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*** Last Mile for Paper Submission (Research Track) ***
37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)
October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus
(*** Submission Deadline for Abstract/Paper: April 24, AoE ***)
The International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) is the leading
conference on software reliability research and practice. ISSRE focuses on techniques and
tools for assessing, predicting, and improving the reliability, safety, security, and
resilience of software systems. As modern software increasingly integrates AI/ML
components, operates autonomously, and spans cloud-to-edge environments, ensuring
reliable system behavior is more critical than ever.
The call for papers for the Research Track attracted already an unprecedented number of
264 abstracts, the highest ever in the history of the conference. Due to numerous
requests for an extension to the submission deadline, the organisers are granting a single
extension for both abstract and paper submission; the new and firm deadline is now
April 24, AoE.
Topics of Interest
ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality contributions that advance the theory and practice of
software reliability across contemporary software-intensive systems, including systems
that incorporate AI/ML components. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Foundations of Reliability and Dependability
• Principles, models, metrics, empirical methods, and theories of software reliability,
resilience, robustness, and safety
• Systematic approaches to fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, and fault
forecasting in modern software systems
• Testing and debugging, formal methods, model checking, static/dynamic analysis,
verification, and runtime assurance
Reliability in AI-Driven and Autonomic Systems
• Reliability engineering for AI-enabled, autonomous, self-adaptive, and cyber-physical
systems
• Assurance, testing, verification, and certification of AI/ML components, including
foundation and generative models
• Reliability of AI-generated code: validation, verification, explainability, defect analysis,
and trustworthy automation of development tasks
• Impact of AI on software lifecycle processes (design, testing, evolution, operations, and
quality management)
AI Techniques for Reliability Engineering
• Machine learning for defect prediction, anomaly detection, debugging assistance, fault
localization, and test automation
• Learning-based approaches to self-healing, resilience management, predictive
maintenance, and reliability optimization
• Reliability governance in AI-driven DevOps pipelines, including transparency,
interpretability, and auditability
Software Reliability in Emerging System Domains
• Reliability assurance for cloud, edge, IoT, 5G/6G, cyber-physical, high-performance,
and network softwarization environments
• Dependability of open-source ecosystems, data-driven pipelines, model hubs, and
AI-assisted contributions
• Benchmarking, stress testing, workload modeling, and measurement frameworks for
large-scale and AI-based systems
Trustworthiness, Security, and Responsible Software Engineering
• Intersections of reliability with security, privacy, fairness, transparency, and regulatory
compliance
• Societal, ethical, and human impacts of pervasive AI-enabled software systems
• Responsible governance of AI-based systems, including lifecycle assurance, auditability,
and risk analysis
Human-Centered, Empirical, and Reproducible Reliability Research
• Field studies, experience reports, user studies, and human factors in reliability
engineering
• Public datasets, benchmark suites, reproducibility packages, and replication/negative-
result studies
• Tooling, automation, continuous reliability monitoring, observability, and operational
feedback loops
Research Track Paper Categories
The research track at ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality submissions of technical research
papers that describe original, unpublished results exploring new scientific ideas,
contribute new evidence to established research directions, or reflect on practical
experience. Specifically, ISSRE solicits submissions in three categories:
• Research (RES) papers
• Practical experience reports (PER)
• Tools and artefacts (TAR) papers
Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category. All the papers of the
three categories are regular and full papers, and will be published in the same ISSRE
proceedings.
RES Papers
RES papers (12 pages, including references) should describe a novel contribution to the
reliability of software systems. Novelty should be argued via concrete evidence and
appropriate positioning within the state of the art. RES papers are also expected to
explain the validation process and its limitations clearly.
PER Papers
PER papers (12 pages, including references) should provide an in-depth exposition of
practical experiences ideally performed by a collaboration of researchers and industry
practitioners. The key contribution of these papers should be lessons learned from
applying established research tools and methods to ISSRE topics, or new knowledge
acquired through empirical studies conducted using various research methodologies.
