ASE 2026
Mon 12 - Fri 16 October 2026 Munich, Germany
VenueHoliday Inn Munich – City Center
Room nameForum 1
Capacity220
Room Information

Forum 1-3 can be combined to the plenary room.

Program

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Tue 13 Oct

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10:30 - 12:30
AI and Software Engineering: AI4SE 1Research Papers at Forum 1
Chair(s): Lwin Khin Shar Singapore Management University
10:30
15m
Talk
How Reasoning Shapes Social Bias in LLM-Generated Code?
Research Papers
Weifeng Sun Singapore Management University, Singapore, Jieke Shi Singapore Management University, Zhou Yang University of Alberta; CIFAR AI Chair; Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute , Yuchen Chen Nanjing University, Hongyan Li Chongqing University, Meng Yan Chongqing University, David Lo Singapore Management University
10:45
15m
Talk
Think Before You Code: Dual Reasoning for the NLSafety–Utility Trade-Off in LLM Code Generation
Research Papers
Honghao Tan Concordia University, Haibo Wang Concordia University, Shin Hwei Tan Concordia University
11:00
15m
Talk
Exact-IaC: Execution-Driven Exact Knowledge Injection for Reliable IaC Synthesis
Research Papers
Hua Ge Nanjing University, Minxue Pan Nanjing University
11:15
15m
Talk
SwiftGram: Dynamic Lexical Forking for Precise and Efficient Grammar-Constrained Decoding
Research Papers
Shuyi Ling Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Liangyi Kang Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jie Liu Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shuai Wang Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhirou Ma Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dan Ye Institute of Software at Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:30
15m
Talk
Formal Verification-Integrated Reinforcement Learning for Automated ORM Schema Synthesis
Research Papers
Md Rashedul Hasan University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Hamid Bagheri University of Nebraska-Lincoln
DOI Media Attached File Attached
11:45
15m
Talk
AlphaCu: A Transformation-Driven Synthesis Framework for LLM-Based GPU Kernel Generation
Research Papers
Yangjie Zhou National University of Singapore, Xing Ma Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Zihan Liu Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Wang Qing Tsinghua University, Weihao Cui Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sun Wu Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Hanjing Wang Harvard University, Binhang Qi National University of Singapore, Jingwen Leng Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Yun Lin Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Minyi Guo Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Jin Song Dong National University of Singapore
12:00
15m
Talk
MultiKernelBench: A Multi-platform Benchmark for Kernel Generation
Research Papers
Zhongzhen Wen Nanjing University, zhangyinghui Nanjing University, Zhong Li Nanjing University, Zhongxin Liu Zhejiang University, Linna Xie Nanjing University, Tian Zhang Nanjing University
12:15
15m
Talk
RealisticTritonBench: A Benchmark for Triton-Kernel Generation in Real-World AI Frameworks
Research Papers
Jinjun Huang Zhejiang University, Zhongzhen Wen Nanjing University, Tongtong Xu Huawei, Meng Yan Chongqing University, Xin Xia Zhejiang University, Zhongxin Liu Zhejiang University
14:00 - 16:00
AI and Software Engineering: AI4SE 2Research Papers / Industry Showcase at Forum 1
Chair(s): Shengcheng Yu Technical University of Munich
14:00
15m
Talk
ExeCRE: Execution-Consistency Guided Reliability Estimation for Self-Correcting Code Generation
Research Papers
Yiru Dong Beihang University, Richong Zhang Beihang University, Fanshuang Kong Beihang University, Si Chen Beihang University
14:15
15m
Talk
