Maliha Bintay Zaman

Hi, I'm

Maliha Bintay Zaman

Prospective Graduate Student || Aspiring Researcher || Tech Explorer

I see myself as a lifelong learner. My core interest lies in research and technological advancements that enhance the quality of life across all levels of society. I am particularly passionate about the intersection of Software Engineering and AI-driven automation, aiming to bridge the gap between these domains. Currently, I am deeply intrigued by Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI.


Beyond academics and research, I have a wide range of interests. I love reading, cooking, and dedicating myself wholeheartedly to nurturing my home. At present, I am living in Arlington with my husband, making the most of this phase by exploring and growing.

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Education


Khulna University

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering (2023)

Thesis: Investigating Context-Adaptation Bugs in Micro-clones

Supervisor: Dr. Manishankar Mondal


Govt. Michael Madhusudan College, Jashore

Higher Secondary Certificate (Science)

Passing Year: 2017


Police Line Secondary School, Jashore

Secondary School Certificate (Science)

Passing Year: 2015



Skills


Languages

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Web Technology

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Tools & Platforms

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Operating Systems

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Database

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Experience


Research Assistant

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Khulna University

Project Name: Automation of detection and fixing of context-adaptation bugs in micro-clones

Duration: March, 2022 - December, 2022

Key Responsibilites:

  • Investigate context adaptation bugs for micro-clones and manually analyze them
  • Compare the intensity of context-bugs between regular clones and micro-clones

Industrial Training

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Information, Communication & Technology (ICT) Cell

Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh

Duration: June, 2022

Activities:

  • Training workshops
  • Understanding of networks and system design with real-world implementations


Projects


Homemade Product Market

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Question Bank Simplifier

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Publication

Context-Adaptation Bugs in Micro-Clones

Sayeedi Mottakin, Maliha Bintay Zaman, Dr. Manishankar Mondal, and Atanu Shome

In Proceeding of The 2023 30th Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC), Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2023, pp. 239-248

DOI: 10.1109/APSEC60848.2023.00034

Whenever we copy a code fragment from one place of a code-base and paste it to another place, the pasted fragment might appear to be a buggy fragment if it is not properly adapted to its surrounding code. In such a situation, the bug that is contained in the pasted fragment because of not adapting it to its context is known as a context-adaptation bug (simply, context bug). In this research, we investigate the context adaptation bugs in micro-clones (code clones of at most 4LOC) through analyzing their evolutionary history from thousands of revisions of our subject systems. An existing study has investigated such bugs in regular code clones (code clones of at least 5LOC). However, context bugs in micro-clones have never been studied. If microclones also contain context bugs, automatic support for repairing such bugs in micro-clones is important as well. We automatically identify patterns that indicate fixes of context bugs in microclones, and then analyze and compare the intensity of such bugs in regular and micro-clones. We also identify the vulnerable coding patterns that introduce context-bugs in micro-clones. According to our study on thousands of revisions of five subject systems written in three different programming languages, micro-clones generally have a higher possibility of containing context bugs during evolution compared to regular clones. Making microclones through copy/pasting across different files has a significantly higher tendency of introducing context bugs compared to cloning within the same file. We also realize that Type 1 and Type 3 micro-clones are generally more vulnerable than Type 2 micro-clones. Our findings are important for devising automatic mechanisms for fixing context bugs. We have also identified risky cloning patterns so that programmers can avoid those patterns during coding to minimize context-bugs in micro-clones.



Certificates


  • Investigating Context Adaptation Bugs in Micro Clones – IEEE CS BDC Summer Symposium (June 2022)
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  • Fundamental Data Science – IBM (April 2025)
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