Negative results are welcome, e.g., discussing where or why current research cannot be
applied in an industrially relevant context.
TAR Papers
TAR papers (6 – 10 pages, including references) should describe a new tool or artefact.
Tool-focused TAR papers must present either a new tool or a novel and substantial
extension of an existing tool. They should include a description of (i) the theoretical
foundations, (ii) the design and implementation aspects, and (iii) experiments with
realistic case studies. Making the tool publicly available is strongly encouraged.
Artefact-focused TAR papers should cover (i) a working copy of the software and (ii)
experimental data sets. Dataset papers should introduce a new dataset that supports
experimentation, benchmarking, evaluation, or training in AI-driven software engineering.
Submissions should describe: (i) dataset motivation and scope, (ii) data collection and
processing methodology, (iii) dataset structure and statistics, and (iv) potential use cases.
Benchmark papers should present a new benchmark suite for evaluating tools, LLMs, or
algorithms. Submissions should include: (i) benchmark design principles, (ii) task
definitions and evaluation metrics, (iii) baseline results, and (iv) reproducibility package.
The ISSRE conference encourages authors of all three categories of research track papers
to follow the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and replicability. Authors are
encouraged to disclose data to increase reproducibility and replicability. Should the paper
be accepted, the authors will have the opportunity (and are encouraged to) submit
artifacts to the Artifact Evaluation (AE) track, to enhance the reproducibility and quality of
the research. By submitting your artifacts, you not only contribute to the progress of our
field but also stand a chance to earn badges that will be displayed on your papers in the
conference proceedings, showcasing the credibility and rigor of your work.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register as an author and present the
paper in person at the conference.
Best Research Paper Award
ISSRE is pleased to announce the IEEE Best Research Paper Award, awarded every year to
the best paper in the Research Track.
Special Journal Issue
Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to
a special issue of the Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) journal (under negotiation as
in previous editions of the conference). The Call for Papers will be available soon.
Review Process & Quality Assurance in ISSRE 2026 (New)
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
Major Revision Guidelines
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
Rapid Response Reviewers (RRRs)
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
Anonymizing Rules
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
Formatting Rules
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
Paper Submission
Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee through a double-blind
reviewing process, with a limited use of outside referees. Papers will be held in complete
confidence during the reviewing process, but papers accompanied by nondisclosure
agreement forms are not acceptable and will be rejected without review.
Changes in the number and order of authors will not be allowed after the paper
acceptance.
Authors must anonymize their submissions in accordance with the guidelines above.
Submissions violating the formatting and anonymization rules will be desk-rejected
without review. There will be no extensions for reformatting.
Conference Proceedings
The authors of accepted papers must omit the paper’s type from the title to keep
consistency among all the camera-ready versions in the proceedings. The conference
proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services
(CPS). Papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore
and to all of the A&I (abstracting and indexing) partners (such as the EI Compendex).
Important Dates (AoE)
• Abstract Submission Deadline: April 24, 2026 (extended and final!)
• Paper Submission Deadline: April 24, 2026 (extended and final!)
• Author Rebuttal Period: June 5 – June 9, 2026
• Decisions and Early Notification: June 15, 2026
• Author Revision Period: June 16 – July 3, 2026
• Notification to Authors: July 8, 2026
• Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026
• Author Registration Deadline (Research Track): August 19, 2026
Organisation
General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano – Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy
Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK
Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden
Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada
Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore
JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France
Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy
Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano – Bicocca, Italy
Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD
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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Last Mile for Paper Submission (Research Track)
April 21st, 2026 
Daniela Lopez de Luise Call for papers – Special sessions – Deadline 20 april
April 21st, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise ==================================================================
22nd International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing, CBMI 2026
Toulouse, France, October 21-23, 2026
https://cbmi2026.sciencesconf.org/
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Call for papers – Special sessions
In addition to the general call for papers to CBMI (see https://cbmi2026.sciencesconf.org) on the listed topics of interest, special sessions welcome specific submissions.
