ICSME 2026
Mon 14 - Fri 18 September 2026 Benevento, Italy
VenueUniversity of Sannio
Room nameAuditorium
Floor0
Capacity200
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Program

This program is tentative and subject to change.

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Tue 15 Sep

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09:30 - 10:30
SCAM/VISSOFT KeynoteSCAM Keynotes at Auditorium
Chair(s): Anne Etien University of Lille, Lille, France
09:30
60m
Keynote
The Last Mile of Software Engineering Research: Lessons from Large Industrial Systems
SCAM Keynotes
Benoit Verhaeghe Berger-Levrault

Wed 16 Sep

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09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:30
Keynote 1Plenary 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

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
Chair(s): Masud Rahman Dalhousie University

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
Pre-print
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 ProgramsRemote Talk
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
14:00 - 15:30
Session 5 - Bug Hunters & Model MendersIndustry Track / Visions and Emerging Results Track / Replication and Negative Results / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at Auditorium
Chair(s): Dario Di Nucci Software Engineering (SeSa) Lab, University of Salerno, Italy

Theme: Testing, Debugging & Repair

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
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
Chair(s): Giordano d'Aloisio University of L'Aquila

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
Pre-print 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 MeetingPlenary Events at Auditorium

Thu 17 Sep

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

Quantum Artificial Intelligence for Regression Testing of Cyber-Physical Systems

Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway

Keynote abstract and biography

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
Chair(s): Camilo Escobar-Velásquez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia, Kevin Moran University of Central Florida

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
Pre-print
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
Pre-print
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
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 Auditorium
Chair(s): Masud Rahman Dalhousie University, Valeria Pontillo Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), L’Aquila, Italy

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
Pre-print
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
Vision and Emerging Results
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
Pre-print
16:00 - 17:00
Panel SessionPanel at Auditorium
Chair(s): Filippo Lanubile University of Bari

Panelists: Davide Di Ruscio, Anita Sarma, David Lo, Sigrid Eldh, Michele Lanza

16:00
60m
Panel
Software Engineering Education in the Era of AI
Panel

Fri 18 Sep

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09:00 - 09:30
ICSME 2027 Presentation and Formal ClosingPlenary Events at Auditorium
09:30 - 10:30
Most Influential Paper AwardPlenary Events at Auditorium
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
Chair(s): Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, Esteban Parra Rodriguez Belmont University

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
Pre-print
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
14:00 - 15:30
Session 23 - Evidence-Driven AI EngineeringDoctoral Symposium / Research Papers Track / Tool Demonstration and Data Showcase Track at Auditorium
Chair(s): Camilo Escobar-Velásquez Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

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 ChainsRemote Talk
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 IDsRemote Talk
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
Pre-print Media Attached
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
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 SummariesRemote Talk
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

Tue 15 Sep

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Tue 15 Sep

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Wed 16 Sep

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Fri 18 Sep

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