ICST 2026
Mon 18 - Fri 22 May 2026 Daejeon, South Korea
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Mon 18 May

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

09:00 - 10:30
Mutation - Session 1Mutation at Room 106
09:00
5m
Day opening
Mutation 2026 Opening
Mutation
Nargiz Humbatova Università della Svizzera italiana, Jeongju Sohn Kyungpook National University, Gunel Jahangirova King's College London
09:05
55m
Keynote
Foes and Frontiers: 
Flakiness, LLMs, and the Future of Mutation Analysis
Mutation
Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
10:00
30m
Paper
A Multi-Perspective Evaluation of Static Mutant Selection Techniques
Mutation
Magdalene Ashong School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Thomas Laurent Lero@Trinity College Dublin, Anthony Ventresque School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin & Research Ireland Lero
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:00 - 12:30
Mutation - Session 2Mutation at Room 106
11:00
30m
Paper
Clustering First-Order Mutants by Behavioural Similarity: A Graph-Based Approach to Higher-Order Mutant Generation
Mutation
Sajjad Hesamipour Khelejan , Thomas Laurent Lero@Trinity College Dublin, Anthony Ventresque School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin & Research Ireland Lero
11:30
30m
Paper
HOP: A Comprehensive Empirical and Theoretical Analysis of Batching Algorithms for Efficient, Safe, Parallel Mutation Analysis in Rust
Mutation
Zalán Lévai University of Sheffield, Donghwan Shin University of Sheffield, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield
12:00
30m
Paper
Round-Trip Mutation Testing: Translating Code to Natural Language Intent and back
Mutation
Asma Sadjida Hamidi SnT, University of Luxembourg, Cedric Richter University of Luxembourg, Ahmed Khanfir RIADI, ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia, Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg
12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:00 - 15:30
Mutation - Session 3Mutation at Room 106
14:00
30m
Talk
QMutBench: A Dataset of Quantum Circuit Mutants
Mutation
Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory and Oslo Metropolitan University
14:30
30m
Paper
Black-Box Test Generation from State Machine Specifications via Mutation and Model Checking
Mutation
Futa Oda Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University, Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya Osaka University
15:00
30m
Paper
HOP: MediumDarwin - LittleDarwin Grows with Performance and Research-oriented Extensions
Mutation
Sajjad Hesamipour Khelejan , Thomas Laurent Lero@Trinity College Dublin, Anthony Ventresque School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin & Research Ireland Lero
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:30
Mutation - Session 4Mutation at Room 106
16:00
90m
Panel
Panel Discussion
Mutation
Phil McMinn University of Sheffield, Donghwan Shin University of Sheffield, Jinhan Kim Università della Svizzera italiana, Shaukat Ali Simula Research Laboratory and Oslo Metropolitan University, Gregory Gay Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg

Tue 19 May

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

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

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

Wed 20 May

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

10:00 - 10:30
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
10:00
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

12:00 - 13:30
12:00
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

15:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break Catering at 1F Lobby
15:00
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

Thu 21 May

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

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

11:30 - 13:00
11:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

14:30 - 15:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
14:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

Fri 22 May

Displayed time zone: Seoul change

10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

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

15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering at 1F Lobby
15:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering