ICSME 2026
Mon 14 - Fri 18 September 2026 Benevento, Italy

This program is tentative and subject to change.

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Mon 14 Sep

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19:00 - 21:00
SCAM/VISSOFT Joint DinnerICSME Social Events

Location: La Pampanini 1956, Via San Pasquale 8, Benevento

Informal joint dinner for SCAM, VISSOFT and related co-located events. Event details

The published page specifies the start time only; the 21:00 end time is used as a two-hour scheduling window.

Tue 15 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:00 - 10:30
DS Session 1 - Introduction and Plenary Panel 1Research Papers Track / Catering / Doctoral Symposium at A52S
Chair(s): Andrian Marcus National Science Foundation/George Mason University

Panelists: Michele Lanza, Denys Poshyvanyk, Gregorio Robles, Nicole Novielli

10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Session DS2.1 - Doctoral Student Presentations 1Doctoral Symposium at A52S
Chair(s): Andrian Marcus National Science Foundation/George Mason University
11:00
20m
Paper
Socio-technical and Ethical Dimensions of Architecture Practices in FLOSS
Doctoral Symposium
Sven Thielen Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
11:20
20m
Paper
Governance as a Foundation for Open Source Software Project Sustainability
Doctoral Symposium
Pedro Oliveira RESHAPE LAB, Northern Arizona University, USA
11:40
20m
Paper
A GNN-based framework to asses architectural technical debt
Doctoral Symposium
Matteo Bochicchio University of Milano-Bicocca
12:00
20m
Paper
From Smell Detection to Remediation: Operationalizing Expert Software Maintenance Knowledge in AI-Assisted Workflows
Doctoral Symposium
Kushal Subedi Kennesaw State University
11:00 - 12:30
Session DS2.2 - Doctoral Student Presentations 2Doctoral Symposium at A57S
Chair(s): Nicole Novielli University of Bari
11:00
20m
Paper
Measuring the Security of the Evolving Software Supply Chain: a Research Agenda
Doctoral Symposium
Sarah Meriem Ourari Budapest University of Technology and Economics (BME)
11:20
20m
Paper
Managing the Evolution of GenAI-enabled Software:Towards Effective Generative AI Operations Practices
Doctoral Symposium
Jeevanthi Panawala Blekinge Institute of Technology
11:40
20m
Paper
System Comprehension and Manipulation in XR
Doctoral Symposium
Mattia Giannaccari REVEAL @ Software Institute – USI, Lugano, Switzerland
12:00
20m
Paper
A Machine Learning Approach to Binary Equivalence
Doctoral Symposium
Alix Schultze Victoria University of Wellington
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
DS Session 4 - Share Your ExperiencesResearch Papers Track / Catering / Doctoral Symposium at A52S

Wed 16 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote 1ICSME Plenary Events at Auditorium

Ways to Evolve as a Knowledge Worker in an AI-era. One of them is a Trap!

Anita Sarma, Oregon State University, USA

Keynote abstract and biography

10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Session 3 - Building with Bots: Evolving Software with AITool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track / Research Papers Track / Registered Reports at A51S

Theme: AI-Driven Software Development

11:00
20m
Paper
Verifying Story Continuity During Game Content Evolution with Resource-Annotated Graphs
Industry Track
Ciprian Paduraru Gameloft, and University of Bucharest, Irina Ciocan University of Bucharest, Alin Stefanescu University of Bucharest
11:20
20m
Paper
Diff-Grounded Pull Request Description Generation with Structured Evidence
Research Papers Track
Aryan Miriyala Bowling Green State University, USA, Zachary Goodman Bowling Green State University, Cristian Vasu Bowling Green State University, Abbas Heydarnoori Bowling Green State University
11:40
20m
Paper
CodeChat-Eval: Evaluating LLMs in Multi-Turn Code Refinement Dialogues
Research Papers Track
Aaron Guoxiang Guo Monash University, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University, Yuanyuan Qi Monash University, Neelofar Neelofar Royal Melbourne Institure of Techonlogy (RMIT), Aldeida Aleti Monash University
12:00
10m
Short-paper
TestMiner: Software Testing Analysis for GitHub Repositories
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Andre Hora UFMG, José Miguel Rojas University of Sheffield, Romain Robbes CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, LaBRI
Pre-print
12:10
10m
Short-paper
PSASpotter: A Tool to Detect the Usage of Platform-Specific APIs in Python
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Pre-print
12:20
10m
Paper
Can Immersive DOME Visualization Improve Software Dependency ecosystems Comprehension? An Empirical Experiment
Registered Reports
David Moreno-Lumbreras Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Sergio Montes-León Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Link to publication Pre-print
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2 - AI Under the Microscope: Analytics, Quality & InsightsRegistered Reports / Research Papers Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track at A52S

Theme: AI-Driven Software Development

11:00
20m
Paper
To Copilot and Beyond: 22 AI Systems Developers Want BuiltDistinguished Paper Award
Industry Track
Rudrajit Choudhuri Oregon State University, Christian Bird Microsoft Research, Carmen Badea Microsoft Research, Anita Sarma Oregon State University
11:20
20m
Paper
RCSAgent: An LLM Agent Approach to Reference-Counting Semantics Recovery
Research Papers Track
Rui Wang , Xutong Ma State Key Laboratory of Computer Science, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xuecheng Li Independent Researcher, Jian Zhang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:40
20m
Paper
Fusing UI Structure and Semantics for Feature-oriented App Screen Retrieval and Clustering
Research Papers Track
Arun Krishna Vajjala George Mason University, Yanfu Yan William & Mary, Ajay Krishna Vajjala George Mason University, Shrunal Pothagoni George Mason University, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary, Kevin Moran University of Central Florida
12:00
10m
Paper
How Humans, Bots, and Agents Communicate About Vulnerabilities in Pull Requests
Registered Reports
Pien Rooijendijk Radboud University, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
Pre-print
12:10
10m
Short-paper
Speaking in Dialects: A Reusable Dataset of Real-World TOSCA Orchestration Topologies
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Marco Tonnarelli JADS - TU/e, Stefano Fossati JADS - TU/e, Indika Kumara Tilburg University, Damian Andrew Tamburri University of Sannio - JADS/NXP Semiconductors
12:20
10m
Short-paper
Hidden Amplifiers: Cross-Level Risk in Software Supply Chains
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Rakesh Podder Colorado State University, Rafael Fabian Gonzalez Arellano Colorado State University, Indrajit Ray Colorado State University
11:00 - 12:30
Session 4 - Intelligent Frontiers: AI Meets Security and DataTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track / Research Papers Track / Replication and Negative Results at A53S

