Zhendong Wang received his Ph.D. degree in Software Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, under the supervision of Dr. David Redmiles. His research focuses on leveraging expertise and enhancing software engineering productivity in distributed development practice.

Educuation

• 2018 - 2023 Ph.D. in Software Engineering, University of California, Irvine
• 2016 – 2018 M.S. in Software Engineering, University of California, Irvine
• 2010 – 2014 B.S. in Computer Science and Mathematics, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Experience

• 2022 – Present Software Engineering Researcher, SAP Labs
• 2017 – 2023 Graduate Research Assistant, UCI
• 2017 – 2018 Teaching Assistant, UCI
• 2014 – 2015 Undergraduate Research Fellow, UNL
• 2013 – 2014 Undergraduate Research Assistant, UNL

Selected Publications

• Yisi Han, Zhendong Wang, Yang Feng, Zhihong Zhao, and Yi Wang. “Cross-status Communication and Project Outcomes in OSS Development: A Language Style Matching Perspective.” Empirical Software Engineering 28, no. 3 (2023): 78. [doi]
• Zhendong Wang, Yi-Hung Chou, Kayla Fathi, Tobias Schimmer, Peter Colligan, David Redmiles, and Rafael Prikladnicki. Co-designing for a hybrid workplace experience in software development. IEEE Software, 2022 [doi]
• Zhendong Wang, Yi Wang, and David Redmiles. From specialized mechanics to project butlers: the usage of bots in OSS development. IEEE Software, 2022 [doi]
• Sandeep Kaur Kuttal, Xiaofan Chen, Zhendong Wang, Sogol Balali, and Anita Sarma. Visual Resume: Exploring developers’ online contributions for hiring. Information and Software Technology, 138:106633, 2021
• Zhendong Wang, Yang Feng, Yi Wang, James A. Jones, and David Redmiles. Unveiling Elite Developers’ Activities in Open Source Projects. ACM Trans. Softw. Eng. Methodol., 29(3), June 2020 [doi]
• Zhendong Wang, Yi Wang, and David Redmiles. Competence-confidence gap: A Threat to female developers’ Contribution on GitHub. In 40th International Conference on Software Engineering 2018, Software Engineering in Society, 2018 [doi]
• Anita Sarma, Xiaofan Chen, Sandeep Kuttal, Laura Dabbish, and Zhendong Wang. Hiring in the global stage: Profiles of online contributions. In 2016 IEEE 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering (ICGSE), pages 1–10, Aug 2016 [doi]

Selected Awards

• 2020 Doctoral Symposium, the 28th ACM Joint Meeting on European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering
• 2018 Chair’s Award, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine
• 2016 Best Paper Award, for 11th International Conference on Global Software Engineering, Irvine
• 2013–2014 Nomination of CSE Student Researcher Award, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
• 2012–2014 Partnership Development Program Scholarship, University of Nebraska, Lincoln