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JAWs 2026Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) 2026
We extended the deadline to Sunday, January 25th to give additional time to early present new ideas
The dramatic acceleration of technology challenges research dissemination as never before. The timely visibility of the emerging results has never been so critical to sustain innovation and progress.
The JAWs workshop offers the possibility of promptly presenting ideas at an early stage, and timely publishing the well-refined results in a TOP SE journal. We welcome papers that present groundbreaking ideas at an early development stage, ask authors to present and discuss the ideas at JAWs, and publish the results in either ACM TOSEM Transactions of Software Engineering and Methodology or IEEE TSE Transactions on Software Engineering once well worked out. The two-step review process, a first review of the groundbreaking idea for JAWs and a second review of the fully worked-out paper for the journal, will give the early visibility that new ideas deserve and a fast review process that excellent journal papers require for an effective dissemination of the results.
The support of ACM TOSEM and IEEE TSE guarantees the suitable dissemination of the results in the long term, and the repetition of the workshop at the main software engineering events will guarantee the continuity of the initiative over time.
Dates
Plenary
Mon 13 AprDisplayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
Mon 13 Apr
Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
08:00 - 17:30 | |||
08:00 9h30mRegistration | ICSE 2026 Registration Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
09:00 - 09:45 | |||
09:00 15mDay opening | Intro by Workshop Chairs Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
09:15 30mKeynote | Keynote Sebastian Uchitel Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
09:45 - 10:30 | |||
09:45 5mTalk | Understanding and Mitigating Library-Related Issues in LLM-Generated Code Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Yacine Majdoub University of Gabes, Rinad Hamid University of Calgary, Canada, Eya Ben Charrada University of Gabes, Ahmad Abdellatif University of Calgary, Haifa Touati IReSCoMath Research Lab, Faculty of Sciences, University Of Gabes, Tunisia | ||
09:50 5mTalk | Magnifying Inefficiency: How LLMs Amplify Performance Anti-Patterns in Mobile Development Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
09:55 5mTalk | BRACE: Unified Benchmarking of Accuracy and Energy for Code Language Models Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Mohammadjavad Mehditabar Dalhousie University, Saurabhsingh Rajput Dalhousie University, Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University Pre-print File Attached | ||
10:00 5mTalk | Learning Model Mutations From Faults in Deep Learning Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Zaheed Ahmed Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Philip Makedonski Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Jens Grabowski Media Attached | ||
10:05 5mTalk | Artificial or Just Artful? Do LLMs Bend the Rules in Programming? Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Oussama Ben Sghaier Queen's University, Kévin Delcourt Université de Montréal, Houari Sahraoui DIRO, Université de Montréal | ||
10:10 5mTalk | Towards Automated User Story Quality Assessment with LLMs: An Empirical Study on Syntactic and Pragmatic QUS Criteria Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Izabella Silva Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS, Emanuel Dantas Filho Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS, Ademar Sousa Neto VIRTUS/UFCG, Mirko Perkusich VIRTUS, Danyllo Albuquerque VIRTUS/UFCG, Kyller Costa Gorgônio Federal University of Campina Grande, Angelo Percusich Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS | ||
10:15 5mTalk | MARS: Few-Shot Android Malware Detection with RAG-Enhanced LLMs Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Guangquan Xu School of Cybersecurity, Tianjin University, Minhong Dong School of Cybersecurity, Tianjin University, Qi Guo Tianjin University, Hongpeng Bai School of Cybersecurity, Tianjin University, Yao Zhang Tianjin University, Ruitao Feng Southern Cross University, Wenying He Hebei University of Technology, Yude Bai Tianjin University, Ji Zhang University of Southern Queensland | ||
10:20 5mTalk | A Closer Look at the Malicious Pre-Trained Models on Hugging Face Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Junwei Zhang Zhejiang University, Xing Hu Zhejiang University, Xin Xia Zhejiang University, David Lo Singapore Management University, Shanping Li Zhejiang University | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | Monday Morning BreakCatering at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) This break will provide an opportunity for networking and relaxation between sessions. | ||
10:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | |||
11:00 5mTalk | AgentHub: A Registry for Discoverable, Verifiable, and Reproducible AI Agents Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Erik Pautsch Loyola University Chicago, Tanmay Singla Purdue University, Parv Kumar Purdue University, Wenxin Jiang Socket, Huiyun Peng Purdue University, Behnaz Hassanshahi Oracle, Konstantin Läufer Loyola University Chicago, George K. Thiruvathukal Loyola University Chicago, James C. Davis Purdue University Pre-print | ||
