SERI 2026
Thu 16 - Sat 18 July 2026 Hyderabad, India
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Thu 16 Jul

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09:30 - 09:45
InagurationSERI 2026 at H105
09:45 - 09:55
Organizer's ReportSERI 2026 at H105
09:55 - 10:00
PC ReportSERI 2026 at H105
10:50 - 11:20
10:50
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

13:00 - 14:30
Lunch BreakCatering at H105 Corridor
13:00
90m
Lunch
Lunch at H105 Corridor
Catering

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

16:30 - 18:00
Session-3 Software ReliabilitySERI 2026 at H105
Chair(s): Snigdha Athaiya Siemens Technology Bangalore
16:30
50m
Talk
Mainframe Application Reliability in the Agentic AI EraInvited Talk
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Diptikalyan Saha IBM Research
17:20
20m
Talk
Which Variables Really Matter? Rethinking Reliability in 5G/6G Systems under Transient FaultsFull Presentation
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Ganesha IIITB - International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore, Sujit Kumar Chakrabarti International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore
17:40
20m
Talk
Trust-Aware and Explainable Self-Healing Framework for Reliable Software SystemsFull Presentation
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Sanjay J PSG College of Technology , Karpagam G R Professor and Head, Dept of CSE
19:00 - 21:00
Networking DinnerCatering at Alumni Lounge Corridor
19:00
2h
Dinner
Dinner
Catering

Fri 17 Jul

Displayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change

09:30 - 10:20
Invited TalkSERI 2026 at H105
Chair(s): Ashish Mishra IIT Hyderabad
09:30
50m
Talk
Bringing UNITY to Software and Hardware DesignInvited Talk
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10:20 - 10:50
10:20
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

12:10 - 13:00
Invited TalkSERI 2026 at H105
Chair(s): Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad
12:10
50m
Talk
Prompt. Pray. Deploy. — The Agentic AI Wake-Up Call for Requirements EngineeringInvited Talk
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Chetan Arora Monash University
13:00 - 14:30
Lunch BreakCatering at H105 Corridor
13:00
90m
Lunch
Lunch at H105 Corridor
Catering

15:00 - 16:00
ConclusionSERI 2026 at H105
15:00
30m
Talk
iSOFT ASCENT Presentations
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15:30
30m
Talk
SE Research In India - Opportunities Presentations
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16:00 - 16:30
16:00
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

Sat 18 Jul

Displayed time zone: Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi change

09:15 - 09:30
Welcome Note - Industry TrackSERI 2026 at H105
09:15
15m
Day opening
Welcome Note and Agenda for the Industry Talk
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09:30 - 10:30
Key Note - Industry TrackSERI 2026 at H105
09:30
60m
Keynote
Scaling Innovation Without Losing ControlKeynote
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09:45 - 10:30
KeynoteSERI 2026 at H205
09:45
45m
Keynote
Responsible and Safe AI EngineeringGlobal Keynote
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Qinghua Lu Data61, CSIRO
10:30 - 11:15
Opening Talk (Talk - 1)SERI 2026 at H105
10:30
45m
Talk
The Software Engineering Trends That Will Define the Next DecadeInvited Talk
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Dr. Santhosh Reddy CEO at TiHAN IIT Hyderabad
11:15 - 11:30
Tea Break & Posters InteractionCatering at H105 Corridor
11:15
15m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

11:30 - 11:55
Panel DiscussionSERI 2026 at H205
11:30
25m
Panel
Industry PanelPanel Discussion
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Raktim Singh Infosys, Harleen Bedi Associate Vice President & Unit Technology Officer – Quality Engineering, Infosys, Laxmi Kumar Sammeta JP Morgan Chase & Co., Prantik Chatterjee MathWorks, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma Accenture Labs, Dr. Nidhi Tiwari Microsoft
11:30 - 13:00
11:30
90m
Panel
Round Table Discussion: Concept to Commerce
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11:55 - 13:15
Spotlight Session - 1SERI 2026 at H205
11:55
20m
Talk
Evaluation Spotlight: Assuring Autonomous Agents in the Real WorldSpotlight
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Chetana Amancharla Infosys Limited
13:00 - 14:00
Lunch Break & Posters InteractionCatering at H105 Corridor
13:00
60m
Lunch
Lunch at H105 Corridor
Catering

14:00 - 14:45
Session-2: Software Engineering in AI, Chair by Lalit Sanagavarapu SERI 2026 at H105
14:00
15m
Talk
IaC-Bench - A Metric-driven Benchmark for Evaluating LLM-Generated Terraform Infrastructure-as-CodeExtended Abstract Presentation
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Sabyasachi Mukhopadhyay International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Arihant Tripathy IIIT Hyderabad, India, Manish Shrivastava IIIT Hyderabad, Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad
14:15
15m
Talk
From Prototype to Production: Deploying MCP-Driven LLM Workflows in Enterprise EngineeringExtended Abstract Presentation
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14:30
15m
Talk
Verification and Validation Methods for Enterprise Digital TwinsExtended Abstract Presentation
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Suman Roychoudhury Tata Consultancy Services Research, Dushyanthi Mulpuru , Ansuman Banerjee , Rohan Raj Padhy Indian Statistical Institute
14:00 - 14:20
Panel DiscussionSERI 2026 at H205
14:00
20m
Panel
Academic PanelPanel Discussion
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Ashish Mishra IIT Hyderabad, Abhishek Kr Singh IIIT Hyderabad, Sangharatna Godboley NIT Warangal, Shouvick Mondal IIT Gandhinagar, M: Raktim Singh Infosys, Raghu Reddy IIIT Hyderabad, India
15:45 - 16:00
Tea Break & Posters InteractionCatering at H105 Corridor
15:45
15m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

16:00 - 17:20
Session 3SERI 2026 at H105
16:00
60m
Panel
Building Trustworthy Systems in an Untrustworthy World - CISO/CTO/VP EnggPanel Discussion
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M: Abhishek Kumar Thakur Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Saurabh Joshi Supra Research, Prasad Sivalanka Gloplax/Ex-HSBC, Praveen Tangella Allianttalent
16:00
60m
Panel
Agentic Software Engineering in India and Beyond: What's Working, What's NotPanel Discussion
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Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Abhishek Kumar Thakur Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Vishal Pratapwant , Sibanjan Das Service Now
16:40
20m
Talk
Security Spotlight: Reliability, Trust, and Compliance for Software Engineering AgentsSpotlight
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Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
17:00
20m
Talk
Practice Spotlight: Agent Assessment Framework: Evaluating Agentic AI Systems beyond Task CompletionSpotlight
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Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad
17:20 - 18:00
Closing RemarksSERI 2026 at H105
17:20
40m
Day closing
Key Takeaways and Collaboration Beyond SERI
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