ICPC 2027 — International Conference on Program Comprehension

ICPC 2027, the International Conference on Program Comprehension, runs 25-26 April 2027 at The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD) in Dublin, Ireland, co-located with ICSE 2027. ICPC describes itself as the premier venue for work in the area of software program comprehension — how developers actually read, navigate and make sense of code — and the 2027 research-track call puts AI at the centre of that question, soliciting work on 'comprehension challenges and opportunities in the era of large language models (LLMs) and AI-assisted programming, including understanding LLM-generated code, hybrid human-AI codebases, and the impact of AI tools on traditional program comprehension processes and cognitive load'. Other topic areas cover empirical tool evaluations, cognitive theories, visualisation, maintenance activities and artefacts from requirements to Stack Overflow discussions. The programme runs a research track, Early Research Achievements, Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results, Journal First and tool demonstrations, with abstracts due 29 October 2026 and full papers 5 November 2026.

• Research Track abstract deadlineOct 29, 2026
• Research Track paper submission deadlineNov 5, 2026
• ERA abstract registration deadlineNov 19, 2026
• Tool Demonstration submission deadlineNov 19, 2026
• ERA paper submission deadlineNov 26, 2026
• RENE abstract deadlineDec 11, 2026
• RENE paper submission deadlineDec 18, 2026
• Notification to authors (Research Track and ERA)Jan 14, 2027
• Journal First submission deadlineJan 16, 2027
• Camera-ready submission deadlineJan 28, 2027

Date

April 25–26, 2027

Location

The Convention Centre Dublin (CCD), Ireland

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

IEEE/ACM International Conference on Program Comprehension

Added

Sep 12, 2026

Updated

Sep 12, 2026

• ✓VPs of Engineering
• ✓Engineering productivity and DevEx leads
• ✓Developer tooling product managers
• ✓Software maintenance and modernisation leads
• ✓Software engineering researchers
• ✓Doctoral researchers in software engineering

Every engineering organisation now ships code that no human wrote, and the cost has moved from typing to reading: review load, onboarding, incident response and the cognitive tax of a hybrid human-AI codebase. ICPC is the research community devoted to that reading problem, and its 2027 call is explicitly about LLM-generated code and AI-assisted programming. Two days in Dublin, attached to ICSE 2027, give an engineering leader empirical evidence rather than vendor benchmarks on what AI assistance does to comprehension, maintenance effort and developer cognitive load, plus the tool demonstrations that become next year's platform purchases.

• ✓Research Track with abstracts due 29 October 2026 and papers 5 November 2026
• ✓Early Research Achievements (ERA) track for emerging work
• ✓Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results (RENE) track
• ✓Journal First track
• ✓Tool Demonstration track
• ✓Co-located with ICSE 2027 at The Convention Centre Dublin, alongside MSR, FORGE, CAIN, SEAMS, AST, CHASE, TechDebt and FormaliSE

• ★The only research venue dedicated to the reading side of software — comprehension, navigation and cognitive load — which is exactly the cost AI code generation shifts rather than removes.
• ★The 2027 call names hybrid human-AI codebases and LLM-generated code as first-class topics, so the programme is about measured effects rather than tool marketing.
• ★Co-located with ICSE 2027 in Dublin, so two days here sit inside the largest software engineering conference of the year.
• ★Carries a Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results track, which is where claims about AI coding tools get checked.

No rates are published for ICPC 2027 as of September 2026. ICPC is co-located with ICSE 2027 at The Convention Centre Dublin, so registration and pass prices will appear on the ICSE 2027 registration page when it opens; neither site lists a fee table yet.

When is ICPC 2027?

ICPC 2027 takes place April 25–26, 2027 in Dublin, Ireland.

Where is ICPC 2027 held?

ICPC 2027 is held in Dublin, Ireland. The event format is in-person.

What is the ICPC 2027 submission deadline?

The next ICPC 2027 deadline is research track abstract deadline on Oct 29, 2026. Remaining dates: Research Track paper submission deadline — Nov 5, 2026; ERA abstract registration deadline — Nov 19, 2026; Tool Demonstration submission deadline — Nov 19, 2026; ERA paper submission deadline — Nov 26, 2026; RENE abstract deadline — Dec 11, 2026; RENE paper submission deadline — Dec 18, 2026; Notification to authors (Research Track and ERA) — Jan 14, 2027; Journal First submission deadline — Jan 16, 2027; Camera-ready submission deadline — Jan 28, 2027.

How much does ICPC 2027 cost?

ICPC 2027 is paid. No rates are published for ICPC 2027 as of September 2026. ICPC is co-located with ICSE 2027 at The Convention Centre Dublin, so registration and pass prices will appear on the ICSE 2027 registration page when it opens; neither site lists a fee table yet.

Who should attend ICPC 2027?

ICPC 2027 is aimed at VPs of Engineering, Engineering productivity and DevEx leads, Developer tooling product managers, Software maintenance and modernisation leads, Software engineering researchers, Doctoral researchers in software engineering.

What topics does ICPC 2027 cover?

ICPC 2027 covers Program Comprehension, Large Language Models and AI-Assisted Programming, Understanding LLM-Generated Code, Developer Productivity and Cognitive Load, Software Maintenance and Evolution, Software Visualisation, Empirical Software Engineering, Developer Tooling.

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