Theme: AI-Driven Software Development

11:00
20m
Paper
Supporting Maintenance and Evolution in Cyber-Physical Production Systems through Semi-automatic Variability Extraction
Industry Track
Oleksandr Kudriavcheniko CDL VaSiCS, LIT CPS Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Philipp Bauer CDL VaSiCS, LIT CPS Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Benjamin Muttenthaler Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH, Rick Rabiser LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Lisa Sonnleithner CDL VaSiCS, LIT CPS Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz
11:20
20m
Paper
What Fails in Empirical SE and AI4SE? A Study of Evaluation Fragility
Replication and Negative Results
Radoslaw Klimek AGH University of Krakow
11:40
20m
Paper
Arithmetic-aware Targeted Fuzzing for Integer Overflow Vulnerability Detection in Virtual Devices
Research Papers Track
Zhenghao Li Key Laboratory of System Software (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Xiangkun Jia Key Laboratory of System Software (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Jia Yan Key Laboratory of System Software (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Purui Su Key Laboratory of System Software (Chinese Academy of Sciences)
12:00
20m
Paper
The Language of Security: How Prompt Syntax Shapes Secure Code Generation in Open LLMs
Research Papers Track
Matteo Cicalese University of Salerno, Antonio Della Porta University of Salerno, Stefano Lambiase Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark, Emanuele Iannone Technische Universität Hamburg, Torge Hinrichs Technische Universität Hamburg, Riccardo Scandariato Hamburg University of Technology, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
Pre-print
12:20
10m
Short-paper
GHAgentFiles: A dataset of coding agent file histories in GitHub repositoriesDistinguished Paper Award
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Guillaume Cardoen University of Mons, Tom Mens University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1 - Code Whisperers: AI in the Developer’s ChairRegistered Reports / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Industry Track at Auditorium

Theme: AI-Driven Software Development

11:00
20m
Paper
Integrating Crash Report Mining and LLMs for Bug Localization and Repair: An Industrial Report
Industry Track
Marcos Medeiros Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Uirá Kulesza Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Christoph Treude Singapore Management University, Daniel Lucena Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rafael Gomes Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Roberta Coelho , Eiji Adachi Barbosa Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Rodrigo Bonifácio Informatics Center - CIn/UFPE and Computer Science Department / University of Brasília
11:20
20m
Paper
JupOtter: Cell-Level Bug Detection in Jupyter Notebooks
Research Papers Track
Lukas Ottenhof University of Alberta, Thibaud Lutellier University of Alberta
11:40
20m
Paper
Quantize with Confidence? An Empirical Study of Quantization for Code Generation
Research Papers Track
Saima Afrin William and Mary, USA, Md. Zahidul Haque William & Mary, Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA
12:00
10m
Short-paper
ATLAS: Multi-View Code Representation Tool for C and C++ Source Programs
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Jaid Monwar Chowdhury University of Texas at Arlington, Ahmad Farhan Shahriar Chowdhury Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Humayra Binte Monwar Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Mahmuda Naznin Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Pre-print Media Attached
12:10
10m
Short-paper
Code Review is a Conversation: Toward Conversational AI Review AssistantsDistinguished Paper Award
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Rosalia Tufano Università della Svizzera Italiana
Pre-print
12:20
10m
Short-paper
Cleaning Logs for Downstream Tasks
Registered Reports
Zahra Ghavidel Yazdi University of Luxembourg, Van-Hoang Le University of Luxembourg, Nyyti Saarimäki University of Luxembourg, Donghwan Shin University of Sheffield, Domenico Bianculli University of Luxembourg, Lionel Briand University of Ottawa, Canada; Lero centre, University of Limerick, Ireland
Pre-print
12:30 - 14:00
LGBTQ+ LunchICSME Social Events

Location: Roseto all’Arco, Benevento

Open to attendees of ICSME and co-located events. Event details

12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Session 7 - Tracing Trouble: Evolution, Testing & TrustTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Research Papers Track / Industry Track / Replication and Negative Results at A51S

Theme: Testing, Debugging & Repair

14:00
20m
Paper
Lost in Transmission: An Information-Theoretic Account of Unsupervised Software Traceability
Industry Track
Daniel Rodriguez-Cardenas William & Mary, David Nader Palacio Microsoft, Logan Fecko William & Mary, Kevin Moran University of Central Florida, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary
14:20
20m
Paper
Aging of Prompt Engineering Techniques Across LLM Versions
Replication and Negative Results
Anastasiia Rudyk University of Rostock, Julian Oertel University of Rostock, Regina Hebig Universität Rostock, Rostock, Germany
14:40
20m
Paper
Empowering Large Language Models with Static Analysis for Effective Vulnerability Detection
Research Papers Track
Rafael Ramires LASIGE, DI, Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa, Ana Respício LASIGE, DI, Faculdade de Ciencias da Universidade de Lisboa, Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Ibéria Medeiros LaSIGE, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
15:00
10m
Short-paper
EthProv: A Large-Scale Ethereum Compiler Provenance Dataset from Bytecode Metadata
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Faisal Mehmood RMIT University, Hai Dong RMIT University, Craig Anslow RMIT University
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Alteron: A Tool for Behavioral Regression Testing Across NLP Model Versions
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Shazzad Hossain University of Dhaka, Proma Chowdhury University of Dhaka, Mridha Md. Nafis Fuad University of Dhaka
15:20
10m
Short-paper
srcDiff: A Programmer-Centric Syntactic Differencing Tool
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Michael J. Decker Bowling Green State University, Ali F. Al-Ramadan Kent State University, Humphrey B. Borketey Department of Computer Science, Bowling Green StateUniversity, Andrew M. Symonds Department of Computer Science, Bowling Green StateUniversity, Michael L. Collard The University of Akron, Jonathan I. Maletic Kent State University
14:00 - 15:30
Session 6 - Quality Quest: Tracking Bugs, Drift & DataVisions and Emerging Results Track / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track / Replication and Negative Results at A52S

