12th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SOFEA 2026)

Scope & Topics

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SOFEA 2026) serves as a premier global forum for presenting new advances, research innovations and practical developments in the field of Software Engineering and its diverse applications. As software systems continue to grow in scale, complexity and societal impact, SOFEA 2026 brings together leading researchers, engineers, practitioners and industry experts from around the world to exchange ideas, discuss emerging challenges and explore the latest breakthroughs shaping the future of software development.

The conference provides a dynamic platform for fostering collaboration between academia and industry, encouraging the dissemination of high quality research and real world experiences across all areas of modern software engineering. Authors are invited to contribute by submitting original research papers, project results, survey articles andindustrial case studies that highlight significant advances, innovative methodologies and impactful applications within the broad domain of Software Engineering.

SOFEA 2026 welcomes contributions that push the boundaries of theory and practice, address contemporary challenges and inspire new directions for the next generation of software systems and engineering methodologies.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

Foundations and Advances in Software Engineering

Software Engineering Theory and Foundations
Empirical and Evidence Based Software Engineering
Software Engineering for Emerging Domains (AI, IoT, CPS, Robotics)
Software Engineering Economics and Decision Making
Socio Technical Systems and Organizational Aspects
Developer Behavior, Cognition and Productivity

AI Driven Software Engineering and Autonomous Development

AI Assisted Software Development (generation, repair, refactoring)
Large Language Models (LLMs) for Software Engineering
Autonomous Software Engineering Agents
Prompt Engineering for SE Tasks
AI Driven Requirements Engineering
Intelligent Code Review and Static Analysis
ML Based Software Quality Prediction
AI Driven Software Design and Architecture Optimization
LLM Ops: Deployment, Monitoring and Governance of LLM Based SE Tools
Human AI Collaboration Patterns in Software Development

Software Architecture, Design and Modeling

Software Architecture and Design Patterns
Microservices, Serverless and Cloud Native Architecture
Model Driven Engineering (MDE/MDD/MDA)
Domain Specific Languages (DSLs)
Architecture Level Refactoring and Evolution
Software Product Lines and Variability Management
Digital Twin Software Architectures
Edge Native Software Architecture and Distributed AI Systems

Programming Languages, Compilers and Runtime Systems

Programming Language Design and Implementation
Compiler Optimization and Code Generation
Type Systems, Semantics and Verification
Runtime Systems, Virtual Machines and Managed Runtimes
Safe, Secure and Verified Programming Languages
Program Synthesis and Automated Reasoning
Neural Program Synthesis and Hybrid ML Symbolic Approaches

Software Testing, Verification and Validation

Automated Test Generation and Test Prioritization
Testing AI/ML Based Systems and LLM Based Applications
Formal Methods, Model Checking and Verification
Debugging, Fault Localization and Automated Program Repair
Reliability Engineering and Dependability Analysis
Testing Distributed, Cloud Native and Microservice Systems
Production Aware Testing and Observability Driven Debugging
Testing Autonomous Systems and Safety Critical AI

Software Maintenance, Evolution and Reengineering

Software Evolution, Technical Debt and Refactoring
Reverse Engineering and Legacy System Modernization
Mining Software Repositories (MSR)
Software Ecosystems and Dependency Management
Automated Maintenance and Evolution Tools
Software Supply Chain Analysis and Risk Management
Long Term Maintainability and Digital Preservation

Requirements Engineering and Human Centered SE

Requirements Elicitation, Analysis and Management
Human Centered Software Engineering
Developer Experience (DX) and Productivity
Cognitive Aspects of Software Development
Collaboration, Communication and Team Dynamics
Ethics and Responsible Software Engineering
Human in the Loop Software Systems
Behavior Aware and Context Aware Software Engineering

DevOps, CI/CD and Software Process

DevOps Practices, Tools and Culture
Continuous Integration, Delivery and Deployment
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and Configuration Management
Observability, Monitoring and Telemetry
Agile, Lean and Hybrid Development Methods
Software Process Modeling, Improvement and Automation
Production Debugging and Incident Response Engineering
Secure DevOps and Supply Chain Hardening

Software Quality, Reliability and Security

Software Quality Assurance and Quality Models
Secure Software Engineering and Secure Coding
Vulnerability Detection and Automated Security Analysis
Software Supply Chain Security (SBOMs, dependency attacks)
Privacy Aware Software Design
Safety Critical and Mission Critical Software
Resilience Engineering and Fault Tolerant Systems
Developer Centric Security and Usable Security
Privacy Engineering and Data Protection by Design

Data Driven and Search Based Software Engineering

Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE)
Optimization Techniques for SE Tasks
Data Driven Decision Making in SE
Software Metrics, Measurement and Analytics
Predictive Models for Software Projects and Processes
AI Enhanced Analytics for Software Processes

Web, Mobile and Cloud Software Engineering

Web Engineering and Modern Web Frameworks
Mobile Application Development and Testing
Cloud Native Software Engineering
Edge Native Software Engineering
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) and Cross Platform Development
Distributed and Event Driven Software Systems
SE for Large Scale Distributed Systems and Consensus Protocols

Software Engineering for AI/ML Systems

MLOps, Continuous Training and ML Lifecycle Management
Data Quality Engineering and Dataset Versioning
Reliability and Testing of ML Pipelines
Bias, Fairness and Governance in ML Based Systems
Software Engineering for Foundation Models
SE for Distributed AI and Federated Learning Systems

Green and Sustainable Software Engineering

Energy Aware Software Design
Carbon Aware Computing and Sustainable DevOps
Green Cloud and Edge Software Systems
Sustainable Software Ecosystems and Circular Software Engineering

Reproducibility, Open Science and SE Education

Reproducible Software Engineering Research
Artifact Evaluation and Benchmarking
Open Datasets and Experimental Frameworks
Software Engineering Education and Pedagogy
Learning Analytics for SE Education
AI Enhanced SE Education and Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Software Engineering for Blockchain, Web3 and Smart Contracts

Formal Verification of Smart Contracts
Testing and Debugging Blockchain Applications
SE for Decentralized Applications (dApps)
Blockchain Native Software Architectures
Security and Reliability of Web3 Software Systems

12^th International Conference on Software Engineering and Applications (SOFEA 2026)

August 22 ~ 23, 2026, Dubai, UAE

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