration), in C++/Windows OS.

May 2012 – Mar 2013, Intern (Embedded Software Engineer), Hangzhou, China
- Developed functional modules of embedded application software for the subway operation control subsystem (i.e. zone controller, ZC) in C language.

Publication

Papers

2025

• Development and Evolution of Xtext-based DSLs on GitHub: An Empirical Investigation
  Weixing Zhang, Daniel Strüber, Regina Hebig
  [PrePrint] January 2025, Gothenburg, Sweden
  [ Paper ]

2024

• EATXT: A textual concrete syntax for EAST-ADL
  Weixing Zhang, Jörg Holtmann, Daniel Strüber, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer
  [PrePrint] July 2024, Gothenburg, Sweden
  [ Paper ]
• Tales from 1002 Repositories: Development and Evolution of Xtext-based DSLs on GitHub
  Weixing Zhang, Daniel Strüber
  50th Euromicro Conference Series on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2024), August 2024, Paris, France
  [ Paper ]
• Supporting meta-model-based language evolution and rapid prototyping with automated grammar transformation
  Weixing Zhang, Jörg Holtmann, Daniel Strüber, Regina Hebig, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer
  Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Vol. 214, 2024
  DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2024.112069， [ Paper ]

2023

• A Rapid Prototyping Language Workbench for Textual DSLs based on Xtext: Vision and Progress
  Weixing Zhang, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Regina Hebig, Daniel Strüber
  July 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2309.04347， [ PrePrint ]
• Automated Extraction of Grammar Optimization Rule Configurations for Metamodel-Grammar Co-evolution
  Weixing Zhang, Regina Hebig, Daniel Strüber, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer
  Proceedings of the 16th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Software Language Engineering (SLE 2023), ACM, 2023, Oct 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
  DOI: 10.1145/3623476.3623525， [ Paper ]
• Supporting Meta-model-based Language Evolution and Rapid Prototyping with Automated Grammar Optimization
  Weixing Zhang, Jörg Holtmann, Regina Hebig, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer
  Feb 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden
  DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.4379232， [ PDF ]
• Manual Abstraction in the Wild: A Multiple-Case Study on OSS Systems’ Class Diagrams and Implementations
  Wenli Zhang, Weixing Zhang, Daniel Strüber, Regina Hebig
  Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2023), Oct 2023, Västerås, Sweden
  DOI: 10.1109/MODELS58315.2023.00017， [ PDF ]
• Exploiting Meta-Model Structures in the Generation of Xtext Editors
  Jörg Holtmann, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Weixing Zhang
  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023), Feb 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
  DOI: 10.5220/0000170800003402， [ PDF ]
• Creating Python-Style Domain Specific Languages: A Semi-Automated Approach and Intermediate Results
  Weixing Zhang, Regina Hebig, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Jörg Holtmann
  Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Model-Based Software and Systems Engineering (MODELSWARD 2023), Feb 2023, Lisbon, Portugal
  DOI: 10.5220/0000170800003402， [ PDF ]

2022

• Blended modeling in commercial and open-source model-driven software engineering tools: A systematic study
  Istvan David, Malvina Latifaj, Jakob Pietron, Weixing Zhang, Federico Ciccozzi, Ivano Malavolta, Alexander Raschke, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Regina Hebig
  Software and Systems Modeling (SoSyM), 1619-1366 (ISSN) 1619-1374 (eISSN), Vol. 22 Issue 1 p. 415-447, 2023
  DOI: 10.1007/s10270-022-01010-3， [ Paper ]

Theses

• [Licentiate Thesis] Towards Automated Support for the Co-Evolution of Meta-Models and Grammars
  Weixing Zhang
  November 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden, [ Event ]
  

Reports

2023

• Technical Report: Unresolved Challenges and Potential Features in EATXT
  Weixing Zhang, Jörg Holtmann
  Dec 2023, Gothenburg, Sweden
  DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2312.10250， [ Report ]

Projects

BUMBLE

BUMBLE aims at providing an innovative system and software development framework based on blended modelling notations/languages (e.g. textual and graphical). The framework provides automatic generation and management of fully-fledged blended modelling environments from arbitrary DSMLs. Blended modelling environments are expected to greatly boost the development of complex multi-domain systems by enabling seamless textual and graphical collaborative modelling.

Teaching

Team-programmering

- Role and Responsibilities: TA, supervise the lab sessions, grading.
- Content: Java Programming and Project Management.

Software Language Engineering for Domain-Specific Languages

- Role and Responsibilities: TA, supervise the lab sessions, grading.
- Content: Xtext, Domain Specific Languages (DSLs).

Software Architecture

- Role and Responsibilities: TA, supervise the lab sessions, grading.
- Content: Software Architecture, Agile management, Literature Review.

Software evolution project

- Role and Responsibilities: TA, hold the supervision meetings.
- Content: Python, Software evolution.

Software Analysis and Design

- Role and Responsibilities: Lead of TAs, grading.
- Content: UML, Software Architecture, Design Pattern.

Software Engineering for Data-Intensive AI Applications

- Role and Responsibilities: Lecturer.
- Content: Python, AI, MongoDB, Kubernetes, Cloud, etc.

Agile software project management

- Role and Responsibilities: Lecturer.
- Content: Agile Management.