The advent of large language models(LLMs)has made knowledge acquisition and content creation increasingly easier and cheaper,which in turn redefines learning and urges transformation in software engineering education....The advent of large language models(LLMs)has made knowledge acquisition and content creation increasingly easier and cheaper,which in turn redefines learning and urges transformation in software engineering education.To do so,there is a need to understand the impact of LLMs on software engineering education.In this paper,we conducted a preliminary case study on three software requirements engineering classes where students are allowed to use LLMs to assist in their projects.Based on the students’experience,performance,and feedback from a survey conducted at the end of the courses,we characterized the challenges and benefits of applying LLMs in software engineering education.This research contributes to the ongoing discourse on the integration of LLMs in education,emphasizing both their prominent potential and the need for balanced,mindful usage.展开更多
With the rapid advancement of information technology,the quality assurance and evaluation of software engineering education have become pivotal concerns for higher education institutions.In this paper,we focus on a co...With the rapid advancement of information technology,the quality assurance and evaluation of software engineering education have become pivotal concerns for higher education institutions.In this paper,we focus on a comparative study of software engineering education in China and Europe,aiming to explore the theoretical frameworks and practical pathways employed in both regions.Initially,we introduce and contrast the engineering education accreditation systems of China and Europe,including the Chinese engineering education accreditation framework and the European EUR-ACE(European Accreditation of Engineering Programmes)standards,highlighting their core principles and evaluation methodologies.Subsequently,we provide case studies of several universities in China and Europe,such as Sun Yat-sen University,Tsinghua University,Technical University of Munich,and Imperial College London.Finally,we offer recommendations to foster mutual learning and collaboration between Chinese and European institutions,aiming to enhance the overall quality of software engineering education globally.This work provides valuable insights for educational administrators,faculty members,and policymakers,contributing to the ongoing improvement and innovative development of software engineering education in China and Europe.展开更多
In order to respond to the new engineering construction of the Ministry of Education,and explore the innovative talent training model of collaborative education and multidisciplinary integration,this paper relies on t...In order to respond to the new engineering construction of the Ministry of Education,and explore the innovative talent training model of collaborative education and multidisciplinary integration,this paper relies on the software engineering teaching team of the School of Software Engineering,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,through the implementation of the collaborative education project of the Ministry of Education,and proposes the multi-course collaborative practice teaching system,through the reasonable cross-fusion of the practical links of the 5 software engineering courses in the college,realizes the multi-course collaborative education and reasonable cross-fusion of courses,shares practical project resources,introduces new enterprise technologies,and guides students’innovation and entrepreneurship provide a meaningful reference for the collaborative arrangement of teaching content and cross-disciplinary integration in the current university education system.展开更多
The concept of“New Engineering”has put forward new challenges to the talents cultivation of universities.Due to some problems of the traditional Software Engineering curriculum,e.g.separated design at undergraduate-...The concept of“New Engineering”has put forward new challenges to the talents cultivation of universities.Due to some problems of the traditional Software Engineering curriculum,e.g.separated design at undergraduate-level and graduate-level courses,poor curriculum structure,lacking of industry characteristics.This paper proposes an integrated undergraduate-graduate education curriculum for Software Engineering Major,which is based on Software Engineering specialty knowledge system(C-SWEBOK)and focuses on the current national strategic demands.Additionally,the curriculum combines with the University’s transportation characteristics,and fuses the discipline of Software Engineering and Intelligent Transportation.The multi-level curriculum designed in this paper is with reasonable structure,complete system,progressive content,and salient feature,which provides the strong support for cultivating high-qualified software talents in line with national strategies and industry needs.展开更多
With the rapid evolution of technology and the increasing complexity of software systems,there is a growing demand for effective educational approaches that empower learners to acquire and apply software engineering s...With the rapid evolution of technology and the increasing complexity of software systems,there is a growing demand for effective educational approaches that empower learners to acquire and apply software engineering skills in practical contexts.This paper presents an intelligent and interactive learning(Meta-SEE)framework for software engineering education that combines the immersive capabilities of the metaverse with the cognitive processes of metacognition,to create an interactive and engaging learning environment.In the Meta-SEE framework,learners are immersed in a virtual world where they can collaboratively engage with concepts and practices of software engineering.Through the integration of metacognitive strategies,learners are empowered to monitor,regulate,and adapt their learning processes.By incorporating metacognition within the metaverse,learners gain a deeper understanding of their own thinking processes and become self-directed learners.In addition,MetaSEE has the potential to revolutionize software engineering education by offering a dynamic,immersive,and personalized learning experience.It allows learners to engage in realistic software development scenarios,explore complex systems,and collaborate with peers and instructors in virtual spaces.展开更多
As a highly advanced conversational AI chatbot trained on extensive datasets,ChatGPT has garnered significant attention across various domains,including academia,industry,and education.In the field of education,existi...As a highly advanced conversational AI chatbot trained on extensive datasets,ChatGPT has garnered significant attention across various domains,including academia,industry,and education.In the field of education,existing studies primarily focus on 2 areas:Assessing the potential utility of ChatGPT in education by examining its capabilities and limitations;exploring the educational scenarios that could benefit from the integration of ChatGPT.In contrast to these studies,we conduct a user survey targeting undergraduate students specializing in Software Engineering,aiming to gain insights into their perceptions,challenges,and expectations regarding the utilization of ChatGPT.Based on the results of the survey,we provide valuable guidance on the effective incorporation of ChatGPT in the realm of software engineering education.展开更多