All papers submitted to special sessions at CBMI 2026 will be peer-reviewed through a standard review process.
Special Session List :
[VR4B-2026] Video Retrieval for Beginners
[MusiCHER-2026] Challenges and opportunities on content-based multimedia indexing in the sphere of musical cultural heritage
[UHBER-2026] Multimodal Data Analysis for Understanding of Human Behaviour, Emotions and their Reasons
[ETCE-2026] Integrating ethical technologies and community engagement in multimedia technologies development
[ExFMA-2026] Explainability and Fairness in Multimedia Analysis
[MDFSA-2026] Multimodal Data Analysis and Fusion for Smart Agriculture
More info here : https://cbmi2026.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/18
Important dates
Paper deadline: 20 APRIL 2026
Notification: 22 MAY 2026
Camera-ready: 15 JUNE 2026
Looking forward to reading you !
Call for Demonstration papers – Deadline 27 april
April 21st, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise ==================================================================
22nd International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing, CBMI 2026
Toulouse, France, October 21-23, 2026
https://cbmi2026.sciencesconf.org/
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Call for Demo papers
In addition to the general call for papers to CBMI (see https://cbmi2026.sciencesconf.org) on the listed topics of interest, a Demonstration papers track is open.
We invite authors to report on novel and compelling demonstrations in all topic areas of CBMI. Demonstration papers are subject to peer review according to criteria such as novelty, interestingness, applications of or enhancements to state-of-the-art, and potential impact.
The length of the papers should be up to 4 pages. An additional 1-2 pages should be appended to the paper that illustrate how the demo will be conducted on-site at CBMI 2026. This additional content will not be published in the conference proceedings, should the submission be accepted. Including a link to a video showing the demo in action is highly encouraged. The submissions are peer-reviewed in a single-blind process. For full details on the submission process see the submission guidelines.
Presenters are expected to bring the necessary equipment (computers, etc.) themselves. The conference will provide a table, power outlet, screen, wireless (shared) internet and a poster board. If you have special needs (e.g., more space), please include a related note in your demo submission.
Important dates – Demonstration Submissions
Submission Deadline: 27 APRIL 2026
Notification: 29 MAY 2026
Camera-ready: 15 JUNE 2026
Looking forward to reading you !
Webinar by: Ranjay Krishna (University of Washington)
April 21st, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise Dear colleague,
We are happy to announce the next webinar in the Language Technology webinar series organized by The HiTZ Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology (https://hitz.eus/katedra). We are organizing one seminar every month.
Next webinar:
Speaker: Ranjay Krishna (University of Washington)
Title: Visual Reasoning will be bigger than language reasoning
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026 – 15:00 CET
Summary: I will argue that visual reasoning is a fundamental capability and one that has tremendous potential in multimodal language models. I will start by outlining the types of tasks that multimodal models still fall short on, drawing on decades of computer vision research. Next, I will introduce the concept of sketching, which operationalizes visual reasoning using external computer vision models as tools. I will demonstrate the potential of visual reasoning with sketching, and outline the limitations. After which, we will overcome these limitations by incorporating visual reasoning directly into the language model using perception tokens. Finally, I will describe how visual reasoning can enable robots to reason in space, allowing them to surpass non-reasoning proprietary robotics foundation models.