Theme: Testing, Debugging & Repair

14:00
20m
Paper
Detecting Architectural Drift in Safety-Critical Firmware through Runtime Trace Analysis
Industry Track
Domenico Francesco De Angelis University of Naples Federico II, Marco De Luca University of Naples Federico II, Domenico Amalfitano University of Naples Federico II, Pasquale Cimmino Micron Technology Inc, Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples
14:20
20m
Paper
Emotion Self-Monitoring in Agile Retrospectives: A Replication Study
Replication and Negative Results
Daniela Grassi University of Bari, Filippo Lanubile University of Bari, Nicole Novielli University of Bari, Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology
Pre-print
14:40
20m
Paper
Teaching LLMs a Low-Resource Language: Enhancing Code Completion in Pharo
Research Papers Track
Kilian Kier Graz University of Technology, Lifeware SA, Alessandro Giagnorio Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera italiana, Omar AbedelKader INRIA Lille, Oleksandr Zaitsev CIRAD, UMR SENS, Robert Peharz Graz University of Technology, Romain Robbes CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, LaBRI, Gabriele Bavota Software Institute @ Università della Svizzera Italiana, Stéphane Ducasse Univ. Lille, Inria, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL
Pre-print
15:00
10m
Short-paper
DEPosit: A Dataset of Open-Source Repositories for Data Engineering Pipelines
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Bhavyalatha Gorjala Trent University, Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Deep4ge: DNN Training Trajectories for Fault Detection and Diagnosis
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Sigma Jahan Dalhousie University
15:20
10m
Short-paper
AI Policy, Disclosure, and Human in the Loop: How Are Contribution Guidelines Adapting to GenAI?
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Andre Hora UFMG, Romain Robbes CNRS, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux INP, LaBRI
Pre-print
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
20m
Paper
Code Comprehensor: Hierarchical Documentation and Cross-Modal Retrieval for Large Repositories
Industry Track
Sujoy Roychowdhury Ericsson, Joseph Isaac Ericsson R&D, Jiangning Gao Ericsson R&D, Martin Klitte Ericsson R&D, Diarmuid Corcoran Ericsson R&D
14:20
20m
Paper
Unavailable, Undocumented, or Unbuildable: A Reproducibility Study of WebAssembly Benchmarks
Replication and Negative Results
Apoorva Anand Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Daniele Bonetta VU Amsterdam, Mengyuan Zhang Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
14:40
20m
Paper
CCrane: A Preventative Specification Model for Maintainable Container Images
Research Papers Track
Daniel Kriegl Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Torsten Schön Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
15:00
10m
Short-paper
FEMP-X: A Witness-Augmented Dataset for Candidate Functionally Equivalent Java Method Pairs
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Yoshiki Higo Osaka University
15:10
10m
Short-paper
GreenCodeMCP: an MCP-based Tool for Sustainable Software Maintenance and Resource-Aware Refactoring
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
15:20
10m
Short-paper
On Automated and Explainable Provenance of AI-Generated Code
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Alejandro Velasco William & Mary, Nathan Wintersgill William & Mary, Trevor Stalnaker William & Mary, Oscar Chaparro William & Mary, Denys Poshyvanyk William & Mary
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
20m
Paper
TD Sync: Discover, Diagnose and Evaluate Technical Debt Management Misalignments
Industry Track
Marius Irgens University of Oslo, Mads Boye VYgruppen, Jan Henrik Gundelsby Knowit Solutions Norway, Antonio Martini University of Oslo, Norway
14:20
20m
Paper
On the Reproducibility of Quantum Software Defect Datasets: A Case Study of Bugs4Q
Replication and Negative Results
Haruto Ohto The University of Osaka, Yuta Ishimoto The University of Osaka, Shinsuke Matsumoto The University of Osaka, Shinji Kusumoto The University of Osaka
Pre-print
14:40
20m
Paper
GitHub Template Repositories: Served Domains, Maintenance, and Practitioner Guidelines
Research Papers Track
Leuson Da Silva Polytechnique Montreal, Altaf Allah Abbassi Polytechnique Montreal, Imen Trabelsi Polytechnique Montreal, Paulo Borba Federal University of Pernambuco, Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal
Pre-print
15:00
10m
Short-paper
FuzzMeter: An Experimental Platform for Systematic Fuzzer BenchmarkingDistinguished Paper Award
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Renáta Hodován University of Szeged, Ákos Kiss University of Szeged, Hungary
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Beyond Text Editing: Algebraic Manipulation of Source Code
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Kevin Pulo MongoDB Inc
Pre-print
15:20
10m
Short-paper
Towards Knowledge Alignment in Code LLMs: Contrastive Unlearning for Evolving APIsDistinguished Paper Award
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Huy Q. Tran Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Dang H. Vu Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Tuyen N. Dinh Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Anh H. D. Nguyen Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Anh N. H. Vu Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Anh M. T. Bui Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila
Pre-print
15:30 - 16:00
Poster for Day 1Posters
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
16:00
20m
Paper
Revisiting Precision Reuse – A Reproduction and Replication Study
Replication and Negative Results
Marie-Christine Jakobs LMU Munich, Germany, Márk Somorjai LMU Munich
16:20
20m
Paper
Blueprint First, Model Second: A Framework for Deterministic LLM Workflow
Research Papers Track
Libin Qiu Alibaba, Yuhang Ye Alibaba, Zhirong Gao Alibaba, Xide Zou Alibaba, Junfu Chen Alibaba, Ziming Gui Alibaba, Weizhi Huang Alibaba, Xiaobo Xue Alibaba, Wenkai Qiu Alibaba, Kun Zhao Alibaba
16:40
10m
Short-paper
Automating Feature Flag Cleanup at Scale with Multi-Agent LLM Systems: An Industrial Experience at DoorDash
Industry Track
Atharv Chandratre DoorDash, Inc., Jai Datar DoorDash, Inc.
16:50
10m
Short-paper
RESTSpecIT: REST API Specification Generation with LLM-assisted Request Mutations
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Alix Decrop University of Namur, Xavier Devroey University of Namur, Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Pierre Yves Schobbens University of Namur, Gilles Perrouin Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS & University of Namur
Pre-print
17:00
10m
Short-paper
TraceView: Interactive Visualization of Agentic Program Repair Trajectories
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Amirali Sajadi , Tu Nguyen Drexel University, Kimmie Huynh Drexel University, Esteban Parra Rodriguez Belmont University, Preetha Chatterjee Drexel University, USA
17:10
10m
Short-paper
Continuous Autonomous Refactoring: A Research Roadmap for AI-Driven Code Quality Maintenance
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Xin Sun Linkoping University, Daniel Ståhl Linköping University, Kristian Sandahl Linköping University, Christoph Kessler Linköping University, Sweden
16:00 - 17:30
Session 10 - The Reliability Lab: Measuring What MattersResearch Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track / Replication and Negative Results at A52S

Theme: Security & Reliability

16:00
20m
Paper
Regression Test Selection at Scale
Industry Track
Laiba Mehnaz Google LLC, Jingyuan Wang Google LLC, Brandon Stewart Google LLC, Daniel Jaewon Lee Google LLC, Zhuolin Song Google LLC, Randall Parker Google LLC, Ilya Kavalerov Google LLC
16:20
20m
Paper
A Replication study of "DevEx in Action" on French SMEs
Replication and Negative Results
Anna Cathelineau Inria, centre de l'Universite de Lille, Stéphane Ducasse Univ. Lille, Inria, CNRS, Centrale Lille, UMR 9189 CRIStAL, Nicolas Anquetil University of Lille, Lille, France
16:40
20m
Paper
Understanding and Detecting Accessibility Issues in Ageing-Fit Mobile Applications
Research Papers Track
Wenjie Li Anhui Normal University;State Key Laboratory for Novel Software Technology,Nanjing University, Weiwei Jiang Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Cong Li ETH Zurich, Yepang Liu Southern University of Science and Technology, Kaizhong Zuo Anhui Normal University, Chang Xu Nanjing University
17:00
10m
Short-paper
DtTsa: A Dynamic Thread-Sharing Analysis Tool for Multithreaded Programs
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Jun Zhang Xidian University, Cheng Wen Xidian University, Jie Su Xidian University, Bin Yu Xidian University, Yuandao Cai Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Xiaoxue Ma City University of Hong Kong, Mengda He SCEDT, Teesside University, Shengchao Qin Xidian University
Media Attached
17:10
10m
Short-paper
KMP-Impact: Enhancing PR Review of Dependency Updates in Kotlin Multiplatform
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Esteban Castelblanco-Gomez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Santiago Reyes-Cortes Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Santiago Bobadilla-Suarez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Camilo Escobar-Velásquez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
20m
Paper
Revisiting Code Authorship in Large FLOSS Projects
Replication and Negative Results
Arthur Pilone University of São Paulo, Marco Raglianti REVEAL @ Software Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana, Michele Lanza REVEAL @ Software Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana, Fabio Kon University of São Paulo, Paulo Meirelles University of São Paulo
Pre-print
16:20
20m
Paper
Deriving Personas to Describe Software Development Team Members in the Era of GenAI
Research Papers Track
Marie Salomon University of British Columbia, Reid Holmes University of British Columbia, Thomas Fritz University of Zurich, Ekaterina Koshchenko JetBrains Research Amsterdam, Agnia Sergeyuk JetBrains Research Belgrade, Gail Murphy University of British Columbia
Pre-print
16:40
10m
Short-paper
LegacyWorld: Atomicity-Aware Evaluation of GUI Agents for Legacy Workflows
Industry Track
Thilo Reintjes Schub, Sivajeet Chand Technical University of Munich, Derui Zhu Technical University of Munich, Sushant Kumar Pandey University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Alexander Pretschner TU Munich
Pre-print
16:50
10m
Short-paper
JudgeMatrixSE: A Tool for Evaluating, Reviewing, and Exporting Datasets for Software Engineering Studies
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Joselito Mota Júnior Federal University of Bahia, Lidia Perside Gomes Nascimento Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University, Ivan Machado Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
17:00
10m
Short-paper
LKML5Ws: The What, When, Who, Where, and Why in the Linux Kernel Mailing Lists
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Rafael Passos University of São Paulo, Arthur Pilone University of São Paulo, David Tadokoro University of São Paulo, Laura Arakaki University of São Paulo, Paulo Meirelles University of São Paulo
Pre-print
17:10
10m
Short-paper
No One Left Behind: Cross-Level Analysis for Sustainable Software Engineering
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Masoum Salehi Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Sandro Schulze Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Jacob Krüger Eindhoven University of Technology
16:00 - 17:30
Session 9 - Trustworthy Intelligence: Secure AI EngineeringReplication and Negative Results / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Research Papers Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Industry Track at Auditorium

