VST 2027

10th International Workshop on
Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests

March 9, 2027 - co-located with SANER 2027, Richmond, Virginia, United States
https://vstworkshop.github.io/vst2027/

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Software projects accumulate large sets of test cases, encoding valuable expert 
knowledge about the software under test to the extent of many person years. 
Over time the reliability of the tests decreases, and they become difficult to 
understand and maintain. Extra effort is required for repairing broken tests 
and for adapting test suites and models to evolving software systems.

The International Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software 
Tests (VST) is a unique event bringing together academics, industrial 
researchers, and practitioners for exchanging experiences, solutions and new 
ideas in applying methods, techniques and tools from software analysis, 
evolution and re-engineering to advance the state of the art in test 
development and maintenance.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Analysis and validation of test code, test data, and test models
* Test execution monitoring, results analysis, and visualization
* Fault detection and localization 
* Co-evolution of tests and production code
* Test case maintenance and automated repair
* Clone detection for test code and data
* Test generation and amplification
* Test prioritization, minimization and simplification
* Application of generative AI and LLMs in testing
* Combinations of the topics above

 
# Submission

We encourage submission of papers on the topics mentioned above: Full papers (8 pages), 
position papers and tool demonstration papers (2 to 4 pages).

Papers must conform to the IEEE proceedings paper format guidelines. If the paper is 
accepted, at least one author must attend the workshop and present the paper. 
Accepted papers will be published in the SANER 2027 companion proceedings.

Submission via EasyChair: TBD


# Important dates

Abstract submission (mandatory):  October 19, 2026 AoE
Paper submission deadline:        October 23, 2026 AoE
Notification of acceptance:       December 8, 2026 AoE
Camera-ready version due:         January 8, 2027 AoE


# Program chairs

Martin Pinzger, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Christian Macho, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
Rudolf Ramler, Software Competence Center Hagenberg, Austria