The 14th International Conference
on Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT 2026)
CONISOFT'26
The 14th International Conference on Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT 2026) is set to take place at Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico, from October 27 to October 30, 2026. This event aims to unite practitioners and researchers from academia, industry, and government to advance the state of the art in software engineering. Furthermore, it strives to foster synergy between academia and industry by defining a collaborative strategy to support and promote the growth of the software industry in Mexico and across the globe. Submissions that effectively integrate theoretical and practical aspects are particularly encouraged.
Important date
May 15, 2026: Paper Submission deadline
July 05, 2026: Notification of acceptance
August 17, 2026: Sending final version
August 21, 2026: Early registration
October 27-31, 2026: CONISOFT 2026
Topics
The topics for this edition are listed below, but are not limited to these:
1. Core Themes in Software Engineering
Requirements Engineering | Systems Modeling | Architecture and Software Design | Models and Quality Systems | Process Models | Software Metrics
2. Empirical Software Engineering
Empirical Methods | Statistical Methods and Measurement | Simulation Methods | Missing Data in Software Engineering | Experimentation in Software Engineering.
J3. Formal methods
Theoretical Basis for Software Engineering | Formal Methods for Software Engineering | Experimental Evaluation and Validation | Industry-Academia Collaboration.
4. Trends in Software Engineering
AI-Driven Software Development | Sustainable Software Engineering | Software Engineering for Emerging Technologies | Construction of Complex Systems | Modeling and Knowledge Management | Support Methodologies | Software Engineering for Cloud Computing, Big Data, and Social Computing
5. Interaction with Other Disciplines
User-Centered Design | Social Issues in Software Engineering
6. Software Engineering Education (SEE)
Models and Techniques for SEE | Teaching Approaches for SEE | Tools for SEE | Strategies and Instruments for Assessment in SEE | Workforce Development
7. Industry and Government Experiences
Case Studies in Industry and Government | Study Cases in Industry and Government
8. Dependability, Security, and Privacy
Software Testing | Program Analysis and Synthesis | Debugging and Fault Localization | Software Maintenance, Evolution, and Legacy Systems
9. Testing, Analysis, and Maintenance
10. Software Engineering for AI
SE for AI Models | SE for Systems with AI Components | SE for AI Code, Libraries, and Datasets | Testing and Verification of AI-Based Systems | Automated Repair of AI Models
Committees
An international academic community committed to scientific quality and institutional collaboration.
President
Reyes Juárez Ramírez
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (México)
Program Committee Co-Chairs
Samantha Jiménez Calleros
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (México)
Perla Velasco Elizondo
Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (México)
Steering Committee
Dr. Mario Piattini
Universidad de Castilla - La Mancha (Spain)
Dr. Alain Abran
Université du Québec (Canada)
Dr. Claudio Miceli de Farias
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Dr. Donaten Koulla Moulla
University of South Africa (South Africa)
Prof.Dr. Andrei Tchernykh
CICESE Research Center (Mexico)
Prof. Alfredo Goldman
São Paulo University (Brazil)
Prof. Sergio Nesmachnow
Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray
University of Arizona (United States of America)
Prof.Dr. Arutyun Avetisyan
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia)
Dr. Jarek Nabrzyski
University of Notre Dame (United States of America)
Dr. Abhishek Kumar
Chandigarha University (India)
Dr. Sachin Ahuja
Chandigarh University (India)
International Advisory Board
Micheal Tuapei
Lappeenranta Lahti University of Technology (Finland)
Andrea Delgado
Universidad de la República (Uruguay)
Jorge Mario Cortés Mendoza
National College of Ireland (Ireland)
Grégoire Danoy
University of Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
Gleb Radchenko
Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russia)
Xinheng Wang
Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University(China)
Muddesar Iqbal
Prince Sultan University (Saudi Arabia)
Fabrizzio Soares
Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil)
Everardo Inzunza-Gonzalez
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (México)
Prof.Dr. Mikhail Babenko
North-Caucasus Federal University, Stavropol (Russia)
Prof.Dr. Alexander Feoktistov
Matrosov Institute for System Dynamics and Control Theory of SB RAS, Irkutsk (Russia)
Dr. Harold Castro
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia)
Prof.Dr. Andrei Tchernykh
CICESE Research Center (Mexico)
Dr. Esteban Mocskos
Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Dr. Luis Bernardo Pulido Gaytan
National College of Ireland(Ireland)
| Promoting institutions |
CONISOFT 2026 is promoted by the Mexican Thematic Network of Software Engineering and has the support of the following universities:
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International Advisory Board
| Local Organizing Committee Chair |
| Alejandro Mauricio González Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (México) |
| Publicity Committee |
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Karina Cancino Fabrizzio Soares Jheimer Sepúlveda López Micheal Tuape Donaten Koulla Moulla University of South Africa (South Africa) María Fernanda Murillo Muñoz Aurora Vizcaíno Barceló |
| Website Chair |
| Alan David Noriega Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (México) |
| Sponsorship Chairs |
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Reyes Juárez Ramírez Maria Elena Chavez Echeagaray Arizona State University (USA) Micheal Tuape Lappeenranta Lahti University of Technology (Finland) |
| Social Events |
| Perla Velasco Elizondo Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (México) |
| Awards |
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Mirna Ariadna Muñoz Mata Patricia Martínez Moreno Universidad Veracruzana (México) |
| Paper Submission Chair |
| Carlos Fernández y Fernández Universidad Tecnológica de la Mixteca (México) |
| Registration and Analytics |
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Camilo Caraveo Mena Claudia Gabriel Tona Castro San Diego Global Knowledge University (USA) Alfredo Castillo Solis Universidad Politécnica de Tapachula (México) |
| Local Presentations |
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Jheimer Sepúlveda López Héctor Gerardo Pérez González Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (México) María de los Ángeles Quezada Cisnero Instituto Tecnológico de Tijuana (México) |
| Online Presentations |
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María de los Ángeles Quezada Cisnero Edgar Gonzálo Cossio Franco José Alfonso Aguilar Anastasiia Gurzhii Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (Finland) Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán |
| Conference Proceedings |
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Abhishek Kumar Manuel Alejandro Pastrana Pardo Damian Kedziora Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (Finland) Jorge Octavio Ocharán Hernández |
| Journal Special Issues |
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Andrei Tchernykh Sergio Nesmachnow Universidad de la República (Uruguay) |
| Students Symposium |
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Brenda Leticia Flores Rios María Angélica Astorga Vargas Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (México) Micheal Tuape Lappeenranta Lahti University of Technology (Finland) Fabrizzio Soares Universidade Federal de Goiás (Brazil) |
| Student Volunteer |
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Leticia Cervantes Huerta Alejandro Mauricio González Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (México) Emma Nkonoki Häme University of Applied Sciences HAMK (Finland) |
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Industry Events
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Francisco Valdés Souto Javier Ortiz Hernández TecNM/CENIDET (México) Sergio Alberto Inzunza Soberanes San Diego Global Knowledge University (USA) |
| Invitations and Certificates |
| Verónica Tapia Ibarra Instituto Tecnológico de León (México) |
| Conference Program Committee Chairs |
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Alejandro Mauricio González Jorge Rafael Aguilar Cisneros César Arturo Guerra García Ismael Caballero Muñoz-Reja Jorge Mario Cortés Mendoza (co-chair) National College of Ireland (Ireland) Sandra Casas Francisco Valdés Souto Patricia Martínez Moreno |
| Technical Program Committee | |
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Abraham Rodríguez Mota Alain Abran Alan Ramírez Noriega Alfredo Castillo Solís Ali Ouni Ana María Briseño García Ananth Kumar Ananth J. P. Anastasiia Gurzhii Andrea Delgado Andrés Flores Andrzej Kobylinski Ángeles Quezada Antonio Aguileta Antonio García Argelia Urbina Nájera Arlene Minkiewicz Arnulfo Alanís Garza Arshiya Sajid Ansari Asma Sellami Aurora Vizcaíno Barceló B. Saleena B. Sundaravadivazhagan Berenice Fong Blanca Dina Valenzuela Robles Brenda L. Flores-Ríos Brendan Sullivan Camilo Caraveo Carlos Alberto Fernández y Fernández Carmine Gravino Carolina Tripp Barba César Guerra Christian Castillo Estrada Claudia Gabriel Tona Castro Cristian Boyain y Goytia Luna Damian Kedziora Dietmar Winkler Donatien Koulla Moulla Donatien Moulla Edgar Cossio Edgar Pérez Contreras Eduardo Miranda Edwin García Curiel Emma Nkonoki Erdir Ungan Eréndira Miriam Jiménez Hernández Ernest Mnkandla Everth Rocha Fabio Petrillo Filomena Ferrucci Francisco Álvarez Rodríguez Francisco Valdés Souto Faheem Syeed Masoodi Gabriela Solís Magaña Gabriele De Vito Gloria Piedad Gasca Hurtado Gudelia Pilar Pérez Conde Héctor Pérez-González Herman Ayala Huseyin Unlu Iannick Gagnon Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán Ismael Caballero Muñoz-Reja Javier Ortiz Hernández Jean Privat Jens Heidrich Jesús Antonio Santos Tejero Jesús Soto Vega Jheimer Sepúlveda López Jorge Aguilar Cisneros |
