Xiaofan Chen has fairly eclectic research interests covering many areas associated with the design and development of software systems. She has particular interests in:

Research |Current

  • Software engineering, particularly software traceability tools and methodologies
  • Software engineering education
  • Cloud-based simulation and data management services
  • Data visualization tools and methodologies
  • Big data analysis for application areas
  • Adaptive, multi-device user interfaces
  • Aspect-oriented software engineering
  • Human-computer interaction
  • Big data processing
  • Data relevance

Research Projects|2009 - Current

  • Current project: Integrating Requirements Engineering education into undergraduate courses
  • Software process and product improvement – Software traceability; Foundation for Research, Science, and Technology (FRST), New Zealand; 2007—2013, Research Participant
  • Safeguarding end-user military software – Software traceability; Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR), USA; $3,955,290; 2010-2014; Research Participant
  • Collaborative research: Variations to support exploratory programming – Developer profiles; NSF grants: IIS-1314365 & CCF-1253786, USA; $857,156 (IIS), $5000,000(CCF); 2013—2018; Research Participant