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

February 27 ~ 28, 2026, Vancouver, Canada

Scope & Topics

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFE 2026) serves as a premier global platform for the exchange of knowledge, innovation, and advancements in the field of Software Engineering. As modern software systems continue to evolve in scale, complexity, and societal impact, the need for rigorous methodologies, robust engineering practices, and forward‑looking research has never been greater. SOFE 2026 aims to address this need by bringing together leading researchers, industry professionals, and academic scholars to explore emerging trends, share pioneering results, and foster meaningful collaboration across disciplines.

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.

• Advanced Computing: An International Journal (ACIJ)
  
• International Journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA) - ERA Indexed
  
• Computer Science & Engineering: An International Journal (CSEIJ)
  
• Information Technology in Industry (ITII)
  

Important Dates

Co - Located Event

• 12^th International Conference on Advances in Computer Science and Information Technology (ACSTY 2026)
  
• 12^th International Conference on Natural Language Processing (NATP 2026)
  
• 12^th International Conference on Information Technology Convergence and Services (ITCSS 2026)
  
• 12^th International conference on Advanced Computing (ADCOM 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Cloud Computing and IoT (CCCIoT 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Big Data (AIBD 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Signal Processing, VLSI Design & Communication Systems (SVC 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Machine Learning and Soft Computing (MLSC 2026)
  
• 7^th International Conference on Big Data and Blockchain (BDAB 2026)
  

***** The invited talk proposals can be submitted to sofe@acsty2026.org