AIware 2026
Mon 6 - Tue 7 July 2026 Montreal, Canada
co-located with FSE 2026
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Program

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Mon 6 Jul

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09:00 - 10:30
KeynoteSSBSE Keynote / SSBSE Research Papers at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS)
09:00
10m
Talk
Opening Remarks
SSBSE Keynote

09:10
60m
Keynote
The Other Side of Complexity
SSBSE Keynote
Tim Menzies North Carolina State University
Pre-print
10:10
20m
Research paper
Adaptive Software Energy Feedback for Long-Term User Engagement
SSBSE Research Papers
Thomas Zaragoza Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, Adel Noureddine University Paris Nanterre, Ernesto Exposito Universite de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour, E2S UPPA, LIUPPA
11:00 - 12:30
Research Session 1SSBSE Research Papers / SSBSE Hot-off-the-Press Track at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Wesley K.G. Assunção North Carolina State University
11:00
20m
Research paper
A Simulation-Based Genetic Algorithm to Find Configuration Anomalies in UAV Software
SSBSE Research Papers
Salil Purandare , Myra Cohen Iowa State University
11:20
20m
Research paper
Genetic Programming for Self-Adaptive Auto-Scaling of Microservices
SSBSE Research Papers
Jia Li University of Ottawa, Mehrdad Sabetzadeh University of Ottawa, Shiva Nejati University of Ottawa
Pre-print
11:40
20m
Research paper
Prompt Optimization for LLM Code Generation via Reinforcement Learning
SSBSE Research Papers
Ali Mohammadi Esfahani Carleton University, Nafiseh Kahani Carleton University, Samuel A. Ajila Department of Systems and Computer Engineering, Carleton University
12:00
15m
Short-paper
Search-Based Generation of Complex Inputs with FANDANGO
SSBSE Hot-off-the-Press Track
José Antonio Zamudio Amaya CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Marius Smytzek CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Andreas Zeller CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security
DOI Authorizer link File Attached
14:00 - 15:30
SSBSE ChallengeSSBSE Challenge at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Moataz Chouchen Concordia University
14:00
10m
Talk
Challenge Overview
SSBSE Challenge

14:10
15m
Short-paper
ApkFuzz: Search-Based Fuzzing for Android APK Vulnerability Discovery
SSBSE Challenge
Karine Even-Mendoza King’s College London, Aidan Dakhama The University of Edinburgh, UK, Harel Berger Ariel University
Pre-print
14:25
15m
Short-paper
Fuzz3: Entropy as a Third Oracle
SSBSE Challenge
Karine Even-Mendoza King’s College London, Janine Obiri University College London (UCL), Aidan Dakhama The University of Edinburgh, UK, Phil McMinn University of Sheffield, William Langdon University College London
Pre-print
14:40
15m
Short-paper
Reducing LLMs by Searching Heterogeneous Quantizations
SSBSE Challenge
Enrique Alba University of Malaga, Yazhuo Cao King's College London, Hector Menendez King’s College London
Pre-print
14:55
15m
Short-paper
SafeTune: Search-based Harmfulness Minimisation for Large Language Models
SSBSE Challenge
Giordano d'Aloisio University of L'Aquila, David Williams University College London, Giusy Annunziata University of Salerno, Zhiwei Fei Nanjing University, Antinisca Di Marco University of L'Aquila, Federica Sarro University College London
Pre-print
15:10
15m
Short-paper
Survival of the Stealthiest: Evolving Low-Entropy Ransomware via Genetic Algorithms
SSBSE Challenge
Efrat Levenberg Jerusalem College of Technology, Kristina Sviazhina , Pierre Parrend Université de Strasbourg, Ayelet Butman Holon Institute of Technology, Harel Berger Ariel University
16:00 - 18:00
16:00
15m
Short-paper
VFL-Searcher: Optimizing Stealthy Adversarial Dominating Inputs
SSBSE Challenge
Pichsereyvattana Chan Georgetown University, Karine Even-Mendoza King’s College London, Harel Berger Ariel University
16:15
15m
Short-paper
What Do AI Agents Actually Change? An Empirical Taxonomy of Mutation Patterns in Performance-Improving Pull Requests
SSBSE Challenge
ilia Dovhoshliubnyi Edinburgh Napier University, Nima Soroush Edinburgh Napier University, Ashkan Sami Edinburgh Napier University, Alexander E.I. Brownlee University of Stirling
Pre-print
16:30
15m
Short-paper
White-Box Execution Refactoring of Transformers for Lower Energy
SSBSE Challenge
Enrique Alba University of Malaga, Hector Menendez King’s College London
16:45
15m
Research paper
MLStractor: LLM-Powered Search-Based Monolith-To-Microservice Decomposition
SSBSE RENE/NIER
Ilyes Kasdallah Laval University, GHORAB Mostafa Anouar Université Laval, CA, Oussama Jebbar Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Khaled Sellami Laval University, Mohammed Sayagh ETS Montreal, University of Quebec, Ali Ouni Ecole de Technologie Superieure (ETS), Mohamed Aymen saied Laval University
17:00
15m
Research paper
Zoom, Don't Wander: Why Regional Search Outperforms Pareto Reasoning and Global Optimization in Budget-Constrained SBSE
SSBSE RENE/NIER
Kishan Kumar Ganguly NC State, Tim Menzies North Carolina State University
17:25
25m
Meeting
Steering Committee Meeting
SSBSE Steering Committee

