ACM SecDev 2026
Sun 5 - Mon 6 July 2026 Montreal, Canada
co-located with FSE 2026

Call for Posters

SecDev 2026 solicits poster abstracts that present recent or ongoing work in a poster session.

The areas of interest for the poster session follow the regular paper submission and include (but are not limited to):

  • Security/resiliency-focused system designs (HW/SW/architecture)
  • Tools and methodology for secure code development
  • Risk management and testing strategies to improve security
  • Security engineering processes, from requirements to maintenance
  • Security benchmarks
  • Comparative experimental evaluation
  • From research to practice – gaps and transitions
  • Programming languages, development tools, and ecosystems supporting security
  • Static program analysis for software security
  • Dynamic analysis and runtime approaches for software security
  • Automation of programming, deployment, and maintenance tasks for security
  • Distributed systems design and implementation for security
  • Privacy by design
  • Human-centered design for systems security
  • Formal verification and other high-assurance methods for security
  • Code reviews, red teams, and other human-centered assurance

Posters for Previous Papers

SecDev 2026 strongly encourages authors of papers previously published at SecDev or FSE to submit posters based on their prior work. These posters will be automatically accepted into the poster session. This initiative provides authors an excellent opportunity to showcase the latest updates and progress of their research in person at SecDev 2026.


Poster Abstract Format and Submission


Posters will not be published in the conference proceedings.

However, the title and author information of accepted posters presented at the conference will be listed on the SecDev 2026 website as an official record.


Important Dates

  • Poster abstract submission deadline: March 23, 2026
  • Poster abstract submission deadline: Extended to Apr 22, 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: March 27, 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: Extended to Apr 27, 2026