SANER 2026
Tue 17 - Fri 20 March 2026 Limassol, Cyprus
VenueThe St. Raphael Resort – 5 *
Room namePanorama
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Program

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Tue 17 Mar

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09:00 - 10:30
VST - Session 1Workshops & Tutorials at Panorama

09:00 - 09:20: Welcome and Opening Message, Christian Macho and Martin Pinzger

09:20 - 10:30: Keynote “Testing of Autonomous Driving Systems: From Simulated to Real-world Environments”, Andrea Stocco

11:00 - 12:30
11:00
25m
Talk
Empirical Derivations from an Evolving Test Suite
Workshops & Tutorials
Jukka Ruohonen University of Southern Denmark, Abhishek Tiwari University of Southern Denmark
11:25
25m
Talk
TrainTicketTrace: A Multi-Fault Distributed Dataset for Microservice Fault Detection and Localization
Workshops & Tutorials
Pirmin Urbanke Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Stefan Fischer Software Competence Center Hagenberg
12:00
15m
Talk
Grammar-Aware Coverage-Guided Fuzzing with Grammarinator and AFL++
Workshops & Tutorials
Renáta Hodován University of Szeged, Hungary, Ákos Kiss University of Szeged, Hungary
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
25m
Talk
Metamorphic Testing for Sequential Prediction Models: A Survey of LSTMs and LLMs
Workshops & Tutorials
Alejandra Duque-Torres Software Competence Center Hagenberg (SCCH) GmbH, Stefan Fischer Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Claus Klammer Software Competence Center Hagenberg
14:25
25m
Talk
TAM-Eval: Evaluating LLMs for Automated Unit Test Maintenance
Workshops & Tutorials
Elena Bruches Siberian Neuronets LLC, Vadim Alperovich T-Technologies, Dari Baturova Siberian Neuronets LLC, Roman Derunets Siberian Neuronets LLC, Daniil Grebenkin Siberian Neuronets LLC, Georgiy Mkrtchyan T-Technologies, Oleg Sedukhin Siberian Neuronets LLC, Mikhail Klementev Siberian Neuronets LLC, Ivan Bondarenko Novosibirsk State University, Nikolay Bushkov T-Technologies, Stanislav Moiseev T-Technologies
Pre-print
14:50
25m
Talk
I Will Try to Fix You: Large Language Models for Mobile GUI Test Repair
Workshops & Tutorials
Tommaso Fulcini Politecnico di Torino, Alessandro Poletti Politecnico di Torino, Anna Arnaudo Politecnico di Torino, Riccardo Coppola Politecnico di Torino
16:00 - 16:40
16:00
25m
Talk
Effective Minimization of Failure-Inducing Tests Using Convention-Aware Slicing
Workshops & Tutorials
Sara Baradaran University of Southern California, Mukund Raghothaman University of Southern California
16:25
15m
Talk
QGMR: A new Quantum Mutation Testing operator
Workshops & Tutorials
Sanskar Shah National Institute of Technology Warangal, India, Sangharatna Godboley NIT Warangal, P. Radha Krishna National Institute of Technology Warangal, Warangal
16:40 - 17:45
VST - ClosingWorkshops & Tutorials at Panorama

