ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Wed 15 Apr 2026 11:00 - 11:15 at Oceania IX - Testing and Analysis 1

Fixing memory leaks in software is crucial to improving system efficiency, reliability, and stability. Nevertheless, manually fixing memory leaks is not only time-consuming but also error-prone. Recent research has proposed program repair techniques to fix memory leaks automatically. However, a common limitation of prior techniques is that they cannot tackle memory leaks in binary code. Given the huge popularity of binary code, it is highly necessary to fix its hidden memory leaks. To this end, this paper presents BFix, the first-ever binary-level memory-leak fixing tool. BFix creates effective binary analysis techniques to overcome the unique technical challenges of automatically and safely fixing memory leaks in binaries. Our experiments show that BFix can achieve promising fixing effectiveness and efficiency, comparable to state-of-the-art source-level fixing tools. Meanwhile, it has a negligible impact on binary code size and performance.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Wed 15 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
15m
Talk
BFix: Automated Safe Memory-Leak Fixing for Binary Code
Research Track
Wen Zhang University of Georgia, Botang Xiao University of Georgia, Qingchen Kong University of Georgia, Boyang Yi University of Georgia, Suxin Ji University of Georgia, USA, Yage Hu University of Georgia, Songlan Wang University of Georgia, Wenwen Wang University of Georgia
11:15
15m
Talk
Learning without Forgetting: Towards Continual learning of Fault Localization Models in Industrial Software Systems
Research Track
Chun Li Nanjing University, Hui Li Samsung Electronics (China) R&D Centre, Zhong Li Nanjing University, Minxue Pan Nanjing University, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
11:30
15m
Talk
Memory-Efficient Large Language Models for Program Repair with Semantic-Guided Patch Generation
Research Track
Le-Cong Thanh The University of Melbourne, Xuan-Bach D. Le University of Melbourne, Toby Murray University of Melbourne
11:45
15m
Talk
Addressing Test Flakiness: Practical Approaches in a Database-Reliant Industrial System
SE In Practice (SEIP)
George Vegelien Delft University of Technology, Carolin Brandt Delft University of Technology, Bas Graaf Exact, Arie van Deursen TU Delft
Pre-print
12:00
15m
Talk
XTrace: A Non-Invasive Dynamic Tracing Framework for Android Applications in Production
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Qi Hu ByteDance, Jiangchao Liu ByteDance, Lin Zhang ByteDance, Edward Jiang ByteDance, Xin Yu ByteDance
12:15
15m
Talk
Delta Debugging for LLM-integrated Systems
SE In Practice (SEIP)
Hao-Nan Zhu University of California, Davis, Muhammad Numair Mansur Amazon Web Services, Martin Schäf Amazon Web Services, Zeya Chen Amazon Web Services, Tancrède Lepoint Amazon, Willem Visser Amazon Web Services