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David Lo
EducationNational University of Singapore (PhD)
Nanyang Technological University (B.Eng.)[2]
Known forAI-assisted software development
AI engineering
Trustworthy AI[6][7]
AwardsACM Fellow (2023)[1]
IEEE Fellow (2022)[2]
Scientific career
FieldsSoftware engineering
Artificial intelligence
Computer security[3]
InstitutionsSingapore Management University[4]
Siau-Cheng Khoo[5]

David Lo is a computer scientist whose work focuses on software engineering, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.[3][8] He is the OUB Chair Professor of Computer Science at the School of Computing and Information Systems, Singapore Management University (SMU). He has held leadership roles in the software engineering research community, including roles in ACM SIGSOFT and on the steering committee of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering.[9][10]

Education

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Lo received a bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Nanyang Technological University in 2004 and a Ph.D. in computer science from the National University of Singapore in 2008.[2] In 2023, NUS Computing listed him among the recipients of its Distinguished Computing Alumni Awards.[11]

Career

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Lo joined SMU's School of Information Systems, later part of the School of Computing and Information Systems, as a lecturer in May 2008.[2] SMU described him in 2024 as OUB Chair Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Information Systems and Technology Cluster at the School of Computing and Information Systems.[8]

In 2020, Lo co-founded the Research Lab for Intelligent Software Engineering, also known as RISE.[2] SMU reported that the lab expanded into the RISE Centre in April 2023.[3] The centre conducts research at the intersection of software engineering, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity.[3] Lo has been listed by SMU as Director of the RISE Centre.[3]

Lo led TrustedSEERs, a project on trusted intelligent work bots for software engineering, which received a National Research Foundation Investigatorship grant in the Class of 2023.[12][13]

Research

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Lo's research is in software engineering and data science, including software analytics, software artefact analysis, and data-driven tools for improving developer productivity and software quality.[2] SMU has described RISE as working across AI for Software Engineering, Software Engineering for AI, Software Engineering for Emerging Technologies, and Sustainable Software Engineering.[3]

In 2021, he was named a Fellow of Automated Software Engineering for contributions to the ASE community through scientific accomplishments and service.[14] In 2022, he was elevated to IEEE Fellow for contributions to software engineering and data mining.[2] In 2023, Lo was elected an ACM Fellow for contributions to synergising artificial intelligence and software engineering for human-in-the-loop automation and software analytics.[1]

In 2025, Lo received the Foundational Contribution Award at the International Conference on Mining Software Repositories for contributions to transforming bug and test data into insights and automation that improve software quality and productivity.[15]

Several papers by Lo and his co-authors have received long-term impact or influential paper awards. In 2022, a co-authored paper on software defect management received the Most Influential Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering.[16], and a co-authored paper "An Empirical Study of Bugs in Machine Learning Systems" received the Test of Time Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering.[17] In 2025, his paper "How Practitioners Perceive the Relevance of Software Engineering Research" received a Test-of-Time Paper Award at the ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering.[18], and a paper "Deep Learning for Just-in-Time Defect Prediction" received the Most Influential Paper Award at the IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security.[19]

Academic service

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Lo has held several roles within ACM SIGSOFT, including Award Chair, Treasurer, Secretary, and Member-at-Large.[20][9] He has served on ACM and IEEE Computer Society committees, including the ACM SIG Governing Board Awards Committee, the ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee, and the IEEE Computer Society Fellow search committee.[21][22][23]

Lo has served on editorial boards of academic journals in software engineering, reliability, information systems, and computing.[2] These journals include Communications of the ACM, ACM Computing Surveys, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Empirical Software Engineering, Automated Software Engineering, Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, Information Systems, and Information and Software Technology.[24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31]

As of May 2026, Lo was listed on the steering committees of the International Conference on Software Engineering, the ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering, and the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Mining Software Repositories.[32][33][34] As of the same date, he was listed as Vice Chair of the steering committee for the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering.[10] He was also listed as a co-chair of the steering committee of the IEEE/ACM International Conference on AI Foundation Models and Software Engineering.[35]

Lo has chaired or co-chaired several academic conferences in software engineering and related areas. He was a general chair of ASE 2016, MOBILESoft 2020, MSR 2022, FORGE 2024, and FORGE 2025.[36][37][38][35][39] He was also an editor of the proceedings of ASE 2016.[40]

