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NLBSE Tools 2026 : 5th International Workshop on Natural Language-based Software Engineering - Tool Competition

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Link: https://nlbse2026.github.io/tools/
 
When Apr 12, 2026 - Apr 13, 2026
Where Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Submission Deadline Dec 19, 2025
Notification Due Jan 12, 2026
Final Version Due Jan 26, 2026
Categories    software engineering   natural language processing   comment classification   issue classification
 

Call For Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS

Tool Competition - The 5th International Workshop on Natural Language-based Software Engineering (NLBSE'26)


Co-located with the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE'26)


12-13 April 2026, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil


NLP-based approaches and tools have been proposed to improve the efficiency of software engineers, processes, and products, by automatically processing natural language artifacts (issues, emails, commits, etc.).

We believe that the availability of accurate tools is becoming increasingly necessary to improve Software Engineering (SE) processes. Two important processes are (i) code comment classification where developers have to understand, classify, prioritize, assign, etc. incoming issues and code comments reported by end-users and developers and (ii) skill classification where developers build and assess multi‑label classifiers that predict, for each issue, the set of domains and sub‑domains representing the skills required to solve it.

We are pleased to announce the fifth edition of the NLBSE'26 tool competition on code comment classification and skill classification; two important tasks in issue and code comment management and prioritization.

You are invited to participate in one or both tool competitions.

See competition details at https://nlbse2026.github.io/tools/


IMPORTANT DATES


(All deadlines are 23:59h "Anywhere on Earth" (AoE) time)

Paper/tool submission
December 19, 2025

Acceptance notification
January 12, 2026

Camera-ready paper submission
January 26, 2026


ORGANIZING COMMITTEE


Comments Competition Organizers
- Pooja Rani, University of Zurich, Switzerland
- Moritz Mock, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Skills Competition Organizers
- Fabio Santos, Colorado State University, USA
- Jacob Penney, Northern Arizona University, USA
- Benjamin Carter, University of California Santa Barbara, USA

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