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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in the ACM SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award
… but you have some questions?

We have prepared a list of FAQs for you: sigsoft.medium.com/acm-sigsoft-...

Deadlines:
Intent to nominate: Oct. 6, 2025
Full nomination package: Oct. 20, 2025

ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · 21d

Interested in "Software Developer Accountability in the AI Era"? Then attend our next webinar presented by Neil Ernst and Adam Alami. Moderation: Sridhar Chimalakonda, Andrew Begel.

When? Sept. 25, 2025, 1pm ET/17:00 UTC
Where? events.zoom.us/ev/Ai8YLOW5t...

More: www2.sigsoft.org/activities/w...

ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · 22d

Time for #ACM #SIGSOFT awards nominations: www2.sigsoft.org/awards/sigso...
Intent to Nominate Deadline: Oct 6, 2025
Full Nomination Package Deadline: Oct 20, 2025 #DistinguishedService #OutstandingResearch #InfluentialEducator #OutstandingPhD #EarlyCareer #FrankAngerMemorial #InfluentialPaper

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Sep 12

Missed the #ACM #SIGSOFT webinar "Quantum Software Engineering: Building Dependable Software for Quantum Computers" by Shaukat Ali? Find the recording here: youtu.be/jtyHcCubWkk #QuantumSoftwareEngineering #QuantumComputers #Quantum
To the #Webinar series: www2.sigsoft.org/activities/w...

ACM SIGSOFT Webinar: Quantum Software Engineering: Building Dependable SW for QC, Shaukat Ali

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Aug 30

Interested in #QuantumSoftwareEngineering and #QuantumComputers? Then attend our next webinar "Quantum Software Engineering: Building Dependable Software for Quantum Computers" by Shaukat Ali on 9.9.25, 14-15 CEST (17:30-18:30 IST). Details: www2.sigsoft.org/activities/w... #ACM

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Aug 15

You have missed our SIGSOFT webinar "Working with Non-Traditional Subjects; Lessons Learned from Using VR to Help Students with ADHD Focus" by David Shepherd?
No worry, we have a video of the talk for you! 💪
➡️ Find it here: youtu.be/ezGF87NqjVc
Organized by Andrew Begel & Sridhar Chimalakonda

ACM SIGSOFT Webinar: Lessons Learned from Using VR to Help Students with ADHD Focus: David Shepherd

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jul 18

We're happy to announce a new #SIGSOFT #webinar:
💡 Title: Working with Non-Traditional Subjects; Lessons Learned from Using #VR to Help #Students with #ADHD Focus
👨‍🏫 Speaker: David Shepherd, Louisiana State Univ.
📆 Date: July 30, 10-11am ET
🚩 Participate online: sigsoft.medium.com/upcoming-sig...

Upcoming SIGSOFT Webinar: Working with Non-Traditional Subjects; Lessons Learned from Using VR to…

The next ACM SIGSOFT Webinar will be held online at 10 AM ET, July 30, 2025. The Webinar will be moderated by Andrew Begel, Associate…

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International Conference on Software Engineering @icseconf.bsky.social · May 2

🌍 The future of #icse is global!
🇧🇷 ICSE 2026 – Brazil #icse2026
🇮🇪 ICSE 2027 – Ireland #icse2027
🌺 ICSE 2028 – Hawaii #icse2028
We can't wait to see you there! Pack your ideas and your passport. 🧳✈️

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Università della Svizzera italiana @usi.ch · Mar 24

Professor Mauro Pezzè has been awarded the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award www.usi.ch/en/feeds/30984 @sigsoft.bsky.social @icseconf.bsky.social #icse2025

Professor Mauro Pezzè has been awarded the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award

Professor Mauro Pezzè, a full professor at the Faculty of Informatics at the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), has received the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award. This annual award is pr...

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · May 1

How can the @icseconf.bsky.social Software Engineering community be made more diverse and inclusive? Find out more about the Africa initiative, part of the Student Mentoring Workshop, in this blog post for ICSE 2024 - updates from #ICSE2025 coming soon!
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From Zero to One: Lessons Learned on Bringing African Students to International Conferences

The 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) is a milestone ICSE and will be forever cherished in my heart. For…

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Mar 10

You are planning to organize a summer or winter school focused on certain aspects of software engineering? Then apply for financial support at ACM SIGSOFT until April 16, 2025!
💡Find more details in the ACM SIGSOFT Call for 2025–26 Summer/Winter School Proposals: sigsoft.medium.com/sigsoft-call...

