The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Last Call for Papers to the Research Track
George Angelos Papadopoulos
*** Last Call for Papers to the Research Track ***
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original and unpublished research results.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.
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. Submissions
should not exceed 12 pages (with the last 2 pages reserved for references only).
Important Note: The Research Track follows a double-anonymous review process.
Please refer to the conference website for more details.
Submission Link: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=saner2026
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.
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.
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
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