17:50
10m
Day closing
Closing Remarks
SSBSE Steering Committee

Tue 7 Jul

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11:00 - 12:30
LLM for SE 1FSE Research Papers / FSE Journal-First Paper / FSE Tool Demonstrations at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Zhou Yang University of Alberta; CIFAR AI Chair; Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute
11:00
20m
Talk
A Survey on LLM-based Code Generation for Low-Resource and Domain-Specific Programming Languages
FSE Journal-First Paper
Sathvik Joel Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India, Jie JW Wu Michigan Technological University, USA, Fatemeh Hendijani Fard University of British Columbia, Okanagan
11:20
20m
Talk
Validating LLM-Generated SQL Queries Through Metamorphic Prompting
FSE Research Papers
Li Lin Xiamen University, Qinglin Zhu School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Jintai Hong School of Informatics, Xiamen University, Chong Wang Nanyang Technological University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University, Rongxin Wu Xiamen University
11:40
20m
Talk
Galápagos: Automated N-Version Programming with LLMs
FSE Journal-First Paper
Javier Ron Arteaga KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Diogo Gaspar KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Javier Cabrera Arteaga KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Benoit Baudry Université de Montréal, Martin Monperrus KTH Royal Institute of Technology
12:00
20m
Talk
VisionScratch: LLM-Based Automated Feedback Generation Using Code-Produced Videos for Scratch Programs
FSE Research Papers
Yuan Si University of Waterloo, Daming Li Independent Researcher, Hanyuan Shi N/A, Jialu Zhang University of Waterloo
12:20
10m
Talk
COBook: An AI-Assisted Interactive COBOL Notebook with Visualization
FSE Tool Demonstrations
Raghavendra Pappu IIT Tirupati, Satish Pati IIT Tirupati, Sridhar Chimalakonda Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati
12:30 - 14:00
FSE Steering Committee (SC) meetingFSE Catering at MB 2.210
14:00 - 15:30
LLM for SE 2FSE Ideas, Visions and Reflections / FSE Research Papers at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Chanchal K. Roy University of Saskatchewan
14:00
20m
Talk
Casting a SPELL: Sentence Pairing Exploration for LLM Limitation-breaking
FSE Research Papers
Yifan Huang , Xiaojun Jia Nanyang Technological University, Wenbo Guo Nanyang Technological University, Yuqiang Sun Nanyang Technological University, Yihao Huang National University of Singapore, Singapore, Chong Wang Nanyang Technological University, Yang Liu Nanyang Technological University
Pre-print
14:20
20m
Talk
ReFLAIR: Detecting Responsive Layout Reflow Issues using Multimodal Generative AI
FSE Research Papers