11:05 5mTalk | User Misconceptions of LLM-Based Conversational Programming Assistants Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Gabrielle O'Brien University of Michigan, Antonio Pedro Santos Alves Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Sebastian Baltes Heidelberg University, Grischa Liebel Reykjavik University, Mircea Lungu IT University, Copenhagen, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) | ||
11:10 5mTalk | On the Impact of AGENTS.md Files on the Efficiency of AI Coding Agents Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Jai Lal Lulla Singapore Management University, Seyedmoein Mohsenimofidi Heidelberg University, Matthias Galster University of Canterbury, Jie M. Zhang King's College London, Sebastian Baltes Heidelberg University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University | ||
11:15 5mTalk | Demystifying the Lifecycle of Failures in Platform-Orchestrated Agentic Workflows Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Xuyan Ma Institute of Software Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiaofei Xie Singapore Management University, Yawen Wang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Junjie Wang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Boyu Wu Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Mingyang Li Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qing Wang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences | ||
11:20 5mTalk | Towards a Characterization of Microservice Architectures Generated by Large Language Models Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Renan Alves VIRTUS/UFCG, Federal University of Campina Grande, Ademar Sousa Neto VIRTUS/UFCG, Emanuel Dantas Filho Federal University of Campina Grande - ISE/VIRTUS, Danyllo Albuquerque VIRTUS/UFCG, Mirko Perkusich VIRTUS, Kyller Costa Gorgônio Federal University of Campina Grande, Angelo Perkusich VIRTUS/UFCG | ||
11:25 5mTalk | Beyond Local Code Optimization: Multi-Agent Reasoning for Software System Optimization Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Huiyun Peng Purdue University, Parth Vinod Patil Purdue University, Antonio Zhong Qiu Purdue University, George K. Thiruvathukal Loyola University Chicago, James C. Davis Purdue University Pre-print | ||
11:30 5mTalk | SciFlowgent: Agentic AI Support for Developing Scientific Workflows Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Khairul Alam University of Saskatchewan, Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan | ||
11:35 5mTalk | Automated Orchestration for LLM-Based Multi-Agent Systems: Challenges and Opportunities Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
11:40 5mTalk | Silent Reliance or Diligent Review? Human-Agent Engagement and Interaction Patterns in GitHub Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Ziyou Li Delft University of Technology, Răzvan Mihai Popescu Delft University of Technology, Mali Izadi TU Delft | ||
11:45 5mTalk | Toward Agentic Code Review: Reimagining the Process in the AI Era Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Hüseyin Özgür Kamalı Ankara University, Vahid Haratian Bilkent Univeristy, Erdem Tuna Bilkent University, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University | ||
11:50 30mPanel | (Fishbowl) Panel: AI4SE Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
12:20 10mTalk | Selection of Full Presentations Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | Monday LunchCatering at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) Lunch time with a variety of meal options available for attendees, including vegetarian choices. This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to enjoy a meal while networking with colleagues and discussing the day’s events. | ||
12:30 90mLunch | Lunch Catering | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 5mTalk | Testing the Untrusted: An Empirical Study of Custom Model Codes in Model-Sharing Platforms Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Mohammed Latif Siddiq University of Notre Dame, Beatrice Casey University of Notre Dame, Joanna C. S. Santos University of Notre Dame | ||
14:05 5mTalk | Towards the Systematic Testing of Regular Expression Engines Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Pre-print | ||
14:10 5mTalk | Rethinking Automated Testing for LLM-Based Systems Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Domenico Amalfitano University of Naples Federico II, Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Antonia Bertolino Gran Sasso Science Institute, Ricardo Caldas Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy | ||
14:15 5mTalk | CONGRAD: Controllable Scenario Generation for Autonomous Driving Systems via Gradient-Guided Falsification Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Shuncheng Tang University of Science and Technology of China, Lejin Li Kyushu University, Deyun Lyu National Institute of Informatics, Yinxing Xue Institute of AI for Industries, Chinese Academy of Sciences , Zhenya Zhang Kyushu University, Paolo Arcaini National Institute of Informatics | ||
