SANER 2027 — IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering

SANER 2027, the IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering, runs 9-12 March 2027 at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. SANER is the premier event on the theory and practice of recovering information from existing software and systems: it covers how teams extract information from code that is already in production, renew ageing systems, understand unfamiliar programs, and improve maintainability over time. The 2027 edition adds a dedicated Agentic AI4SE track alongside the Research, Early Research Achievements, Industrial, RENE, Tool Demonstration, Registered Report and Workshops tracks, putting autonomous coding agents in the same programme as the maintenance and reengineering research they will have to operate on. Research Track abstracts are due 21 September 2026 and full papers 25 September 2026, with acceptance notifications on 1 December 2026.

• Research Track abstract deadlineSep 21, 2026
• Research Track paper submission deadlineSep 25, 2026
• ERA, Industrial, RENE, Tool Demo, Agentic AI4SE and Workshops abstract deadlineOct 19, 2026
• ERA, Industrial, RENE and Tool Demo paper submission deadlineOct 23, 2026
• Acceptance notificationDec 1, 2026

Date

March 9–12, 2027

Location

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond

Format

In-Person

Event Type

Conference

Status

Upcoming

Pricing

Paid

Organizer

IEEE

Added

Aug 20, 2026

Updated

Aug 20, 2026

• ✓Software engineering researchers
• ✓Engineering managers and directors of engineering
• ✓Developer tooling and platform engineering teams
• ✓Legacy modernization and application migration leads
• ✓Industry practitioners working on large long-lived codebases
• ✓PhD students and postdocs in software engineering

Most enterprise engineering spend goes on software that already exists, and SANER is the one top-tier venue organised entirely around that problem: comprehension, analysis, migration and reengineering of long-lived systems. For a CTO or VP of Engineering deciding how far to trust coding agents on a legacy estate, the 2027 Agentic AI4SE track is the place where those claims get evaluated against real codebases rather than benchmarks. The Industrial Track and Tool Demonstrations show what is close to production, and the Registered Report track means the empirical results presented were designed before anyone knew the answer.

• ✓Research Track — full papers on software analysis, evolution and reengineering
• ✓Agentic AI4SE Track — agentic AI applied to software engineering
• ✓Industrial Track for practitioner experience reports
• ✓Early Research Achievements (ERA) Track
• ✓RENE Track (reproducibility studies and negative results)
• ✓Tool Demonstration Track
• ✓Registered Report Track
• ✓Workshops and Tutorials programme

• ★Runs a dedicated Agentic AI4SE track — a formal research venue for autonomous coding agents applied to real maintenance and reengineering work, not a vendor demo slot
• ★Industrial Track exists specifically to bring practitioners and researchers together to exchange challenges, solutions and results on production systems
• ★Registered Report track: study designs are reviewed and accepted before results exist, which raises the evidentiary bar on the empirical claims presented
• ★Focused entirely on software that already exists — the legacy, migration and comprehension problems that dominate real enterprise engineering budgets
• ★Hosted by the Software Engineering Center at Virginia Commonwealth University, on the US East Coast

Registration rates for SANER 2027 had not been published on the conference site as of August 2026; the call for papers is open and registration typically opens closer to the March 2027 dates.

When is SANER 2027?

SANER 2027 takes place March 9–12, 2027 in Richmond, Virginia.

Where is SANER 2027 held?

SANER 2027 is held in Richmond, Virginia. The event format is in-person.

What is the SANER 2027 submission deadline?

The next SANER 2027 deadline is research track abstract deadline on Sep 21, 2026. Remaining dates: Research Track paper submission deadline — Sep 25, 2026; ERA, Industrial, RENE, Tool Demo, Agentic AI4SE and Workshops abstract deadline — Oct 19, 2026; ERA, Industrial, RENE and Tool Demo paper submission deadline — Oct 23, 2026; Acceptance notification — Dec 1, 2026.

How much does SANER 2027 cost?

SANER 2027 is paid. Registration rates for SANER 2027 had not been published on the conference site as of August 2026; the call for papers is open and registration typically opens closer to the March 2027 dates.

Who should attend SANER 2027?

SANER 2027 is aimed at Software engineering researchers, Engineering managers and directors of engineering, Developer tooling and platform engineering teams, Legacy modernization and application migration leads, Industry practitioners working on large long-lived codebases, PhD students and postdocs in software engineering.

What topics does SANER 2027 cover?

SANER 2027 covers Software analysis, Software evolution and maintenance, Reengineering and modernization, Program understanding, Agentic AI for software engineering, Software maintainability, Tooling and tool demonstrations, Empirical software engineering.

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