Translation Tag Team: Formal Rules and LLMs Translate More Macros Together Than Apart
Research Papers
Brent Pappas University of Central Florida, Joseph Zaluksy University of Central Florida, Zachary Burkett University of Central Florida, Paul Gazzillo University of Central Florida
Pre-print Media Attached
14:30
15m
Talk
Regression Accumulation in Multi-turn LLM Programming Conversations
Research Papers
Andie Huang Massey University, Lin Ma Alibaba Research Center for Complexity Sciences; Hangzhou Normal University, Amjed Tahir Massey University, Qian Zhang University of California at Riverside, Liwen Xiao University of Otago, Lysa Xiao University of Otago
14:45
15m
Talk
When Comments Mislead: An Empirical Study of Outdated Comments in LLM-Based Code Completion
Research Papers
Zhikun Xia Sun Yat-sen University, Yuan Huang Sun Yat-sen University, Xiangping Chen Sun Yat-sen University, China, Zibin Zheng Sun Yat-sen University
15:00
15m
Talk
Towards Reliable C-to-Rust Translation with Rule-Guided Reasoning and Reinforcement Learning
Industry Showcase
Feng Luo Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Jiachen Liu Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Cuiyun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, jiafeng Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Kui Liu Huawei
15:15
15m
Talk
Instruction Alignment for Binary Code Representation Learning
Research Papers
Huaijin Wang Shandong University, Shuai Wang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Pre-print
15:30
15m
Talk
Post-hoc Attention Steering of Large Language Models for Robust Code Understanding under Obfuscation
Research Papers
Xiaokai Rong University of Texas at Dallas, Aashish Yadavally University of Central Florida, Tien N. Nguyen University of Texas at Dallas
15:45
15m
Talk
Lost in Translation, Found in Summary: Summary-Driven Supervision for Cross-Language Code Retrieval
Research Papers
Zhijie Liu Independent Researcher, Yisi Liu Donghua University, Linxi Jiang Independent Researcher, Yutian Tang University of Glasgow, Lili Xiao Donghua University, Zhipeng Xue Zhejiang University
16:30 - 17:30
AI and Software Engineering: SE4AI 1Research Papers / Journal First at Forum 1
Chair(s): Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
16:30
15m
Talk
Tensor-Based Batch Fuzzing with Adaptive Perturbation Scaling for Deep Neural Networks
Research Papers
Guanqin Zhang University of New South Wales, Sydney, Yulei Sui University of New South Wales
16:45
15m
Talk
AgentChaos: Chaos Engineering for Agent Systems via Programmatic Fault Injection
Research Papers
Gou Tan School of Systems Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China, Zhensu Sun Singapore Management University, Jieke Shi Singapore Management University, Ting Zhang Monash University, Zilong He Sun Yat-sen University, Qingfu Wu Sun Yat-sen University, Shuai Liang Sun Yat-sen University; China Unicom Software Research Institute: Beijing, CN, Weifeng Sun Singapore Management University, Singapore, Junda He Singapore Management University, Pengfei Chen Sun Yat-sen University, Chuanfu  Zhang Sun Yat-Sen University, Lwin Khin Shar Singapore Management University, David Lo Singapore Management University
17:00
15m
Talk
How Composite Metamorphic Relations Enhance Test Effectiveness of DNN Testing: An Empirical Study
Journal First
Huayao Wu Nanjing University, Peng Wang Nanjing University, Shengyou Hu Nanjing University, Xintao Niu Nanjing University, Changhai Nie Nanjing University, Tsong Yueh Chen Swinburne University of Technology
DOI
17:15
15m
Talk
When Ambiguity Meets Atypicality: Dual-Perspective Test Input Prioritization for DNNs
Research Papers
Haoran Li , Shihai Wang Beihang University, Bin Liu Beihang University, Jialuo Chen Zhejiang University, Wenjing Zhu Beihang University, Yu Liu Clarkson University, Tengfei Shi Beihang University, Shudi Guo Beihang University

