*** Last Call for Papers to the Research Track ***

The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and

Reengineering (SANER 2026)

17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026

The 33rd edition of the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and

Reengineering (SANER 2026) invites high-quality submissions of papers describing

original and unpublished research results. We encourage submissions describing various

types of research, including empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented studies.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The topics of the submissions should be of direct interest to the software analysis,

evolution, and reengineering community (including researchers, practitioners, educators).

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• AI for Software Engineering and Software Engineering for AI (see note below);

• Generative AI and LLM Applied to Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering of Software;

• Software Analysis, Parsing, and Fact Extraction;

• Software Maintenance and Evolution, Evolution Analysis;

• Software Reverse Engineering and Reengineering;

• Program Comprehension;

• Software Architecture Recovery and Reverse Architecting;

• Program Transformation and Refactoring;

• Mining Software Repositories and Software Analytics;

• Software Visualization;

• Software Reconstruction and Migration;

• Program Repair;

• Software Release Engineering, Continuous Integration and Delivery;

• Software Security, Safety, Reliability and Quality Analysis;

• Software Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance;

• Human Factors and Legal Aspects in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and

Reengineering;

• Empirical Studies in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering;

• Education and Training in the Context of Software Analysis, Evolution and

Reengineering.

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer review process and will be selected

based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. Submissions must be original, not

published, accepted, or under review elsewhere. All submissions must be in PDF format

and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines. Submissions

should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only).

Important Note: The Research Track follows a double-anonymous review process.

Please refer to the conference website for more details.

Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026

PAPERS INVOLVING AI AND ML

Papers involving AI or ML must either (a) concern a software system as a whole, or a

subsystem, and not simply its AI or ML component, (b) consider software engineering

artifacts, (c) target a novel context for a software engineering task, or (d) study human,

social, socio-technical, and organizational aspects in the development of AI- or ML-

intensive software systems (see also "Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE

Perspective", 10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Papers involving AI or ML must explicitly

explain how they address a software engineering problem. Papers not meeting these

criteria may be more suitable for AI- or ML-focused venues instead. Papers that do not

clearly explain how they address a software engineering problem or don't meet the

above criteria will be desk-rejected.

SPECIAL JOURNAL ISSUE

Authors of selected research papers accepted at SANER 2026 will be invited to submit

revised, extended versions of their manuscripts for a special issue featured by Springer’s

Empirical Software Engineering Journal (EMSE). The best papers from the conference will

be awarded.

IMPORTANT DATES

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

Research Track

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 9 October, 2025

• Paper Submission Deadline: 16 October, 2025

• Notifications: 9 December, 2025

• Camera-Ready: 9 January, 2026

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

General Chair

• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Local Organizing Chair

• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs

• Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

• Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Industrial Chairs

• Anne Etien, University of Lille, France

• Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada

ERA Chairs

• Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands

• Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Short Papers and Posters Chairs

• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

RENE Chairs

• Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece

• Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Workshop/Tutorial Chairs

• Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

• Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Journal-First Chairs

• Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy

• Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Registered Report Chairs

• Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand

• Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland

Tool Demo Chairs

• Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

• Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy

Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs

• Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy

• Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia

Proceedings Chair

• Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan

Most Influential Paper Award Chairs

• Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece

• Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland

Sustainability Chair

• Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair

• Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Publicity and Social Media Chair

• Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan