About us

The 8th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2026) is a scientific gathering taking place in Nara, Japan. The event focuses on advancements in software engineering, including formal methods, software architecture, requirements engineering, and software quality. The symposium features invited speakers, peer-reviewed paper presentations, and publication in the ACM Conference Proceedings.

Important Dates

Thu, Jun 25, 2026
Submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Software Architecture
Requirements Engineering
Design Patterns and Frameworks
Use Cases and Scenarios
Software testing
Object-Oriented Technology
Formal methods
UML Modeling
Component-based Development
Distributed Systems Design
Middleware Techniques
Reliability Analysis
Software Safety and Reliability
Safety-Critical Systems

Call for Papers Description

The symposium invites the scientific community to submit abstracts for presentation or full papers for publication. Submissions are peer-reviewed by the committees. Accepted, registered, and presented papers will be published in the ACM Conference Proceedings.

Committee

Advisory Chair

Gul A Agha

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

Conference Chairs

Akito Monden

Okayama University, JP

Shaoying Liu

Hiroshima University, JP

Program Chairs

Hiroyuki Nakagawa

Okayama University, JP

Masateru Tsunoda

Kindai University, JP

Witold Pedrycz

University of Alberta, CA

Giancarlo Succi

University of Bologna, IT

N. Ch. Sriman Narayana Iyengar

Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, IN

Hiroyuki Okamura

Hiroshima University, JP

Publicity Chairs

Hirohisa Aman

Ehime University, JP

Eunjong Choi

Kyoto Institute of Technology, JP

Emanuel Grant

University of North Dakota, US

William Penaflor Rey

Mapua University, PH

Zaid Omar

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, MY

Local Organizing Chair

Hiroki Inayoshi

Okayama Universiy, JP

Finance Chair

Itou Erika

Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University, JP

Speakers

Prof. Osamu Mizuno

Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan

Prof. Raula Gaikovina Kula

The University of Osaka, Japan

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