14:20 5mTalk | Persuasion-guided Automated Testing for Harmful Content Degeneration in Large Language Models Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Francesco Renato Negri Politecnico di Milano, Simone Corbo , Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Matteo Camilli Politecnico di Milano | ||
14:25 5mTalk | On-Demand Performance Regression Detection with Test Selection and Amplification Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Antonio Trovato University of Salerno, Luana Martins University of Salerno, Daniele Fabiano University of Salerno, Daniele Di Pompeo University of L'Aquila, Michele Tucci University of L'Aquila, Dario Di Nucci University of Salerno | ||
14:30 5mTalk | The Intelligent Sidecar: Injecting Semantic Guidance into Smart Contract Fuzzing Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Xin Li The University of Tokyo, Yuheng Huang The University of Tokyo, Andy M. Lee Mamori, Lei Ma The University of Tokyo & University of Alberta | ||
14:35 5mTalk | A Roadmap for Quantum Program Analysis: From Classical to Quantum Challenges Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Shangzhou Xia Kyushu University, Junjie Luo Kyushu University, Qiming Li Kyushu University, Xiaoyu Guo Kyushu University, Minqi Shao Kyushu University, Qichen Wang Kyushu University, Chunkai Chen Kyushu University, Jianjun Zhao Kyushu University | ||
14:40 5mTalk | APIfying COBOL Monoliths: Static Analysis with Pattern-Based Call Simplification Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Vini Kanvar IBM Research, Ashwin Dhinesh Kumar IBM Research, USA, Srikanth G. Tamilselvam IBM India Research Lab, Keerthi Narayan Raghunath IBM, India | ||
14:45 5mTalk | Automated Proof-of-Concept Generation for Software Vulnerabilities: A Survey Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Minglang Li University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Jiongchi Yu Singapore Management University, Xinfeng Li Nanyang Technological University | ||
14:50 30mPanel | Panel Discussion: Software Testing and Analysis Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
15:20 10mAwards | Selection of award presentations Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
15:30 - 16:00 | Monday Afternoon BreakCatering at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) Afternoon Break with a variety of beverages and snacks available for attendees. This break will provide an opportunity for networking and relaxation between sessions. | ||
15:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | |||
16:00 5mTalk | A Survey on AI-enabled Software Logging From Generation to Intelligent Analysis of Software Logs Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Cong Wang Zhejiang University, China, Yaowei Sun Tianjin University of Science and Technology, xinguohua Tianjin University, Jiongchi Yu Singapore Management University, Guangquan Xu School of Cybersecurity, Tianjin University | ||
16:05 5mTalk | Towards a Benchmark for Dependency Decision-Making Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Tanmay Singla Purdue University, Berk Çakar Purdue University, Paschal Amusuo Purdue University, James C. Davis Purdue University Pre-print | ||
16:10 5mTalk | A UX Perspective on the Role of Code Search in Mitigating Divergences in Software Design Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Sofia Orellano Abal University of Falmouth, Ketai Qiu USI Università della Svizzera Italiana, Chengcheng Qu University of Falmouth, Luca Di Grazia University of St. Gallen | ||
16:15 5mTalk | Post-Velocity Software Engineering: When Change Throughput Outruns Assurance Capacity Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Alessio Bucaioni Mälardalen University | ||
16:20 5mTalk | Automated Refinement of Behaviour Abstractions with Inferred Assertions Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Nazareno Aguirre University of Rio Cuarto/CONICET, Argentina, and Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, China, Diego Garbervetsky Departamento de Computación, FCEyN, UBA, Sebastian Uchitel Universidad de Buenos Aires / Imperial College, Tao Yue Beihang University, Man Zhang Beihang University, China | ||
16:25 5mTalk | Advances in Software Metrics Thresholds Definition - a Rigorous Statistical Approach Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Diego Gonçalves Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Kecia Ferreira Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais, Guilherme Oliveira Federal Center for Technological Education of Minas Gerais | ||
16:30 5mTalk | Characterizing Software Leadership: A Mixed-Methods Approach from Social Media to Industry Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Murilo Coelho Universidade Estadual do Ceará, Denivan Campos University of Molise, Italy, Mariana Maia Bezerra Atlântico Institute, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Allysson Allex Araújo Federal University of Cariri, Sávio Freire Federal Institute of Ceará | ||
16:35 5mTalk | Can You Help Me? An Uncertainty-Aware Self-Adaptive Delegation Approach Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Matheus Chagas State University of Ceará, Lucas Alves State University of Ceara, Brazil, Paulo Maia State University of Ceará, Andrea Zisman The Open University | ||