Yirui He University of California, Irvine, Ziyao He University of California, Irvine, Syed Fatiul Huq University of California, Irvine, Sam Malek University of California at Irvine
DOI Pre-print
14:40
20m
Talk
Recommending Usability Improvements with Multimodal Large Language Models
FSE Research Papers
Sebastian Lubos Graz University of Technology, Alexander Felfernig Graz University of Technology, Damian Garber Graz University of Technology, Viet-Man Le Graz University of Technology, Manuel Henrich UNiQUARE Software Development GmbH
Pre-print
15:00
20m
Talk
ViBR: Automated Bug Replay from Video-based Reports Using Vision-Language Models
FSE Research Papers
Sidong Feng Monash University, Dingbang Wang University of Connecticut, Nikola Tomic Technical University of Munich, Tingting Yu University of Connecticut, Aldeida Aleti Monash University, Chunyang Chen TU Munich
15:20
10m
Talk
90% Faster, 100% Code-Free: MLLM-Driven Zero-Code 3D Game Development
FSE Ideas, Visions and Reflections
Yuxuan Wan The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Runxin Yang The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shuqing Li The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Michael Lyu The Chinese University of Hong Kong
16:00 - 17:30
16:00
20m
Talk
LACY: Simulating Expert Mentoring for Software Onboarding with Code Tours
FSE Industry Papers
Zeynep Begüm Kara Bilkent University, Aytekin İsmail Bilkent University, Ece Ates Bilkent University, İzgi Nur Tamcı Bilkent University, Zehra İyigün Bilkent University, Selin Şirin Aslangül Beko, Ömercan Devran Beko, Baykal Mehmet Ucar Beko, Eray Tüzün Bilkent University
16:20
20m
Talk
Towards Refining Developer Questions using LLM-Based Named Entity Recognition for Developer Chatroom Conversations
FSE Journal-First Paper
Pouya Fathollahzadeh Queen’s University, Mariam El Mezouar Royal Military College, Hao Li Queen's University, Ying Zou Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Ahmed E. Hassan Queen’s University
16:40
20m
Talk
Understanding and Predicting Accepted Code Suggestions in AI-Assisted Programming
FSE Research Papers
Jing Jiang Beihang University, Liehao Li Beihang University, Jinyun Hou Beihang University, Xin Tan Beihang University, Li Zhang Beihang University
Pre-print
17:00
10m
Talk
Context-Aware Feedback Compression in Online Judge Programming with LLMs
FSE Ideas, Visions and Reflections
Jialiang Gu George Mason University, Keren Zhou George Mason University, Daming Li Independent Researcher, Hanyuan Shi N/A, Jialu Zhang University of Waterloo
17:10
20m
Talk
Still Manual? Automated Linter Configuration via DSL-Based LLM Compilation of Coding Standards
FSE Research Papers
zejun zhang Nanjing University, Yixin Gan Nanjing University, Zhenchang Xing CSIRO's Data61, Tian Zhang Nanjing University, Yi Li Nanyang Technological University, Qinghua Lu Data61, CSIRO, Xiwei (Sherry) Xu Data61, CSIRO, Liming Zhu CSIRO’s Data61
Pre-print