"Semester Training"has been adopted as an important part of the personnel training in software engineering majors since it was first put forward.The ultimate goal of semester training is to improve the profe..."Semester Training"has been adopted as an important part of the personnel training in software engineering majors since it was first put forward.The ultimate goal of semester training is to improve the professional quality of students in an all-round way,then eventually achieve the goal of satisfactory employment for both students and enterprises.However,in order to achieve the above purpose,the design of traditional training project still has the following problems:the topic selection of traditional training is designed by teachers in college,which lacks the training of engineering ability aiming at practical problems;the content and technology of traditional project training are out of date,ignoring the urgent demand of software industry development for advanced technology application;the traditional project training inspects the mastery of knowledge in each semester Degree,ignores the incremental of a progressive training system.In view of the above problems,this study proposes an Application-Oriented Software Engineering Semester Training System.Practice has proved that the construction of the training system can effectively improve the quality of teaching,so as to further improve the comprehensive quality of students.展开更多
This paper focuses on the problems,opportunities,and challenges faced by software engineering education in the new era.We have studied the core ideas of the new model and reform,the specific measures implemented,and t...This paper focuses on the problems,opportunities,and challenges faced by software engineering education in the new era.We have studied the core ideas of the new model and reform,the specific measures implemented,and the challenges and solutions faced.The new model and reform must focus on cultivating practical abilities,introducing interdisciplinary knowledge,and strengthening innovation awareness and entrepreneurial spirit.The process of reform and innovation is carried out from the aspects of teaching methods,teaching means,and course performance evaluation in the teaching practice of software engineering courses.We adopt a method of“question guiding,simple and easy to understand,flexible and diverse,and emphasizing practical results”,optimizing the curriculum design,providing diverse learning opportunities,and establishing a platform for the industry-university-research cooperation.Our teaching philosophy is to adhere to the viewpoint of innovative teaching ideas,optimizing teaching methods and teaching means,and comprehensively improving the teaching quality and level of software engineering education.展开更多
In view of the increasingly rapid development of global economic integration and combined with the existing modes of training international software engineering talents in China,this paper deeply analyzes and obtains ...In view of the increasingly rapid development of global economic integration and combined with the existing modes of training international software engineering talents in China,this paper deeply analyzes and obtains the existing problems in the current teaching process,and proposes various teaching reform measures under the guidance of CDIO higher engineering education thought.Through many years of teaching practice experience,we can find that our reform has achieved remarkable results.展开更多
Tactile perception plays a vital role for the human body and is also highly desired for smart prosthesis and advanced robots.Compared to active sensing devices,passive piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors c...Tactile perception plays a vital role for the human body and is also highly desired for smart prosthesis and advanced robots.Compared to active sensing devices,passive piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors consume less power,but lack the capability to resolve static stimuli.Here,we address this issue by utilizing the unique polarization chemistry of conjugated polymers for the first time and propose a new type of bioinspired,passive,and bio-friendly tactile sensors for resolving both static and dynamic stimuli.Specifically,to emulate the polarization process of natural sensory cells,conjugated polymers(including poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophen e):poly(styrenesulfonate),polyaniline,or polypyrrole)are controllably polarized into two opposite states to create artificial potential differences.The controllable and reversible polarization process of the conjugated polymers is fully in situ characterized.Then,a micro-structured ionic electrolyte is employed to imitate the natural ion channels and to encode external touch stimulations into the variation in potential difference outputs.Compared with the currently existing tactile sensing devices,the developed tactile sensors feature distinct characteristics including fully organic composition,high sensitivity(up to 773 mV N^(−1)),ultralow power consumption(nW),as well as superior bio-friendliness.As demonstrations,both single point tactile perception(surface texture perception and material property perception)and two-dimensional tactile recognitions(shape or profile perception)with high accuracy are successfully realized using self-defined machine learning algorithms.This tactile sensing concept innovation based on the polarization chemistry of conjugated polymers opens up a new path to create robotic tactile sensors and prosthetic electronic skins.展开更多
Source code vulnerabilities present significant security threats,necessitating effective detection techniques.Rigid rule-sets and pattern matching are the foundation of traditional static analysis tools,which drown de...Source code vulnerabilities present significant security threats,necessitating effective detection techniques.Rigid rule-sets and pattern matching are the foundation of traditional static analysis tools,which drown developers in false positives and miss context-sensitive vulnerabilities.Large Language Models(LLMs)like BERT,in particular,are examples of artificial intelligence(AI)that exhibit promise but frequently lack transparency.In order to overcome the issues with model interpretability,this work suggests a BERT-based LLM strategy for vulnerability detection that incorporates Explainable AI(XAI)methods like SHAP and attention heatmaps.Furthermore,to ensure auditable and comprehensible choices,we present a transparency obligation structure that covers the whole LLM lifetime.Our experiments on a comprehensive and extensive source code DiverseVul dataset show that the proposed method outperform,attaining 92.3%detection accuracy and surpassing CodeT5(89.4%),GPT-3.5(85.1%),and GPT-4(88.7%)under the same evaluation scenario.Through integrated SHAP analysis,this exhibits improved detection capabilities while preserving explainability,which is a crucial advantage over black-box LLM alternatives in security contexts.The XAI analysis discovers crucial predictive tokens such as susceptible and function through SHAP framework.Furthermore,the local token interactions that support the decision-making of the model process are graphically highlighted via attention heatmaps.This method provides a workable solution for reliable vulnerability identification in software systems by effectively fusing high detection accuracy with model explainability.Our findings imply that transparent AI models are capable of successfully detecting security flaws while preserving interpretability for human analysts.展开更多