Lo served as a programme co-chair for conferences including ICSME 2018, SANER 2019, QRS 2019, ASE 2020, FSE 2024, and ICSE 2025.[41][42][43][44][45][46] In 2021, he received the IEEE Technical Community on Software Engineering Distinguished Service Award.[47][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "2023 ACM Fellows Celebrated for Contributions to Computing That Underpin Our Daily Lives". ACM. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Computing don David Lo receives double recognition for his contributions to software engineering and data science". SMU Office of Research Governance & Administration. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Rising to build better, faster and cheaper software". SMU Newsroom. 2023-07-24. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  4. ^ "David Lo". ACM Distinguished Speakers Program. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  5. ^ Lo, David; Khoo, Siau-Cheng (2008). Mining Patterns and Rules for Software Specification Discovery (PDF). Proceedings of the 34th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases (VLDB 2008), PhD Workshop. pp. 1609–1616. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
  6. ^ Jones, Alistair (2023-02-09). "Realising synergy for bots and engineers". SMU Office of Research Governance & Administration. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  7. ^ Lo, David (2023). Trustworthy and Synergistic Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering: Vision and Roadmaps. 2023 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Future of Software Engineering (ICSE-FoSE). IEEE. pp. 69–85. doi:10.1109/ICSE-FoSE59343.2023.00010.
  8. ^ a b "SMU faculty member David Lo is the fourth academic in Singapore and the first from the University to achieve prestigious ACM Fellow recognition in 2023". SMU Newsroom. 2024-02-05. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  9. ^ a b "SIGSOFT Executive Committee". ACM SIGSOFT. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  10. ^ a b "Steering Committee". Automated Software Engineering Conferences. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  11. ^ "2023 OCAA Winners". NUS Computing. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  12. ^ Jones, Alistair. "Realising synergy for bots and engineers". SMU Office of Research Governance & Administration. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  13. ^ "NRF Investigatorship" (PDF). National Research Foundation Singapore. November 2022. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  14. ^ "ASE Fellows". Automated Software Engineering Conferences. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  15. ^ "MSR Foundational Contribution Award". Mining Software Repositories. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  16. ^ "Dr. Yuan Tian awarded the SANER 2022 Most Influential Paper Award". Queen's School of Computing. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  17. ^ "Test of Time Award". ISSRE 2022. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  18. ^ "Test of Time Awards". ESEC/FSE. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  19. ^ "Most Influential Paper Award". QRS 2025. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  20. ^ Lo, David; Zimmermann, Thomas (2024-01-17). "SIGSOFT Awards 2024". ACM SIGSOFT Blog. Medium. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  21. ^ "SGB Awards Committee". ACM. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  22. ^ "Doctoral Dissertation Award Committee". ACM. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  23. ^ "Fellows". IEEE Computer Society. 17 April 2024. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  24. ^ "Editorial Staff and Board". Communications of the ACM. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  25. ^ "Editorial Board". ACM Computing Surveys. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  26. ^ "Editorial Board". ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  27. ^ "Editorial Board". Empirical Software Engineering. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  28. ^ "Editorial Board". Automated Software Engineering. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  29. ^ "Editorial Board". Journal of Software: Evolution and Process. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  30. ^ "Editorial Board". Information Systems. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  31. ^ "Editorial Board". Information and Software Technology. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  32. ^ "Committee". International Conference on Software Engineering. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  33. ^ "Steering Committee". ESEC/FSE. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  34. ^ "Steering Committee". Mining Software Repositories. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  35. ^ a b "FORGE 2024". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  36. ^ "ASE 2016". 31st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  37. ^ "MOBILESoft 2020". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  38. ^ "MSR 2022". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  39. ^ "FORGE 2025". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  40. ^ Lo, David; Apel, Sven; Khurshid, Sarfraz, eds. (2016). Proceedings of the 31st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2016), Singapore, September 3–7, 2016. ACM. doi:10.1145/2970276. ISBN 978-1-4503-3845-5. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  41. ^ "ICSME 2018". IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  42. ^ "SANER 2019". 26th IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  43. ^ "QRS 2019". IEEE International Conference on Software Quality, Reliability and Security. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  44. ^ "ASE 2020". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  45. ^ "FSE 2024". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  46. ^ "ICSE 2025". conf.researchr.org. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
  47. ^ "Awards". IEEE Technical Community on Software Engineering. Retrieved 2026-05-30.
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