Wed 8 Jul

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10:30 - 12:30
Code Review 1FSE Industry Papers / FSE Journal-First Paper / FSE Research Papers at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Tao Xiao Kyushu University
10:30
20m
Talk
SWR-Bench: Assessing LLM Performance in Real-World Code Review Comment Generation
FSE Research Papers
Zhengran Zeng Peking University, Ruikai Shi Peking University, Keke Han Peking University, Yixin Li Peking University, Kaicheng Sun Northwestern Polytechnical University, Yidong Wang Peking University, Zhuohao Yu Peking University, Rui Xie Peking University, Wei Ye Peking University, Shikun Zhang Peking University
10:50
20m
Talk
Assessing Harmful Comments and Specificity in Code Review Feedback at Scale using Large Language Models
FSE Industry Papers
Audrey You University of Auckland, Jingyi (Jenny) Wang University of Auckland, Youxiang Lei Multitudes, Lauren Peate Multitudes, Kelly Blincoe University of Auckland
11:10
20m
Talk
HalluJudge: A Reference-Free Hallucination Detection for Context Misalignment in Code Review Automation
FSE Industry Papers
Kla Tantithamthavorn Monash University, Hong Yi Lin The University of Melbourne, Patanamon Thongtanunam University of Melbourne, Wachiraphan (Ping) Charoenwet University of Melbourne, Minwoo Jeong Atlassian, Ming Wu Atlassian
11:30
20m
Talk
Hydra-Reviewer: A holistic multi-agent system for automatic code review comment generation
FSE Journal-First Paper
Xiaoxue Ren Zhejiang University, Chaoqun Dai Zhejiang Gongshang University, Qiao Huang Zhejiang Gongshang University, Ye Wang Zhejiang Gongshang University, Chao Liu Chongqing University, Bo Jiang Zhejiang Gongshang University
Link to publication
11:50
20m
Talk
AI-Assisted Fixes to Code Review Comments at Scale
FSE Industry Papers
Chandra Sekhar Maddila Meta Platforms, Inc., Negar Ghorbani Meta Platforms Inc., James Saindon Meta, Parth Thakkar Meta Platforms, Inc., Vijayaraghavan Murali Meta Platforms Inc., Rui Abreu Meta, Jingyue Shen Meta Platforms Inc., Brian Zhou Meta Platforms Inc., Nachiappan Nagappan Meta Platforms, Inc., Peter C Rigby Meta / Concordia University
12:10
20m
Talk
Code Reviewer Recommendation for High Risk Diffs at Scale: Workflow, Recommender, and Live Experiments
FSE Industry Papers
Aishwarya Girish Paraspatki Meta Platforms, Inc., Brandon Reznicek Meta Platforms, Inc., Rui Abreu Meta, Ford Garberson Meta Platforms, Inc., Audris Mockus University of Tennessee, Nachiappan Nagappan Meta Platforms, Inc., Peter C Rigby Meta / Concordia University
12:30 - 14:00
TOSEM Editorial Board MeetingFSE Catering at MB 2.210
14:00 - 15:30
14:00
20m
Talk
Red Teaming LLMs via Linguistic-Aware Fuzzing
FSE Research Papers
Shuai Yuan University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Nian Luo University Of Electronic Science And Technology Of China, Jingling Sun University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Yihao Huang National University of Singapore, Singapore, Chengyu Zhang Loughborough University
14:20
10m
Talk
MIMIC-Py: An Extensible Tool for Personality-Driven Automated Game Testing with Large Language Models
FSE Tool Demonstrations
Yifei Chen McGill University, Sarra Habchi Cohere, Canada, Lili Wei McGill University
14:30
10m
Talk
Towards Automated Test Adaptation in Fork Ecosystems via Large Language Models
FSE Ideas, Visions and Reflections
Mukelabai Mukelabai Ruhr University Bochum, Keanu-Wesley Schurkus Ruhr University Bochum, Yannic Noller Ruhr University Bochum, Thorsten Berger Ruhr University Bochum
14:40
20m
Talk
Boosting LLMs for Mutation Generation
FSE Research Papers
Bo Wang Beijing Jiaotong University, Ming Deng Beijing Jiaotong University, Mingda Chen Beijing Jiaotong University, Chengran Yang Singapore Management University, Singapore, Youfang Lin Beijing Jiaotong University, Mark Harman Meta Platforms, Inc. and UCL, Mike Papadakis University of Luxembourg, Jie M. Zhang Mistral AI and King's College London
15:00
20m
Talk
LLM-Assisted Input-Requirement-Aware Differential Testing of Array Programming Frameworks
FSE Research Papers
Zhichao Zhou School of Information Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Jingzhu He ShanghaiTech University
Pre-print
15:20
10m
Talk
AISysRev - LLM-based Tool for Title-abstract Screening
FSE Tool Demonstrations
Aleksi Huotala University of Helsinki, Miikka Kuutila LUT University, Olli-Pekka Turtio University of Helsinki, Simo Sipilä University of Helsinki, Mika Mäntylä University of Helsinki
Pre-print