Jorge Octavio Ocharán Hernández Jose Alanís José Alberto Hernández Aguilar José Alfonso Aguilar Calderón Jose Lira Turriza Josiane Kroll Juan Carlos Pérez Arriaga Juan Francisco Figueroa Pérez Juan Guzmán Preciado Juan M. Fortuna Cervantes Juan Pablo García Juan Ucán Julieta Rodríguez Ruiz Julio Díaz Mendoza Karina Cancino Laura Rodríguez Martínez Lefteris Angelis Leticia Cervantes Lidia Pérez Lizbeth Hernández González Lucero Ortiz Luigi Lavazza Luigi Quaranta Luis Javier Ontañón Luz A. Sánchez Gálvez Luz María Hernández Cruz Manar Wasif Manuel Pastrana Marco Ramírez Torres María Angélica Astorga Vargas María de la Concepción Pérez de Celis Herrero María Fernanda Murillo Muñoz Mario Anzures García Mario Rossainz Mariya Ouaissa Maya Carrillo Ruiz Mayra Durán Mikhail Adisa Mirna Muñoz Miroslaw Staron Moraga Mariangeles Muhammad Sher Ramzan Nicolas Porta Omar Gómez Omar Portillo Domínguez Onur Demirors Oscar Rodríguez Elías Özden Özcan Top Pramod Singh Rathore Pierre Bourque Priya Batta Quentin Stiévenart Raúl Aguilar Vera Reyes Juárez Ramírez Roberto Erick Lopez-Herrejon S. Oswalt Manoj S. Ravi Samantha Jiménez Sandro Morasca Sergio Alberto Inzunza Soberanes Simona Motogna Sodel Vázquez Reyes Sousuke Amasaki Valeria Pontillo Vanessa Ayala Rivera Víctor Menéndez Yann Argotti Yaqueline Pech Yobani Martínez Ramírez
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Submissions
(Author Guidelines)
Participation modalities
(types of works):
● Original research, basic and experimental - finished or in progress.
Track 2: Scientific papers in Spanish
● Original research, basic and experimental - finished or in progress.
Paper publications
(a) Accepted papers for CONISOFT in English Based on the quality of the submissions, we are considering publishing extended versions of the best quality papers (in English) in a post-conference special issue in the Journal (with a second-round reviewing): Programming and Computer Software, © Springer. IF 0.936, Q4 (Scopus: Q3).
* The post-conference publication could require an additional payment to the editorial. Authors will be required to provide expanded versions of their submissions, which will undergo an additional review process for inclusion in the special issue.
(b) Accepted papers in Spanish will be published in a set of journals with Ibero-American indexes (some articles may be required to be translated into English as required by some journals). (to be defined).
Paper length
● Works in progress will be submitted as short papers (English or Spanish), ranging from 6 pages to 8 pages.
Papers must be original works,not have been published before, nor subjected simultaneously to other events.
Submitted papers will be evaluated by an international reviewers committee composed of renowned researchers and professionals, who can be consulted on the conference website.
Paper estructure
The characteristics of the types of work and their structure can be found on the conference website.
Languages:
The CONISOFT will accept articles in English and Spanish.
Submission Guidelines
Kindly note that papers must remain consistent with the language originally submitted (English or Spanish).
Where to submit:Please submit an anonymized version of your paper without any authors’ details. Kindly note that papers must remain consistent with the language originally submitted (English or Spanish).
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
International sponsors
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
Alarcos Research Group (Spain)
San Diego Global Knowledge University (United States)
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (México)
Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Sur (México)
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (México)
Red Mexicana de Ingeniería de Software (México)
Chandigarh University
CICESE Research Center
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Jiaotong Liverpool University
National College of Ireland
Prince Sultan University
Russian Academy of Sciences
São Paulo University
Silicon Austria Labs
Universidad de la República
University Institute of Lisbon
University of Luxembourg
Universidad de las Américas Puebla
National Sponsors
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
École de Technologie Supérieure - ETS (Montréal Canada)
Venue & Contacts
CONISOFT 2026 is hosted by Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas in the Campus Siglo XXI.
| President |
Reyes Juárez RamírezPresident · Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Facultad de Ciencias Químicas e Ingeniería
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| General Chair |
Samantha Jiménez CallerosUniversidad Autónoma de Baja California Facultad de Ciencias de la Ingeniería y Tecnología · Unidad Valle de Las Palmas
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| Co-Chair |
Dra. Perla Inés Velasco ElizondoUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Carretera Zacatecas-Guadalajara km 6 · La Escondida, Campus Siglo XXI |
| Local Chair |
Dr. Alejandro Mauricio GonzalezUniversidad Autónoma de Zacatecas Carretera Zacatecas-Guadalajara km 6 · La Escondida, Campus Siglo XXI |