16:40 - 17:00: Discussion

17:00 - 17:45: Open Session and Closing

17:00 - 17:30: Open Session, Work in Progress, Tool Demos, New Ideas

17:30 - 17:45: Closing

Wed 18 Mar

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09:00 - 09:30
09:30 - 10:30
09:30
60m
Keynote
Mining Emotions in Software Engineering: From Text to Biometrics
Keynote Session
K: Nicole Novielli University of Bari, S: Matthias Galster University of Canterbury, S: Georgia Kapitsaki University of Cyprus
11:00 - 12:30
Session 1A - Software Quality, Technical Debt, and Software EvolutionShort Papers and Posters Track / Registered Report Track / Journal First Track / Research Track / Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track at Panorama
Chair(s): Kilian Müller Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
11:00
15m
Talk
Leveraging Commit-Size Context and Hyper Co-Change Graph Centralities for Defect Prediction
Research Track
Amit Kumar IIIT Allahabad, Hrishikesh Ethari IIIT Manipur, Sonali Agarwal Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad
11:15
15m
Talk
An empirical study on architectural smells through a pipeline for continuous technical debt assessment
Journal First Track
Matteo Bochicchio University of Milano-Bicocca, Darius Sas TXT Arcan, Alessandro Gilardi University of Milano-Bicocca, Francesca Arcelli Fontana University of Milano-Bicocca
11:30
15m
Talk
Binary and multi-class classification of Self-Admitted Technical Debt: How far can we go?
Journal First Track
Francesca Arcelli Fontana University of Milano-Bicocca, Juri Di Rocco University of L'Aquila, Davide Di Ruscio University of L'Aquila, Amleto Di Salle Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Phuong T. Nguyen University of L’Aquila
11:45
15m
Talk
Using Small Language Models to Reverse-Engineer Machine Learning Pipelines Structures
Registered Report Track
Nicolas Lacroix Université Côte d'Azur, I3S, Mireille Blay-Fornarino Université Nice Sophia Antipolis, I3S, Sébastien Mosser McMaster University, Frederic Precioso Laboratoire I3S UMR UNS-CNRS 7271
12:00
15m
Talk
Self-Admitted Technical Debt in LLM Software: An Empirical Comparison with ML and Non-ML Software
Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track
Niruthiha Selvanayagam Ecole de Technologie Supérieure, Taher A. Ghaleb Trent University, Manel Abdellatif École de Technologie Supérieure
12:15
7m
Talk
Larger Is Not Always Better: Leveraging Code Evolution for Comment Inconsistency Detection
Short Papers and Posters Track
Nguyen Hoang Vinh-Phong 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
12:22
7m
Talk
Scala Mixed-Paradigm Maintainability Metrics
Short Papers and Posters Track
Ivo Broekhof Universiteit Twente, Rinse van Hees InfoSupport, Nhat University of Twente, Vadim Zaytsev University of Twente
File Attached
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
15m
Talk
An Empirical Analysis of Code Clones in GitHub Actions Workflows
Research Track
Guillaume Cardoen University of Mons, Tom Mens University of Mons, Alexandre Decan University of Mons; F.R.S.-FNRS
14:15
15m
Talk
Reusing Legacy Code in Wasm: Key Challenges of Compilation and Code Semantics Preservation
Research Track
Sara Baradaran University of Southern California, Liyan Huang University of Southern California, Mukund Raghothaman University of Southern California, Weihang Wang University of Southern California
