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Call for Papers: APSEC 2026
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Full Name: The 33rd Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2026)
Abbreviation: APSEC 2026
Website: [https://conf.researchr.org/home/apsec-2026](https://conf.researchr.org/home/apsec-2026)
Conference Date: December 7–10, 2026
Conference Venue: Bali, Indonesia

The Technical Track is the core of the conference, providing a premier forum for researchers, practitioners, and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and significant advances in software engineering. We invite high-quality submissions describing original and unpublished results on theoretical, empirical, or experimental software engineering research.

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Conference Committees
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--Organizing Committee--
General Co-Chairs
M. Ali Fauzi, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Rekyan Regasari Mardi Putri, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Program Co-Chairs
In-Young Ko, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea
Bayu Priyambadha, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Anis Rahmawati Amna, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Track & Workshop Chairs
Software Engineering in Practice (SEIP) Co-Chair: Chetan Arora, Monash University, Australia
Early Research Achievements (ERA) Co-Chair: Chien-Hung Liu, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Workshops Co-Chair: Shang-Pin Ma, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan

Publicity Co-Chairs
Agung Setia Budi, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Nur Hazbiy Shaffan, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Local Organization & Operations
Treasurer & Conference Manager: Hariyatul Fitria, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Web Chair: Widhi Yahya, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
Committee Members: Dany Primanita Kartikasari (Universitas Brawijaya), Issa Arwani (Universitas Brawijaya)

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Steering Committee
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Steering Committee Chair
In-Young Ko, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea

Steering Committee Members
Deron Liang, National Central University, Taiwan
Muhammad Ali Babar, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Yunja Choi, Kyungpook National University, South Korea
William Chu, TungHai University, Taiwan
Zhi Jin, Peking University & Wuhan University, China
Jacky Keung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR China
Karl Leung, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education
Katsuhisa Maruyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Steve Reeves, University of Waikato, New Zealand
Shamsul Sahibuddin, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia
Jean-Guy Schneider, Monash University, Australia
Jun Sun, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan
He Zhang, Nanjing University, China
Takashi Kobayashi, Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
Kinari Nishiura, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
Hongyu Zhang, Chongqing University, China

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Important Dates (Technical Track)
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(All dates are UTC+8 / Bali Time)
Abstract Submission: July 6, 2026
Full Paper Submission: July 13, 2026
Paper Bidding Period: July 14, 2026
Author Notification: September 14, 2026
Camera-Ready Deadline: October 19, 2026

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Topics of Interest
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Solicited topics include, but are not limited to:
Requirements Engineering: Elicitation, specification, analysis, validation, and management; Requirements for emerging systems.
Software Architecture and Design: Architectural modeling, patterns, and decision-making; Component-based, service-oriented, and microservices architectures.
Testing and Verification: Automated testing, test generation, and oracles; Model checking, theorem proving, symbolic execution, and runtime verification.
AI for Software Engineering: Machine learning and AI techniques to support code generation, testing, debugging, refactoring, and maintenance.
Software Engineering for AI: Methods, processes, and tools for developing, deploying, and maintaining reliable AI/ML systems; Quality assurance of AI-enabled software.
Security: Secure software development, vulnerability detection, and mitigation; Privacy-preserving techniques, secure-by-design approaches.
Software Maintenance and Evolution: Refactoring, program comprehension, reverse engineering; Legacy system migration and technical debt management.
Broad Application Domains: Mobile systems, cloud computing, embedded and cyber-physical systems, AI-intensive applications, IoT, and blockchain-based software.

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Publication & Journal Special Issue
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--Conference Proceedings--
All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore. Authors must register and present their work at the conference.

--Affiliated Journal Special Issue--
Selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a special issue of the Automated Software Engineering (AUSE) Journal (Publisher: Springer, Impact Factor: 3.1).

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Submission Instructions & Policies
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Formatting: Papers must be in English, PDF format, A4 size, and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (LaTeX users should use \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran}).

Page Limit: Technical research papers must not exceed 10 pages (including references).

Double-Blind Policy: APSEC 2026 strictly uses a double-blind reviewing process. Authors must omit names and affiliations from the title page, cite their own work in the third person, and anonymize any identifying repositories/artifacts. Submissions that violate double-blind rules risk desk rejection.

--AI and Originality Policy--
All submissions must be the original work of the listed authors. While the use of AI tools for linguistic editing and grammar improvement is permitted, the use of generative AI to produce original research content or text is strictly prohibited. By submitting, authors confirm that the work is not AI-generated.

Submission Link: Papers must be submitted electronically via EasyChair: [https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apsec2026](https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apsec2026)

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Call for Workshop Proposals
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The APSEC 2026 Workshops provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to discuss emerging topics in software engineering research and practice. These workshops foster the exchange of innovative ideas and early-stage developments that may later evolve into conference or journal publications.

We encourage those interested in organizing workshops to submit proposals. Workshops should highlight a specific topic of interest related to on-going research, education or industrial projects on software engineering. Each workshop can be full or half day.

--Important Dates (Workshop Proposals)--
Proposal Submission Deadline: July 6, 2026
Notification: July 20, 2026

--Evaluation Criteria--
Workshop proposals will be judged on their originality, relevance to the topics of APSEC 2026, the expected level of interest in the topic, and the organizers' ability to lead a successful workshop. All workshop participants must register for the conference.

--Responsibilities--
Each workshop organizing committee will be responsible for:
- Creating a web page for the workshop for publicity and communication. The call must make it clear that the workshop will be open to all participants of APSEC 2026.
- Providing a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program.
- Cooperating with the APSEC 2026 Organizing Committee on logistics of registrations and event arrangements.
- Publishing the proceedings. The workshop papers will be separately published by IEEE and will also appear in IEEE Xplore.

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Contact Us
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Technical Track Inquiries & Double-Blind Policy:
For questions regarding the Technical Track, please contact the Program Co-Chairs:

In-Young Ko (iko@kaist.ac.kr)
Bayu Priyambadha (bayu_priyambadha@ub.ac.id)

Workshop Inquiries:
For questions regarding workshop proposals, please contact the Workshops Chair:
Shang-Pin Ma (National Taiwan Ocean University)

General Inquiries:
Nur Hazbiy Shaffan (nur.hazbiy@ub.ac.id)
Anis Rahmawati Amna (anis.r.amna@ub.ac.id)

Organized by: Faculty of Computer Science (FILKOM), Universitas Brawijaya