Due to multi-scale variations and occlusion problems,accurate traffic road pedestrian detection faces great challenges.This paper proposes an improved pedestrian detection method called Multi Scales Attention-YOLOv5x(...Due to multi-scale variations and occlusion problems,accurate traffic road pedestrian detection faces great challenges.This paper proposes an improved pedestrian detection method called Multi Scales Attention-YOLOv5x(MSA-YOLOv5x)based on the YOLOv5x framework.Firstly,by replacing the first convolutional operation of the backbone network with the Focus module,this method expands the number of image input channels to enhance feature expressiveness.Secondly,we construct C3_CBAM module instead of the original C3 module for better feature fusion.In this way,the learning process could achieve more multi-scale features and occluded pedestrian target features through channel attention and spatial attention.Additionally,a new feature pyramid detection layer and a new detection channel are embedded in the feature fusion part for enhancing multi-scale pedestrian detection accuracy.Compared with the baseline methods,experimental results on a public dataset demonstrate that the proposed method achieves optimal detection accuracy for traffic road pedestrian detection.展开更多
Detecting surface defects on unused rails is crucial for evaluating rail quality and durability to ensure the safety of rail transportation.However,existing detection methods often struggle with challenges such as com...Detecting surface defects on unused rails is crucial for evaluating rail quality and durability to ensure the safety of rail transportation.However,existing detection methods often struggle with challenges such as complex defect morphology,texture similarity,and fuzzy edges,leading to poor accuracy and missed detections.In order to resolve these problems,we propose MSCM-Net(Multi-Scale Cross-Modal Network),a multiscale cross-modal framework focused on detecting rail surface defects.MSCM-Net introduces an attention mechanism to dynamically weight the fusion of RGB and depth maps,effectively capturing and enhancing features at different scales for each modality.To further enrich feature representation and improve edge detection in blurred areas,we propose a multi-scale void fusion module that integrates multi-scale feature information.To improve cross-modal feature fusion,we develop a cross-enhanced fusion module that transfers fused features between layers to incorporate interlayer information.We also introduce a multimodal feature integration module,which merges modality-specific features from separate decoders into a shared decoder,enhancing detection by leveraging richer complementary information.Finally,we validate MSCM-Net on the NEU RSDDS-AUG RGB-depth dataset,comparing it against 12 leading methods,and the results show that MSCM-Net achieves superior performance on all metrics.展开更多
Complex evidence theory is a generalized Dempster-Shafer evidence theory,which has the ability to express uncertain information.One of the key issues is the uncertainty measure of Complex Basic Belief Assignment(CBBA)...Complex evidence theory is a generalized Dempster-Shafer evidence theory,which has the ability to express uncertain information.One of the key issues is the uncertainty measure of Complex Basic Belief Assignment(CBBA).However,the research on the uncertainty measure of complex evidence theory is still an open issue.Therefore,in this paper,first,the Fractal-based Complex Belief(FCB)entropy as a generalization of Fractal-based Belief(FB)entropy,which has superiority in uncertainty measurement of CBBA,is proposed.Second,on the basis of FCB entropy,we propose Fractal-based Supremum Complex Belief(FSCB)entropy and Fractal-based Infimum Complex Belief(FICB)entropy,with FSCB entropy as the upper bound and FICB entropy as the lower bound.They are collectively called the proposed FCB entropy.Furthermore,we analyze the properties,physical interpretation and numerical examples to prove the rationality of the proposed method.Finally,a practical information fusion application is proposed to prove that the proposed FCB entropy can reasonably measure the uncertainty of CBBA.The results show that,the proposed FCB entropy can handle the uncertainty measure of CBBA,which can be a reasonable way for uncertainty measure in complex evidence theory.展开更多
Topic modeling is a fundamental technique of content analysis in natural language processing,widely applied in domains such as social sciences and finance.In the era of digital communication,social scientists increasi...Topic modeling is a fundamental technique of content analysis in natural language processing,widely applied in domains such as social sciences and finance.In the era of digital communication,social scientists increasingly rely on large-scale social media data to explore public discourse,collective behavior,and emerging social concerns.However,traditional models like Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA)and neural topic models like BERTopic struggle to capture deep semantic structures in short-text datasets,especially in complex non-English languages like Chinese.This paper presents Generative Language Model Topic(GLMTopic)a novel hybrid topic modeling framework leveraging the capabilities of large language models,designed to support social science research by uncovering coherent and interpretable themes from Chinese social media platforms.GLMTopic integrates Adaptive Community-enhanced Graph Embedding for advanced semantic representation,Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection-based(UMAP-based)dimensionality reduction,Hierarchical Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise(HDBSCAN)clustering,and large language model-powered(LLM-powered)representation tuning to generate more contextually relevant and interpretable topics.By reducing dependence on extensive text preprocessing and human expert intervention in post-analysis topic label annotation,GLMTopic facilitates a fully automated and user-friendly topic extraction process.Experimental evaluations on a social media dataset sourced from Weibo demonstrate that GLMTopic outperforms Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA)and BERTopic in coherence score and usability with automated interpretation,providing a more scalable and semantically accurate solution for Chinese topic modeling.Future research will explore optimizing computational efficiency,integrating knowledge graphs and sentiment analysis for more complicated workflows,and extending the framework for real-time and multilingual topic modeling.展开更多
The genesis and tectonic setting of Late Triassic volcanic rocks in the Ganzi–Litang ophiolitic mélange belt have long been a subject of contention.To elucidate these ambiguities,comprehensive petrological,geoch...The genesis and tectonic setting of Late Triassic volcanic rocks in the Ganzi–Litang ophiolitic mélange belt have long been a subject of contention.To elucidate these ambiguities,comprehensive petrological,geochemical,zircon U-Pb geochronological,and Sr-Nd isotopic analyses were conducted on the Luexigou basalts in the Litang area.This investigation has newly delineated a typical volcano-sedimentary sequence indicative of a mid-ocean ridge,with basalts dated to 215±3 Ma.These basalts exhibit geochemical characteristics akin to E-MORB,displaying relatively flat distribution patterns for rare earth elements and trace elements.They are notably depleted in high-field-strength elements(such as Nb and Ta),similar to volcanic arc basalts.展开更多
