12th International Conference on Software Engineering (SEC 2026)

Scope & Topics Call for Participation Program Schedule

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering (SEC 2026) invites high quality submissions presenting original research, innovative ideas, and practical experiences across all areas of software engineering. SEC 2026 aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders to advance the state of the art and practice in software engineering, with a strong emphasis on emerging technologies, rigorous methods, and impactful applications.

We welcome submissions of technical research papers, empirical studies, industrial case studies, visionary papers, and tool demonstrations

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

Software Engineering Foundations, Theory, and Formal Methods
Automated Reasoning, Program Synthesis, and Program Semantics
Human-Centered and Cognitive Aspects of Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering, Software Design, and Architecture
Software Testing, Verification, Validation, and Quality Assurance
Reliability Engineering, Resilience, and Runtime Monitoring
Software Performance Engineering and Optimization
Software Security, Privacy Engineering, and Secure Supply Chains
Safety Critical, Cyber-Physical, and Embedded Systems Engineering
AI Augmented Software Engineering (e.g., LLMs, code assistants)
Software Engineering for AI/ML Systems, MLOps, and Data Centric SE
Trustworthy, Explainable, and Responsible AI Systems Engineering
Automated Debugging, Program Repair, and Intelligent Tooling
Cloud Native Software Engineering
DevOps, DevSecOps, Continuous Integration, and Continuous Delivery
Distributed, Large Scale, and Real Time Software Systems
Blockchain and Decentralized Software Systems
Web, Mobile, and User Facing Software Engineering
Multimedia, AR/VR, and Immersive Software Systems
Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics
Data-Driven and Empirical Software Engineering
Developer Productivity, Collaboration, and Socio-Technical Systems
Agile, Lean, and Hybrid Software Development Methods
Software Process Improvement, Automation, and Project Management
Open Source Software Engineering and Community Dynamics
Software Engineering for Big Data, Autonomous Systems, and Robotics
Software Engineering for Healthcare, Finance, and Other Critical Domains
Software Engineering Education, Training, and Learning Technologies

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by Closed .

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).

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