Theme: Security & Reliability

16:00
20m
Paper
Do Size Estimates Predict Delivery? An Empirical Analysis of Task Estimation in Industrial DevOps
Industry Track
Samah Kansab Software Engineering Departement, Ecole de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) - Québec University, Damien Desvent Software engineering Departemnet, Ecole de TechnologieSuperieure (ETS), University of Quebec, Francis Bordeleau École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Ali Tizghadam TELUS
16:20
20m
Paper
When LLM Architectures Meet Smart Contract Vulnerability Detection: a Replication Study
Replication and Negative Results
Gerardo Iuliano University of Salerno, Gabriele De Vito Università di Salerno, Dario Di Nucci Software Engineering (SeSa) Lab, University of Salerno, Italy
16:40
20m
Paper
Cost-Effective Maintenance of Requirements-Test Alignment via Quantized LLMs
Research Papers Track
Erik Lindstrand University of Gothenburg, Michal Spano University of Gothenburg, Mariia Zabolotnia University of Gothenburg, Francisco Gomes de Oliveira Neto Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg
17:00
10m
Short-paper
CHRONO-RESOLUTION: A Dependency Resolution Dataset at Release Points for npm, PyPI, and crates.io Packages
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Imranur Rahman North Carolina State University, Jill Marley North Carolina State University, Ranindya Paramitha North Carolina State University, Laurie Williams North Carolina State University
Pre-print Media Attached
17:10
10m
Short-paper
sbom-unifier: Integration Framework for Heterogeneous SBOMs
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Yusuke Moriwaki Ritsumeikan University, Tetsuya Kanda Notre Dame Seishin University, Yuki Manabe The University of Fukuchiyama, Shi Qiu Toshiba, Shiyu Yang Ritsumeikan University, Erina Makihara Ritsumeikan University, Norihiro Yoshida Ritsumeikan University, Katsuro Inoue Ritsumeikan University
Media Attached
17:20
10m
Short-paper
Toward Localizing and Repairing Bias in Transformer Attention Heads
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Sigma Jahan Dalhousie University
17:30 - 18:30
Steering Committee MeetingICSME Plenary Events at Auditorium
19:30 - 21:30
ICSME ReceptionICSME Social Events

Location: Palazzo San Domenico, University of Sannio, Benevento

Included with ICSME registration unless otherwise specified. Attendees are encouraged to bring their conference badge. Event details

The published page specifies the start time only; the 21:00 end time is used as a two-hour scheduling window.

Thu 17 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

07:00 - 07:45
ICSME 2026 Morning RunICSME Social Events

Outdoor, informal run. The detailed program confirms the date and time; meeting point and route are still to be announced.

09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote 2ICSME Plenary Events at Auditorium

Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Regression Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems

Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Keynote abstract and biography

10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Session 15 - The Evolution Engine: Systems in MotionIndustry Track / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track at A51S

Theme: Software Architecture & Evolution

11:00
20m
Paper
Question Answering for Diagram-Rich Technical Meeting VideosDistinguished Paper Award
Industry Track
Zhuoran Xu University of Ottawa, Jia Li University of Ottawa, Dayuan Tan Ciena Corporation, Mark Cole Ciena Corporation, Ish Ashraf Ciena Corporation, Sandeep Puri Ciena Corporation, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh University of Ottawa, Shiva Nejati University of Ottawa
Pre-print
11:20
20m
Paper
An Empirical Study of Security Calibration in Large Language Models for Code
Research Papers Track
Mohammed Latif Siddiq University of Notre Dame, Md Nafiu Rahman Brac University , Joanna C. S. Santos University of Notre Dame
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Paper
Smarter, but Not Safer: An Empirical Analysis of the Functional-Security Gap in Evolving LLMs
Research Papers Track
Alfonso Cannavale University of Salerno, Gilberto Recupito Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno
Pre-print
12:00
10m
Short-paper
CIMap: A Dataset of Cross-Platform CI/CD to GitHub Actions Mappings
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Omar Mejdi Department of Computer Science, Trent University,Peterborough, Canada, Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University
12:10
10m
Short-paper
What's Inside a GitHub Repository? An Empirical Study on the Contents of 10K Projects
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Andre Hora UFMG, João Eduardo Montandon Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), Diego Elias Costa Concordia University, Canada
Pre-print
11:00 - 12:30
Session 14 - From Runtime to Roadmap: Evolving with ConfidenceVisions and Emerging Results Track / Research Papers Track / Industry Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at A52S

Theme: Software Architecture & Evolution

11:00
20m
Paper
Automating Agile Planning in Jira: An Industrial Case Study from ASML
Industry Track
Andrei-Stefan Istudor ASML, Ammar Osaiweran ASML, Andrea Capiluppi University of Groningen
11:20
20m
Paper
An RPS-Guided Concept Drift-Aware Prediction Paradigm for Microservice Metrics
Research Papers Track
Zezhong Yan Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, Haitao Zhang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China, Shuang Zeng Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing, China
11:40
20m
Paper
Visual Differential Coverage Analysis for Test Group Comparison
Research Papers Track
Francisca Ibarra-Morales Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Juan Pablo Sandoval Alcocer Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Alison Fernandez Blanco Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Fabian Beck University of Bamberg
12:00
10m
Short-paper
ConCert: Maintaining Governance Traceability from Build Time to Runtime in Container Deployments
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Daniel Kriegl Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Anna Ulrichshofer Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Torsten Schön Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
12:10
10m
Short-paper
A Lightweight Neuro-Symbolic Approach for Alloy Counterexample Explanation
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Guangde Zhou University of South China, Jun Liu University of South China, Tao Zhu University of South China, Yingqi Liu University of South China, Xinqiao Tang University of South China, Junhao Li University of Oulu
11:00 - 12:30
Session 16 - Scaling Smarter: Data, Deployment & DiscoveryTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Research Papers Track at A53S