NJmat is a user-friendly,data-driven machine learning interface designed for materials design and analysis.The platform integrates advanced computational techniques,including natural language processing(NLP),large lan...NJmat is a user-friendly,data-driven machine learning interface designed for materials design and analysis.The platform integrates advanced computational techniques,including natural language processing(NLP),large language models(LLM),machine learning potentials(MLP),and graph neural networks(GNN),to facili-tate materials discovery.The platform has been applied in diverse materials research areas,including perovskite surface design,catalyst discovery,battery materials screening,structural alloy design,and molecular informatics.By automating feature selection,predictive modeling,and result interpretation,NJmat accelerates the development of high-performance materials across energy storage,conversion,and structural applications.Additionally,NJmat serves as an educational tool,allowing students and researchers to apply machine learning techniques in materials science with minimal coding expertise.Through automated feature extraction,genetic algorithms,and interpretable machine learning models,NJmat simplifies the workflow for materials informatics,bridging the gap between AI and experimental materials research.The latest version(available at https://figshare.com/articles/software/NJmatML/24607893(accessed on 01 January 2025))enhances its functionality by incorporating NJmatNLP,a module leveraging language models like MatBERT and those based on Word2Vec to support materials prediction tasks.By utilizing clustering and cosine similarity analysis with UMAP visualization,NJmat enables intuitive exploration of materials datasets.While NJmat primarily focuses on structure-property relationships and the discovery of novel chemistries,it can also assist in optimizing processing conditions when relevant parameters are included in the training data.By providing an accessible,integrated environment for machine learning-driven materials discovery,NJmat aligns with the objectives of the Materials Genome Initiative and promotes broader adoption of AI techniques in materials science.展开更多
Network traffic classification is a crucial research area aimed at improving quality of service,simplifying network management,and enhancing network security.To address the growing complexity of cryptography,researche...Network traffic classification is a crucial research area aimed at improving quality of service,simplifying network management,and enhancing network security.To address the growing complexity of cryptography,researchers have proposed various machine learning and deep learning approaches to tackle this challenge.However,existing mainstream methods face several general issues.On one hand,the widely used Transformer architecture exhibits high computational complexity,which negatively impacts its efficiency.On the other hand,traditional methods are often unreliable in traffic representation,frequently losing important byte information while retaining unnecessary biases.To address these problems,this paper introduces the Swin Transformer architecture into the domain of network traffic classification and proposes the NetST(Network Swin Transformer)model.This model improves the Swin Transformer to better accommodate the characteristics of network traffic,effectively addressing efficiency issues.Furthermore,this paper presents a traffic representation scheme designed to extract meaningful information from large volumes of traffic while minimizing bias.We integrate four datasets relevant to network traffic classification for our experiments,and the results demonstrate that NetST achieves a high accuracy rate while maintaining low memory usage.展开更多
With the growing demand for higher product quality in manufacturing,X-ray non-destructive testing has found widespread application not only in industrial quality control but also in a wide range of industrial applicat...With the growing demand for higher product quality in manufacturing,X-ray non-destructive testing has found widespread application not only in industrial quality control but also in a wide range of industrial applications,owing to its unique capability to penetrate materials and reveal both internal and surface defects.This paper presents a systematic review of recent advances and current applications of X-ray-based defect detection in industrial components.It begins with an overview of the fundamental principles of X-ray imaging and typical inspection workflows,followed by a review of classical image processing methods for defect detection,segmentation,and classification,with particular emphasis on their limitations in feature extraction and robustness.The focus then shifts to recent developments in deep learning techniques—particularly convolutional neural networks,object detection,and segmentation algorithms—and their innovative applications in X-ray defect analysis,which demonstrate substantial advantages in terms of automation and accuracy.In addition,the paper summarizes newly released public datasets and performance evaluation metrics reported in recent years.Finally,it discusses the current challenges and potential solutions in X-ray-based defect detection for industrial components,outlines key directions for future research,and highlights the practical relevance of these advances to real-world industrial applications.展开更多
Intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)assisted with the wireless powered communication network(WPCN)can enhance the desired signal energy and carry out the power-sustaining problem in ocean monitoring systems.In this pap...Intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)assisted with the wireless powered communication network(WPCN)can enhance the desired signal energy and carry out the power-sustaining problem in ocean monitoring systems.In this paper,we investigate a reliable communication structure where multiple buoys transmit data to a base station(BS)with the help of the unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-mounted IRS and harvest energy from the base station simultaneously.To organically combine WPCN with maritime data collection scenario,a scheduling protocol that employs the time division multiple access(TDMA)is proposed to serve multiple buoys for uplink data transmission.Furthermore,we compare the full-duplex(FD)and half-duplex(HD)mechanisms in the maritime data collection system to illustrate different performances under these two modes.To maximize the fair energy efficiency under the energy harvesting constraints,a joint optimization problem on user association,BS transmit power,UAV’s trajectory and IRS’s phase shift is formulated.To solve the non-convex problem,the original problem is decoupled into several subproblems,and successive convex optimization and block coordinate descent(BCD)methods are employed obtain the near-optimal solutions alternatively.Simulation results demonstrate that the UAV-mounted IRS can significantly improve energy efficiency in our considered system.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Teaching Reform Project of Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications,China under Grant No.XJG23234Chongqing Municipal Higher Education Teaching Reform Research Project under Grant No.203399the Doctoral Direct Train Project of Chongqing Science and Technology Bureau under Grant No.CSTB2022BSXM-JSX0007。
文摘The advent of large language models(LLMs)has made knowledge acquisition and content creation increasingly easier and cheaper,which in turn redefines learning and urges transformation in software engineering education.To do so,there is a need to understand the impact of LLMs on software engineering education.In this paper,we conducted a preliminary case study on three software requirements engineering classes where students are allowed to use LLMs to assist in their projects.Based on the students’experience,performance,and feedback from a survey conducted at the end of the courses,we characterized the challenges and benefits of applying LLMs in software engineering education.This research contributes to the ongoing discourse on the integration of LLMs in education,emphasizing both their prominent potential and the need for balanced,mindful usage.