Pre-print
14:30
15m
Talk
Cold-Start Anti-Patterns and Refactorings in Serverless Systems: An Empirical Study
Research Track
SYED SALAUDDIN MOHAMMAD TARIQ University of Michigan - Dearborn, Foyzul Hassan University of Michigan at Dearborn, Amiangshu Bosu Wayne State University, Probir Roy University of Michigan at Dearborn
14:45
15m
Talk
Prescriptive procedure for manual code smell annotation
Journal First Track
Simona Prokić Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Nikola Luburić Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Jelena Slivka Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Aleksandar Kovačević Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad
15:00
15m
Talk
Transpilation using Recursive Rewrite Rules: From Legacy to Maintainable Code
Industrial Track
15:15
7m
Talk
Evaluating Cross-Language Transfer for Refactoring Detection with Large Language Models
Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track
Siyuan Liu Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nabhan Suwanachote Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Yutaro Kashiwa Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Brittany Reid Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Hajimu Iida Nara Institute of Science and Technology
15:22
7m
Talk
Design Pattern-based Code Refactoring with LLMs
Short Papers and Posters Track
Bartolomeo Zisa Università di Pisa, Lucia Passaro University of Pisa, Jacopo Soldani University of Pisa, Italy
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
15m
Talk
Feedback Loops and Code Perturbations in LLM-based Software Engineering: A Case Study on a C-to-Rust Translation System
Industrial Track
16:15
15m
Talk
Efficient Translation of Long Code Blocks using Large Language Models
Research Track
Venkatesan Chakaravarthy IBM Research - India, Anamitra Roy Choudhury IBM, Vini Kanvar IBM Research, Rami Katan IBM Research Haifa, Shivmaran Pandian IBM Research - India, Aditya Raghuvanshi International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, Yogish Sabharwal IBM Research - India
16:30
15m
Talk
Translating Code with Large Language Models and Human-in-the-loop feedback
Journal First Track
Gabriele Dario De Siano University of Naples Federico II, Anna Rita Fasolino Federico II University of Naples, Giancarlo Sperlì University of Naples Federico II, Andrea Vignali University of Naples Federico II
16:45
15m
Talk
Migrating Esope to Fortran 2008 using model transformations
Industrial Track
Younoussa Sow DTIPD Framatome, Nicolas Anquetil University of Lille, Lille, France, Léandre Brault , Stéphane Ducasse Inria; University of Lille; CNRS; Centrale Lille; CRIStAL
17:00
15m
Talk
Refining LLM-based COBOL-to-Java Translation via Natural Language Summary Augmentation
Industrial Track
Aman Bhardwaj IBM Research - India, Vijay Arya IBM Research, Yogish Sabharwal IBM Research - India
17:15
7m
Talk
Toward Reliable Code De-obfuscation with Large Language Models
Short Papers and Posters Track
Yujeong Choi Duksung Women’s University, Dohwan Ji Hanbat National University, Yujin Kwon Duksung Women’s University, Jinyoung Kim Sungkyunkwan University
17:22
7m
Talk
LLMs as Idiomatic Decompilers: Recovering High-Level Code from x86-64 Assembly for Dart
Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track

