ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Wed 15 Apr 2026 15:15 - 15:30 at Asia IV - AI for Software Engineering 5 Chair(s): Jan Bosch

Software obfuscation, particularly prevalent in JavaScript, hinders code comprehension and analysis, posing significant challenges to software testing, static analysis, and malware detection. This pa- per introduces CASCADE, a novel hybrid approach that integrates the advanced coding capabilities of Gemini with the deterministic transformation capabilities of a compiler Intermediate Representa- tion (IR), specifically JavaScript IR (JSIR). By employing Gemini to identify critical prelude functions—the foundational components underlying the most prevalent obfuscation techniques—and leverag- ing JSIR for subsequent code transformations, CASCADE effectively recovers semantic elements like original strings and API names, and reveals original program behaviors. This method overcomes limita- tions of existing static and dynamic deobfuscation techniques, elim- inating hundreds to thousands of hard-coded rules while achieving reliability and flexibility. CASCADE is already deployed in Google’s production environment, demonstrating substantial improvements in JavaScript deobfuscation efficiency and reducing reverse engi- neering efforts.

Wed 15 Apr

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14:00 - 15:30
AI for Software Engineering 5Research Track / SE In Practice (SEIP) at Asia IV
Chair(s): Jan Bosch Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
14:00
15m
Talk
SpecGuru: Hierarchical LLM-Driven API Points-to Specification Generation with Self-Validation
Research Track
Shuangxiang Kan UNSW, Yuekang Li UNSW, Xiao Cheng Macquarie University, Yulei Sui University of New South Wales
14:15
15m
Talk
Panoptes: A Profile Clustering Framework for Context-Aware Binary OptimizationVirtual Attendance
Research Track
Edwin Kayang Arizona State University, Eric Jahns Arizona State University, Mishel Jyothis Paul Arizona State University, Michel Kinsy Arizona State University
14:30
15m
Talk
HoarePrompt: Structural Reasoning About Program Correctness in Natural LanguageDistinguished Paper Award
Research Track
Dimitrios Stamatios Bouras Peking University, Yihan Dai Peking University, Tairan Wang University College London, Yingfei Xiong Peking University, Sergey Mechtaev Peking University
14:45
15m
Talk
Large Language Model-Aided Partial Program Dependence Analysis
Research Track
Xiaokai Rong The University of Texas at Dallas, Aashish Yadavally University of Central Florida, Tien N. Nguyen University of Texas at Dallas
Pre-print
15:00
15m
Talk
Reducing False Positives in Static Bug Detection with LLMs: An Empirical Study in Industry
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Xueying Du Fudan University, Jiayi Feng Fudan University, Yi Zou Fudan University, Wei Xu Tencent, Jie Ma Tencent, Wei Zhang Tencent, Sisi Liu Tencent, Xin Peng Fudan University, Yiling Lou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
15:15
15m
Talk
CASCADE: LLM-powered JavaScript Deobfuscator at Google
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Shan Jiang UT Austin, Pranoy Kovuri Google, David Tao Google, Zhixun Tan Google