基金supported by the Guangdong Higher Education Association’s“14th Five Year Plan”2024 Higher Education Research Project(24GYB03)the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(2024A1515010255)。
文摘With the rapid advancement of information technology,the quality assurance and evaluation of software engineering education have become pivotal concerns for higher education institutions.In this paper,we focus on a comparative study of software engineering education in China and Europe,aiming to explore the theoretical frameworks and practical pathways employed in both regions.Initially,we introduce and contrast the engineering education accreditation systems of China and Europe,including the Chinese engineering education accreditation framework and the European EUR-ACE(European Accreditation of Engineering Programmes)standards,highlighting their core principles and evaluation methodologies.Subsequently,we provide case studies of several universities in China and Europe,such as Sun Yat-sen University,Tsinghua University,Technical University of Munich,and Imperial College London.Finally,we offer recommendations to foster mutual learning and collaboration between Chinese and European institutions,aiming to enhance the overall quality of software engineering education globally.This work provides valuable insights for educational administrators,faculty members,and policymakers,contributing to the ongoing improvement and innovative development of software engineering education in China and Europe.
基金supported in part by Educational Reform Projects of BUPT.
文摘In order to respond to the new engineering construction of the Ministry of Education,and explore the innovative talent training model of collaborative education and multidisciplinary integration,this paper relies on the software engineering teaching team of the School of Software Engineering,Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications,through the implementation of the collaborative education project of the Ministry of Education,and proposes the multi-course collaborative practice teaching system,through the reasonable cross-fusion of the practical links of the 5 software engineering courses in the college,realizes the multi-course collaborative education and reasonable cross-fusion of courses,shares practical project resources,introduces new enterprise technologies,and guides students’innovation and entrepreneurship provide a meaningful reference for the collaborative arrangement of teaching content and cross-disciplinary integration in the current university education system.
文摘The concept of“New Engineering”has put forward new challenges to the talents cultivation of universities.Due to some problems of the traditional Software Engineering curriculum,e.g.separated design at undergraduate-level and graduate-level courses,poor curriculum structure,lacking of industry characteristics.This paper proposes an integrated undergraduate-graduate education curriculum for Software Engineering Major,which is based on Software Engineering specialty knowledge system(C-SWEBOK)and focuses on the current national strategic demands.Additionally,the curriculum combines with the University’s transportation characteristics,and fuses the discipline of Software Engineering and Intelligent Transportation.The multi-level curriculum designed in this paper is with reasonable structure,complete system,progressive content,and salient feature,which provides the strong support for cultivating high-qualified software talents in line with national strategies and industry needs.
基金partially funded by the 2023 Teaching Quality Engineering Construction Project of Sun Yat-sen University(No.76250-12230036)the 2023 Project of Computer Education Research Association of Chinese Universities(No.CERACU2023R02)。
文摘With the rapid evolution of technology and the increasing complexity of software systems,there is a growing demand for effective educational approaches that empower learners to acquire and apply software engineering skills in practical contexts.This paper presents an intelligent and interactive learning(Meta-SEE)framework for software engineering education that combines the immersive capabilities of the metaverse with the cognitive processes of metacognition,to create an interactive and engaging learning environment.In the Meta-SEE framework,learners are immersed in a virtual world where they can collaboratively engage with concepts and practices of software engineering.Through the integration of metacognitive strategies,learners are empowered to monitor,regulate,and adapt their learning processes.By incorporating metacognition within the metaverse,learners gain a deeper understanding of their own thinking processes and become self-directed learners.In addition,MetaSEE has the potential to revolutionize software engineering education by offering a dynamic,immersive,and personalized learning experience.It allows learners to engage in realistic software development scenarios,explore complex systems,and collaborate with peers and instructors in virtual spaces.
基金supported in part by the Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(Grant No.2023A1515012292)the 2023 Teaching Quality Engineering Construction Project of Sun Yat-sen University(Grant No.76250-12230036)the 2023 Project of Computer Education Research Association ofChinese Universities(Grant No.CERACU2023R02)。
文摘As a highly advanced conversational AI chatbot trained on extensive datasets,ChatGPT has garnered significant attention across various domains,including academia,industry,and education.In the field of education,existing studies primarily focus on 2 areas:Assessing the potential utility of ChatGPT in education by examining its capabilities and limitations;exploring the educational scenarios that could benefit from the integration of ChatGPT.In contrast to these studies,we conduct a user survey targeting undergraduate students specializing in Software Engineering,aiming to gain insights into their perceptions,challenges,and expectations regarding the utilization of ChatGPT.Based on the results of the survey,we provide valuable guidance on the effective incorporation of ChatGPT in the realm of software engineering education.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant 2020RC011.
