12^th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFT 2026)

June 20 ~ 21, 2026, Sydney, Australia

Scope & Topics

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFT 2026) will provide an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of Software Engineering and Applications. The goal of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on understanding Modern software engineering concepts and establishing new collaborations in these areas.

Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to.

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

AI Driven and Automated Software Engineering

• Machine Learning for Software Engineering (ML4SE)
  
• Large Language Models for Code (generation, repair, summarization)
  
• Automated Testing, Debugging, and Program Repair
  
• Search Based and Data Driven Software Engineering
  
• Intelligent Developer Assistants and Tooling
  Software Testing, Verification and Reliability
  
• Automated, Model Based, and AI Driven Testing
  
• Static and Dynamic Program Analysis
  
• Formal Verification, Model Checking, and Correctness
  
• Reliability Engineering, Fault Tolerance, and Resilience
  
• Fuzzing, Failure Analysis, and Debugging Techniques
  Software Architecture, Evolution and Maintenance
  
• Software Architecture, Design, and Technical Debt
  
• Software Evolution, Refactoring, and Reengineering
  
• Reverse Engineering and Program Comprehension
  
• Mining Software Repositories (MSR)
  
• Large Scale Empirical Studies in Software Engineering
  Software Security and Secure Development
  
• Secure Software Engineering and Secure Coding Practices
  
• Vulnerability Detection, Analysis, and Mitigation
  
• Software Supply Chain Security, SBOM, and Dependency Risk
  
• Security Testing, Threat Modeling, and Hardening
  
• Privacy Preserving Software Design
  DevOps, Processes and Developer Productivity
  
• DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
  
• GitOps, Cloud Automation, and Deployment Pipelines
  
• Agile, Lean, and Hybrid Development Approaches
  
• Human Factors, Collaboration, and Developer Productivity
  
• Socio Technical Aspects of Software Engineering
  Cloud Native, Distributed and Cyber Physical Systems
  
• Cloud Native Engineering, Microservices, and Serverless Systems
  
• Distributed Systems, Edge Computing, and IoT Software
  
• Cyber Physical Systems and Safety Critical Software
  
• Performance, Scalability, and Observability Engineering
  
• Engineering Large Scale AI/ML Systems and Model Serving
  Programming Languages, Compilers and Software Tools
  
• Programming Language Design, Type Systems, and Semantics
  
• Compilers, Runtimes, and Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
  
• Static Analysis and Language Based Security
  
• Developer Tools, IDEs, and Intelligent Code Assistants
  
• Execution Models and Virtual Machines
  Software Engineering for AI/ML Systems
  
• MLOps, Data and Model Lifecycle Management
  
• Testing, Monitoring, and Debugging AI/ML Systems
  
• Reliability, Robustness, and Governance of AI Enabled Software
  
• Human AI Collaboration in Software Development
  
• Engineering Responsible and Trustworthy AI Systems
  Ethics, Sustainability and the Future of Software Engineering
  
• Ethical, Responsible, and Transparent Software Engineering
  
• Sustainable and Green Software Engineering
  
• Software Engineering Education and Training
  
• Open Source Software Engineering
  
• Societal Impact of Software Systems
  
• Web-based Education Systems and Learning Applications
  

Paper Submission

Authors are invited to submit papers through the conference Submission System by April 18, 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 SOFT 2026, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of the following journals.

• International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA) - ERA Indexed
  
• International Journal of Security, Privacy and Trust Management (IJSPTM)
  
• International Journal of Multimedia & Its Applications (IJMA)
  
• International Journal of Programming Languages and Applications (IJPLA)
  
• Information Technology in Industry (ITII)
  

Important Dates

Co - Located Event

• 12^th International Conference on Networks and Communications (NCO 2026)
  
• 15^th International Conference on Advanced Information Technologies and Applications (ICAITA 2026)
  
• 15^th International Conference on Soft Computing, Artificial Intelligence and Applications (SAI 2026)
  
• 13^th International Conference on Signal and Image Processing (Signal 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Advanced Natural Language Processing (AdNLP 2026)
  
• 17^th International Conference on Ad hoc, Sensor & Ubiquitous Computing (ASUC 2026)
  
• 12^th International Conference on Control, Modeling and Computing (CMC 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Cloud, Big Data and Web Services (CBW 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Machine Learning & Trends (MLT 2026)
  
• 15^th International Conference on Data Mining & Knowledge Management Process (CDKP 2026)
  

***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to soft@icaita2026.org