ICKSE 2026: 20. International Conference on Knowledge and Software Engineering

July 22-23, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan

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Conference Code: 26JPTO07ICKSE001

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The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

International Conference on Knowledge and Software Engineering aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Knowledge and Software Engineering. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Knowledge and Software Engineering.

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Knowledge and Software Engineering are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference's strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.

Please refer to the Paper Submission Guideline, Abstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science Index, Google Scholar, Semantic Scholar, Zenedo, BASE, WorldCAT, Sherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

20. International Conference on Knowledge and Software Engineering has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Knowledge and Software Engineering. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.

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Selected Papers

Empirical Study from Final Exams of Computer Science Courses Demystifying the Notion of 'an Average Software Engineer'
Alex Elentukh
Using Design Sprint for Software Engineering Undergraduate Student Projects: A Method Paper
Sobhani U. Pilapitiya, Tharanga Peiris
Socio-Technical Systems: Transforming Theory into Practice
L. Ngowi, N. H. Mvungi
Knowledge Representation and Inconsistency Reasoning of Class Diagram Maintenance in Big Data
Chi-Lun Liu
Automated User Story Driven Approach for Web-Based Functional Testing
Mahawish Masud, Muhammad Iqbal, M. U. Khan, Farooque Azam
Conceptualizing the Knowledge to Manage and Utilize Data Assets in the Context of Digitization: Case Studies of Multinational Industrial Enterprises
Martin Böhmer, Agatha Dabrowski, Boris Otto
The Impact of Regulatory Changes on the Development of Mobile Medical Apps
M. McHugh, D. Lillis
Four Phase Methodology for Developing Secure Software
Carlos Gonzalez-Flores, Ernesto Liñan-García
Intelligent Process and Model Applied for E-Learning Systems
Mafawez Alharbi, Mahdi Jemmali
A Description Logics Based Approach for Building Multi-Viewpoints Ontologies
M. Hemam, M. Djezzar, T. Djouad
An Extensible Software Infrastructure for Computer Aided Custom Monitoring of Patients in Smart Homes
Ritwik Dutta, Marilyn Wolf
A Validation Technique for Integrated Ontologies
Neli P. Zlatareva
A Common Automated Programming Platform for Knowledge Based Software Engineering
Ivan Stanev, Maria Koleva
Project and Module Based Teaching and Learning
Jingyu Hou
Towards Assessment of Indicators Influence on Innovativeness of Countries' Economies: Selected Soft Computing Approaches
Marta Czyżewska, Krzysztof Pancerz, Jarosław Szkoła

Conference venue information will be released soon.

Agent architectures, ontologies, languages and protocols
Multi-agent systems
Agent-based learning and knowledge discovery
Interface agents
Agent-based auctions and marketplaces
Artificial life and societies
Secure mobile and multi-agent systems
Mobile agents
Mobile Commerce Technology and Application Systems
Mobile Systems

Autonomic computing
Adaptive Systems
Integrity, Security, and Fault Tolerance
Reliability
Enterprise Software, Middleware, and Tools
Process and Workflow Management
E-Commerce Solutions and Applications
Industry System Experience and Report

Service-centric software engineering
Service oriented requirements engineering
Service oriented architectures
Middleware for service based systems
Service discovery and composition
Quality of services
Service level agreements (drafting, negotiation, monitoring and management)
Runtime service management
Semantic web

Requirements Engineering
Agent-based software engineering
Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Software Engineering
Component-Based Software Engineering
Automated Software Specification
Automated Software Design and Synthesis
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Embedded and Ubiquitous Software Engineering
Measurement and Empirical Software Engineering
Reverse Engineering
Programming Languages and Software Engineering
Patterns and Frameworks
Reflection and Metadata Approaches
Program Understanding

Knowledge Acquisition
Knowledge-Based and Expert Systems
Knowledge Representation and Retrieval
Knowledge Engineering Tools and Techniques
Time and Knowledge Management Tools
Knowledge Visualization
Data visualization
Uncertainty Knowledge Management
Ontologies and Methodologies
Learning Software Organization
Tutoring, Documentation Systems

Human-Computer Interaction
Multimedia Applications, Frameworks, and Systems
Multimedia and Hypermedia Software Engineering

Smart Spaces
Pervasive Computing
Swarm intelligence
Soft Computing

Software Architecture
Software Assurance
Software Domain Modeling and Meta-Modeling
Software dependability
Software economics
Software Engineering Decision Support
Software Engineering Tools and Environments
Software Maintenance and Evolution
Software Process Modeling

Abstracts/Full-Text Paper Submission Deadline		February 13, 2025
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection		February 27, 2025
Final Paper (Camera Ready) Submission & Early Bird Registration Deadline		June 22, 2026
Conference Dates		July 22-23, 2026