Organizing Committee ICSE 2026

Marcos Kalinowski General Co-Chair

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Brazil

Rafael Prikladnicki General Co-Chair

School of Technology at PUCRS University

Brazil

Sérgio Soares Finance Chair

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brazil

Mira Mezini Program Co-Chair

TU Darmstadt; hessian.AI; National Research Center for Applied Cybersecurity ATHENE

Germany

Thomas Zimmermann Program Co-Chair

University of California, Irvine

United States

Rashina Hoda SE In Practice Co-Chair

Monash University

Australia

Gustavo Pinto SE In Practice Co-Chair

Zup Innovation & UFPA

Brazil

Eduardo Santana de Almeida SE In Society Co-Chair

Federal University of Bahia

Maria Teresa Baldassarre SE In Society Co-Chair

Department of Computer Science, University of Bari

Italy

Tayana Conte SE Education and Training Co-Chair

Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Brazil

Daniel Mendez SE Education and Training Co-Chair

Blekinge Institute of Technology and fortiss

Sweden

Alessandro Garcia New Ideas and Emerging Results Co-Chair

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Carolyn Seaman New Ideas and Emerging Results Co-Chair

University of Maryland Baltimore County

United States

Sabrina Marczak Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair

PUCRS

Brazil

Bogdan Vasilescu Doctoral Symposium Co-Chair

Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Daniela Damian New Faculty Co-Chair

University of Victoria

Canada

Kiev Gama New Faculty Co-Chair

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brazil

Paris Avgeriou Technical Briefings (Tutorials) Co-Chair

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Netherlands

Uirá Kulesza Technical Briefings (Tutorials) Co-Chair

Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte

Brazil

Grace Lewis Demonstration Co-Chair

Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute

United States

Davide Taibi Demonstration Co-Chair

University of Oulu

Finland

Rohit Gheyi Posters Co-Chair

Federal University of Campina Grande

Brazil

Grischa Liebel Posters Co-Chair

Reykjavik University

Iceland

Iftekhar Ahmed Student Research Competition Co-Chair

University of California at Irvine

United States

Wesley Assunção Student Research Competition Co-Chair

North Carolina State University

United States

Victoria Jackson Student Mentoring Workshop Co-Chair

University of Southampton

United Kingdom

Daniel Russo Student Mentoring Workshop Co-Chair

Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University

Denmark

Jonathan Bell Shadow PC Co-Chair

Northeastern University

United States

Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Shadow PC Co-Chair

Chalmers | University of Gothenburg

Sweden

Michael Hilton Shadow PC Co-Chair

Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Christian Kästner Shadow PC Co-Chair

Carnegie Mellon University

Márcio Ribeiro Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair

Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil

Brazil

Christoph Treude Artifact Evaluation Co-Chair

Singapore Management University

Singapore

Ipek Ozkaya Award Co-Chair

Carnegie Mellon University

United States

Stefan Wagner Award Co-Chair

Technical University of Munich

Germany

Filippo Lanubile Most Influential Paper Co-Chair

University of Bari

Italy

Willem Visser Most Influential Paper Co-Chair

Stellenbosch University

South Africa

Filipe Cogo Industry Challenge Co-Chair

Centre for Software Excellence, Huawei Canada

Canada

Henry Muccini Industry Challenge Co-Chair

University of L'Aquila, Italy

Italy

Valentina Lenarduzzi Journal First Co-Chair

University of Southern Denmark and University of Oulu

Denmark

Marco Tulio Valente Journal First Co-Chair

Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil

André van der Hoek Future of SE Co-Chair

University of California, Irvine

United States

Margaret-Anne Storey Future of SE Co-Chair

University of Victoria

Sheila Reinehr Newcomers Co-Chair

Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná (PUCPR)

Brazil

Bonita Sharif Newcomers Co-Chair

University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA

United States

Marcio Eduardo Delamaro South America Showcase Track Co-Chair

Universidade de São Paulo

Brazil

kelly Garces Pernett South America Showcase Track Co-Chair

Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá, Colombia

Colombia

Ivan Machado South America Showcase Track Co-Chair

Federal University of Bahia - UFBA

Brazil

José Carlos Maldonado Sponsorship Co-Chair

Loggi Tecnologia and University of São Paulo - USP and

Brazil

Edward Monteiro Sponsorship Co-Chair

StackSpot

Brazil

Tulio Ribeiro Sponsorship Co-Chair

Lanx Capital

Allysson Allex Araújo Proceedings Co-Chair

Federal University of Cariri

Brazil

Edna Dias Canedo Proceedings Co-Chair

Computer Science Department - University of Brasília

Brazil

Mairieli Wessel Proceedings Co-Chair

Radboud University

Netherlands

Breno de França Registration Co-Chair

UNICAMP

Brazil

Patrícia G. F. Matsubara Registration Co-Chair

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Brazil

Marcela Fabiana Genero Bocco Sustainability Co-chair

University of Castilla-La Mancha

Spain

Rick Kazman Sustainability Co-chair

University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Bianca Trinkenreich Virtualization Co-Chair

Colorado State University

United States

Fabio Calefato Virtualization Co-Chair

University of Bari

Italy

Kelly Blincoe Publicity Co-Chair

University of Auckland

New Zealand

Leonardo Murta Publicity Co-Chair

Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)

Brazil

Miroslaw Staron Publicity Co-Chair

Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Sweden

Souti Chattopadhyay Student Volunteer Co-Chair

University of Southern California

United States

Fernanda Madeiral Student Volunteer Co-Chair

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Brazil

Davi Viana Student Volunteer Co-Chair

Federal University of Maranhão

Brazil

Marco Gerosa Co-Located Events co-Chair

Northern Arizona University

United States

Anita Sarma Co-Located Events co-Chair

Oregon State University

United States

Cleidson de Souza Co-Located Events co-Chair

Universidade Federal do Pará

Brazil

Antonia Bertolino Workshops Co-Chair

Gran Sasso Science Institute

Italy

Rodrigo Santos Workshops Co-Chair

UNIRIO

Brazil

Karina Kohl Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Co-Chair

Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul

Brazil

Alexander Serebrenik Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Co-Chair

Eindhoven University of Technology

Netherlands

Adolfo Neto Social Media Co-Chair

Federal University of Technology - Paraná

Brazil

Ronnie de Souza Santos Social Media Co-Chair

University of Calgary

Canada

Antonio Pedro Santos Alves Web Co-Chair

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Awdren Fontão Web Co-Chair

Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul (UFMS)

Brazil

Paloma Guenes Web Co-Chair

Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)

Brazil