Wed 14 Oct

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10:30 - 12:30
AI and Software Engineering: AI4SE 3NIER / Research Papers / Industry Showcase / Tools and Datasets at Forum 1
Chair(s): Shuyin Ouyang King's College London
10:30
15m
Talk
PAIChecker: Uncovering and Checking PR-Issue Misalignment in SWE-Bench-Like Benchmarks
Research Papers
Manyi Wang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Junjielong Xu The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Pinjia He Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen
Pre-print
10:45
15m
Talk
REAP: Automatic Curation of Coding Agent Benchmarks from Interactive Production Usage
Industry Showcase
Smriti Jha Facebook, US, Matteo Paltenghi University of Stuttgart, Chandra Sekhar Maddila Meta Platforms, Inc., Vijayaraghavan Murali Meta Platforms Inc., Shubham Ugare Meta, Satish Chandra Meta Platforms, Inc.
Pre-print
11:00
10m
Talk
SkillMOO: Multi-objective Optimization of Agent Skills for Software Engineering
NIER
Jingzhi Gong King's College London, Ruizhen Gu Queen's University Belfast, Zhiwei Fei Nanjing University, Yazhuo Cao King's College London, Lukas Twist King's College London, Alina Geiger , Shuo Han , Dominik Sobania paluno, University of Duisburg-Essen, Federica Sarro University College London, Jie M. Zhang Mistral AI and King's College London
11:10
10m
Talk
RELY-SE: A Dashboard for Measuring Operational Reliability of AI Coding Agents
Tools and Datasets
Akilesh P Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Shivadharshan Sankar Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Vibhu Saujanya Sharma Accenture Labs, Vikrant Kaulgud Accenture Labs, India
DOI
11:20
15m
Talk
Automated Table Reproduction via Code Generation
Research Papers
Doehyun Baek CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Michael Pradel CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
Pre-print
11:35
15m
Talk
Free Is More: Empowering Software Agents via Issue-Free Trajectory Learning and Entropy-Aware RLVR Training
Research Papers
Xin-Cheng Wen Harbin Institute of Technology, Binbin Chen Ant Group, Haoxuan Lan Zhejiang University, Hang Yu Ant Group, Peng Di Kunlunxin & UNSW Sydney, Cuiyun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
11:50
15m
Talk
LLM Agents Can See Code Repositories
Research Papers
Dongjian Ma Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Silin Chen Shanghai Jiao Tong University, yufeiyang Xi'an Jiaotong University, Yuling Shi Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Yanfu Yan Zhejiang University, Xiaodong Gu Shanghai Jiao Tong University
12:05
15m
Talk
ReCodeAgent: A Multi-agent Workflow for Language-Agnostic Translation and Validation of Large-Scale Repositories
Research Papers
Ali Reza Ibrahimzada University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Brandon Paulsen Amazon, Daniel Kroening Amazon, Reyhaneh Jabbarvand University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
DOI Pre-print Media Attached
12:20
10m
Talk
K-COBAgent: A Knowledge-Driven Multi-agent Framework for COBOL Modernization
NIER
Kavyasri Gajula Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Phanindra Kodela Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
14:00 - 16:00
AI and Software Engineering: SE4AI 2Journal First / Industry Showcase / Research Papers at Forum 1
Chair(s): Simos Gerasimou Cyprus University of Technology
14:00
15m
Talk
Benchmarking Contextual Understanding for In-Car Conversational Systems
Journal First
Philipp Habicht Humboldt Universität Berlin, Lev Sorokin BMW Group, Technical University of Munich, Abdullah Saydemir Technische Universität München, Ken Friedl BMW Group, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
DOI Pre-print
14:15
15m
Talk
Understanding Bugs in Modern Agentic Frameworks: A Study of Symptoms, Root Causes, and Triggering Conditions
Research Papers
Xiaowen Zhang , Hannuo Zhang Concordia University, Shin Hwei Tan Concordia University
Pre-print
14:30
15m
Talk
DiffGAN: A Test Generation Approach for Differential Testing of Deep Neural Networks for Image Analysis
Journal First
Zohreh Aghababaeyan University of Ottawa, Canada, Manel Abdellatif École de Technologie Supérieure, Lionel Briand University of Ottawa, Canada; Lero centre, University of Limerick, Ireland, Ramesh S
DOI
14:45
15m
Talk
Search-Based Testing of Vision Language Models for In-Car Scene Understanding
Industry Showcase
Lev Sorokin BMW Group, Technical University of Munich, Chen Yang TU Munich, Ken Friedl BMW Group, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
Pre-print
15:00
15m
Talk
When Knowledge Changes: Metamorphic Testing of RAG Systems with Mutations
Research Papers
Jinhan Kim Università della Svizzera italiana, Samuele Pasini Università della Svizzera italiana, Paolo Tonella USI Lugano
Pre-print
15:15
15m
Talk
Automated Assertion Generation and Regression Testing for Machine Learning NotebooksACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Paper Award
Research Papers
Yingao (Elaine) Yao Cornell University, Vedant Nimje Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Varun Viswanath Dwarkadas J Sanghvi College of Engineering, Saikat Dutta Cornell University
DOI Pre-print
15:30
15m
Talk
False-Positive Bug Reports in Deep Learning Compilers: Stages, Root Causes, and Mitigation
Journal First
Lili Huang College of Intelligence and Computing, Tianjin University, Qingchao Shen Tianjin University, Dong Wang Tianjin University, Yunping Wu Tianjin University, Meng Wang University of Bristol, Junjie Chen Tianjin University
DOI
15:45
15m
Talk
CIPIHunter: Detecting Configuration-Induced Prediction Instability in Deep Learning Frameworks
Research Papers
Yanzhou Mu UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology), Korea, Shuo Meng Nantong University, Mijung Kim UNIST, Xiang Chen Nantong University, Chunrong Fang Nanjing University, Zhenyu Chen Nanjing University, Juan Zhai University of Massachusetts at Amherst

