12th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFE 2026)
February 27 ~ 28, 2026, Vancouver, Canada
Scope & Topics
12th 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 17, 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 journals.
Important Dates
| Submission Deadline | : | January 17, 2026 |
| Authors Notification | : | February 10, 2026 |
| Final Manuscript Due | : | February 17, 2026 |
Co - Located Event
***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to sofe@acsty2026.org