Zheying Zhang
About me
Zheying Zhang received her Ph.D degree in computer science and information systems from the University of Jyväskylä, Finland in 2004, and the title of Docent (Adjunct professor) in software development from University of Tampere in 2013. She has over 15 years research and teaching experience in requirements management; and her research interests include requirements analysis, domain modelling, quality assurance and process improvement, data driven approach for software development and maintenance, and AI-assisted requirements management.
Current research interests and topics for Master's thesis on
- AI4SE, e.g. AI for requirements management, quality assurance, agile project management, DevOps pipelines, etc.
- Data-driven software evolution analysis
- Quality attributes and software quality assessment, e.g. OSS, medical device software, etc.
- Cross-disciplinary topics on software engineering such as software engineering education, ethics, etc.
- Industry-specific applications
- Other innovative and relevant topics
PhD Graduates
- Xiaozhou Li - Data-driven analysis of software user reviews helps to understand changing customer needs, co-supervised with Kostas Stefanidis
- Wenhui Lu -Effective Rights Exporting Process - Towards system interoperability of digital rights management, co-supervised with Jyrki Nummenmaa
Selected publications
See my publications at https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6205-4210
Latest publications
A Diversity-aware Approach to Bundle Recommendations
Ebrahimi, N., Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., 2025, Proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Design, Optimization, Languages and Analytical Processing of Big Data (DOLAP 2025). CEUR-WS, p. 49-53 5 p. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings; vol. 3931).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Advances in Databases and Information Systems: 29th European Conference, ADBIS 2025, Tampere, Finland, September 23–26, 2025, Proceedings
Chrysanthis, P. K. (Editor), Nørvåg, K. (Editor), Stefanidis, K. (Editor) & Zhang, Z. (Editor), 2025, Springer. 290 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16043 LNCS)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review
AI and Agile Software Development: From Frustration to Success XP2025 Workshop Summary
Herda, T., Pichler, V., Zhang, Z., Abrahamsson, P. & Hanssen, G. K., 2025, Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming – Workshops - XP 2025 Workshops, Revised Selected Papers. Peter, S., Kropp, M., Dingsøyr, T., Dillon, C., Diebold, P., Jain, D., Lunesu, M. I. & Pinna, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 3-13 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; vol. 561 LNBIP).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific
A Multi-agent LLM System for Automated Requirements Analysis: A Study on User Story Generation and Prioritization
Sami, M. A., Zhang, Z., Waseem, M., Kemell, K. K., Rasheed, Z., Herda, T., Hasan, M. T., Rasku, J. & Abrahamsson, P., 2025, Software Engineering and Advanced Applications: 51st Euromicro Conference, SEAA 2025, Salerno, Italy, September 10–12, 2025, Proceedings, Part II. Taibi, D. & Smite, D. (eds.). Springer, p. 178-187 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16082 LNCS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Autonomous Legacy Web Application Upgrades Using a Multi-Agent System
Ala-Salmi, V., Rasheed, Z., Sami, A. M., Zhang, Z., Kemell, K.-K., Rasku, J., Siddeeq, S., Saari, M. & Abrahamsson, P., 2025, Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE 2025). SCITEPRESS, Vol. 1. p. 185-196 (ENASE).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Core Theories in Agile Software Development
Yang, N., Wang, X., Zhang, Z., Siemon, D. & Hyrynsalmi, S., 2025, Agile Processes in Software Engineering and Extreme Programming: 26th International Conference on Agile Software Development, XP 2025, Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland, June 2–5, 2025, Proceedings. Peter, S., Kropp, M., Aguiar, A., Anslow, C., Lunesu, M. I. & Pinna, A. (eds.). 1 ed. Springer, p. 3-18 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; vol. 545 LNBIP).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Data-Driven Analysis for Monitoring Software Evolution
Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., 2025, New Trends in Database and Information Systems: ADBIS 2024 Short Papers, Workshops, Doctoral Consortium and Tutorials, Bayonne, France, August 28–31, 2024, Proceedings. Tekli, J., Gamper, J., Chbeir, R., Sassi, S., Manolopoulos, Y., Ivanovic, M., Vargas-Solar, G. & Zumpano, E. (eds.). Springer, p. 383-391 9 p. (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2186 CCIS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific
Dynamic User Preferences Optimization in Time-aware Recommendations
Ebrahimi, A., Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., 2025, Proceedings of the Workshops of the EDBT/ICDT 2025 Joint Conference co-located with the EDBT/ICDT 2025 Joint Conference. CEUR-WS, Vol. 3946. (CEUR Workshop Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Enhancing Data Interoperability in Multi-platform Lakehouses with Apache Iceberg
Shafiq, M. H., Zhang, Z. & Stefanidis, K., 2025, New Trends in Database and Information Systems: ADBIS 2025 Short Papers, Workshops, Doctoral Consortium and Tutorials, Tampere, Finland, September 23–26, 2025, Proceedings. Chrysanthis, P. K., Nørvåg, K., Stefanidis, K., Zhang, Z., Quintarelli, E. & Zumpano, E. (eds.). Springer, p. 233-247 (Communications in Computer and Information Science; vol. 2676 CCIS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Scientific › peer-review
Linking Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries: 29th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Digital Libraries, TPDL 2025, Tampere, Finland, September 23–26, 2025, Proceedings
Balke, W. T. (Editor), Golub, K. (Editor), Manolopoulos, Y. (Editor), Stefanidis, K. (Editor) & Zhang, Z. (Editor), 2025, Springer. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 16097 LNCS)Research output: Book/Report › Anthology › Scientific › peer-review