The Asia-Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC) has long been established as a leading regional conference that gathers researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to exchange knowledge and best practices in software engineering, and to address emerging challenges and solutions in software engineering innovation. This year’s APSEC will be held on December 7–10, 2026, in Bali, Indonesia. APSEC 2026 will continue in the tradition of previous editions of this regional conference. As in past APSEC series, the main research track features the most recent and significant innovations in the field of software engineering and all its sub-disciplines. APSEC 2026 also invites submissions of high-quality research papers that describe original and unpublished results on theoretical and empirical software engineering research topics.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions addressing innovative software engineering challenges in diverse domains are encouraged, including (but not limited to) mobile systems, cloud computing, embedded and cyber-physical systems, AI-intensive applications, IoT, and blockchain-based software.

• Evaluation Criteria: Technical research papers must not exceed 10 pages (including references; check final guidelines for exact limits). Submissions will be evaluated by at least three program committee members based on novelty, originality, technical soundness, significance to the field, proper use of research methods, clarity of presentation, and relevance.
• Submission Instructions: All submissions must be original and not previously published or under review elsewhere.- Papers must be in English, PDF format, A4 size, and conform to the IEEE Conference Proceedings Formatting Guidelines (title in 24pt font, full text in 10pt; LaTeX users: \documentclass[10pt,conference]{IEEEtran} without compsoc options).- Submissions must comply with the IEEE Policy on Authorship.- The review process is double-blind: authors must not reveal their identities in the paper (see double-blind instructions carefully).- The Chairs reserve the right to desk-reject non-compliant or out-of-scope submissions.
• Submission Link: Papers must be submitted electronically via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=apsec2026
• Key Dates:
  • Abstract Submission Deadline: July 6, 2026
  • Paper Submission Deadline: July 13, 2026
  • Author Notification: September 14, 2026
  • Camera-Ready Deadline: October 19, 2026

List of Topics

Solicited topics include, but are not limited to:

• Requirements Engineering: Elicitation, specification, analysis, validation, and management; Requirements for emerging systems (AI, cyber-physical, etc.)

• Software Architecture and Design: Architectural modeling, patterns, and decision-making; Component-based, service-oriented, and microservices architectures

• Testing and Verification: Automated testing, test generation, and oracles; Model checking, theorem proving, symbolic execution, and runtime verification

• AI for Software Engineering: Machine learning and AI techniques to support code generation, testing, debugging, refactoring, and maintenance; Intelligent tools, recommendation systems, and automation in SE

• Software Engineering for AI: Methods, processes, and tools for developing, deploying, and maintaining reliable AI/ML systems; Quality assurance, testing, and evolution of AI-enabled software

• Security: Secure software development, vulnerability detection and mitigation; Privacy-preserving techniques, secure-by-design approaches

• Software Maintenance and Evolution: Refactoring, program comprehension, reverse engineering; Legacy system migration, technical debt management, and long-term evolution

• We also welcome submissions on emerging and cross-cutting topics in modern software engineering.

Committees

Organizing Committee

• General Co-Chairs: M. Ali Fauzi, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia; REKYAN REGASARI MARDI PUTRI, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia
• PC Co-Chairs: In-Young Ko, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea; Bayu Priyambadha, Universitas Brawijaya, Indonesia

Publication

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, ensuring wide dissemination and archival visibility. Authors must register and present their work at the conference; failure to do so may result in removal from the proceedings. No changes to author lists or titles are allowed post-acceptance without Program Co-Chairs’ approval.

Selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to the special issue of Automated Software Engineering (AUSE), Springer (https://link.springer.com/journal/10515)

Contact

For questions regarding the Technical Track, please contact the Program Co-Chairs.