文摘"Semester Training"has been adopted as an important part of the personnel training in software engineering majors since it was first put forward.The ultimate goal of semester training is to improve the professional quality of students in an all-round way,then eventually achieve the goal of satisfactory employment for both students and enterprises.However,in order to achieve the above purpose,the design of traditional training project still has the following problems:the topic selection of traditional training is designed by teachers in college,which lacks the training of engineering ability aiming at practical problems;the content and technology of traditional project training are out of date,ignoring the urgent demand of software industry development for advanced technology application;the traditional project training inspects the mastery of knowledge in each semester Degree,ignores the incremental of a progressive training system.In view of the above problems,this study proposes an Application-Oriented Software Engineering Semester Training System.Practice has proved that the construction of the training system can effectively improve the quality of teaching,so as to further improve the comprehensive quality of students.
基金supported in part by the postgraduate demonstration course of Guangdong Province Department of Education Programmed Trading(No.2023SFKC_022)the Computer Architecture First Class Course Project,South China Normal University-Baidu Pineapple Talent Training Practice Basethe 2023 Project of Computer Education Research Association of Chinese Universities(No.CERACU2023R02)。
文摘This paper focuses on the problems,opportunities,and challenges faced by software engineering education in the new era.We have studied the core ideas of the new model and reform,the specific measures implemented,and the challenges and solutions faced.The new model and reform must focus on cultivating practical abilities,introducing interdisciplinary knowledge,and strengthening innovation awareness and entrepreneurial spirit.The process of reform and innovation is carried out from the aspects of teaching methods,teaching means,and course performance evaluation in the teaching practice of software engineering courses.We adopt a method of“question guiding,simple and easy to understand,flexible and diverse,and emphasizing practical results”,optimizing the curriculum design,providing diverse learning opportunities,and establishing a platform for the industry-university-research cooperation.Our teaching philosophy is to adhere to the viewpoint of innovative teaching ideas,optimizing teaching methods and teaching means,and comprehensively improving the teaching quality and level of software engineering education.
文摘In view of the increasingly rapid development of global economic integration and combined with the existing modes of training international software engineering talents in China,this paper deeply analyzes and obtains the existing problems in the current teaching process,and proposes various teaching reform measures under the guidance of CDIO higher engineering education thought.Through many years of teaching practice experience,we can find that our reform has achieved remarkable results.
基金financially supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program(2022YFS0025 and 2024YFFK0133)supported by the“Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities of China.”。
文摘Tactile perception plays a vital role for the human body and is also highly desired for smart prosthesis and advanced robots.Compared to active sensing devices,passive piezoelectric and triboelectric tactile sensors consume less power,but lack the capability to resolve static stimuli.Here,we address this issue by utilizing the unique polarization chemistry of conjugated polymers for the first time and propose a new type of bioinspired,passive,and bio-friendly tactile sensors for resolving both static and dynamic stimuli.Specifically,to emulate the polarization process of natural sensory cells,conjugated polymers(including poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophen e):poly(styrenesulfonate),polyaniline,or polypyrrole)are controllably polarized into two opposite states to create artificial potential differences.The controllable and reversible polarization process of the conjugated polymers is fully in situ characterized.Then,a micro-structured ionic electrolyte is employed to imitate the natural ion channels and to encode external touch stimulations into the variation in potential difference outputs.Compared with the currently existing tactile sensing devices,the developed tactile sensors feature distinct characteristics including fully organic composition,high sensitivity(up to 773 mV N^(−1)),ultralow power consumption(nW),as well as superior bio-friendliness.As demonstrations,both single point tactile perception(surface texture perception and material property perception)and two-dimensional tactile recognitions(shape or profile perception)with high accuracy are successfully realized using self-defined machine learning algorithms.This tactile sensing concept innovation based on the polarization chemistry of conjugated polymers opens up a new path to create robotic tactile sensors and prosthetic electronic skins.
文摘Source code vulnerabilities present significant security threats,necessitating effective detection techniques.Rigid rule-sets and pattern matching are the foundation of traditional static analysis tools,which drown developers in false positives and miss context-sensitive vulnerabilities.Large Language Models(LLMs)like BERT,in particular,are examples of artificial intelligence(AI)that exhibit promise but frequently lack transparency.In order to overcome the issues with model interpretability,this work suggests a BERT-based LLM strategy for vulnerability detection that incorporates Explainable AI(XAI)methods like SHAP and attention heatmaps.Furthermore,to ensure auditable and comprehensible choices,we present a transparency obligation structure that covers the whole LLM lifetime.Our experiments on a comprehensive and extensive source code DiverseVul dataset show that the proposed method outperform,attaining 92.3%detection accuracy and surpassing CodeT5(89.4%),GPT-3.5(85.1%),and GPT-4(88.7%)under the same evaluation scenario.Through integrated SHAP analysis,this exhibits improved detection capabilities while preserving explainability,which is a crucial advantage over black-box LLM alternatives in security contexts.The XAI analysis discovers crucial predictive tokens such as susceptible and function through SHAP framework.Furthermore,the local token interactions that support the decision-making of the model process are graphically highlighted via attention heatmaps.This method provides a workable solution for reliable vulnerability identification in software systems by effectively fusing high detection accuracy with model explainability.Our findings imply that transparent AI models are capable of successfully detecting security flaws while preserving interpretability for human analysts.
