(Incoming) Assistant Professor @ SUTD

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Hi, I am Thanh Le-Cong (Lê Công Thành in Vietnamese).

I am an (incoming) tenure-track Assistant Professor at ISTD Pillar, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), and a third-year Ph.D. student at CIS, advised by Dr. Bach Le and Prof. Toby Murray.

My research focuses on trustworthy automated programming for developing reliable and secure software systems. To this end, I am mainly working on two orthogonal research directions: (i) Understanding and improving the trustworthiness of AI techniques for code synthesis and analysis, especially large language models for code. (ii) Developing AI-driven techniques for automated software debugging, particularly focusing on bug detection and repair. My research has been recognized by Google PhD Fellowship and published at top-tier venues of software engineering (ICSE, FSE, ASE, TOSEM, TSE) and natural language processing (ACL).

📌 I am currently seeking motivated RAs and PhD students, and I am eager to explore new collaborations. If you are interested in working together, please feel free to reach out to me at thanhlc@ieee.org.

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PC Members of ICSE 2027

Happy to serve on the Program Committee of the 49th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2027), the largest conference in software engineering.

Invited Talk at Phenikaa University

Presented my talk on Proactive Security Analysis in Modern Software Systems at Phenikaa University. My sincere thanks to Dr. Trang Mai, Dr. Dieu Vu, and students for their hospitality and engaging discussions.

New Appointment at SUTD

Pleased to share that I will join the ISTD Pillar at Singapore University of Technology and Design as an Assistant Professor this summer. Many thanks everyone for supporting me throughout this journey. .

Accepted Paper by ICSE 2026 - Second Round

Excited to share that our work on ‘How Do Semantically Equivalent Code Transformations Impact Membership Inference on LLMs for Code?’ has been accepted by Research Track of ICSE 2026.

Dec 17, 2025

PhD Completion Seminar

Happy to share that I have presented my PhD completion seminar at The University of Melbourne after three remarkable years. My sincere thanks to Dr. Bach Le and Prof. Toby Murray for their invaluable mentorship, and to my family and friends for their steadfast support. I look forward to the next chapter.

Invited Talk at SUTD

Honored to be giving my talk on ‘Trustworthy Automatic Programming’ at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. Many thanks to faculty members of SUTD for this incredible opportunity and your hospitality and engaging discussions

Nov 7, 2025