ASE 2026 — 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering
by IEEE and ACM
Where AI coding assistants and agentic development get peer-reviewed rather than benchmarked by their vendors
About This Event
The 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Automated Software Engineering (ASE 2026) runs 12-16 October 2026 at the Holiday Inn Munich - City Center in Munich, Germany. ASE is the principal venue for research on automating software engineering, and with LLM-based coding assistants and autonomous agents now the dominant research subject it has become the most direct read available on whether AI-for-code claims survive peer review. The programme spans thirteen tracks including Research Papers, an Industry Showcase, New Ideas and Emerging Results, Tools and Datasets, Artifact Evaluation, a Doctoral Symposium, a New-Faculty Symposium and a Student Research Competition. Nineteen workshops are co-located, among them AgenticDev on agentic development, MAS-GAIN on multi-agent AI, APR on automated program repair, Harness4GenUI, SECUTE and TRUST. Papers were due 26 March 2026 and camera-ready copy on 3 August 2026.
At a Glance
- Date
- October 12–16, 2026
- Location
- Holiday Inn Munich - City Center, Germany
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- IEEE and ACM
- Added
- Aug 18, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 18, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓VPs of Engineering
- ✓Developer productivity leads
- ✓Platform engineering leads
- ✓Software architects
- ✓Developer experience and tooling teams
- ✓CTOs
- ✓Academic software engineering researchers
Why Attend
Every engineering organisation is currently making an expensive bet on AI coding tools with very little independent evidence behind it. ASE is where that evidence is produced: automated program repair, test generation, agentic development and code-quality measurement are all peer-reviewed here, and the Industry Showcase is where companies report what actually happened when they deployed. For a VP of Engineering or CTO, a week in Munich buys a defensible view of what today's tools genuinely automate, what the failure modes look like at scale, and which vendor benchmarks do not survive scrutiny — plus direct access to the researchers building the next generation.
Event Features
- ✓Research Papers track
- ✓Industry Showcase track for deployment experience reports
- ✓New Ideas and Emerging Results (NIER) track
- ✓Tools and Datasets track
- ✓Artifact Evaluation track
- ✓Doctoral Symposium, New-Faculty Symposium and Student Research Competition
- ✓Co-located AgenticDev, MAS-GAIN, APR, Harness4GenUI, SECUTE and TRUST workshops
What Makes This Unique
- ★Forty-one editions deep — the established venue for automated software engineering, jointly sponsored by IEEE and ACM
- ★Produces peer-reviewed evidence on AI coding assistants rather than vendor-run benchmarks
- ★A dedicated Industry Showcase track, reviewed separately from research papers
- ★Nineteen co-located workshops, several created specifically for agentic development and multi-agent AI
- ★Artifact evaluation, so tool claims arrive with runnable artifacts a team can try themselves
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Registration is open as of 18 August 2026 but rates are not listed on the conference landing or dates pages; attendees are directed to the registration system and encouraged to book the conference hotel, the Holiday Inn Munich - City Center, early.
Organizer
IEEE and ACM
ase-conferences.org/Frequently Asked
- When is ASE 2026?
- ASE 2026 takes place October 12–16, 2026 in Munich, Germany.
- Where is ASE 2026 held?
- ASE 2026 is held in Munich, Germany. The event format is in-person.
- How much does ASE 2026 cost?
- ASE 2026 is paid. Registration is open as of 18 August 2026 but rates are not listed on the conference landing or dates pages; attendees are directed to the registration system and encouraged to book the conference hotel, the Holiday Inn Munich - City Center, early.
- Who should attend ASE 2026?
- ASE 2026 is aimed at VPs of Engineering, Developer productivity leads, Platform engineering leads, Software architects, Developer experience and tooling teams, CTOs, Academic software engineering researchers.
- What topics does ASE 2026 cover?
- ASE 2026 covers Automated Software Engineering, AI Coding Assistants, Agentic AI, Automated Program Repair, Software Testing, Developer Productivity, Program Analysis, Software Quality.
Sources
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