Theme: Software Architecture & Evolution

11:00
20m
Paper
Predictive Test Selection Without Historical Failure Data
Industry Track
Maximilian Jungwirth BMW Group, University of Passau, Raphael Nömmer Saarland University, CQSE GmbH, Andreas Stahlbauer CQSE GmbH, Sven Apel Saarland University, Gordon Fraser University of Passau
11:20
20m
Paper
Evaluation-Strategy Gap in Fault Diagnosis of Deep Learning Programs
Research Papers Track
Sigma Jahan Dalhousie University
11:40
20m
Paper
Taming Revocable Spot VM Instances with Diffused
Research Papers Track
Zhao Zhang Georgetown University, Zeying Zhu University of Maryland, Micah Sherr Georgetown University, Benjamin Ujcich Georgetown University, Wenchao Zhou Georgetown University
12:00
10m
Short-paper
GHARuns: A large dataset of GitHub Actions workflow execution metadata
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Aref Talebzadeh Bardsiri University of Mons, Belgium, Tom Mens University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS
12:10
10m
Short-paper
What Are Developers Actually Discussing When Visual Regression Tests Fail?
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Miku Watanabe Nara College, National Institute of Technology/Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kosei Horikawa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Brittany Reid Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology
11:00 - 12:30
Session 13 - AI Architects: Designing Tomorrow’s SystemsVisions and Emerging Results Track / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track at Auditorium

Theme: Software Architecture & Evolution

11:00
20m
Paper
AI-Assisted Systematic Fault Slip-Through Reporting: An Industrial Case Study at Ericsson
Industry Track
11:20
20m
Paper
Optimizing Spectral Signature in Code Backdoor DetectionDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers Track
Quoc Hung Le North Carolina State University, Thanh Le-Cong Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore, Xuan-Bach D. Le University of Melbourne, Bowen Xu North Carolina State University
11:40
20m
Paper
CoScoreX: A Contextual and Contrastive Framework for Stable Post-hoc Explanations in Software Defect Prediction
Research Papers Track
Saumendu Roy University of Saskatchewan, Banani Roy University of Saskatchewan, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan
12:00
10m
Short-paper
Comprendia: AI-Augmented Code Comprehension
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Costain Nachuma Idaho State University, Minhaz Zibran Idaho State University
12:10
10m
Short-paper
Towards Log Analysis for Reliability Engineering of Agentic Systems
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Van-Hoang Le University of Luxembourg, Domenico Bianculli University of Luxembourg, Hongyu Zhang Chongqing University
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Session 18 - Code Archaeology: Unearthing Software InsightsIndustry Track / Research Papers Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at A51S

Theme: Maintenance, Technical Debt & Program Comprehension

14:00
20m
Paper
From Overload to Insights: How AI Agents Can Support Scientists in Analyzing Complex Data
Industry Track
Tim Fuchs University of Hamburg, Luca Gelisio European XFEL, Steffen Hauf European XFEL, Walid Maalej University of Hamburg
14:20
20m
Paper
CoCoMoE: Towards Efficient Code Completion with Sparse Mixture-of-Experts Architectures
Research Papers Track
He Zhang Nanjing University, Zhiqi Wang Nanjing University, Yue Li Nanjing University, Yuzhe Jin Nanjing University, Chenxing Zhong Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Lanxin Yang Nanjing University
14:40
20m
Paper
On the GitHub Actions Language: Usage, Evolution, and Workflow Reliability
Research Papers Track
Aref Talebzadeh Bardsiri University of Mons, Belgium, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS, Tom Mens University of Mons
15:00
10m
Short-paper
Q-Spire: Quantum Code Smell Detection and LLM-Assisted Remediation in VS Code
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Riccardo Alfieri University of Salerno, Francesco Paolo D'Antuono University of Salerno, Stefano Lambiase Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark, Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Test Coverage Analysis of Agentic Pull Requests
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Atish Kumar Dipongkor University of Central Florida, Talank Baral George Mason University, Wing Lam George Mason University, Kevin Moran University of Central Florida
Pre-print
14:00 - 15:30
Session 17 - Debt, Defects & Developer DecisionsTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Research Papers Track / Industry Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track at A52S

Theme: Maintenance, Technical Debt & Program Comprehension

14:00
20m
Paper
Technical Debt Friction for Maintenance Prioritization: An Industrial Multi-Case Study
Industry Track
Simeon Tverdal SINTEF Digital, Phu Nguyen SINTEF, Arda Goknil SINTEF Digital, Antonio Martini University of Oslo, Norway, Markus Borg CodeScene, Adam Tornhill Codescene AB
14:20
20m
Paper
Characterizing Cross-Project Correlated Bug Resolution in the Python Ecosystem
Research Papers Track
Laura Quiroga-Sánchez University of British Columbia, Youmei Fan Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Gema Rodríguez-Pérez Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
14:40
20m
Paper
Optimizing Search for Tests Relevant to Order-Dependent Flaky Tests
Research Papers Track
Suzzana Rafi George Mason University, Md Mahmudul Hasan Pious George Mason University, Shanto Rahman The University of Texas at Austin, August Shi The University of Texas at Austin, Wing Lam George Mason University
15:00
10m
Short-paper
SYNAPSE: A Multi-LLM Orchestrated AI Tutor for Secure Software Development Education with Neurodivergent-First Design
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Giusy Ferrara Edinburgh Napier University, Ashkan Sami Edinburgh Napier University
Pre-print Media Attached
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Rethinking Issue Resolution for AI/ML Systems
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Ahmed Adnan , Mushfiqur Rahman Bangladesh University of Business and Technology, Antu Saha William & Mary, Oscar Chaparro William & Mary
14:00 - 15:30
srcML Technical BriefingTechnical Briefings at A57S
Chair(s): Michael J. Decker Bowling Green State University, Jonathan I. Maletic Kent State University

srcML & srcDiff: Exploring, Analyzing, Manipulating, and Differencing Source Code

More Info

15:30 - 16:00
Posters for Day 2Posters
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

20:00 - 23:00
ICSME BanquetICSME Social Events

Location: Tenuta La Fortezza, Torrecuso, Benevento area

Conference social dinner and banquet. Transportation information will be provided closer to the event. Event details

Fri 18 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:00 - 09:30
ICSME 2027 Presentation and Formal ClosingICSME Plenary Events at Auditorium
09:30 - 10:30
Most Influential Paper AwardICSME Plenary Events at Auditorium
10:30 - 11:00
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Session 21 - Engineering Together: Workflows, Systems & ScaleResearch Papers Track / Journal First Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track at A51S