16:40 5mTalk | QLM: CodeQL Query Synthesis with Compositional PoC Validation Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) weigang he University of Technology Sydney, Xiao Cheng Macquarie University, Shuangxiang Kan UNSW, Wei Li UNSW Sydney, Xingrui Yu CFAR, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Ivor Tsang CFAR, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Yulei Sui University of New South Wales | ||
16:45 5mTalk | Revisiting Code Clone Genealogies: A New Taxonomy Based on Developer Actions Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Denis Sousa State University of Ceara, Brazil, Italo Uchoa State University of Ceará, Thiago Lima State University of Ceara, Brazil, Matheus Paixao State University of Ceará, Chaiyong Rakhitwetsagul Mahidol University, Thailand | ||
16:50 5mTalk | IDEX: LLM-Guided Debug for Semantic Mismatch in Text Corpora Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Shihao Weng Nanjing University, Yang Feng Nanjing University, Yining Yin Nanjing University, Yuan Yao Nanjing University, Jia Liu Nanjing University, Zhihong Zhao Nanjing University | ||
16:55 25mAwards | Award paper presentation Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
17:20 10mDay closing | Closing Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
20:00 - 23:00 | Social Event for Co-located ConferencesSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Rio Scenarium Co-located event participants are invited to join us at Rio Scenarium for an informal evening with live Brazilian music, food, drinks, and great company in the heart of Lapa, a traditional samba region in Rio. Buses depart from the conference venue starting at 18:00. | ||
20:00 3hDinner | Social Event for Co-located Conferences Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
Tue 14 AprDisplayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
Tue 14 Apr
Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change
08:00 - 17:30 | Tuesday Quiet RoomSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Capri V Quiet Room for you to relax or work in a peaceful environment during ICSE 2026. | ||
08:00 9h30mOther | Quiet Room Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
08:00 - 19:00 | Tuesday RegistrationSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Main Entrance Registration for ICSE 2026. | ||
08:00 11hRegistration | ICSE 2026 Registration Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
09:00 - 10:35 | |||
09:00 15mKeynote | TOSEM paper presentation: Li Ge Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
09:15 30mAwards | TOSEM Award paper – Mike Papadakis Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
09:45 30mAwards | Award Presentation 2 Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
10:15 20mAwards | Award Presentation 3 Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
09:00 - 12:30 | Tuesday Morning Child CareSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Ibiza III Child Care services available during ICSE 2026 to support attendees with children. | ||
09:00 3h30mOther | Child Care Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
10:30 - 11:00 | Tuesday Morning BreakCatering at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) This break will provide an opportunity for networking and relaxation between sessions. | ||
10:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
11:00 - 12:30 | |||
11:00 5mTalk | Fixing Less by Preventing More: Semantic Checklists for Robust Code Translation Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Penghao Jiang University of New South Wales, Ruijun Feng University of New South Wales, Xiao Cheng Macquarie University, Jiaojiao Jiang University of New South Wales, Yulei Sui University of New South Wales | ||
11:05 5mTalk | Executable but Not Reproducible? An Empirical Study of Code Clone Detection Tools Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Palash Ranjan Roy University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan | ||
11:10 5mTalk | ARMS: A Vision for Actor Reputation Metric Systems in the Open-Source Software Supply Chain Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Kelechi G. Kalu Purdue University, Sofia Okorafor Purdue University, Betül Durak Microsoft Research, Kim Laine Microsoft Research, Redmond, Radames Cruz Moreno Microsoft Research, Santiago Torres-Arias Purdue University, James C. Davis Purdue University Pre-print | ||
11:15 5mTalk | Practitioners’ Experiences and Expectations about Software Sustainability in Industry: A Semi-Structured Interview Study Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Jennifer Gross Uppsala University, Aaliyah Chang Queen's University, Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada, Sofia Ouhbi Uppsala University, Tobias Wrigstad Uppsala University | ||
11:20 5mTalk | Compartmentalization-Aware Automated Program Repair Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Jia Hu The University of Manchester, Youcheng Sun MBZUAI, Pierre Olivier The University of Manchester | ||
