IEEE Computer Society Harlan D. Mills Award and Talk by Andreas Zeller: Should Computer Scientists Experiment Less? On the past, present, and future of software engineering research (ICSE 2026 - Main Plenaries) - ICSE 2026

This year, ICSE 2026 innovates with an expanded Main Plenaries program—bringing a total of four exceptional keynote talks to the main conference stage. Across Wednesday to Friday, these sessions gather the entire ICSE community in one room to reflect on where software engineering is heading, from AI-driven development and AIware-centric systems to software supply chain security, research methodology in phygital settings, and the governance of software and algorithms. The Main Plenaries also include several of the conference’s core moments: the official welcome and program overview, major a ...