MSR 2026
Mon 13 - Tue 14 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026
VenueWindsor Convention Center and Hotels
Room nameBora Bora II
Floor0
Room InformationNo extra information available
Program

This program is tentative and subject to change.

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Sun 12 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Opening / Keynote SEiGS at Bora Bora II
Chair(s): Engineer Bainomugisha Makerere University, Michel Chaudron Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, Rashidah Kasauli Chalmers | University of Gothenburg, Filip Zamfirov Eindhoven University of Technology
09:30
10m
Other
SEiGS Opening
SEiGS

09:40
50m
Keynote
Keynote
SEiGS

11:00 - 12:30
Research & Practice / Education ISEiGS at Bora Bora II
11:00
15m
Talk
Application of Large Language Models in Requirements Classification: A Literature Survey with perspective from Uganda’s Software Practitioners.
SEiGS
Micheal Tamale Kabale University, Micheal Tuape LUT University, Jussi Kasurinen Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology
11:15
15m
Talk
An Empirical Study on Emerging Tools, Challenges, and Software Metrics Practices in Fast-Growing Developing Countries
SEiGS
Ajwad Abrar Islamic University of Technology, Akramul Azim Ontario Tech University
11:30
15m
Talk
A Decade of Software Engineering Research in South Asia: An Empirical Study in the Global South
SEiGS
Samiha Tahsin Noshin Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Proma Chowdhury Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Adity khisa Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Soumitra Paul Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka, Ishita Sur Apan Institute of Information Technology, University of Dhaka
11:45
15m
Talk
Exploring the Impact of Software Piracy and Hardware Constraints on Effective Software Engineering Education in the Global South
SEiGS
Lilian Akello Makerere University Kampala
12:00
15m
Talk
An Analysis of the Relationship Between Academic Training and Professional Demand in the Software Development Market
SEiGS
12:15
15m
Talk
Continuous Improvement of a Summer Introductory Programming Course with Diversity Awareness
SEiGS
Isabela Ortiz Jaramillo Universidad de los Andes, kelly Garces Pernett Universidad de los Andes, Jaime Torres Bermejo Universidad de los Andes
14:00 - 15:30
Education II / Health & EnvironmentSEiGS at Bora Bora II
14:00
15m
Talk
[extended abstract] Rethinking Software Engineering for Social Impact through University Outreach and Extension in Low-Resource Contexts
SEiGS
Kiev Gama Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Pedro Rodolfo Gomes de Souza Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Roberta Baudel Francisco Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Cristiano Coelho de Araujo Universidade Federal de Pernambuco
14:15
15m
Talk
Strengthening Data Quality in National Health Data Warehouses: A Systematic Review and Mixed-Methods Case Study from Uganda’s Digital Health Integration Experience
SEiGS
Moses Kizito HISME. Ministry of Health, Angella NABASIRYE makerere university, Livingstone Kaggwa Digital Health. LivingGoods, Paul Mbaka HISME. Ministry of Health
14:30
15m
Talk
Wearable Osteoarthritis Monitor: Enhancing Knee Health Management in Low-Resource Settings
SEiGS
Benjamin Rukundo Makerere University, Adrian Ayiko Mark Makerere University, Allan Duku Makerere University, Aggrey Marvin Zijja Makerere University, Nasser Kimbugwe Makerere University
14:45
15m
Talk
Enhancing Road Safety in Resource-Constrained Cities: Leveraging Road User Participation in Road Traffic Crash Reporting
SEiGS
Aime Jean Baptiste Akimana Kigali Collaborative Research Centre, Ignace H. Kabano University of Rwanda, Eric Umuhoza Carnegie Mellon University, Kayalvizhi Jayavel University of Rwanda, Dalia Bwiza Carnegie Mellon University, Rugamba Bahizi Jospin Kigali Collaborative Research Centre
15:00
15m
Talk
Optimizing MobileNetV3 through Quantization and Pruning for Offline Detection of Potato Blight Disease on Low-Cost Smartphones in Rwanda
SEiGS
Abizeye Louis Bonheur Nankai University, China, Faruku Dodwa Makerere University, Munezero Alphonse Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST)
15:15
15m
Talk
ICT and Agriculture for the Global South: A systematic literature review
SEiGS
Kamran Ali Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Kousar Aslam Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
16:00 - 17:30
Panel / Interactive activity / Closing remarksSEiGS at Bora Bora II
16:00
90m
Panel
Panel / Interactive activity
SEiGS

Mon 13 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

09:00 - 10:30
Session 1: Paper PresentationDeepTest / FTW at Bora Bora II
09:00
5m
Talk
Opening
DeepTest

09:05
55m
Keynote
Vibe Coding ≠ Vibe Testing: What Happens When No One Reads Source Code
DeepTest
Antonio Mastropaolo William and Mary, USA
10:00
15m
Talk
Beyond Accuracy: Characterizing Code Comprehension Capabilities in (Large) Language Models
DeepTest
Felix Mächtle University of Luebeck, Jan-Niclas Serr University of Luebeck, Nils Loose University of Luebeck, Thomas Eisenbarth University of Lübeck
10:15
15m
Talk
Large Language Models for Secure Code Assessment: A Multi-Language Empirical Study
DeepTest
Kohei Dozono Technical University of Munich, Tiago Espinha Gasiba Siemens AG, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
11:00 - 12:30
Session 2: Paper Presentation & Tool CompetitionDeepTest / FTW at Bora Bora II
11:00
15m
Talk
Latent Regularization in Generative Test Input Generation
DeepTest
Giorgi Merabishvili North Carolina State University, Oliver Weissl Technical University of Munich & fortiss, Andrea Stocco Technical University of Munich, fortiss
11:15
15m
Talk
Tool Competition Opening
DeepTest