Theme: Human Factors & Software Teams

11:00
20m
Paper
Understanding Machine Learning testing in practice
Journal First Track
Alfonso Cannavale University of Salerno, Valeria Pontillo Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy, Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
Pre-print
11:20
20m
Paper
Identifying and Mining Microservice Applications:From Characteristics to Metrics
Research Papers Track
Domingos Junior University of Porto, Lázaro Costa INESC TEC, Jácome Cunha University of Porto & HASLab/INESC TEC, Portugal, Miguel Vilaça Universidade Católica Portuguesa
11:40
20m
Paper
The Effect of Compatible Version Ranges on Maven Dependency Resolution Stability and Flexibility
Research Papers Track
Cathrine Paulsen Delft University of Technology, Sebastian Proksch Delft University of Technology
Pre-print
12:00
10m
Short-paper
nameCollector: Extracting Source Code Identifiers Along with their Types and Context
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
John Sipahioglu Department of Computer Science, Kent State University, Joshua A.C. Behler Bowling Green State University, Sophia Testa Kent State University, Ali F. Al-Ramadan Kent State University, Michael J. Decker Bowling Green State University, Michael L. Collard The University of Akron, Jonathan I. Maletic Kent State University
12:10
10m
Short-paper
PolySlice: Towards LLM Agents for Program Slicing of Heterogeneous Code Repository
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Raveendra Kumar Medicherla TCS Research, Tata Consultancy Services, Aishwarya Malvade TCS Research, Shrishti Pradhan TCS Research, Manasi Patwardhan TCS Research
11:00 - 12:30
Session 20 - Humans in the Loop: Teams, Tools & TradeoffsVisions and Emerging Results Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Journal First Track / Research Papers Track at A52S

Theme: Human Factors & Software Teams

11:00
20m
Paper
"It Comes in Notebooks": Changes and Challenges When Operationalizing ML PrototypesDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers Track
Arumoy Shome Delft University of Technology, Luís Cruz TU Delft, Diomidis Spinellis AUEB & TU Delft, Arie van Deursen TU Delft
11:20
20m
Paper
Smaller Models, Unexpected Costs: Trade-offs of LLM Quantization for Automated Program Repair
Research Papers Track
Fernando Vallecillos Ruiz Simula Research Laboratory, Giordano d'Aloisio University of L'Aquila, Max Hort Simula Research Laboratory, Luca Traini University of L'Aquila, Antinisca Di Marco University of L'Aquila, Leon Moonen Simula Research Laboratory
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Paper
An Empirical Study of the Evolution of GitHub Actions Workflows
Journal First Track
Pooya Rostami Mazrae University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS, Tom Mens University of Mons, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
12:00
10m
Short-paper
BEHAVE: amBiguous and Equivocal beHAviors Verification Engine
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Gregorio Dalia University of Sannio, Andrea Di Sorbo University of Sannio, Gerardo Canfora University of Sannio, Corrado Visaggio University of Foggia, Italy
12:10
10m
Short-paper
CMM-AISE: A Cognitive Maturity Model for AI-Assisted Software Engineering
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Daniel González Universidad de los Andes, Mario Linares-Vásquez Universidad de los Andes, Daniel Soto Tres Astronautas, Andrés Hurtado Blend
11:00 - 12:30
Session 22 - The Human Side of Reliable SoftwareTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Research Papers Track / Journal First Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track at A53S

Theme: Human Factors & Software Teams

11:00
20m
Paper
Your OK is a KO to Me: Automated Identification of Anti-Patterns in REST APIs HTTP Responses
Research Papers Track
Sofia Mari University of Verona, Michele Pasqua University of Verona, Mariano Ceccato University of Verona
11:20
20m
Paper
Are LLMs Ready for Anti-Pattern Detection in Microservice Architectures?
Research Papers Track
Marco De Luca University of Naples Federico II, Domenico Amalfitano University of Naples Federico II, Porfirio Tramontana University of Naples Federico II, Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Paper
Investigating the Adoption and Maintenance of Web GUI Testing: Insights from GitHub Repositories
Journal First Track
Sergio Di Meglio Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Luigi Libero Lucio Starace Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Valeria Pontillo Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy, Ruben Opdebeeck Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Coen De Roover Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Sergio Di Martino Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Pre-print
12:00
10m
Short-paper
KubeWatch: A Multi-Level Kubernetes Monitoring Dataset for Anomaly Detection
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Ju Zhang Inner Mongolia University, Rulin Zhang Inner Mongolia University, Da Li Inner Mongolia University, Hua Li College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University, Chunyan An College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University
12:10
10m
Short-paper
Rethinking Training Data for Generating Code Review Comments
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Leonardo Centellas-Claros Computer Science Department, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Estefania Pakarati-Cofre Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Juan Pablo Sandoval Alcocer Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Diego Elias Costa Concordia University, Canada
Pre-print
11:00 - 12:30
Session 19 - People + Copilots: The New Development DuoResearch Papers Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Industry Track at Auditorium

Theme: Human Factors & Software Teams

11:00
20m
Paper
No Two Developers Think Alike: How Problem-Solving Styles and Experience Shape Needs in Conversational Interaction with Copilot
Research Papers Track
Jonan Richards Radboud University, Bruno Alves de Oliveira Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Iury Oliveira Microsoft, Igor Wiese Federal University of Technology, Mairieli Wessel Radboud University
Pre-print
11:20
20m
Paper
Detecting Error Diagnostic Defects in C Compiler via Invalid Program Mutation
Research Papers Track
Yuxiao Peng Southeast University, Bixin Li Southeast University, Zhihao Xu Monash University and Southeast University, Lulu Wang Southeast University, Li Liao Southeast University, Ying Zhou Southeast University
11:40
10m
Short-paper
Agent based Deep-Code Inspection for Telecom
Industry Track
Axel Wester Ericsson, Timo Simanainen Ericsson, Mukesh Thakur Ericsson, Miika Komu Ericsson, Su Pyae Sone Ericsson
11:50
10m
Short-paper
TARS: A Theory-of-Mind Agent for Personalized In-IDE Code Comprehension
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Leopoldo Todisco University of Salerno, Antonio Della Porta University of Salerno, Stefano Lambiase Department of Computer Science, Aalborg University, Denmark, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
Pre-print
12:00
10m
Short-paper
Towards Accurate Classification of License Terms in Open Source Software
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Guangjie Li National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Yan He National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Yonghui Wu National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Beijing 100071, China, Changqin Li National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology, Beijing 100071, China
12:10
10m
Short-paper
Human-Centric Agentic AI for End-to-End Dependency Upgrades
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Ouijdane Guiza Pro2Future GmbH, Claudio Di Sipio Johannes Kepler University Linz, Lukas Freiseisen Johannes Kepler University, Wesley K.G. Assunção North Carolina State University, Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University Linz, Paul Grünbacher Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, Manuela Mitterndorfer ITPRO - Consulting & Software GmbH
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Session 25 - Mining the Machinery of Modern SoftwareResearch Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Registered Reports / Visions and Emerging Results Track at A51S