Thu 19 Mar

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09:30 - 10:30
09:30
60m
Keynote
Diversity and Inclusion in Software Engineering: From the Classroom to the Workplace
Keynote Session
K: Alexander Serebrenik Eindhoven University of Technology, S: Matthias Galster University of Canterbury, S: Georgia Kapitsaki University of Cyprus
11:00 - 12:30
Session 4A - Code Representation and AnalysisResearch Track / Tool Demo Track at Panorama
Chair(s): Stefan Grintz SAP
11:00
15m
Talk
GDPO: Dual Learning for Self-Supervised Code Summarization in the Era of Large Language Models
Research Track
Chen Xiao , Wang Shuwei Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences;and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhang Weize Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences;and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Jiang Zhengwei Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences;and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wang Qiuyun Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences;and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
11:15
15m
Talk
Mind the Merge: Evaluating the Effects of Token Merging on Pre-trained Models for Code
Research Track
Mootez Saad Dalhousie University, Hao Li Queen's University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
11:30
15m
Talk
CONCORD: A DSL for Generating Simplified and Scalable Graph-Based Code Representations
Research Track
Mootez Saad Dalhousie University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
Pre-print
11:45
15m
Talk
Combining Static Code Analysis and Large Language Models Improves Correctness and Performance of Algorithm Recognition
Research Track
Denis Neumüller Ulm University, Sebastian Boll Ulm University, David Schüler Ulm University, Matthias Tichy Ulm University
12:00
15m
Talk
A Multi-Modal Retrieval-Augmented Framework for Compiler Backend Generation with LLMs
Research Track
Ming Zhong SKLP, Institute of Computing Technology, CAS, Fang Lv Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hongna Geng , Xin Sun , Lulin Wang , Lulin Wang , Huimin Cui Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiaobing Feng ICT CAS
12:15
7m
Talk
Static Analysis assisted Knowledge Graph based Automatic Functionality Discovery for Mainframe Applications
Tool Demo Track
Sasaank Janapati , Atul Kumar IBM Research India, Nandakishore S Menon IBM Research India, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
14:00 - 15:30
Session 5A - Robustness and Reliability of LLM Code GenerationShort Papers and Posters Track / Research Track / Tool Demo Track / Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track at Panorama
Chair(s): Mugdha Khedkar Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University
14:00
7m
Talk
Failure-Aware Enhancements for Large Language Model (LLM) Code Generation: An Empirical study on Decision Framework
Short Papers and Posters Track
Jianru Shen University of Montana, Zedong Peng University of Montana, Lucy Owen University of Montana
14:07
15m
Talk
Progressively Mitigating API Hallucination in LLM-Generated Code via Knowledge Graph Reasoning
Research Track
Yuxuan Li Peking University, Zexiong Ma Peking University, Yanzhen Zou Peking University, Yue Wang Peking University, Lihan Yang Peking University, Bing Xie Peking University
14:22
15m
Talk
Programming Language Confusion: When Code LLMs Can't Keep their Languages Straight
Research Track
Micheline Bénédicte MOUMOULA University of Luxembourg, NIKIEMA Beninwende Serge Lionel University of Luxembourg, Abdoul Kader Kaboré University of Luxembourg, Jacques Klein University of Luxembourg, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé University of Luxembourg
14:37
15m
Talk
Can LLMs Keep Up with Library Changes? An Exploratory Study on LLM-Generated Code
Research Track
Xiangrong Lin Zhejiang University, Jiakun Liu Harbin Institute of Technology, Lingfeng Bao Zhejiang University
14:52
15m
Talk
Leveraging Enhanced Test-Driven Development for Accurate Code Generation in LLMs
Research Track
Rui Zhang School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Weijie Shan School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Teng Long School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Ce Fu School of Artificial Intelligence, China University of Geosciences(Beijing)
15:07
7m
Talk
When RAG Lies: Link-Injection Knowledge-Base Poisoning in Code Generation
Short Papers and Posters Track
Nguyen Trung Hieu Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Trung-Hieu Nguyen Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam, Trong-Nghia Be University of Engineering and Technology, Bao-Huy Hoang Hanoi University of Science and Technology,, Anh M. T. Bui Hanoi University of Science and Technology
15:14
7m
Talk
Grounding Generative AI in Software Engineering: Are We There Yet?
Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track
Mootez Saad Dalhousie University, José Antonio Hernández López Department of Computer Science and Systems, University of Murcia, Boqi Chen McGill University, Neil Ernst University of Victoria, Daniel Varro Linköping University / McGill University, Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
Pre-print
15:21
7m
Talk
MutEval: NL-PL Prompt Mutation Framework for Robustness Evaluation of Code LLMs
Tool Demo Track
Pre-print Media Attached

