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Xiao-Kai Rong

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Preprint Aug 2026

Post-Hoc Attention Steering of Large Language Models for Robust Code Understanding under Obfuscation

This work proposes CodeSteer, a novel attention steering approach that reallocates model attention toward semantically relevant program elements, including backward slices for output prediction and control-flow paths for execution reasoning in large language models.

Xiao-Kai Rong, Aashish Yadavally, Tien N. Nguyen · 0 citations
Open access Aug 2026

On Behavioral Alignment of Model-Code and Human-Code Understandability via Behavioral Proxies

It is demonstrated that semantic self-consistency is a reliable and extensible measure to be used as a behavioral proxy for quantifying model code understandability, with broad implications in both software engineering research and practice.

Xiao-Kai Rong, Aashish Yadavally, Hridya Dhulipala et al. · 0 citations

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