Theme: Empirical Software Engineering

14:00
10m
Paper
Evaluating LLMs on Java Code Snippet Adaptation Using a Mutation-Injection Framework
Registered Reports
Ali Aman University of Windsor, Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Windsor, Shaowei Wang University of Manitoba, Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan
Pre-print
14:10
10m
Paper
How Do Developers Maintain and Evolve Their Agents’ Instructions? An Empirical Study
Registered Reports
Gianmario Voria University of Salerno, Alfonso Cannavale University of Salerno, Andrea De Lucia University of Salerno, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Gemma Catolino University of Salerno, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
Pre-print
14:20
20m
Paper
GHA-Repair: Trustworthy Automated Repair for GitHub Actions Workflows via Two-Phase Generation and Hybrid Verification
Research Papers Track
Namhyung Kim Department of Digital Media and Communications Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Eunseok Lee Sungkyunkwan University
14:40
20m
Paper
Context Matters: Learning Structural Code Representations for Just-in-Time Defect Prediction
Research Papers Track
Yubo Deng School of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China, Wangsheng Li School of Computer Science and Technology, Nanjing University, China, Lei Xu Nanjing University, Yichang Cen Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China
15:00
10m
Short-paper
Mining Architectural Models in the Wild: A Curated Dataset of AADL Models
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Thi Dinh Tran Gran Sasso Science Institute, Maria Teresa Rossi University of Milano Bicocca, Italy, Ludovico Iovino Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Leonardo Mariani University of Milano-Bicocca
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Chain-Aware Encoding for Microservice Trace Anomaly Detection
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Yiliu Xu Carnegie Mellon University, Ziwei Hong Lehigh University, Zhongheng Yang Northeastern University, Xinjin Li Columbia University, Yu Ma Carnegie Mellon University
14:00 - 15:30
Session 24 - Data Speaks: Insights from Software PracticeRegistered Reports / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at A52S

Theme: Empirical Software Engineering

14:00
10m
Paper
Two-Level vs. Multi-Level Modelling: An Empirical Study of Cascading Maintenance Burden
Registered Reports
Yuhong Fu Adelaide University, Weixing Zhang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bowen Jiang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Haowei Cheng Waseda University, Georg Grossmann University of South Australia, Karamjit Kaur Adelaide University, Matt Selway Adelaide University, Markus Stumptner Adelaide University
DOI Pre-print
14:10
10m
Paper
Validation Scheme Failures in ML Pipelines: An Exploratory Study
Registered Reports
Emmanuel Iko-Ojo Simon University of São Paulo (ICMC/USP), São Carlos - SP, Blessing Obianuju Emedolu University of Jos, André Carlos Ponce de Leon Ferreira de Carvalho Institute of Mathematics and Computer Sciences (ICMC), University of São Paulo
Pre-print
14:20
20m
Talk
Watts This Smell: A Comprehensive Taxonomy of Software Energy Smells
Research Papers Track
Mohammadjavad Mehditabar Dalhousie University, Saurabhsingh Rajput Dalhousie University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
14:40
20m
Paper
SWE-Ext: Scaling and Extending Augmented Data for Mid-Training of Repository-Level Coding Tasks
Research Papers Track
Wei Li Peking University, Xin Zhang Microsoft, Shaohang Wei Peking University, Wen Luo Peking University, Feifan Song Peking University, Guangyue Peng Peking University, Yanjie Gao Microsoft Research, Zhongxin Guo Microsoft, Yangyu Huang Microsoft, Houfeng Wang Peking University
15:00
10m
Short-paper
CC4M: Code Clone Analysis and Visualization for Microservices
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Gen Kawamata Ritsumeikan University, Yuki Ota Ritsumeikan University, Norihiro Yoshida Ritsumeikan University, Shiyu Yang Ritsumeikan University, Erina Makihara Ritsumeikan University, Katsuro Inoue Ritsumeikan University
15:10
10m
Short-paper
Toward Criteria-Based Prioritization of Industrial Requirements: A Hybrid Approach with SI and AutoML
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Serda Hauser University of Leipzig, Erik Buchmann Leipzig University
14:00 - 15:30
Session 26 - Facts, Faults & Future ChallengesResearch Papers Track / Registered Reports / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at A53S

Theme: Empirical Software Engineering

14:00
10m
Paper
A Security-by-Design Evaluation Framework for Ontology-Grounded Code Generation: A Pre-Registered Confirmatory Study (Stage 1)
Registered Reports
Pedro Farinha Independent Researcher
Link to publication Pre-print
14:10
10m
Paper
Can we disentangle Size from Quality to better understand Software Maintenance & Evolution? A Study with 2M Scratch projects
Registered Reports
Ricardo Hidalgo-Aragón Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Gregorio Robles Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Pre-print
14:20
20m
Paper
Assessing the User Interaction Cost of Keyboard Navigation in Web Applications
Research Papers Track
Christina Z. Chaniotaki University of Southern California, Paul T. Chiou University of Southern California, William G.J. Halfond University of Southern California
Pre-print
14:40
20m
Paper
Demystifying Checker Bugs in Deep Learning Libraries
Research Papers Track
Nima Shiri Harzevili York University, Jiho Shin York University, Gias Uddin York University, Canada, Jinqiu Yang Concordia University, Junjie Wang Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Song Wang York University, Zhen Ming (Jack) Jiang York University, Nachiappan Nagappan Meta Platforms, Inc.
15:00
10m
Short-paper
IBN-Drift: A Multi-Dimensional Benchmark Dataset for Intent Drift
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Hanlin Liu Inner Mongolia University, Da Li Inner Mongolia University, Shuai Ma Inner Mongolia University, Jiaxing Pi Inner Mongolia University, Hua Li College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University, Chunyan An College of Computer Science, Inner Mongolia University
15:10
10m
Short-paper
The Illusion of Agentic Complexity in README.md Generation: Evaluating Single-Agent vs. Multi-Agent RAG
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Abu Saleh University of L'Aquila, Tesfay Welegebreal Tesfay University of L'Aquila, Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila, Juri Di Rocco University of L'Aquila, Muhammad Umar Zeshan University of L’Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila
Pre-print
14:00 - 15:30
Session 23 - Evidence-Driven AI EngineeringDoctoral Symposium / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at Auditorium

Theme: Empirical Software Engineering

14:00
20m
Paper
Understanding and Enhancing Bills of Materials for Software and Artificial Intelligence Supply Chains
Doctoral Symposium
Sabato Nocera University of Salerno
14:20
20m
Paper
Sentinel: Field-Sensitive Taint Analysis for Detecting Java Deserialization Gadget Chains
Research Papers Track
Yanrong Lu Civil aviation of university of china, Dongsheng Li Civil Aviation University of China, Siqi Ma the University of Queensland, Wencheng Yang University of Southern Queensland} \ Queensland
14:40
20m
Paper
Unveiling the Ownership: An Empirical Study of Android App Associations via SDK IDs
Research Papers Track
Qinsheng Hou Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wenrui Diao Shandong University, Chaoshun Zuo Ohio State University, Qingchuan Zhao City University of Hong Kong, Lingyun Ying QI-ANXIN Technology Research Institute, Yacong Gu Tsinghua University-QI-ANXIN Group JCN, Libo Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanqing Guo Shandong University, Haixin Duan Institute for Network Science and Cyberspace, Tsinghua University; Qi An Xin Group Corp., Zhi Xue Shanghai Jiao Tong University
15:00
10m
Short-paper
VULTRITION: Nutrition Labels for Vulnerability Datasets
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Torge Hinrichs Technische Universität Hamburg, Emanuele Iannone Technische Universität Hamburg, Riccardo Scandariato Hamburg University of Technology
Pre-print Media Attached
15:30 - 16:00
Posters for Day 3Posters
15:30 - 16:00
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
Session 29 - Next-Gen Engineering: Tools, Agents & AutomationResearch Papers Track / Registered Reports / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track at A51S