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ISSTA 2025 Conference @issta.bsky.social · Mar 4

📢 Registrations + Travel/Childcare Grant Applications are open!

Early bird deadline: Apr 16

👉 Register: conf.researchr.org/attending/is...

@sigsoft.bsky.social will again support through travel and childcare grants!

Application deadline: Apr 2

👉 Apply: www2.sigsoft.org/caps/capsmain

Registration - ISSTA 2025

Welcome to the website of the ISSTA 2025 conference. The ACM SIGSOFT International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA) is the leading research symposium on software testing and analysi...

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Mar 7

In Memory of Barbora Buhnova.
A blogpost by Letizia Jaccheri on this sad occasion:
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In Memory of Barbora Buhnova

By Letizia Jaccheri, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Feb 16

The ACM Distinguished Member program recognizes up to 10 percent of the worldwide ACM membership based on professional experience and significant achievements in computing beyond the norm. Find out more here: www.acm.org/media-center...

ACM has named 56 Distinguished Members for work that has advanced computing, fostered innovation across various fields and improved computer science education.

The 2024 ACM Distinguished Members work at leading universities, corporations, and research institutions in Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, China, Cyprus, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, India, Switzerland,...

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Feb 16

We congratulate all 56 professionals named ACM Distinguished Members and especially our active community members:
💎 Xiaopu Luo
💎 Jeffrey Voas
💎 Xin Xia
💎 Yingfei Xiong
💎 Lingming Zhang

ACM Distinguished Members are named for their impact in the field. Our warmest congratulations! 🎉

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 30

You are interested in hosting ICSE, the premier international forum for #SoftwareEngineering researchers and practitioners in 2029 (Outside Europe/North America)? Then contact the ICSE Steering Committee!
Find the call for letters of interest here: sigsoft.medium.com/call-for-let...

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Andreas Zeller @andreaszeller.bsky.social · Jan 24

Happy and honored to receive the 2025 ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award! The citation refers to my work on interactive textbooks such as fuzzingbook.org and debuggingbook.org. Thanks to all who helped making this possible!

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congratulations to Liu Wang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications for receiving the Frank Anger Memorial Award

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

We are happy to hand over two Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards in 2025:
Congratulations to Jialun Cao, "Towards Automatic Testing and Fault Localization in Natural Language Processing Systems", awarded Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, now a Research Assistant Professor

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

We are happy to hand over two Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards in 2025:
Congratulations to Elizabeth Dinella, "Neural Inference of Program Specifications", awarded University of Pennsylvania, now an Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr College

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congratulations to Jie Zhang, King's College London, for receiving the ACM SIGSOFT Early Career Researcher Award "for pioneering contributions to software engineering for AI, significantly shaping and transforming the field of AI system testing."

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

Alberto Bacchelli and Christian Bird received the ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award "For providing foundational understanding of modern code review, advancing the state of practice, and charting the course of research in code review through empirical investigations."

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congratulations to Alberto Bacchelli and Christian Bird for receiving the ACM SIGSOFT Impact Paper Award for their ICSE 2013 paper:
"Expectations, outcomes, and challenges of modern code review". doi.org/10.1109/ICSE...

Expectations, outcomes, and challenges of modern code review

Code review is a common software engineering practice employed both in open source and industrial contexts. Review today is less formal and more “lightweight” than the code inspections performed and s...

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congratulations to Andreas Zeller @andreaszeller.bsky.social, CISPA and Saarland University, for receiving the ACM SIGSOFT Influential Educator Award
"For significant contributions and important innovations in automated software engineering education."

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ACM SIGSOFT @sigsoft.bsky.social · Jan 24

Congratulations to Mauro Pezzè, USI Università della Svizzera Italiana Lugano (Switzerland), for receiving the ACM SIGSOFT Distinguished Service Award
"For service to the software engineering community for three decades, and specifically for his recent contributions to TOSEM as Editor-in-Chief."

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