ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Fri 17 Apr 2026 14:00 - 14:15 at Europa II - AI for Software Engineering 25 Chair(s): Daniel Feitosa

When developers change source code, related artifacts like documentation and tests often become outdated, creating inconsistencies that are difficult to fix manually. We introduce ArtifactSync, a tool that leverages Large Language Models (LLMs) for automated cross-artifact consistency maintenance. LLMs are uniquely suited for this task because they can understand semantic relationships across diverse artifact types, such as code, documentation, and tests that traditional static analysis cannot capture. ArtifactSync performs change impact analysis using a hierarchical approach that starts by scanning file names and progressively “zooms in” on uncertain files, requesting more detailed context only when necessary. This targeted change impact analysis makes the evaluation of large repositories both feasible and cost-effective. ArtifactSync is implemented as both a command-line tool and an interactive VS Code extension. Within the editor, it presents each detected inconsistency with a clear explanation and an actionable fix that developers can apply directly. Our preliminary evaluation across two open-source repositories shows that ArtifactSync achieved up to 100% accuracy in both identifying impacted artifacts and generating corresponding fixes. A demonstration is available at https://youtu.be/AfLe_I_OnA0 and the tool at https://github.com/Alor-e/artifact-sync.

Fri 17 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

14:00 - 15:30
AI for Software Engineering 25Journal-first Papers / Research Track / New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) / Demonstrations at Europa II
Chair(s): Daniel Feitosa University of Groningen
14:00
15m
Talk
ArtifactSync: Automated Repository Synchronization through Hierarchical Change Impact Analysis
Demonstrations
Ebube Alor Concordia University, João Pedro de Souza Olivo Tardivo Universidade Estadual do Paraná, SayedHassan Khatoonabadi Concordia University, Emad Shihab Concordia University
14:15
15m
Talk
Introducing Phylogenetics in Search-based Software Engineering: Phylogenetics-aware SBSE
Journal-first Papers
Daniel Blasco SVIT Research Group. Universidad San Jorge, Antonio Iglesias Universidad San Jorge, Jorge Echeverria Universidad San Jorge, Francisca Perez Universitat Politècnica de València, Carlos Cetina
14:30
15m
Talk
Automating Terraform Code Migration through Provider Evolution KnowledgeVirtual Attendance
New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER)
Pranjal Gupta IBM Research, Pooja Aggarwal IBM Research, Brent Paulovicks IBM Research, Prateeti Mohapatra IBM Research, Rong Lee IBM Research, Vadim Sheinin IBM Research
14:45
15m
Talk
Replacing Training with Reasoning: Reinterpreting Classic ML Pipelines with LLMs
New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER)
Marco Alecci University of Luxembourg, Jordan Samhi University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg, Jacques Klein University of Luxembourg
15:00
15m
Talk
NB2P: Generating Data Science Pipelines from Computational NotebooksVirtual Attendance
Research Track
Haotian Gao National University of Singapore, Singapore and NUSRI Chongqing, China, Quang Trung Ta National University of Singapore, Tien Tuan Anh Dinh Deakin University, Australia, Nhut Minh Ho National University of Singapore, Zhiyong Huang National University of Singapore, Beng Chin Ooi National University of Singapore, Singapore
Media Attached
15:15
15m
Talk
Multi-Location Software Model Completion
Research Track
Alisa Carla Welter Saarland University, Christof Tinnes Siemens AG, Sven Apel Saarland University