*** Last Call for Industry/Short Papers/Posters/ERA/RENE/Tool Demo/JF/RR Tracks ***

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-2026http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBvcmFAbGlzdC5lbHJhLmluZm8JVGhlIDMzcmQgSUVFRSBJbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsIENvbmZlcmVuY2Ugb24gU29mdHdhcmUgQW5hbHlzaXMsIEV2b2x1dGlvbiBhbmQgUmVlbmdpbmVlcmluZyAoU0FORVIgMjAyNik6IExhc3QgQ2FsbCBmb3IgSW5kdXN0cnkvU2hvcnQgUGFwZXJzL1Bvc3RlcnMvRVJBL1JFTkUvVG9vbCBEZW1vL0pGL1JSIFRyYWNrcwk0MzQJVmFyaWFiaWxpdHkJMTY5CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=https%3A%2F%2Fconf.researchr.org%2Fhome%2Fsaner-2026

SANER 2026 attracted for the research track 213 full paper submissions, the third highest in the 33 years of running. Although the submission deadline for the research track is now over, there are plenty of other tracks for which the submission deadline is still open, for just a few more days!

SANER 2026 welcomes high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research results.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.

• Industrial Papers: Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only) for full papers; talk proposals should not exceed 2 pages. • Short Papers and Posters: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (including all text, figures, references, and appendices); posters should not exceed 2 pages. • Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track: Submissions should not exceed 6 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only). • Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages for appendices to conference submissions or previous work and should not exceed 12 pages for new reproducibility studies and new descriptions of negative results (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only). • Tool Demo Track: Submissions should not exceed 5 pages. • Journal-First Papers Track: Submissions should not exceed 1 page (for the main submission). • Registered Report Track: Submissions should not exceed 7 pages (with the last 1 page reserved for references only).

Important Note: Short Papers and Posters, ERA, and RENE Tracks follow a double- anonymous review process.

Please refer to the conference website for details specific to each different track.

Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=Y29ycG9yYQkJCWNvcnBvcmFAbGlzdC5lbHJhLmluZm8JVGhlIDMzcmQgSUVFRSBJbnRlcm5hdGlvbmFsIENvbmZlcmVuY2Ugb24gU29mdHdhcmUgQW5hbHlzaXMsIEV2b2x1dGlvbiBhbmQgUmVlbmdpbmVlcmluZyAoU0FORVIgMjAyNik6IExhc3QgQ2FsbCBmb3IgSW5kdXN0cnkvU2hvcnQgUGFwZXJzL1Bvc3RlcnMvRVJBL1JFTkUvVG9vbCBEZW1vL0pGL1JSIFRyYWNrcwk0MzQJVmFyaWFiaWxpdHkJMTY5CWNsaWNrCXllcwlubw==&url=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fmy%2Fconference%3Fconf%3Dsaner2026

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.

IMPORTANT DATES

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

Industrial Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026

Short Papers and Posters Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026

Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026

Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track • Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025 • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026

Tool Demo Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 17 November, 2025 • Notifications: 19 December, 2025 • Camera-Ready: 14 January, 2026

Journal-First Track • Paper Submission Deadline: 8 December, 2025 • Notifications: 22 December, 2025

Registered Report Track • Submission Deadline: 7 November, 2025 • First Notification (Reviews): 5 December, 2025 • Second Round Submission (Rebuttal & Revised Report): 12 December, 2025 • Final Notification (Stage 1): 22 December, 2025 • Accepted Report to arXiv Submission: 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