11:25 5mTalk | Code Comprehension Beyond Best Practices: Exploring the Developer Cognitive Spectrum Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Faith Culas University of Auckland, Reid Holmes University of British Columbia, Thomas Fritz University of Zurich, Priyanka Dhopade University of Auckland, Kelly Blincoe University of Auckland | ||
11:30 5mTalk | Search-Based Evolutionary Data Pruning for Class-Level Code Summarization Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Joseph Call William & Mary, Daniele Bifolco University of Sannio, Massimiliano Di Penta University of Sannio, Italy, Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA | ||
11:35 5mTalk | Are We Building on Unreliable Ground? A Case Study on Unresolvable Pairs in Learning-based Code Repair Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Shihao Weng Nanjing University, Yang Feng Nanjing University, xinguohua Tianjin University, Zhenlun Zhang Nanjing University, Yining Yin Nanjing University, Jia Liu Nanjing University | ||
11:40 5mTalk | Operationalizing Research Software for Supply Chain Security Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Kelechi G. Kalu Purdue University, Soham Rattan Purdue University, Taylor R. Schorlemmer Purdue University, George K. Thiruvathukal Loyola University Chicago, Jeff Carver University of Alabama, James C. Davis Purdue University Pre-print | ||
11:45 5mTalk | Static and Semantic Program Slicing for Quantum Programs Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Hakam W. Alomari Miami University | ||
11:50 5mTalk | ScannerTrap: Benchmarking the Robustness of Web Vulnerability Scanners in Complex Application Environments Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Weizhe Wang Tianjin University, Yao Zhang Tianjin University, Hao Liu QAX Technology Group Inc, Shuai Hu State Grid Xinjiang Electric Power Research Institute, Guangquan Xu School of Cybersecurity, Tianjin University, Bin Wu Tianjin University | ||
11:55 25mPanel | Panel Discussion: Repair, Evolution, Comprehension, and Security Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
12:20 10mAwards | Selection of award presentations Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
12:30 - 14:00 | Tuesday LunchCatering at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) Lunch time with a variety of meal options available for attendees, including vegetarian choices. This session will provide an opportunity for attendees to enjoy a meal while networking with colleagues and discussing the day’s events. | ||
12:30 90mLunch | Lunch Catering | ||
14:00 - 15:30 | |||
14:00 5mTalk | Is Architecting Still a Human Activity? Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Domenico Amalfitano University of Naples Federico II, Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy | ||
14:05 5mTalk | FormIDEAble: Safe and Socially-aware Autonomous Systems Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Amel Bennaceur The Open University, UK, Marcello M. Bersani Politecnico di Milano, Carlos Gavidia-Calderon The Alan Turing Institute, Anastasia Kordoni Lancaster University (UK), Mark Levine Lancaster University, Bashar Nuseibeh The Open University, UK; Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland, Matteo Rossi Politecnico di Milano | ||
14:10 5mTalk | The Runtime Dimension of Ethics in Self-Adaptive Systems Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Gianluca Filippone Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Mashal Afzal Memon University of L’Aquila, Italy, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy | ||
14:15 5mTalk | Evaluating RE Practices for Explainability: Synthesizing Insights from Daimler Truck into an Explainable RE Framework Proposal Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Umm-e Habiba Technical University of Munich, Lucas Mauser Daimler Truck AG / Technical University of Munich, Jonas Fritzsch University of Stuttgart, Institute of Software Engineering, Justus Bogner Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Stefan Wagner Technical University of Munich | ||
14:20 5mTalk | Bridging AI Ethics and Requirements Engineering in Healthcare: Triangulating Evidence from Literature, Experts, and Online Communities Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Yutan Huang Monash University, Chetan Arora Monash University, Anuradha Madugalla Deakin University, School of IT, Australia, Tanjila Kanij , Fanyu Wang Monash University, John Grundy Monash University | ||
14:25 5mTalk | Future of Agile: A Multiple-Case Study of AI-Native Software Development Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
14:30 5mTalk | Weaponizing the Commons: A Taxonomy and Detection Framework of Abuse on GitHub Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Yuli Cheng Xi'an Jiaotong University: Xi'an, Shaanxi, CN, Xiaoyu Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Jiongchi Yu Singapore Management University, Shiqing Ma University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Chao Shen Xi’an Jiaotong University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University | ||
14:35 5mTalk | Do Socially Close Developers Clone More? Tracing the Link Between Collaboration and Duplication Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Palash Ranjan Roy University of Saskatchewan, Zixian Zhang School of Computer Science, University of Galway, Julita Vassileva University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Takfarinas Saber University of Galway | ||
