The ACM Southeast (ACMSE) conference is the oldest, continuously running, annual conference of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). ACMSE provides an excellent forum for students, faculty, researchers, and industry practitioners to present their research in a friendly and dynamic atmosphere in all areas of computer science.

The 2026 ACM Southeast (ACMSE 2026) conference is organized by the Department of Computer Science at Troy University, Troy, Alabama. It will be celebrated as a fully in-person event on April 23-25, 2026. The conference will host many events, including paper presentations, a poster session, tutorials/workshops, keynote speeches, student competitions, and cultural events.


Students, faculty, researchers, and scientists are invited to submit high-quality original technical manuscripts to the 2026 ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2026). Two tracks are available: full papers and short papers. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The peer-review process will be “double-blind” where manuscripts shall be submitted, lacking author(s) names and affiliations. All accepted and presented articles at ACMSE 2026 will be published in the conference proceedings and the ACM Digital Library (ISBN: 979-8-4007-2062-8). At least one author of every accepted manuscript must register to attend the conference and present his/her article in person. Failure to do so will result in exclusion from the conference proceedings and the ACM Digital Library.

Full Papers: From 7 to 10 single-spaced pages in length (including references).

Short Papers: From 5 to 6 single-spaced pages in length (including references).


Scope
ACMSE 2026 invites prospective authors to submit their original technical work with significant research contributions on any aspects of computer science, information systems, and information technology. Both experimental results, as well as formal investigations, are equally welcome.



Policies
Authors submitting manuscripts for peer-review to the 2026 ACM Southeast Conference (ACMSE 2026) consent to the following policies:

That the work submitted is original, that the listed authors are the creators of the work, that each author is aware of the submission and that they are listed as an author, that each author is mindful of the content of the paper and fully agrees with it, and that the paper is an honest representation of the underlying work.
That the work submitted is not currently under review at any other publication venue, and that it will not be submitted to another venue unless it is rejected from this venue.
That the submitting authors have the rights and intent to publish the work in this venue if the work is accepted.
That any prior publications on which this work is based are documented appropriately in the manuscript and/or in a cover letter available to reviewers. This documentation includes providing an explanation of the new contribution that extends prior published results.
That for each work submitted to the conference, at least one of the authors should volunteer to serve on the Technical Program Committee (TPC) and assist in reviewing other manuscripts if requested by the TPC chair.
That the maximum number of submissions sent by each author is three. In other words, the same author may submit up to three contributions (posters, short papers, and full papers combined).
That the organizing committee and program committee reserve the right to remove a paper from the conference program or/and the ACM Digital Library at any stage should a problem arise with the submission.
That the authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects. Alleged violations of this policy or any ACM Publications Policy will be investigated by ACM and may result in a full retraction of the paper, in addition to other potential penalties, as per ACM Publications Policy.