12th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFE 2026)

Program Committee

Accepted Papers

Vancouver, Canada

Scope

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFE 2026) serves as a premier global platform for the exchange of knowledge, innovation, and advancements in the field of Software Engineering. As modern software systems continue to evolve in scale, complexity, and societal impact, the need for rigorous methodologies, robust engineering practices, and forward‑looking research has never been greater. SOFE 2026 aims to address this need by bringing together leading researchers, industry professionals, and academic scholars to explore emerging trends, share pioneering results, and foster meaningful collaboration across disciplines.

Call for Papers

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFE 2026) provides an opportunity to engage with cutting edge developments spanning theoretical foundations, engineering methodologies, and practical applications. By encouraging contributions that highlight novel research findings, innovative projects, comprehensive surveys, and real‑world industrial experiences, SOFE 2026 seeks to advance the collective understanding of modern software engineering concepts.

Authors are invited to submit high quality articles that demonstrate significant progress in a wide range of areas, including but not limited to contemporary software development practices, intelligent systems, automation, security, and large scale system design.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

AI Driven Software Engineering

AI assisted coding, debugging, and refactoring
LLM based development workflows
Autonomous software development agents
AI generated testing and documentation

Software Engineering for AI/ML Systems

MLOps and continuous training pipelines
Data centric AI engineering
Model governance, safety, and reliability
Testing and validation of ML enabled systems

Software Architecture & Cloud Native Engineering

Microservices, service mesh, and distributed architectures
Serverless and event driven systems
Resilience, scalability, and fault tolerance
Architecture evolution and technical debt

DevOps, DevSecOps & Platform Engineering

CI/CD automation and infrastructure as code
Secure software supply chains
Observability, reliability engineering, and SRE
Platform engineering and developer productivity

Software Testing, Verification & Quality Assurance

Automated test generation and program repair
Static and dynamic analysis
Fuzzing, mutation testing, and formal verification
Quality, reliability, and resilience engineering

Software Maintenance, Evolution & Reengineering

Legacy system modernization
Code transformation and refactoring
Software evolution analytics
Mining technical debt

Mining Software Repositories & Empirical SE

Big data driven SE
Developer behavior and productivity analytics
Telemetry based engineering
Evidence based SE practices

Human Centered Software Engineering

Developer experience (DX)
Cognitive aspects of programming
Collaboration and socio technical systems
Human AI interaction in development

Secure Software Engineering

Secure SDLC and DevSecOps
Vulnerability detection using ML
Software supply chain security
Privacy preserving engineering

Software Requirements, Modeling & Formal Methods

Requirements engineering for complex systems
Domain specific modeling
Formal specification and verification
Model driven engineering

Programming Languages & Tools

Language design and implementation
Compiler technologies
Static/dynamic analysis tools
Tool support for intelligent development

Software Engineering for Cyber Physical & IoT Systems

Real time and safety critical systems
Digital twins and simulation
Embedded and edge systems
Autonomous and robotic systems

Quantum & Emerging Computing Paradigms

Quantum programming languages
Hybrid quantum classical systems
Software engineering for unconventional architectures

Sustainable & Green Software Engineering

Energy efficient software
Carbon aware computing
Sustainable development practices

Software Engineering Education & Training

AI enhanced learning environments
Curriculum modernization
Developer skill assessment and analytics

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by January 31, 2026 . Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this conference. The proceedings of the conference will be published by Computer Science Conference Proceedings in Computer Science & Information Technology (CS & IT) series (Confirmed).

Selected papers from SOFE 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journal.

Important Dates

Second Batch : (Submissions after December 29, 2025)

Submission Deadline

January 31, 2026

Authors Notification

February 10, 2026

Registration & camera - Ready Paper Due

February 17, 2026

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Past Events

Invited Talk

Proceedings

Hard copy of the proceedings will be distributed during the Conference. The softcopy will be available on AIRCC Digital Library

Welcome to SOFE 2026