Fri 20 Mar

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10:00 - 10:30
Award CeremonyKeynote Session at Panorama
11:00 - 12:30
Session 6A - Tools and Techniques for Effective Software DevelopmentIndustrial Track / Journal First Track / Tool Demo Track / Research Track at Panorama
Chair(s): NIKIEMA Beninwende Serge Lionel University of Luxembourg
11:00
15m
Talk
How Natural Language Proficiency Shapes GenAI Code for Software Engineering Tasks
Journal First Track
Ruksit Rojpaisarnkit Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Youmei Fan Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Kenichi Matsumoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka
11:15
15m
Talk
Data Catalog Tools: A Systematic Multivocal Literature Review
Journal First Track
Marco Tonnarelli JADS - TU/e, Indika Kumara Tilburg University, Stefan Driessen JADS, Tilburg University, Damian Andrew Tamburri University of Sannio - JADS/NXP Semiconductors, Willem-Jan van den Heuvel JADS, Tilburg University, Patrick Oor NXP Semiconductors
11:30
15m
Talk
On the Practical Adoption of a Static Performance Anti-Pattern Detector: An Industrial Case Study
Industrial Track
Lizhi Liao University of Guelph, Weiyi Shang University of Waterloo, Catalin Sporea ERA Environmental Management Solutions, Andrei Toma ERA Environmental Management Solutions, Sarah Sajedi ERA Environmental Management Solutions
11:45
15m
Talk
Multi-CoLoR: Context-Aware Localization and Reasoning across Multi-Language Codebases
Industrial Track
Indira Vats University of Toronto; Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Sanjukta De Advanced Micro Devices, Subhayan Roy , Saurabh Bodhe , Lejin Varghese , Max Kiehn , Yonas Bedasso Advanced Micro Devices, Marsha Chechik University of Toronto
Pre-print
12:00
15m
Talk
Diagram-Aware Automatic Review of Software Design Documents Using Multimodal Large Language Models
Industrial Track
Takasaburo Fukuda Fujitsu Limited, Susumu Tokumoto Fujitsu Limited
12:15
7m
Talk
Source Code-Driven GDPR Documentation: Supporting RoPA with Assessor View
Tool Demo Track
Mugdha Khedkar Heinz Nixdorf Institute, Paderborn University, Michael Schlichtig Heinz Nixdorf Institut, Paderborn University, Eric Bodden Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University & Fraunhofer IEM
Pre-print Media Attached
12:22
7m
Talk
RefineID: A Developer-Centric IDE Assistant for Better Identifiers
Tool Demo Track
Eya Jeljli , Tushar Sharma Dalhousie University
14:00 - 15:30
Session 7A - Software Quality, Maintenance, and Developer SupportJournal First Track / Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track / Registered Report Track / Tool Demo Track / Industrial Track / Research Track at Panorama
Chair(s): Dominik Sobania University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
14:00
15m
Talk
A PRISMA-driven Systematic Mapping Study on System Assurance Weakeners
Journal First Track
Kimya Khakzad Shahandashti York University, Alvine Boaye Belle York University, Timothy Lethbridge University of Ottawa, Oluwafemi Odu York University, Mithila Sivakumar University of Ottawa
14:15
15m
Talk
A Bug is Being Born: How Close Are We? A Time Sensitive Forecasting Approach
Registered Report Track
Mikel Robredo University of Oulu, Matteo Esposito University of Oulu, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno, Rafael Peñaloza University of Milano-Bicocca, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Southern Denmark
14:30
15m
Talk
Newcomers’ experiences during debugging: A cognitive inclusivity perspective using GenderMag
Journal First Track
Faith Culas University of Auckland, Amisha Singh University of Auckland, Atharva Arankalle University of Auckland, Priyanka Dhopade University of Auckland, Kelly Blincoe University of Auckland
14:45
15m
Talk
Ranking Guidance Actions to Support Engineers in Fulfilling Process Constraints
Journal First Track
Anmol Bilal Johannes Kepler University, Christoph Mayr-Dorn Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Alexander Egyed Johannes Kepler University Linz
15:00
15m
Talk
Question Answering for Multi-Release Systems: A Case Study at Ciena
Industrial Track
Parham Khamsepour University of Ottawa, Mark Cole , Ish Ashraf , Sandeep Puri , Mehrdad Sabetzadeh University of Ottawa, Shiva Nejati University of Ottawa
Pre-print
15:15
7m
Talk
Revealing Reversed Causal Effects in Bug-Fix Delays: A LiNGAM-Based Comparison between OSS and Enterprise Systems
Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track
Ryo Masuda Hitachi, Ltd., Takahiro Kinoshita Hitachi, Ltd., Hideyuki Kanuka Hitachi, Ltd., Sien Reeve O. Peralta Waseda University, Hironori Washizaki Waseda University, Masanari Kondo Kyushu University
15:22
7m
Talk
PRECOG: Pull Request Priorization and Visualization
Tool Demo Track
Hugo Raskin University of Namur, Xavier Devroey University of Namur, Benoît Vanderose University of Namur
Pre-print Media Attached
15:30 - 16:00
SANER 2027, SANER 2028 Announcement & Townhall MeetingResearch Track at Panorama
16:00 - 16:10

Wed 18 Mar

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Thu 19 Mar

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Fri 20 Mar

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