Conference：The ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA) 

CCF level：CCF A

Categories：软件工程/系统软件/程序设计语言

Year：2026

Conference time：Sat 3 - Fri 9 October 2026 Oakland, California, United States

录用率：

2025 107/550

2024 143/694

Research Areas

AI for Analysis and Testing

• Agentic or LLM-based specification inference

• Agentic or LLM-based code generation

• Agentic or LLM-based software testing

• Agentic of LLM-based program analysis

• Agentic or LLM-based program repair

Analysis and Testing for AI

• Testing and analysis of agents or agentic systems

• Testing and analysis of ML-model/software hybrid systems

• Testing and analysis of ML-components and libraries

• Fairness, safety, trustworthiness

Software Test Generation

• Regression, mutation, and model-based testing

• System, unit, and integration testing

• Black-, grey-, and white-box fuzzing

• Search-based software testing

• Symbolic and concolic execution

Software Debugging and Repair

• Fault localization and debugging

• Search-based program repair

• Constraint-based program repair

• Reverse engineering

• Program comprehension

• Specification inference

Software Verification and Analysis Techniques

• Static, dynamic, and empirical program analysis

• Program verification, runtime verification, and model checking

• Refactoring, transformation, and reduction

• Testing and analysis in CI/CD or deployment

• Testing and analysis of evolving systems

• Mutation testing and analysis

• Ecosystem-scale analysis

• Non-functional properties (dependability, safety, reliability, and performance)

Analysis and Testing for Security

• Binary analysis, lifting, and instrumentation

• Vulnerability detection (e.g., sanitizers)

• Side channels and data leakage

• Supply chain analysis

• Malware analysis

• Obfuscation

Domain-specific Analysis and Testing

• Testing and analysis of blockchain systems or smart contracts

• Testing and analysis of concurrent or distributed systems

• Testing and analysis of cyber physical or autonomous systems

• Testing and analysis of database or operating systems

• Testing and analysis of numerical and scientific applications

• Testing and analysis of testing or analysis tools

• Testing and analysis of web, mobile, or quantum applications

Empirical and User Studies of Testing and Analysis Processes

• Software engineering processes (e.g., agile, DevOps)

• Green and sustainable technologies

• Ethics and values

• Software economics

• Systematic code review and inspection

• Program comprehension and visualization

Important Date

Thu 29 Jan 2026 Paper submission

Tue 24 - Thu 26 Mar 2026 Author response

Thu 16 Apr 2026 Initial Notification

Thu 21 May 2026 Major Revision Submission

Thu 25 Jun 2026 Final Notification

Thu 23 Jul 2026 Camera Ready

链接:

https://conf.researchr.org/track/issta-2026/issta-2026-research-papers