NES: An Instruction-Free, Low-Latency Next Edit Suggestion Framework Powered by Learned Historical Editing Trajectories
Code editing is a frequent yet cognitively demanding task in software development. Existing AI-powered tools often disrupt developer flow by requiring explicit natural language instructions and suffer from high latency, limiting real-world usability. We present NES (Next Edit Suggestion), an instruction-free, low-latency code editing framework that leverages learned historical editing trajectories to implicitly capture developers’ goals and coding habits. NES features a dual-model architecture: one model predicts the next edit location and the other generates the precise code change, both without any user instruction. Trained on our open-sourced SFT and DAPO datasets, NES achieves state-of-the-art performance (75.6% location accuracy, 27.7% exact match rate) while delivering suggestions in under 250ms. Deployed at Ant Group, NES serves over 20,000 developers through a seamless Tab-key interaction, achieving effective acceptance rates of 51.55% for location predictions and 43.44% for edits, demonstrating its practical impact in real-world development workflows.
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10:30 - 12:30 | Code and LLM 2Research Papers / Industry Papers at MB 3.270 Chair(s): Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS) | ||
10:30 20mTalk | NES: An Instruction-Free, Low-Latency Next Edit Suggestion Framework Powered by Learned Historical Editing Trajectories Industry Papers Xinfang Chen Ant Group, Siyang Xiao Ant Group, Xianying Zhu Ant Group, Junhong Xie Ant Group, Ming Liang Ant Group, Dajun Chen Ant Group, Wei Jiang Ant Group, Yong Li Ant Group, Peng Di Kunlunxin & UNSW Sydney | ||
10:50 20mTalk | Balancing Latency and Accuracy of Code Completion via Local-Cloud Model Cascading Research Papers Lu Hanzhen Zhejiang University, Lishui Fan Zhejiang University, Jiachi Chen Zhejiang University, Qiuyuan Chen Tencent Technology, Zhao Wei Tencent, Zhongxin Liu Zhejiang University Pre-print | ||
11:10 20mTalk | From Specifications to Implementation in the Gen-AI Era: Lessons from a Project-based Software Engineering Course Research Papers Yingying Wang University of British Columbia, Masih Beigi Rizi University of British Columbia, Fatemeh Khashei University of British Columbia, Julia Rubin The University of British Columbia Pre-print | ||
11:30 20mTalk | Hallucinations in LLM-based Code Summarization: Unveiling, Detection, and Mitigation Research Papers Guanghua Wan Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yuanning Feng Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Yao Wan Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Zhaoyang Chu University College London (UCL), Zhangqian Bi Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Junxiao Han Hangzhou City University, Zhou Zhao Zhejiang University, Hongyu Zhang Chongqing University, Pingpeng Yuan Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Xuanhua Shi Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Hai Jin Huazhong University of Science and Technology DOI | ||
11:50 20mTalk | ReDef: Do Code Language Models Truly Understand Code Changes for Just-in-Time Software Defect Prediction? Research Papers Doha Nam Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taehyoun Kim Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Agency for Defense Development, Duksan Ryu Jeonbuk National University, Jongmoon Baik Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology DOI Pre-print Media Attached | ||
12:10 20mTalk | Mitigating Prompt-Induced Cognitive Biases in General-Purpose AI for Software Engineering Research Papers Francesco Sovrano USI Lugano, Switzerland, Gabriele Dominici UniversitĂ della Svizzera italiana (USI), Alberto Bacchelli IfI, University of Zurich Link to publication Pre-print | ||