11:30
15m
Talk
Warnless @ DeepTest 2026 Tool Competition
DeepTest
Qunying Song University College London, Yuan Gao , Roberto Brusnicki , Federica Sarro University College London
11:45
15m
Talk
Exida Test Generator @ DeepTest 2026 Tool Competition
DeepTest
12:00
15m
Talk
Contextual Risk-Driven Input Structuring for Probing (CRISP) @ DeepTest 2026 Tool Competition
DeepTest
12:15
15m
Talk
ATLAS: Adaptive Test Learning And Selection @ DeepTest 2026 Tool Competition
DeepTest
Antonio Pedro Santos Alves Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Marcos Kalinowski Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
14:00 - 15:30
FTW Session 1DeepTest / FTW at Bora Bora II
14:00
15m
Day opening
Opening
FTW
Joanna Kisaakye University of Antwerp, Wing Lam George Mason University, Fabian Leinen Technical University of Munich, August Shi The University of Texas at Austin
14:15
45m
Keynote
Keynote: The Ghost in the Machine - Why we still have not solved Flaky tests
FTW
Sigrid Eldh Ericsson AB, Mälardalen University, Carleton University
15:00
30m
Panel
Discussion Panel 1
FTW

16:00 - 17:30
FTW Session 2DeepTest / FTW at Bora Bora II
16:00
20m
Talk
A Preliminary Study on the Vocabulary of Flaky Tests in Swift
FTW
João Medeiros Federal University of Pernambuco, Breno Miranda Federal University of Pernambuco
16:20
20m
Talk
Flaky Tests in a Large Industrial Database Management System: An Empirical Study of Fixed Issue Reports for SAP HANA
FTW
Alexander Berndt Heidelberg University, Thomas Bach SAP, Sebastian Baltes Heidelberg University
Pre-print
16:40
20m
Talk
Preliminary Results on Evaluating Large Language Models for Labeling Root Cause Categories of Fixed Flaky Tests
FTW
Yang Chen University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Kaiyao Ke University of California Berkeley, Darko Marinov University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
17:00
30m
Panel
Discussion Panel 2
FTW

Tue 14 Apr

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09:00 - 10:30
Code Transformation & Modernization 1ReCode at Bora Bora II

Keynote and paper on code transformation & modernization

09:00
15m
Day opening
Opening by chairs
ReCode

09:15
60m
Talk
The Road to True Software Modernization with Autonomous Agents
ReCode
Omer Tripp Amazon
10:15
15m
Talk
JMigBench: A Benchmark for Evaluating LLMs on Source Code Migration (Java 8 to Java 11)
ReCode
Nishil Amin University College London, Zhiwei Fei Nanjing University, Xiang Li University College London, Justyna Petke University College London, He Ye University College London (UCL)
11:00 - 12:30
Code Translation 1ReCode at Bora Bora II

Keynote and paper on code translation

11:00
60m
Keynote
Alvin Cheung Keynote Title
ReCode
Alvin Cheung University of California at Berkeley
12:00
15m
Talk
Environment-in-the-Loop: Rethinking Code Migration with LLM-based Agents
ReCode
Xiang Li University College London, Zhiwei Fei Nanjing University, Ying Ma Brunel University, Jerry Zhang Delysium, Federica Sarro University College London, He Ye University College London (UCL)
12:15
15m
Talk
CNnotator: LLM-Guided Memory Safety Annotation Synthesis
ReCode
Twain Byrnes Carnegie Mellon University, Mike Dodds Galois, Inc
14:00 - 15:30
Code Transformation & Modernization 2ReCode at Bora Bora II

Keynote and paper on code transformation & modernization

14:00
60m
Talk
Beyond Code Completion: Harnessing LLMs for Complex Code Migrations in an Enterprise Setting at Google
ReCode
15:00
15m
Talk
Model-Driven Legacy System Modernization at Scale
ReCode
Tobias Böhm Trier University of Applied Sciences, Jens Guan Su Tien Trier University of Applied Sciences, Mohini Nonnenmann Trier University of Applied Sciences, Tom Schoonbaert Euroports, Bart Carpels Euroports, Andreas Biesdorf Siemens
15:15
15m
Talk
SafeTrans: LLM-assisted Transpilation from C to Rust
ReCode
Muhammad Farrukh Stony Brook University, Baris Coskun AWS, Tapti Palit University of California, Davis, Michalis Polychronakis Stony Brook University
16:00 - 17:30
Code Translation 2ReCode at Bora Bora II

Papers on code translation

16:00
15m
Talk
When Many-Shot Prompting Fails: An Empirical Study of LLM Code Translation
ReCode
Amirkia Rafiei Oskooei Yildiz Technical University / Intellica, Kaan Baturalp Cosdan Yildiz Technical University, Husamettin Isiktas Yildiz Technical University, Mehmet S. Aktas Yildiz Technical University
16:15
15m
Talk
Automated Refactoring of Code Smells in React.js Applications
ReCode
Hugo Logo Universidade Federal do Ceará, Maykon Nunes Universidade Federal do Ceará, Carla Bezerra Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Emanuel Coutinho Federal University of Ceará, Paulo Maia State University of Ceará
16:30
30m
Day closing
Workshop closing and socializing
ReCode

Sun 12 Apr

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Mon 13 Apr

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Tue 14 Apr

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