Call for Papers – ICST 2025: 18th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation

18th IEEE International Conference on Software Testing, Verification and Validation (ICST) 2025

Mon 31 March – Fri 4 April 2025

Naples, Italy

https://conf.researchr.org/home/icst-2025

ICST serves as a premier platform uniting researchers, scientists, engineers, and practitioners worldwide to showcase their cutting-edge research findings, innovative ideas, and practical applications in the domain of Software Testing, Verification, and Validation. The 18th edition of ICST, scheduled for 2025, will be held in Naples, Italy.

ICST 2025 will welcome high-quality submissions across various tracks, including (but not limited to) full research papers, short papers, posters, testing tools and demonstrations, industry perspectives, and doctoral symposium submissions. Additionally, the conference will host co-located events, including workshops, challenges and tutorials, and keynote addresses by eminent scientists. Stay tuned for additional details on tracks and co-located events!

All submissions will be rigorously peer-reviewed to ensure quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted research papers will be published in the conference proceedings with an IEEE catalog number and ISBN number. The proceedings will be submitted for publication in IEEE Xplore.

Important dates (Research Track)

Topics of interest

ICST 2025 invites high-quality submissions in all software testing, verification, and validation areas. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• AI-assisted software testing
• Automated test generation
• Formal verification
• Manual and social aspects of the software testing process
• Replications, empirical studies, case studies, experience reports
• Software reliability
• Static and dynamic analysis
• Test automation
• Test-driven development and Agile testing
• Testability, test design, and adequacy criteria
• Testing AI-based systems
• Testing and development processes
• Testing, debugging, and repair tools
• Testing Education
• Testing in specific domains, such as mobile, web, embedded/cyber-physical systems, concurrent, distributed, cloud, GUI, context-aware, IoT, real-time systems, video games, augmented/virtual reality applications
• Testing of non-functional properties such as security, accessibility, and performance
• Theory of software testing
• Validation and user acceptance techniques

Tracks

ICST 2025 will host a variety of tracks. For detailed calls for papers and deadlines, please consult the website of each track.

Research Papers (up to 10 pages + 2 additional pages for references, double-blind)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-papers

Industry (up to 10 pages + 2 additional pages for references, single-blind)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-industry

Short Papers, Vision, and Emerging Results (up to 4 pages + 2 additional pages for references, double-blind)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-short-vision-emerging-results

Testing Tools and Data Showcase (up to 5 pages, single blind)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-testing-tool-data-showcase

Education (research, experience, position and tool papers)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-education

Posters (up to 4 pages abstract, double-blind)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-posters

Journal-First Papers (one-page proposal)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-journal-first-papers

Doctoral Symposium (2 pages, CV, and recommendation letter, incl. opportunity to present a poster)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-doctoral-symposium

Tool Competition: Self-Driving Car Testing (tool submission)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-tool-competition–self-driving-car-testing

Tool Competition: UAV Testing (tool submission)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-tool-competition–uav-testing

Technical Briefings and Tutorials (comprehensive PDF proposal)

https://conf.researchr.org/track/icst-2025/icst-2025-tutorial