The 20th Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering Conference (TASE 2026) will be held in Shanghai City, China on July 4 - 6, 2026. TASE 2026 aims to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry with interest in the theoretical aspects of software engineering. Modern society is increasingly dependent on software systems that are becoming larger and more complex. This poses new challenges to current software engineering methodologies that need to be enhanced using modern results from theoretical computer science. We invite submission of research papers on topics covering all theoretical aspects of software engineering, including those describing applications of theoretical computer science in industrial applications and software engineering methodologies.
Authors are invited to submit high quality technical papers describing original and unpublished work in all theoretical aspects of software engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
■ Abstract interpretation
■ Algebraic and co-algebraic specifications
■ AI for formal methods
■ Component-based software engineering
■ Cyber-physical systems
■ Deductive verification
■ Distributed and concurrent systems
■ Domain Engineering
■ Embedded and real-time systems
■ Feature-oriented software
■ Formal methods, verification and testing for AI systems
■ Run-time verification and monitoring
■ Semantic web and web services
■ Service-oriented and cloud computing
■ Software processes and workflows
■ Software architectures and design
■ Formal verification and program semantics
■ Fundamental theories and techniques for trustworthy AI systems
■ Integration of formal methods
■ Language design
■ Model checking and theorem proving
■ Model-driven engineering
■ Object-oriented systems
■ Probability in software engineering
■ Program analysis
■ Program logics and calculi
■ Requirements engineering
■ Reverse engineering and software maintenance
■ Software testing and quality assurance
■ Software safety, security and reliability
■ Specification and verification
■ Type systems and behavioral typing
■ Tools exploiting theoretical results
Submissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 16 pages (excluding bibliography) for long papers and 6 pages (excluding bibliography) for short papers in LNCS format. Submissions should be made through the TASE 2026 submission page, handled by the EasyChair conference management system.
Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tase2026.
Geguang Pu (East China Normal University, China)
Giuseppe De Giacomo (University of Oxford, England)
Jianwen Li (East China Normal University, China)
Qin Li (East China Normal University, China)
Lili Xiao (Donghua University, China)
Yamine Ait Ameur (IRIT/INPT-ENSEEIHT)
Jie An (Institute of Software, CAS)
Giuseppe De Giacomo (University of Oxford)
Hongfei Fu (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
Alberto Griggio (FBK)
Zhe Hou (Griffith University)
Daisuke Kimura (Toho University)
Guoqiang Li (Shanghai Jiaotong University)
Jianwen Li (East China Normal University)
Yeting Li (Institute of Information Engineering, CAS)
Wanwei Liu (National University of Defense Technology)
Yepang Liu (Southern University of Science and Technology)
Teng Long (China University of Geosciences)
Frederic Mallet (Universite Nice Sophia-Antipolis)
Dominique Mery (Université de Lorraine, LORIA)
Bertrand Meyer (ETH Zurich)
Yu Pei (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Shengchao Qin (Xidian University)
Xiaomu Shi (Institute of Software, CAS)
Stefano Tonetta (FBK)
Cheng Wen (Xidian University)
Lili Xiao (Donghua University)
Hui Xu (Fudan University)
Yedi Zhang (National University of Singapore)
Hengjun Zhao (Southwest University)
Lixiao Zheng (Huaqiao University)
Shufang Zhu (University of Liverpool)
Abstract Submission : 15 February 2026
Paper Submission : 21 February 2026
Author Notification : 1 April 2026
Camera-ready Versions : 1 May 2026
Conference : July 4 - 6, 2026