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SANER 2026: The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus, March 17-20, 2026
Conference websitehttps://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026
Submission linkhttps://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saner2026
Abstract registration deadlineOctober 9, 2025
Submission deadlineOctober 16, 2025

SANER 2026 Conference

33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2026)

Dates: March 17-20, 2026

Venue: Limassol, Cyprus

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

The Research Track of 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Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2026) invites high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research. We encourage submissions describing various types of research, e.g., empirical, theoretical, and tool-oriented work.

SANER 2026 will be held from March 17-20, 2026, at The St. Raphael Resort in Limassol, Cyprus.

 

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 Tools for Software Evolution and Maintenance;
  • Human factors and legal aspects in the context of Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
  • Empirical studies on all the above topics;
  • Education related to all of the above topics.

 

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.

  • Research Track: Submissions should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only).
  • 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: Research, Short Papers and Posters, ERA, and RENE Tracks follow a double-anonymous review process.

 

Special 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 "Anywhere on Earth" time)

 

Research Track

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: October 9, 2025
  • Paper Submission Deadline: October 16, 2025
  • Notifications: December 9, 2025

 

Industrial Track

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: November 10, 2025
  • Paper Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
  • Notifications: December 19, 2025

 

Short Papers and Posters Track

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: November 10, 2025
  • Paper Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
  • Notifications: December 19, 2025

 

Early Research Achievement (ERA) Track

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: November 10, 2025
  • Paper Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
  • Notifications: December 19, 2025

 

Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) Track

  • Abstract Submission Deadline: November 10, 2025
  • Paper Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
  • Notifications: December 19, 2025

 

Tool Demo Track

  • Paper Submission Deadline: November 17, 2025
  • Notifications: December 19, 2025

 

Journal-First Track

  • Paper Submission Deadline: December 8, 2025
  • Notifications: December 22, 2025

Registered Report Track

  • Submission Deadline: November 7, 2025
  • First Notification (Reviews): December 5, 2025
  • Second Round Submission (Rebuttal & Revised Report): December 12, 2025
  • Final Notification (Stage 1): December 22, 2025
  • Accepted Report to arXiv Submission: January 9, 2026

 

Organizing 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

 

 

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Best Regards,

Georgia Kapitsaki

General Chair, SANER 2026

University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Email: gkapi@ucy.ac.cy 

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