Thu 15 Oct

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10:30 - 12:30
AI and Software Engineering: AI4SE 5Research Papers / Industry Showcase at Forum 1
Chair(s): Sungmin Kang NUS
10:30
15m
Talk
DepWareTrans: Dependency-Aware Incremental Repository Migration across Co-executable Languages
Industry Showcase
Sivajeet Chand Technical University of Munich, Alexander Pretschner TU Munich, Steve Haupt andrena objects, Derui Zhu Rochester Institute of Technology, Sushant Kumar Pandey University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Pre-print
10:45
15m
Talk
Aligning User Requirement with Large Language Model in Code Generation
Research Papers
Jia Li Wuhan University, Ruiqi Bai Wuhan University, Yangkang Luo Wuhan University, Yiran Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Wentao Yang Wuhan University, Zeyu Sun Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tiankuo Zhao Wuhan University, Dongming Jin Peking University, China, Lei Li University of Hong Kong, Zhi Jin Peking University, Wuhan University
11:00
15m
Talk
Pattern over Pixels: Measuring Pattern Completion Bias in Multimodal Code Generation
Research Papers
Khai Nguyen William & Mary, Oscar Chaparro William & Mary, Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA
Pre-print
11:15
15m
Talk
Customizing an LLM for Enterprise Software Engineering
Industry Showcase
Aditya Kini Google, Satish Chandra Meta Platforms, Inc., Milad Hashemi Google DeepMind, Saksham Thakur Google, Aditya Pandey Google, Vincent Nguyen Google, Marc Brockschmidt Google DeepMind, Franjo Ivančić Google, Danny Tarlow Google, Parthasarathy Ranganathan Google, Petros Maniatis Google DeepMind, Ahmed Omran Google, Zaheer Abbas Google DeepMind, Anita Gergely Google DeepMind, Martin Sevenich Google, Gufeng Zhang Google, Amy Hua Google, Alexander Frömmgen Google, Inc.
11:30
15m
Talk
From Vibe to Spec: An Empirical Study to Demystify Specifications in Code Generation
Research Papers
Ruirui He Nanjing University, Hanqing Lu Nanjing University, Lezhi Ma Nanjing University, Kai Ye University of Hong Kong, Qiong Wu Shandong Normal University, Shangqing Liu Nanjing University, Lei Bu Nanjing University, Xuandong Li Nanjing University
11:45
15m
Talk
AEG-Edit: Bridging API Evolution and Code Semantics for Accurate API Usage in Code Generation
Research Papers
Yitong Lin Zhejiang University, Haoye Tian Aalto University, Dehai Zhao Zhejiang University, Chao Ni Zhejiang University, Xiaohu Yang Zhejiang University, Xiaoxue Ren Zhejiang University
12:00
15m
Talk
Effective and Efficient Context Retrieval via Partial Dependency Graph for Repository-Level Code Generation
Research Papers
Zhongxin Liu Zhejiang University, Zhonghao Jiang Zhejiang University, Zhifan Ye Zhejiang University, Haoye Wang Hangzhou City University, Jiakun Liu Harbin Institute of Technology, Xiaoxue Ren Zhejiang University
12:15
15m
Talk
Towards Fully Automated Medical Imaging Code Generation via Validation-Based Context Engineering
Research Papers
Zixiao Zhao University of Auckland, Jing Sun School of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Zhe Hou Griffith University, Cheng-Hao Cai Monash University, Qian Liu University of Auckland, Mengze Li University of Auckland, Zijian Zhang Beijing Institute of Technology, Jin Song Dong National University of Singapore
14:00 - 16:00
AI and Software Engineering: SE4AI 3Research Papers / Journal First at Forum 1
Chair(s): Myra Cohen Iowa State University
14:00
15m
Talk
RAGVA: Engineering retrieval augmented generation-based virtual assistants in practice
Journal First
Rui Yang Monash University and Transurban, Michael Fu The University of Melbourne, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University, Chetan Arora Monash University, Lisa Vandenhurk Transurban, Joey Chua Transurban
DOI
14:15
15m
Talk
Localizing Data Annotation Faults in Semantic Segmentation Systems
Research Papers