Theme: Emerging Results, Tools & Industry Innovation

16:00
10m
Paper
Can a software project be riddled with diseases?
Registered Reports
Alexander Bakhtin University of Oulu, Ruoyu Su M3S, University of Oulu, Matteo Esposito University of Oulu, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Southern Denmark, Davide Taibi University of Oulu
DOI
16:10
10m
Paper
Risk-Adjusted Power Schedules in Greybox Fuzzing
Registered Reports
Sriteja Kummita Paderborn University, Eric Bodden Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University & Fraunhofer IEM
Pre-print
16:20
20m
Paper
Separating Secrets from Placeholders: A Hybrid CNN-CodeBERT Framework for Three-Class Credential Leakage Detection
Research Papers Track
Mst Maksuda Bilkis Baby University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Khushika Shah University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Naiyue Liang University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Lei Zhang University of Maryland Baltimore County
16:40
20m
Paper
TransMAB: A Query-Efficient Framework for Practical Black-Box Adversarial Malware Generation
Research Papers Track
Jianan Liang Information Engineering University, Shuai Zhang Information Engineering University, Hailong Ma Information Engineering University, Hao Liang Information Engineering University
17:00
10m
Short-paper
Spec-Driven AI: A Multiagent Framework for Specification-Centric SDLC Automation
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
João Campista Federal University of Goiás, Daniel Fazzioni Federal University of Goiás, Vitor Mesaque Alves de Lima Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Taciana Kudo Federal University of Goiás, Anderson da Silva Soares Universidade Federal de Goiás
17:10
10m
Short-paper
The Maintainability Footprint of AI-Assisted Development: An Analysis of Student Software Projects
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Jaffar Totanji Innopolis University, Andrey Sadovykh Softeam, Zamira Kholmatova Innopolis University, Russia
16:00 - 17:30
Session 28 - Innovation in Action: From Insight to ImpactTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Registered Reports / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Research Papers Track at A52S

Theme: Emerging Results, Tools & Industry Innovation

16:00
10m
Paper
Helpful or Harmful? Evaluating LLM-Assisted Vulnerability Patching via a Human Study
Registered Reports
Giulian Biolo University Of Trento, Michael Tezza University Of Trento, Yuanjun Gong University of Trento, Fabio Massacci University of Trento; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
16:10
10m
Paper
Understanding Drift in DevOps for Cyber Physical Systems: A Multi-industry Mixed Method Study (Registered Report)
Registered Reports
Pushpa Priyanka Palesetti Lund Univeristy, Emelie Engstrom Lund University, Emma Söderberg Lund University, Alma Orucevic-Alagic Lund University
Pre-print
16:20
20m
Paper
CONFIDE: Multimodal Conflict-aware Microservice Extraction via Evidential Deep Learning
Research Papers Track
Jinmeng Ye Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Jing Li Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Yuanning Cui Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Jiaqi Zhang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Ming Wang Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
16:40
20m
Paper
T(r)opical Islands: Visualizing & Understanding Socio-Technical Artifacts
Research Papers Track
Adam Štěpánek Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Marco Raglianti REVEAL @ Software Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana, Vít Rusňák Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Jan Byška Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University; Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Barbora Kozlíková Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Michele Lanza REVEAL @ Software Institute, Università della Svizzera italiana
17:00
10m
Short-paper
DisTrack: Disengagement Tracking Tool in Open Source Projects
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Samuel Walter Utzinger Northern Arizona University, Pedro Oliveira RESHAPE LAB, Northern Arizona University, USA, Marco Gerosa Northern Arizona University, Igor Steinmacher RESHAPE LAB, Northern Arizona University, USA
17:10
10m
Short-paper
Can LLMs Chain Bugs into Breaches? Attack Path Discovery in Terraform
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Lukas Buck Reutlingen University
16:00 - 17:30
Session 30 - The Innovation Frontier: Secure, Smart & ScalableRegistered Reports / Research Papers Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at A53S

Theme: Emerging Results, Tools & Industry Innovation

16:00
10m
Short-paper
Domain-Driven Design in Practice: A Mining Study of Maintenance and Evolution in Open-Source Repositories
Registered Reports
Weixing Zhang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Bowen Jiang Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Yuhong Fu Adelaide University, Haowei Cheng Waseda University, Mario Herb esentri AG, Anne Koziolek Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
DOI Pre-print
16:10
10m
Paper
How do Execution Features Improve Statistical Fault Localization? An Empirical Study
Registered Reports
Marius Smytzek CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Andreas Zeller CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Link to publication DOI Pre-print
16:20
20m
Paper
DebTrace: Tracing, Verifying, and Revisiting a Decade of Debian ReproducibilityDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers Track
Abhishek Reddypalle Purdue University, William Boulton Purdue University, Sabine Brunswicker Purdue University, Santiago Torres-Arias Purdue University
16:40
10m
Short-paper
Typify: A Tool for Usage-driven Type Inference in Python
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Hassan Aman University of Windsor, Ali Aman University of Windsor, Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Windsor, Shaowei Wang University of Manitoba, Jessica Chen University of Windsor
16:50
10m
Short-paper
DepreTag: A Taxonomy for API Migration
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Marcos Tileria University of Surrey, Profir-Petru Pârțachi Institute of Science Tokyo, Earl T. Barr University College London, Santanu Dash University of Surrey
16:00 - 17:30
Session 27 - Tomorrow’s AI ToolboxTool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Registered Reports / Research Papers Track at Auditorium

Theme: Emerging Results, Tools & Industry Innovation

16:00
10m
Paper
Generating Stack Overflow Post Edits with LLMs: A Taxonomy-Driven Evaluation
Registered Reports
Mehedi Hasan Shanto University of Windsor, Muhammad Asaduzzaman University of Windsor, Md Ahasanuzzaman Queen's University, Alioune Ngom University of Windsor
DOI Pre-print
16:10
10m
Paper
Training Dynamics of Neural Software Defect Predictors under Coupled Data-Quality Issues
Registered Reports
Emmanuel Charleson Dapaah University of Göttingen, Philip Makedonski Institute of Computer Science, University of Göttingen, Lower Saxony, Germany, Jens Grabowski
Pre-print
16:20
20m
Paper
Smelly Bad Practices in Performance System Tests: Detection, Prevalence, and LifetimeDistinguished Paper Award
Research Papers Track
Sergio Di Meglio Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Valeria Pontillo Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy, Luigi Libero Lucio Starace Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Luana Martins University of Salerno, Dario Di Nucci Software Engineering (SeSa) Lab, University of Salerno, Italy, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno
Pre-print
16:40
20m
Paper
SWIRL: Interactive Sensemaking of Tool-Generated Warnings through Customized Summaries
Research Papers Track
Burak Yetiştiren UCLA, Hong Jin Kang University of Sydney, Miryung Kim UCLA
17:00
10m
Short-paper
AI Prototyper : A Figma Plugin for Decomposition-Based GUI Prototyping with LLMs
Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track
Tawatchai Salangsingha Edinburgh Napier University, Ashkan Sami Edinburgh Napier University, Md Zia Ullah Edinburgh Napier University, Iain McGregor Edinburgh Napier University
Pre-print Media Attached
17:10
10m
Short-paper
Multi-Agent Repair of Dependency Updates in Kotlin Multiplatform
Visions and Emerging Results Track
Santiago Bobadilla-Suarez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Camilo Escobar-Velásquez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
18:30 - 19:30
women@café — Women's AperitifICSME Social Events

Networking event for women attending ICSME 2026. The detailed program confirms the date and time; the location is still to be announced.