Biography

Dezhi Ran is a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate at Peking University, where he is fortunate to be advised by Prof. Tao Xie. He is leading the RISE (Rigorous and Intelligent Software Engineering) Group at Peking University, focusing on research in software engineering and artificial intelligence. His research interests include software engineering, programming language, and reinforcement learning, especially software testing and program synthesis with large language models. He received his bachelor’s degree with summa cum laude from Turing Class at Peking University, where he worked with Prof. Kaigui Bian on the emerging field of short video streaming and recommendation. He also worked with Prof. Jie Zhang and Prof. Xiaotie Deng on algorithmic game theory and auction design.

His current research interests are focused on two specific topics: (1) rigorous software engineering for developing provably effective automated testing and development for complex software systems and (2) intelligent software engineering for deriving engineering principles for foundation model development and deployment with system software support.

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Interests
  • Software Engineering
  • Foundation Models
  • Reinforcement Learning
Education
  • Ph.D. in Software & Theory, 2021-2026 (expected)

    Peking University

  • BSc (Summa Cum Laude) in Computer Science, 2017-2021

    Peking University

Selected Publications

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Selected Awards

Special Funding Program for Hunyuan Foundation Model
Young Scientists Fundational Research Program of NSFC (Doctoral Level)
Ubiquant Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship
Nomination for Person of the Year
Pacemaker to Merit Student
National Scholarship
Presidential Scholarship
Outstanding Research Intern
Elite Collegiate Award
PKU Junior Scholar
Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award
Outstanding Research Intern
Huawei Scholarship
National Scholarship

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Tencent WXG
Research Intern
Tencent WXG
Apr 2024 – Apr 2025 Guangzhou, China
Research intern on multi-modal models for UI navigation and testing.
 
 
 
 
 
Huawei
Research Intern
Huawei
Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 Beijing, China
Research intern on software engineering and program analysis.
 
 
 
 
 
Alibaba Group
Outstanding Research Intern
Alibaba Group
Jul 2020 – Mar 2022 Hangzhou, China
Designing, developing and deploying automated visual testing system at Taobao.

Contact

  • dezhiran@pku.edu.cn
  • Yanyuan Street, Beijing, Haidian 100871
  • Enter Yanyuan Building and take the stairs to Office 805 on Floor 8