Bio: Ranjay Krishna is an Assistant Professor at the Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering. He co-directs the RAIVN lab at UW and directs the PRIOR team at the Allen Institute. His research lies at the intersection of computer vision, natural language processing, robotics, and human computer interaction. This research has received best paper honorable mentions at CVPR'25 and CSCW'23, outstanding paper at NeurIPS'21 and ACL'21, and dozens of orals at CVPR, ACL, CSCW, NeurIPS, UIST, and ECCV, and has been reported by Science, Forbes, the Wall Street Journal, and PBS NOVA. He is also recognized as one of MIT Technology Review's 35 under 35 Asia Pacific '25. His research has been supported by Google, Apple, Ai2, Amazon, Cisco, Toyota Motor Inc, Toyota Research Institute, NSF, ONR, and Yahoo. He holds a bachelor's degree in Electrical & Computer Engineering and in Computer Science from Cornell University, a master's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Registration: https://www.hitz.eus/webinar_izenematea
Upcoming webinars:
Barbara Plank (May 7)
Beyza Ermiş (June 4)
Marco Valentino (July 2)
You can view the videos of previous webinars and the schedule for upcoming webinars here: http://www.hitz.eus/webinars
If you cannot attend this seminar, but you want to be informed of the following HiTZ webinars, please complete this registration form instead: http://www.hitz.eus/webinar_info
Best wishes,
The HiTZ Chair of Artificial Intelligence and Language Technology
P.S: HiTZ will not grant any type of certificate for attendance at these webinars.
CFP – 12th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (IEEE ISC2 2026)
April 21st, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise 12th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (IEEE ISC2 2026)
27-30 October 2026 – Porto, Portugal
*** Full paper submission deadline: 15 May 2026 ***
Call for Papers
The IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2), the annual flagship event of the IEEE Smart Cities Technical Community, warmly invites high-quality contributions reporting cutting-edge research, innovative methodologies, and practical case studies addressing the advancement of smart cities, sustainable communities, and resilient urban ecosystems. The conference will foster interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers, practitioners, policymakers, industry experts, and urban planners from around the world. The technical programme will be organised into thematic tracks spanning all dimensions of smart cities and sustainable communities, and will also feature engaging discussion panels, and distinguished, insightful keynotes.
We welcome original submissions addressing all aspects of smart cities, particularly those that capture the wide range of technological, social, economic, and environmental challenges involved in developing smart and sustainable urban environments.
The conference programme will encompass the following main tracks:
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Smart Water
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Smart Grid
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Smart Governance and Planning
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Smart Healthcare and Wellbeing
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Smart Mobility
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Smart Food and Agriculture
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Smart City Services and Infrastructure
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Data Spaces in the Smart City Ecosystem
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Sustainable Cities and Communities
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General Track
Authors are encouraged to submit work that addresses analytical models, empirical studies, experimental deployments, simulation results, and real-world case studies that contribute to advancing theory, practice, and policy in smart cities.
All submitted papers will undergo a strict peer-review process to uphold the high scientific standards of IEEE conferences. Accepted contributions, if presented at the conference, will be published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library and are eligible for consideration in associated journal special issues, subject to meeting IEEE publication criteria.
Other ways to contribute
In addition to the thematic tracks forming the core of the scientific programme, IEEE ISC2 2026 will be further enriched by a range of complementary activities. The special tracks will address emerging and highly focused topics; workshops will provide a forum for work in progress, preliminary research results, and interactive discussions; tutorials will offer instructional sessions on methodologies, tools, and standards; and exhibitions will showcase the latest developments from industry and municipalities. Please refer to the respective open calls for further details.
Important dates
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Special Track Proposals Deadline: 5 May 2026
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Thematic Track/Special Track Papers Deadline: 15 May 2026
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Notification of Acceptance: 30 June 2026
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Workshop Proposals Deadline: 15 June 2026
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Workshop Papers Deadline: 15 July 2026
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Tutorial/Exhibition Proposals Deadline: 15 July 2026
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Camera-Ready Due: 15 September 2026
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Early-bird Registration: 15 September 2026
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Conference: 27–30 October 2026 – Porto, Portugal
Submit your paper and join us in shaping the smart cities of tomorrow!
Please visit the conference website for detailed updates: https://www.fe.up.pt/isc2
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us: ISC2-2026@fe.up.pt
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