Conference Information

ICST 2026: International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation

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Submission Date:
2025-12-15
Notification Date:
2026-02-20
Conference Date:
2026-05-18
Location:
Daejeon, South Korea
Years:
19
CCF: c   CORE: a   QUALIS: b2   Viewed: 45507   Tracked: 79   Attend: 15

Call For Papers

ICST 2026 (International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation) is a CCF C / CORE A / QUALIS B2 conference held in Daejeon, South Korea on 2026-05-18. The paper submission deadline is 2025-12-15. Acceptance notifications are sent on 2026-02-20.

ICST 2026 invites high-quality submissions in all software testing, verification, and validation areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: AI-assisted software testing Automated test generation Formal verification Manual and social aspects of the software testing process Replications, empirical studies, case studies, experience reports Software reliability Static and dynamic analysis Test automation Test-driven development and Agile testing Testability, test design, and adequacy criteria Testing AI-based systems Testing and development processes Testing, debugging, and repair tools Testing education Testing in specific domains, such as mobile, web, embedded/cyber-physical systems, concurrent, distributed, cloud, GUI, context-aware, IoT, real-time systems, video games, augmented/virtual reality applications Testing of non-functional properties such as security, accessibility, and performance Theory of software testing Validation and user acceptance techniques Papers for the research track should present novel and original work that advances the state-of-the-art. Case studies, replication studies, and empirical research papers are also welcome. Papers with a strong industrial/practical component and focus more on impact than (technical) novelty are encouraged to consider the industry track instead.
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Acceptance Ratio

Average acceptance rate: 26.2% over 3 years (2008–2012).

YearSubmittedAcceptedAccepted(%)
20121453926.9%
20101544126.6%
20081473725.2%

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