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An Empirical Study and Assessment of EU AI Act Compliance Checkers
Zhen Tao, Alize Kahraman, Shidong Pan +4
The EU AI Act introduces extensive compliance requirements for organizations that develop, deploy, or integrate AI systems. Many of these requirements are directly relevant to secu…
SoK: From Generation to Consumption of Privacy Documents in Software Systems
Shidong Pan, Clark LaChance, Zhen Tao +1
Privacy documents (e.g., privacy policies) are a central mechanism through which digital services disclose data practices and seek user consent. Over the past decades, research on…
"I Don't Use AI for Everything": Exploring Utility, Attitude, and Responsibility of AI-empowered Tools in Software Development
Shidong Pan, Litian Wang, Tianyi Zhang +4
AI-empowered tools have emerged as a transformative force, fundamentally reshaping the software development industry and promising far-reaching impacts across diverse sectors. This…
A Solution toward Transparent and Practical AI Regulation: Privacy Nutrition Labels for Open-source Generative AI-based Applications
Meixue Si, Shidong Pan, Dianshu Liao +4
The rapid development and widespread adoption of Generative Artificial Intelligence-based (GAI) applications have greatly enriched our daily lives, benefiting people by enhancing c…
A Comparative Study of Android Performance Issues in Real-world Applications and Literature
Dianshu Liao, Shidong Pan, Siyuan Yang +3
Performance issues in Android applications significantly undermine users' experience, engagement, and retention, which is a long-lasting research topic in academia. Unlike function…
A Large-scale Investigation of Semantically Incompatible APIs behind Compatibility Issues in Android Apps
Shidong Pan, Tianchen Guo, Lihong Zhang +3
Application Programming Interface (API) incompatibility is a long-standing issue in Android application development. The rapid evolution of Android APIs results in a significant nu…
Do Chase Your Tail! Missing Key Aspects Augmentation in Textual Vulnerability Descriptions of Long-tail Software through Feature Inference
Linyi Han, Shidong Pan, Zhenchang Xing +4
Augmenting missing key aspects in Textual Vulnerability Descriptions (TVDs) is crucial for effective vulnerability analysis. For instance, in TVDs, key aspects include Attack Vecto…
{A New Hope}: Contextual Privacy Policies for Mobile Applications and An Approach Toward Automated Generation
Shidong Pan, Zhen Tao, Thong Hoang +7
Privacy policies have emerged as the predominant approach to conveying privacy notices to mobile application users. In an effort to enhance both readability and user engagement, th…
Test-takers have a say: understanding the implications of the use of AI in language tests
Dawen Zhang, Thong Hoang, Shidong Pan +6
Language tests measure a person's ability to use a language in terms of listening, speaking, reading, or writing. Such tests play an integral role in academic, professional, and im…
SeePrivacy: Automated Contextual Privacy Policy Generation for Mobile Applications
Shidong Pan, Zhen Tao, Thong Hoang +5
Privacy policies have become the most critical approach to safeguarding individuals' privacy and digital security. To enhance their presentation and readability, researchers propos…
Right to be Forgotten in the Era of Large Language Models: Implications, Challenges, and Solutions
Dawen Zhang, Pamela Finckenberg-Broman, Thong Hoang +4
The Right to be Forgotten (RTBF) was first established as the result of the ruling of Google Spain SL, Google Inc. v AEPD, Mario Costeja González, and was later included as the Rig…
Toward the Cure of Privacy Policy Reading Phobia: Automated Generation of Privacy Nutrition Labels From Privacy Policies
Shidong Pan, Thong Hoang, Dawen Zhang +4
Software applications have become an omnipresent part of modern society. The consequent privacy policies of these applications play a significant role in informing customers how th…
Is It a Trap? A Large-scale Empirical Study And Comprehensive Assessment of Online Automated Privacy Policy Generators for Mobile Apps
Shidong Pan, Dawen Zhang, Mark Staples +4
Privacy regulations protect and promote the privacy of individuals by requiring mobile apps to provide a privacy policy that explains what personal information is collected and how…
To Be Forgotten or To Be Fair: Unveiling Fairness Implications of Machine Unlearning Methods
Dawen Zhang, Shidong Pan, Thong Hoang +6
The right to be forgotten (RTBF) is motivated by the desire of people not to be perpetually disadvantaged by their past deeds. For this, data deletion needs to be deep and permanen…