文摘Due to multi-scale variations and occlusion problems,accurate traffic road pedestrian detection faces great challenges.This paper proposes an improved pedestrian detection method called Multi Scales Attention-YOLOv5x(MSA-YOLOv5x)based on the YOLOv5x framework.Firstly,by replacing the first convolutional operation of the backbone network with the Focus module,this method expands the number of image input channels to enhance feature expressiveness.Secondly,we construct C3_CBAM module instead of the original C3 module for better feature fusion.In this way,the learning process could achieve more multi-scale features and occluded pedestrian target features through channel attention and spatial attention.Additionally,a new feature pyramid detection layer and a new detection channel are embedded in the feature fusion part for enhancing multi-scale pedestrian detection accuracy.Compared with the baseline methods,experimental results on a public dataset demonstrate that the proposed method achieves optimal detection accuracy for traffic road pedestrian detection.
基金funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(grant number 62306186)the Technology Plan Joint Foundation of Liaoning Province(grant number 2023-MSLH-246)the Technology Plan Joint Foundation of Liaoning Province(grant number 2023-BSBA-238).
文摘Detecting surface defects on unused rails is crucial for evaluating rail quality and durability to ensure the safety of rail transportation.However,existing detection methods often struggle with challenges such as complex defect morphology,texture similarity,and fuzzy edges,leading to poor accuracy and missed detections.In order to resolve these problems,we propose MSCM-Net(Multi-Scale Cross-Modal Network),a multiscale cross-modal framework focused on detecting rail surface defects.MSCM-Net introduces an attention mechanism to dynamically weight the fusion of RGB and depth maps,effectively capturing and enhancing features at different scales for each modality.To further enrich feature representation and improve edge detection in blurred areas,we propose a multi-scale void fusion module that integrates multi-scale feature information.To improve cross-modal feature fusion,we develop a cross-enhanced fusion module that transfers fused features between layers to incorporate interlayer information.We also introduce a multimodal feature integration module,which merges modality-specific features from separate decoders into a shared decoder,enhancing detection by leveraging richer complementary information.Finally,we validate MSCM-Net on the NEU RSDDS-AUG RGB-depth dataset,comparing it against 12 leading methods,and the results show that MSCM-Net achieves superior performance on all metrics.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 62473067)Chongqing Talents: Exceptional Young Talents Project, China (No. cstc2022ycjh-bgzxm0070)Chongqing Overseas Scholars Innovation Program, China (No. cx2022024)
文摘Complex evidence theory is a generalized Dempster-Shafer evidence theory,which has the ability to express uncertain information.One of the key issues is the uncertainty measure of Complex Basic Belief Assignment(CBBA).However,the research on the uncertainty measure of complex evidence theory is still an open issue.Therefore,in this paper,first,the Fractal-based Complex Belief(FCB)entropy as a generalization of Fractal-based Belief(FB)entropy,which has superiority in uncertainty measurement of CBBA,is proposed.Second,on the basis of FCB entropy,we propose Fractal-based Supremum Complex Belief(FSCB)entropy and Fractal-based Infimum Complex Belief(FICB)entropy,with FSCB entropy as the upper bound and FICB entropy as the lower bound.They are collectively called the proposed FCB entropy.Furthermore,we analyze the properties,physical interpretation and numerical examples to prove the rationality of the proposed method.Finally,a practical information fusion application is proposed to prove that the proposed FCB entropy can reasonably measure the uncertainty of CBBA.The results show that,the proposed FCB entropy can handle the uncertainty measure of CBBA,which can be a reasonable way for uncertainty measure in complex evidence theory.
基金funded by the Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province,China,grant No.2022J05291.
文摘Topic modeling is a fundamental technique of content analysis in natural language processing,widely applied in domains such as social sciences and finance.In the era of digital communication,social scientists increasingly rely on large-scale social media data to explore public discourse,collective behavior,and emerging social concerns.However,traditional models like Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA)and neural topic models like BERTopic struggle to capture deep semantic structures in short-text datasets,especially in complex non-English languages like Chinese.This paper presents Generative Language Model Topic(GLMTopic)a novel hybrid topic modeling framework leveraging the capabilities of large language models,designed to support social science research by uncovering coherent and interpretable themes from Chinese social media platforms.GLMTopic integrates Adaptive Community-enhanced Graph Embedding for advanced semantic representation,Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection-based(UMAP-based)dimensionality reduction,Hierarchical Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise(HDBSCAN)clustering,and large language model-powered(LLM-powered)representation tuning to generate more contextually relevant and interpretable topics.By reducing dependence on extensive text preprocessing and human expert intervention in post-analysis topic label annotation,GLMTopic facilitates a fully automated and user-friendly topic extraction process.Experimental evaluations on a social media dataset sourced from Weibo demonstrate that GLMTopic outperforms Latent Dirichlet Allocation(LDA)and BERTopic in coherence score and usability with automated interpretation,providing a more scalable and semantically accurate solution for Chinese topic modeling.Future research will explore optimizing computational efficiency,integrating knowledge graphs and sentiment analysis for more complicated workflows,and extending the framework for real-time and multilingual topic modeling.
基金supported by the State Key Program of National Natural Science of China(Grant No.42230311)the China Geological Survey(Grant No.DD20243073).
文摘The genesis and tectonic setting of Late Triassic volcanic rocks in the Ganzi–Litang ophiolitic mélange belt have long been a subject of contention.To elucidate these ambiguities,comprehensive petrological,geochemical,zircon U-Pb geochronological,and Sr-Nd isotopic analyses were conducted on the Luexigou basalts in the Litang area.This investigation has newly delineated a typical volcano-sedimentary sequence indicative of a mid-ocean ridge,with basalts dated to 215±3 Ma.These basalts exhibit geochemical characteristics akin to E-MORB,displaying relatively flat distribution patterns for rare earth elements and trace elements.They are notably depleted in high-field-strength elements(such as Nb and Ta),similar to volcanic arc basalts.
