The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Call for Participation

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** Call for Participation ***

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

*** Early Registration Deadline: 13th February, 2026 (extended) ***

The IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering

(SANER) is the premier event on the theory and practice of recovering information from

existing software and systems. The event explores  innovative methods to extract the

many kinds of information that can be recovered from software, software engineering 

documents, and systems artifacts, and examines innovative ways of using this 

information in system  renewal and program understanding.

INVITED SPEAKERS

Nicole Novielli and Alexander Serebrenik are the keynote speakers of SANER 2026.

More details: https://conf.researchr.org/info/saner-2026/keynotes 

REGISTRATION

Registration is open. Please visit:

https://conf.researchr.org/attending/saner-2026/registration+

*** Early registration till 13th February, 2026 (extended) *** 

If you have not yet registered, there is still time to register at the reduced rate.

Special rates for IEEE members and for students.

The conference organisation is able to provide visa support letters to attendees that 

require visa.

VENUE

SANER 2026 is taking place in Limassol, Cyprus. St. Raphael Resort is located on one of

the most renowned beaches in Limassol, only a short coastal drive from the lively centre

of town, approximately 10 minutes away. 

PROGRAM OVERVIEW

SANER 2026 workshops take place on 17th March and the main conference between 

18th and 20th of March.

SANER 2026 features many tracks with talks in different areas of Software Analysis, 

Evolution and Reengineering.

• Research Track (47 papers) 

• Industrial Track (19 papers)

• Early Research Achievement Track (15 papers)

• Short Papers and Posters Track (19 papers)

• Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results Track (4 papers)

• Tool Demo Track (13 papers)

• Journal First Papers (18 papers)

• Registered Report Track (5 papers)

• Workshops (7 workshops)

• Tutorials (1 tutorial)

WORKSHOPS

- SQA4AI – Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence Workshop

https://sqa4ai-ws.github.io/

- Greenvolve – The Green Software Evolution Workshop

https://greenvolve.github.io/

- Fairness 2026 – 2nd International Workshop on Fairness in Software Systems

https://fairnessworkshop.github.io/

- F-TRANSFER – Facilitating Continuous Education and Training Through AI in SE

https://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~avescan/f-transfer-2026/

- IWBOSE 2026 – Ninth International Workshop on Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering 

https://www.agile-group.org/iwbose2026/

- VST 2026 – 9th Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests 

https://vstworkshop.github.io/vst2026/

-  MSR4P&S 2026 – 4th International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories 

Applications for Privacy and Security 

https://msr4ps.github.io/

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