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Xiaozhou Li, PhD
RTDa (Research Fellow)
Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
  • Residence:
    Bolzano, Italy
  • City:
    Toronto
  • Age:
    26
Chinese
English
Finnish
Japanese
html
CSS
Js
PHP
Wordpress
  • Web crawling
  • Gamification design
  • C, C++, C#, VB, etc.
  • Agile with Scrum
  • Prompt Engineering
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Journal Articles

Generative AI for software architecture: Applications, trends, challenges, and future directions
Esposito, M., X. Li, Moreschini, S., Ahmad, N., Cerny, T., Vaidhyanathan, K., Lenarduzzi, V., & Taibi, D.
2025

Journal of Systems and Software. 2025 Sep 17:112607

Exploring microservice ownership and organizational coupling in open-source projects: An empirical study
X. Li, d’Aragona, D. A., Cerny, T., Lenarduzzi, V., Taibi, D., & Janes, A.
2025

Computing, 107(4), 1–35.

AI techniques in the microservices life-cycle: A systematic mapping study
Moreschini, S., Pour, S., Lanese, I., Balouek, D., Bogner, J., X. Li, Pecorelli, F., Soldani, J., Truyen, E., & Taibi, D.
2025

Computing, 107(4), 100.

Comparison of static analysis architecture recovery tools for microservice applications
Schneider, S., Bakhtin, A., X. Li, Soldani, J., Brogi, A., Cerny, T., Scandariato, R., & Taibi, D.
2025

Empirical Software Engineering, 30(5), 128.

Assessing evolution of microservices using static analysis
Abdelfattah, A. S., Cerny, T., Yero Salazar, J., X. Li, Taibi, D., & Song, E.
2024

Applied Sciences, 14(22), 10725.

From microservice to monolith: A multivocal literature review
Su, R., X. Li, & Taibi, D.
2024

Electronics.

Open tracing tools: Overview and critical comparison
Janes, A., X. Li, & Lenarduzzi, V.
2023

Journal of Systems and Software, 204, 111793. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111793

The anatomy of a vulnerability database: A systematic mapping study
X. Li, Moreschini, S., Zhang, Z., Palomba, F., & Taibi, D.
2023

Journal of Systems and Software, 201, 111679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2023.111679

OSSARA: Abandonment risk assessment for embedded open source components
X. Li, Moreschini, S., Pecorelli, F., & Taibi, D.
2022

IEEE Software, 39(4), 48–53.

Exploring factors and metrics to select open source software components for integration: An empirical study
X. Li, Moreschini, S., Zhang, Z., & Taibi, D.
2022

Journal of Systems and Software, 188, 111255. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jss.2022.111255

Cloud continuum: The definition
Moreschini, S., Pecorelli, F., X. Li, Naz, S., Hästbacka, D., & Taibi, D.
2022

IEEE Access.

A data-driven approach for video game playability analysis based on players’ reviews
X. Li, Zhang, Z., & Stefanidis, K.
2021

Information, 12(3), 129.

A sentiment-statistical approach for identifying problematic mobile app updates based on user reviews
X. Li, Zhang, B., Zhang, Z., & Stefanidis, K.
2020

Information, 11(3), 152.

Conference Papers

Comparison of static analysis architecture recovery tools for microservice applications
Schneider, S., Bakhtin, A., X. Li, Soldani, J., Brogi, A., Cerny, T., Scandariato, R., & Taibi, D.
2024

In 21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2024) (Registered Report).

Toward organizational decoupling in microservices through key developer allocation
X. Li, Ahmad, N., Cerny, T., Janes, A., Lenarduzzi, V., & Taibi, D.
2025

In 2025 IEEE 22nd International Conference on Software Architecture Companion (ICSA-C) (pp. 16–20). IEEE.

Demonstration paper: Avoiding wrong microservice cuts via git metadata analysis
Righi, A., Aneggi, A., X. Li, & Janes, A.
2025

In 2025 IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering (SOSE) (pp. 51–55). IEEE.