基金supported by the Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Project Basic Research Program(Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province)(No.BK20211283).
文摘NJmat is a user-friendly,data-driven machine learning interface designed for materials design and analysis.The platform integrates advanced computational techniques,including natural language processing(NLP),large language models(LLM),machine learning potentials(MLP),and graph neural networks(GNN),to facili-tate materials discovery.The platform has been applied in diverse materials research areas,including perovskite surface design,catalyst discovery,battery materials screening,structural alloy design,and molecular informatics.By automating feature selection,predictive modeling,and result interpretation,NJmat accelerates the development of high-performance materials across energy storage,conversion,and structural applications.Additionally,NJmat serves as an educational tool,allowing students and researchers to apply machine learning techniques in materials science with minimal coding expertise.Through automated feature extraction,genetic algorithms,and interpretable machine learning models,NJmat simplifies the workflow for materials informatics,bridging the gap between AI and experimental materials research.The latest version(available at https://figshare.com/articles/software/NJmatML/24607893(accessed on 01 January 2025))enhances its functionality by incorporating NJmatNLP,a module leveraging language models like MatBERT and those based on Word2Vec to support materials prediction tasks.By utilizing clustering and cosine similarity analysis with UMAP visualization,NJmat enables intuitive exploration of materials datasets.While NJmat primarily focuses on structure-property relationships and the discovery of novel chemistries,it can also assist in optimizing processing conditions when relevant parameters are included in the training data.By providing an accessible,integrated environment for machine learning-driven materials discovery,NJmat aligns with the objectives of the Materials Genome Initiative and promotes broader adoption of AI techniques in materials science.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(62473341)Key Technologies R&D Program of Henan Province(242102211071,252102211086,252102210166).
文摘Network traffic classification is a crucial research area aimed at improving quality of service,simplifying network management,and enhancing network security.To address the growing complexity of cryptography,researchers have proposed various machine learning and deep learning approaches to tackle this challenge.However,existing mainstream methods face several general issues.On one hand,the widely used Transformer architecture exhibits high computational complexity,which negatively impacts its efficiency.On the other hand,traditional methods are often unreliable in traffic representation,frequently losing important byte information while retaining unnecessary biases.To address these problems,this paper introduces the Swin Transformer architecture into the domain of network traffic classification and proposes the NetST(Network Swin Transformer)model.This model improves the Swin Transformer to better accommodate the characteristics of network traffic,effectively addressing efficiency issues.Furthermore,this paper presents a traffic representation scheme designed to extract meaningful information from large volumes of traffic while minimizing bias.We integrate four datasets relevant to network traffic classification for our experiments,and the results demonstrate that NetST achieves a high accuracy rate while maintaining low memory usage.
基金supported in part by the Project of National Key Laboratory of Advanced Casting Technologies under Grant CAT2023-002.
文摘With the growing demand for higher product quality in manufacturing,X-ray non-destructive testing has found widespread application not only in industrial quality control but also in a wide range of industrial applications,owing to its unique capability to penetrate materials and reveal both internal and surface defects.This paper presents a systematic review of recent advances and current applications of X-ray-based defect detection in industrial components.It begins with an overview of the fundamental principles of X-ray imaging and typical inspection workflows,followed by a review of classical image processing methods for defect detection,segmentation,and classification,with particular emphasis on their limitations in feature extraction and robustness.The focus then shifts to recent developments in deep learning techniques—particularly convolutional neural networks,object detection,and segmentation algorithms—and their innovative applications in X-ray defect analysis,which demonstrate substantial advantages in terms of automation and accuracy.In addition,the paper summarizes newly released public datasets and performance evaluation metrics reported in recent years.Finally,it discusses the current challenges and potential solutions in X-ray-based defect detection for industrial components,outlines key directions for future research,and highlights the practical relevance of these advances to real-world industrial applications.
基金supported in part by the National Key R&D Program of China 2023YFC3806000 and 2023YFC3806002in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61936014,62201388 and 62371342+2 种基金in part by Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project No.2021SHZDZX0100in part by Shanghai Science and Technology Innovation Action Plan Project 22511105300in part by Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai:22ZR1463400.
文摘Intelligent reflecting surface(IRS)assisted with the wireless powered communication network(WPCN)can enhance the desired signal energy and carry out the power-sustaining problem in ocean monitoring systems.In this paper,we investigate a reliable communication structure where multiple buoys transmit data to a base station(BS)with the help of the unmanned aerial vehicle(UAV)-mounted IRS and harvest energy from the base station simultaneously.To organically combine WPCN with maritime data collection scenario,a scheduling protocol that employs the time division multiple access(TDMA)is proposed to serve multiple buoys for uplink data transmission.Furthermore,we compare the full-duplex(FD)and half-duplex(HD)mechanisms in the maritime data collection system to illustrate different performances under these two modes.To maximize the fair energy efficiency under the energy harvesting constraints,a joint optimization problem on user association,BS transmit power,UAV’s trajectory and IRS’s phase shift is formulated.To solve the non-convex problem,the original problem is decoupled into several subproblems,and successive convex optimization and block coordinate descent(BCD)methods are employed obtain the near-optimal solutions alternatively.Simulation results demonstrate that the UAV-mounted IRS can significantly improve energy efficiency in our considered system.