Pengyi Yang China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Teng Long School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Zhiwu Xu Shenzhen University, Linhai Jing China University of Geosciences
14:30
15m
Talk
Targeted Deep Learning System Boundary Testing
Journal First
Oliver Weißl TUM, Amr Abdellatif Technical University of Munich, Xingcheng Chen Technical University of Munich & fortiss GmbH, Giorgi Merabishvili North Carolina State University, Vincenzo Riccio University of Udine, Severin Kacianka fortiss GmbH, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
DOI
14:45
15m
Talk
Tangent: An Empirical Study of Testing Practices for LLM-Based Agent Applications
Research Papers
Rangeet Pan IBM Research, Tyler Stennett Georgia Institute of Technology, Divya Sankar IBM Research, Bridget McGinn IBM Resesarch, Alessandro Orso University of Georgia, USA, Raju Pavuluri IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Saurabh Sinha IBM Research, Maja Vukovic IBM Research
15:00
15m
Talk
XMutant: XAI-based fuzzing for deep learning systems
Journal First
Xingcheng Chen Technical University of Munich & fortiss GmbH, Matteo Biagiola USI Lugano; University of St. Gallen, Vincenzo Riccio University of Udine, Marcelo d'Amorim North Carolina State University, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
DOI Pre-print
15:15
15m
Talk
Optimization-Free Repair of Code LLMs: A Closed-Form Fisher-Guided Bayesian Approach
Research Papers
Zhiyu Duan Beihang University, Chong Bian China Mobile, iainzhang , Shunkun Yang Beihang University
15:30
15m
Talk
Evolution-Aware Regression Test Prioritization of ML-Enabled Systems using Gradient-Based Behavior Vectors
Research Papers
Eunho Cho Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Donghwan Shin University of Sheffield, In-Young Ko Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Pre-print
15:45
15m
Talk
Not as Sweet by Another Name: An Empirical Study of Format Robustness in LLM Document Workflows
Research Papers
Xiaoyu Zhang Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Xianyun Cheng Central South University, Tianlin Li Beihang University, China, Yuwei Zheng Beihang University, Yue Yang Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University
16:30 - 17:30
Human and Social Aspects: Human-Computer InterfaceResearch Papers / NIER / Tools and Datasets at Forum 1
Chair(s): Kathryn Stolee North Carolina State University
16:30
15m
Talk
Toward Inclusive Programming Support for Novice Programmers with Dyslexia: Insights from a Comparative Study
Research Papers
Zihan Fang Vanderbilt University, Janice Chung Vanderbilt University, Ruijia Chen University of Wisconsin-Madison, Marcia Barnes Vanderbilt University, Yuhang Zhao University of Wisconsin-Madison, Yu Huang Vanderbilt University
16:45
15m
Talk
A Selective Undo/Redo Algorithm for Dependency-Constrained Operation Histories Based on Change Propagation
Research Papers
Xiaoxiong Fan Tsinghua University, Hou Tam Tsinghua University, Hanxi Zhu Tsinghua University, Song-Hai Zhang Tsinghua University
17:00
10m
Talk
Towards Multilingual AI-Assisted Software Engineering
NIER
Shivadharshan Sankar Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Anirudh Arrepu Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
17:10
10m
Talk
AutoFLC: An LLM-Based Flowchart Generation Tool for Legacy Code Repository
Tools and Datasets
Yixing Luo Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Longxing Yang Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Xiaofeng Li Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Bin Gu Beijing Institute of Control Engineering, Zhi Jin Peking University, Wuhan University
DOI
17:20
10m
Talk
Agentic Code Review in the Terminal: A Trajectory-Level Analysis of Behavior, Cost, and Human-Alignment
NIER
Wachiraphan (Ping) Charoenwet SonarSource, Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University, Patanamon Thongtanunam University of Melbourne, Hong Yi Lin The University of Melbourne, Minwoo Jeong Atlassian, Ming Wu Atlassian

Tue 13 Oct

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