14:40 5mTalk | OpenART: Manuscript-Driven Support for Promoting Executability of Software Engineering Artifacts Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Al Muttakin University of Saskatchewan, Saikat Mondal University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan | ||
14:45 5mTalk | From Generic to Personalized: Exploring Persona-Aware Code Review Explanations Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Shamse Tasnim Cynthia University of Saskatchewan, Ratnadira Widyasari Singapore Management University, Singapore, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Italo Santos University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, David Lo Singapore Management University | ||
14:50 5mTalk | From Copy-Paste to Correct: Governing the Transfer of Software Practices Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) Ajmain Inqiad Alam University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Kevin Schneider University of Saskatchewan | ||
14:55 25mPanel | Panel Discussion: Human and Social Factors Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
15:20 10mAwards | Selection of the award presentations Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
14:00 - 17:00 | Tuesday Afternoon Child CareSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Ibiza III Child Care services available during ICSE 2026 to support attendees with children. | ||
14:00 3hOther | Child Care Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
15:30 - 16:00 | Tuesday Afternoon BreakCatering at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) Afternoon Break with a variety of beverages and snacks available for attendees. This break will provide an opportunity for networking and relaxation between sessions. | ||
15:30 30mCoffee break | Break Catering | ||
16:00 - 17:30 | |||
16:00 20mAwards | Award presentation 4 Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
16:20 20mAwards | Award presentation 5 Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
16:40 20mAwards | Award presentation 6 Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
17:00 20mAwards | Award presentation 7 Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
17:20 10mDay closing | Final Remarks Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) | ||
18:00 - 22:00 | ICSE Steering Committee MeetingMeetings and BOF Events at Capri IV Dinner will be included for members. | ||
18:00 4hMeeting | ICSE Steering Committee Meeting Meetings and BOF Events | ||
19:00 - 21:00 | ICSE ReceptionSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Catering and Exhibition Hall (Europa I to IV) A reception for all attendees to network and socialize. Join us for an evening of fun and connection at ICSE 2026! | ||
19:00 2hMeeting | ICSE Reception Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
19:00 - 21:00 | ICSE Newcomer ReceptionSocial, Networking and Special Rooms at Europa II A special reception to welcome newcomers to ICSE 2026. Join us for an evening of networking and fun! | ||
19:00 2hMeeting | ICSE Newcomer Reception Social, Networking and Special Rooms | ||
Accepted Papers
Call for Papers
LATEST NEWS: We extend the submission deadline to Sunday 25th, to give additional opportunities to early present new ideas
We will invite the authors of all submitted papers to join the workshop. The reviewers will select the presentations and the invitations to submit to the journals.
The recent acceleration of the ever-fast-moving software engineering research demands fast presentation and publication of new results. It is important to timely present and publish them in reputable venues. Journal Ahead Workshop (JAWs) ensures the timely publication of thoroughly reviewed, groundbreaking ideas in software engineering.
JAWs offers a forum to researchers and practitioners to present and discuss ground-breaking ideas as soon as they are available, and quickly publish them in top journals as soon as they mature. The authors of JAW’s papers will present and discuss their cutting-edge results submitted in January 2026, at the workshop in April 2026, and will be invited to submit an extended version of the paper to either ACM TOSEM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology or IEEE TSE Transactions on Software Engineering by September 2026, to get their paper reviewed within three months from the submission, and timpely published, when accepted.
Submissions
We solicit both full papers with no more than eight pages not including bibliography and short papers with no more than four pages not including bibliography in PDF format and conform, at time of submission, to the official “ACM Primary Article Template”, which can be obtained from the ACM Proceedings Template page. LaTeX users should use the sigconf option, as well as the review (to produce line numbers for easy reference by the reviewers) options. To that end, the following LaTeX code can be placed at the start of the LaTeX document:
\documentclass[sigconf,review]{acmart}
Submissions should be single-anonymous since they are meant for TOSEM and TSE. There is no need to hide author names and affiliations in the submissions.
