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

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*** Fourth Call for Papers and Tutorial Proposals ***

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original and unpublished research results.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.

Papers involving AI 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-intensive

software systems (see also “Scoping Software Engineering for AI: The TSE Perspective”,

10.1109/TSE.2024.3470368). Other papers may fit more AI- or ML-specialized venues

instead.

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 Track: 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 Track: 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.

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

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.

CALL FOR TUTORIALS

The SANER 2026 Workshops & Tutorials track invites practitioners and researchers to

deliver insightful tutorials on various topics related to Software Analysis, Evolution, and

Reengineering.

These tutorials aim to expand the community’s understanding of advanced software

engineering topics, valuable tools and technologies, as well as research methodologies.

We are soliciting abstracts with the intention of presenting a tutorial in the following categories:

1 - Technical Tutorial: Speakers present the use of a tool or technology that aids the

developers in Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering.

2 - Research problem: Speakers provide a general view of the state-of-the-art for a

topic related to Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering and further present

details of a specific research problem that still needs to be addressed by the community.

Submission Instructions

The proposal should not exceed one page (with up to one additional page for references)

and should outline the talk. Furthermore, it should follow the IEEE Conference

Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title: 24pt, text: 10pt; LaTeX users:

\documentclass[10pt,conference] {IEEEtran}). All proposals must be submitted in PDF

format through https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026. The submission

should include:

• Title,

• Type of proposal (Technical Tutorial or Research problem),

• Names of presenters and their affiliation,

• Duration,

• Outline of the tutorial talk,

• Target audience (e.g., PhD students, early career researchers, all researchers,

practitioners),

• Learning objectives,

• Details on any hands-on activities (e.g., participants using a tool or completing

exercises) and the necessary computer specifications,

• Preferred dates (please note that date preferences cannot be guaranteed).

Evaluation Criteria

• Overall quality of the proposal,

• Relevance to the SANER audience,

• Level of interest they believe the tutorial will attract,

• Experience of the presenters,

• Avoidance of duplication, in case of multiple tutorials on the same topic.

SUBMISSION LINK

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

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

Industrial Track

• Abstract Submission Deadline: 10 November, 2025