CAIN 2027 — 6th IEEE/ACM International Conference on AI Engineering – Software Engineering for AI
by IEEE/ACM, co-located with ICSE 2027
The research venue for engineering AI-enabled systems: agentic software, requirements, security and safety
About This Event
CAIN 2027, the 6th International Conference on AI Engineering – Software Engineering for AI, is a peer-reviewed research conference co-located with ICSE 2027 at The Convention Centre Dublin in Dublin, Ireland, during ICSE week (April 25 to May 1, 2027). CAIN's own days have not been announced yet; the se-deadlines aggregator lists April 25-26. CAIN is the main venue for applying software-engineering principles to systems with AI or ML components, and it takes a system- and life-cycle-oriented view rather than an algorithmic one. Papers that are predominantly about data science or ML algorithms are desk-rejected. The 2027 call singles out three focus areas: engineering principles, architecture and quality assurance for agentic software; requirements engineering for AI systems; and system-level security and safety. It runs research, industry, doctoral, journal-first and posters and demos tracks.
Key Dates & Deadlines
- Research Track paper submission deadline
- Industry, Doctoral Symposium and Posters & Demos submission deadline
- Research Track notification to authors
- Camera-ready deadline
At a Glance
- Date
- April 25 – May 1, 2027
- Location
- The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), Ireland
- Format
- In-Person
- Event Type
- Conference
- Status
- Upcoming
- Pricing
- Paid
- Organizer
- IEEE/ACM, co-located with ICSE 2027
- Added
- Sep 29, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 29, 2026
Topics & Focus Areas
Who Should Attend
- ✓Software engineering researchers
- ✓ML platform and MLOps engineers
- ✓AI engineering leads
- ✓Software architects building AI-enabled systems
- ✓AI safety and security engineers
- ✓Engineering directors responsible for AI delivery
Why Attend
Engineering leaders shipping LLM features and agents run into software-engineering problems, not model problems: how to specify requirements, test non-deterministic behaviour, architect for safety and secure agent tool use. CAIN is the peer-reviewed venue for exactly those questions, and its Industry track brings in practitioner reports. Sending an architect or AI platform lead to Dublin yields evidence-backed practices for agentic-software QA and AI requirements engineering, plus access to ICSE's broader programme in the same week.
Event Features
- ✓Research Track: full papers (10+2 pages) and short papers (5+2 pages), double-anonymous review
- ✓Industry Track, Doctoral Symposium and Posters & Demos (submissions due 6 Nov 2026)
- ✓Journal-First track
- ✓CFP focus area: engineering principles, architecture and quality assurance for agentic software
- ✓CFP focus area: requirements engineering for systems with AI components
- ✓CFP focus area: system-level security and safety engineering for AI-enabled systems
- ✓Co-hosted within ICSE 2027 (core ICSE conference April 28-30, 2027)
What Makes This Unique
- ★Explicitly out of scope: pure ML-algorithm papers; the review bar is how to engineer, test, secure and operate systems that contain AI
- ★Has an Industry track alongside research, so practitioner experience reports are peer-reviewed next to academic work
- ★Co-located with ICSE, the largest software-engineering conference, and alongside FORGE and MSR in the same Dublin week
- ★2027 call makes agentic software engineering a named priority
Industries Represented
Pricing Details
Registration is handled through ICSE 2027; prices are not yet published.
Organizer
IEEE/ACM, co-located with ICSE 2027
conf.researchr.org/home/icse-2027Frequently Asked
- When is CAIN 2027?
- CAIN 2027 takes place April 25 – May 1, 2027 in Dublin, Ireland.
- Where is CAIN 2027 held?
- CAIN 2027 is held in Dublin, Ireland. The event format is in-person.
- What is the CAIN 2027 submission deadline?
- The next CAIN 2027 deadline is research track paper submission deadline on Oct 30, 2026. Remaining dates: Industry, Doctoral Symposium and Posters & Demos submission deadline — Nov 6, 2026; Research Track notification to authors — Jan 11, 2027; Camera-ready deadline — Jan 29, 2027.
- How much does CAIN 2027 cost?
- CAIN 2027 is paid. Registration is handled through ICSE 2027; prices are not yet published.
- Who should attend CAIN 2027?
- CAIN 2027 is aimed at Software engineering researchers, ML platform and MLOps engineers, AI engineering leads, Software architects building AI-enabled systems, AI safety and security engineers, Engineering directors responsible for AI delivery.
- What topics does CAIN 2027 cover?
- CAIN 2027 covers AI engineering, Software engineering for AI, Agentic software engineering, Requirements engineering for AI, AI system security and safety, MLOps and AI lifecycle, AI system architecture, Quality assurance for AI-enabled systems.
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