6gsoft: Software for edge-to-cloud continuum
Akbar, M. A., Esposito, M., Hyrynsalmi, S., Kumar, K. D., Lcnarduzzi, V., X. Li, Mehraj, A., Mikkonen, T., Moreschini, S., Mäkitalo, N., et al.
2024

In 50th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2024) (pp. 499–506). IEEE.

Temporal community detection in developer collaboration networks of microservice projects
Bakhtin, A., X. Li, & Taibi, D.
2024

In 18th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2024).

A dataset of microservices-based open-source projects
d’Aragona, D. A., Bakhtin, A., X. Li, Su, R., Adams, L., Aponte, E., Boyle, F., Boyle, P., Koerner, R., Lee, J., Tian, F., Wang, Y., Nyyssölä, J., Quevedo, E., Md Rahaman, S., Abdelfattah, A. S., Mäntylä, M., Cerny, T., & Taibi, D.
2024

In 21st International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2024).

Understanding the causes of microservice logical coupling: An exploratory study
d’Aragona, D. A., X. Li, & Janes, A.
2024

In The 1st International Workshop New Trends in Software Architecture (SATrends 2024).

A framework for microservice organizational structure optimization
X. Li, & Albano, M.
2024

In The 1st International Workshop New Trends in Software Architecture (SATrends 2024).

Toward a collaboration optimization in microservice projects based on developer personalities
X. Li, Calefato, F., Lenarduzzi, V., & Taibi, D.
2024

In The 21st International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA 2024).

A data-driven analysis of player personalities for different game genres
X. Li, Lenarduzzi, V., & Taibi, D.
2024

In 1st Foundations of Applied Software Engineering for Games Workshop (FaSE4Games’24).

Modular monolith: Is this the trend in software architecture?
Su, R., & X. Li.
2024

In The 1st International Workshop New Trends in Software Architecture (SATrends 2024)

Motivating open source collaborations through social network evaluation: A gamification practice from Alibaba
Zhao, S., Xia, X., Fitzgerald, B., X. Li, Lenarduzzi, V., Taibi, D., Wang, R., Wang, W., & Tian, C.
2024

In 46th International Conference on Software Engineering: Software Engineering in Practice (ICSE-SEIP 2024).

Comparing cost and performance of microservices and serverless in AWS: EC2 vs Lambda
Allen, C., X. Li, Elsayed, A., Cerny, T., & Taibi, D.
2023

In Southwest Data Science Conference (SDSC 2023).

One microservice per developer: Is this the trend in OSS?
Amoroso d’Aragona, D., X. Li, Cerny, T., Janes, A., Lenarduzzi, V., & Taibi, D.
2023

In European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing (pp19–34). Springer.

Detecting microservice anti-patterns using interactive service call graphs: Effort assessment
Huizinga, A., Parker, G., Elsayed, A., X. Li, Cerny, T., & Taibi, D.
2023

In Southwest Data Science Conference (SDSC 2023).

Evaluating microservice organizational coupling based on cross-service contribution
X. Li, d’Aragona, D. A., & Taibi, D.
2023

In International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement (PROFES 2023) (pp. 435–450). Springer.

Metrics and models for developer collaboration analysis in microservice-based systems: A review
X. Li, Elsayed, A., Su, R., Lee, J., Aponte, E., Koerner, R., Cerny, T., & Taibi, D.
2023

In 17th International Conference on Software Process and Product Measurement (MENSURA 2023).

Analyzing organizational structure of microservice projects based on contributor collaboration
X. Li, Elsayed, A., Yero, J., d’Aragona, D. A., Cerny, T., & Taibi, D.
2023

In 17th IEEE International Conference on Service-Oriented System Engineering (IEEE SOSE 2023). IEEE.

Back to the future: From microservice to monolith
Su, R., X. Li, & Taibi, D.
2023

In 5th International Conference on Microservices (Microservices 2023).

Knowledge management challenges for AI quality
X. Li, Moreschini, S., Filatova, A., & Taibi, D.
2022

In IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2022) (pp. 1295–1296). IEEE.