Thu 9 Jul

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10:30 - 12:30
10:30
20m
Talk
On the Road to Personalized Code Intelligence: Portraiting and Assisting Developers Based on Their In-IDE Behaviors
FSE Research Papers
Yuhong Liu Beihang University, YUNHE SU , Zhipeng Peng Beihang University, Zhiwen Luo Beihang University, Lin Shi Beihang University, Zhi Jin Wuhan University, Li Zhang Beihang University
Pre-print
10:50
10m
Talk
At What Cost? Software Developers’ Well-Being in the Age of GenAI
FSE Ideas, Visions and Reflections
Mariam Guizani Queen's University, Canada, Maduka Subasinghage The University of Western Australia, Sherlock A. Licorish University of Otago, Sofia Ouhbi Uppsala University
Pre-print
11:00
20m
Talk
How Do Developers Interact with AI? An Exploratory Study on Modeling Developer Programming Behavior
FSE Research Papers
Yinan Wu North Carolina State University, Ze Shi (Zane) Li University of Oklahoma, Kathryn Stolee North Carolina State University, Bowen Xu North Carolina State University
DOI Pre-print
11:30
20m
Research paper
ToxiShield: Promoting Inclusive Developer Communication through Real-Time Toxicity Filtering
FSE Research Papers
Md Awsaf Alam Anindya Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Showvik Biswas Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Anindya Iqbal Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology Dhaka, Bangladesh, Jaydeb Sarker University of Nebraska at Omaha, Amiangshu Bosu Wayne State University
Link to publication DOI Pre-print Media Attached
11:50
20m
Talk
Automated Extraction and Analysis of Developer's Rationale in Open Source Software
FSE Re-routed Presentations from Past Years
Mouna Dhaouadi University of Montreal, Bentley Oakes Polytechnique Montréal, Michalis Famelis Université de Montréal
Link to publication DOI
12:10
20m
Talk
Leveraging Risk Models to Improve Productivity for Effective Code Un-Freeze at Scale
FSE Journal-First Paper
Audris Mockus University of Tennessee, Rui Abreu Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Portugal, Peter C Rigby Meta / Concordia University, David Amsallem Meta Platforms, Inc., Parveen Bansal Meta Platforms, Inc., Kaavya Chinniah Meta Platforms, Inc., Brian Ellis Meta Platforms, Inc., Peng Fan Meta Platforms, Inc., Jun Ge Meta Platforms, Inc., Wenlei He Meta, Kelly Hirano Meta Platforms, Inc., Sahil Kumar Meta Platforms, Inc., Ajay Lingapuram Meta Platforms, Inc., W. Andrew Loe III Meta Platforms, Inc., Megh Mehta Meta Platforms, Inc., Venus Montes Meta Platforms, Inc., Maher Saba Meta Platforms, Inc., Gursharan Singh Meta Platforms, Inc., Matt Steiner Meta Platforms, Inc., Weiyan Sun Meta Platforms, Inc., Siri Uppalapati Meta Platforms, Inc., Nachiappan Nagappan Meta Platforms, Inc.
12:30 - 14:00
FSE 2027 Organization Committee MeetingFSE Catering at MB 2.210
14:00 - 15:30
Code review 2FSE Industry Papers / FSE Journal-First Paper / FSE Research Papers / FSE Tool Demonstrations at MB 2.210
Chair(s): Binhang Qi National University of Singapore
14:00
20m
Talk
The Price of Precision: The Cost of Preprocessing for Automated Code Revision in Code Review
FSE Journal-First Paper
Shirin Pirouzkhah University of Zurich, Pooja Rani University of Zurich, Francesco Sovrano USI Lugano, Switzerland, Vincent Hellendoorn Google DeepMind, USA, Alberto Bacchelli IfI, University of Zurich
14:20
20m
Talk
Benchmarking LLMs for Fine-Grained Code Review with Enriched Context in Practice
FSE Industry Papers
Ruida Hu Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen, Xinchen Wang Harbin Institute of Technology, Xin-Cheng Wen Harbin Institute of Technology, Zhao Zhang Bytedance Network Technology, Bo Jiang Bytedance Network Technology, Pengfei Gao ByteDance, Chao Peng Tencent, Cuiyun Gao Harbin Institute of Technology, Shenzhen
14:40
20m
Talk
Mitigating the Risk of Defects and Improving Knowledge Distribution with Code Reviewer Recommenders
FSE Research Papers
Mohammadali Sefidi Esfahani Concordia University, Peter Rigby Concordia University; Meta
Pre-print
15:00
20m
Talk
The Interaction of Complexity and Provenance in Code Review Decisions: Evidence from a Controlled Experiment
FSE Research Papers
Neha Singh University of Zurich, Francesco Sovrano USI Lugano, Switzerland, Vincent Hellendoorn Google DeepMind, USA, Alberto Bacchelli IfI, University of Zurich
DOI Pre-print
15:20
10m
Talk
SmartPatchLinker: An Open-Source Tool to Linked Changes Detection for Code Review
FSE Tool Demonstrations
Islem Khemissi Concordia University, Moataz Chouchen Concordia University, Dong Wang Tianjin University, Raula Gaikovina Kula The University of Osaka

Mon 6 Jul

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Tue 7 Jul

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