Topics of Interest
We welcome papers that discuss challenges to software engineering research in all areas indicated in the charter of ACM TOSEM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology or IEEE TSE Transactions on Software Engineering. A preliminary list of topics that we expect to complete with the contribution of the submitted papers includes, but is not limited to:
- AI for software engineering
- Software engineering for AI
- Software engineering by and for humans
- Sustainable software engineering
- Satisfiability in software engineering
- Software quality with automated programming
- Software security analysis
- Software supply chain
- Engineering software for edge computing
- Quantum software engineering
Review process
All papers will be reviewed with the ACM TOSEM and IEEE TSE single blind review process: The organizer (the ACM TOSEM and IEEE TSE Editors in Chief) will assign each paper to ACM TOSEM or IEEE TSE editors, who will review the paper, and will make a recommendation for both a workshop presentation and an invitation to submit an extended version to TOSEM / TSE. The program committee will decide for acceptance in a virtual committee meeting.
The authors of the accepted papers will be invited to present and discuss their papers at the workshop, and will be invited to extend their papers for either ACM TOSEM or IEEE TSE. All extended papers will be reviewed for either ACM TOSEM or IEEE TSE. The paper submitted by September 30th, 2026, will be reviewed within 90 days to offer the possibility of a timely publication of novel results.
Important Dates AoE (UTC-12h)
| Tue 14 Apr 2026 Workshop Date |
| Mon 13 Apr 2026 Workshop Date |
| Mon 2 Mar 2026 Notification of acceptance and invitation to submit an extened version to eiter ACM TOSEM or IEEE TSE |
| Sun 25 Jan 2026 Extended Submission Deadline |
| Fri 16 Jan 2026 Submission deadline |
Submission Link
Silvia Abrahão
Universitat Politècnica de València
Spain
Bram Adams
Queen's University
Canada
Aldeida Aleti
Monash University
Australia
Shaukat Ali
Simula Research Laboratory and Oslo Metropolitan University
Norway
Dalal Alrajeh
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Gabriele Bavota
Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana
Switzerland
Paulo Borba
Federal University of Pernambuco
Brazil
Yuriy Brun
University of Massachusetts
United States
Marcel Böhme
MPI for Security and Privacy
Germany
Cristian Cadar
Imperial College London
United Kingdom
Ana Cavalcanti
University of York
United Kingdom
Sudipta Chattopadhyay
Singapore University of Technology and Design
Tayana Conte
Universidade Federal do Amazonas
Brazil
Giovanni Denaro
University of Milano - Bicocca
Gordon Fraser
University of Passau
Joshua Garcia
University of California, Irvine
United States
Esther Guerra
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spain
Jin L.C. Guo
McGill University
Canada
Lingxiao Jiang
Singapore Management University
Singapore
Eunsuk Kang
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
Maria Kechagia
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece
Foutse Khomh
Polytechnique Montréal
Canada
Claire Le Goues
Carnegie Mellon University
Michael Lyu
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shane McIntosh
University of Waterloo
Canada
Collin McMillan
University of Notre Dame
Claudio Menghi
University of Bergamo; McMaster University
Italy
Raffaela Mirandola
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
Germany
Ipek Ozkaya
Carnegie Mellon University
United States
Birgit Penzenstadler
Chalmers Tekniska Högskola and Gothenburg University and Lappenranta University of Technology
United States
Denys Poshyvanyk
William & Mary
Rahul Purandare
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
United States
Mehrdad Sabetzadeh
University of Ottawa
Canada
Giuseppe Scanniello
University of Salerno
Italy
Bonita Sharif
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA
United States
Yulei Sui
University of New South Wales
Australia
Shin Hwei Tan
Concordia University
Canada
Kla Tantithamthavorn
Monash University
Australia
Nikolaos Tsantalis
Concordia University
Canada
Manuel Wimmer
JKU Linz
Austria
Tao Yue
Beihang University
China
Andy Zaidman
TU Delft
Netherlands
Charles Zhang
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
China
Dongmei Zhang
Microsoft
China
Lingming Zhang
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States
Tao Zhang
Macau University of Science and Technology
Macao SAR China
Xiangyu Zhang
Purdue University
United States
Hao Zhong
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
China
Minghui Zhou
Peking University
China
Andrea Zisman
The Open University