Anomaly detection in cloud-native systems
Lomio, F., Moreschini, S., X. Li, & Lenarduzzi, V.
2022

In 48th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications (SEAA 2022).

Cognitive cloud: The definition
Moreschini, S., Pecorelli, F., X. Li, Naz, S., Albano, M., Hästbacka, D., & Taibi, D.
2022

In 19th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Springer.

OSS PESTO: An open source software project evaluation and selection tool
X. Li, & Moreschini, S.
2021

In IFIP International Conference on Open Source Systems (pp. 42–50). Springer.

Towards factor-oriented understanding of video game genres using exploratory factor analysis on Steam game tags
X. Li.
2020

In 2020 IEEE International Conference on Progress in Informatics and Computing (PIC) (pp. 207–213). IEEE.

A preliminary network analysis on Steam game tags: Another way of understanding game genres
X. Li, & Zhang, B.
2020

In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Academic Mindtrek (pp. 65–73).

Patches and player community perceptions: Analysis of No Man’s Sky Steam reviews
Lu, C., X. Li, Nummenmaa, T., Zhang, Z., & Peltonen, J.
2020

In DiGRA’20—Proceedings of the 2020 DiGRA International Conference.

What makes a trophy hunter? An empirical analysis of Reddit discussions
Lu, C., Peltonen, J., Nummenmaa, T., X. Li, & Zhang, Z.
2020

In 4th International GamiFIN Conference (GamiFIN 2020).

Bibliography-based social network analysis and geo-location map of gamification
Zhang, B., & X. Li.
2020

In European Conference on Games Based Learning.

Research on software project developer behaviors with k-means clustering analysis
X. Li.
2019

In SSSME 2019: Joint Proceedings of the Summer School on Software Maintenance and Evolution. CEUR-WS.

A statistical analysis of Steam user profiles towards personalized gamification
X. Li, Lu, C., Peltonen, J., & Zhang, Z.
2019

In 3rd International GamiFIN Conference (GamiFIN 2019). CEUR-WS.

Ratings vs
Stratigi, M., X. Li, Stefanidis, K., & Zhang, Z.
2019

reviews in recommender systems: A case study on the Amazon Movies dataset. In European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (pp. 68–76). Springer.

A method to support gamification design practice with motivation analysis and goal modeling
X. Li.
2018

In Proceedings of the 2nd International GamiFIN Conference (GamiFIN 2018). CEUR-WS.

Scenario-driven continuous mobility requirements analysis in mobile app maintenance
X. Li, Zhang, Z., & Poranen, T.
2018

In 4th Workshop on Continuous Requirements Engineering (CRE Workshop). CEUR-WS.

Mobile app evolution analysis based on user reviews
X. Li, Zhang, Z., & Stefanidis, K.
2018

In New Trends in Intelligent Software Methodologies, Tools and Techniques (pp. 773–786). IOS Press.

Sentiment-aware analysis of mobile apps user reviews regarding particular updates
X. Li, Zhang, Z., & Stefanidis, K.
2018

In The 13th International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA 2018) (p. 109).

Mobility requirements engineering tool (MORE)
X. Li, Upreti, B., & Zhang, Z.
2016

In 2016 IEEE 24th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE) (pp. 409–410). IEEE.

A user-app interaction reference model for mobility requirements analysis
X. Li, & Zhang, Z.
2015

In ICSEA 2015: The Tenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (pp. 170–177).

Models for mobile application maintenance based on update history
X. Li, Zhang, Z., & Nummenmaa, J.
2014

In 2014 9th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (ENASE) (pp. 1–6). IEEE.

Theses

Data-driven analysis towards monitoring software evolution by continuously understanding changes in users’ needs (Doctoral thesis)
X. Li.
2022

Tampere University.

Motivation-oriented scenario-based gamification design method using the User Requirements Notation modeling (Master’s thesis)
X. Li.
2017

University of Tampere.

Research on agile process models in mobile application maintenance (Master’s thesis)
X. Li.
2013

University of Tampere.

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