The ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) is an annual academic conference in software engineering. The conference has also been held under the name ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering (ESEC/FSE) when organized jointly with the European Software Engineering Conference (ESEC).[1][2]
| ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering | |
|---|---|
| Status | Active |
| Genre | Academic conference |
| Frequency | Annual |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Inaugurated | 1993 |
| Organised by | ACM SIGSOFT |
| Website | www |
According to the official conference website, FSE and ESEC/FSE were formally merged in 2017 into a single annual conference series with one steering committee. Since 2024, the official name of the series has been ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering.[1] Conference proceedings are published by ACM and indexed by DBLP.[3][2]
History
editThe FSE series began with FSE-1 in Los Angeles, United States, in 1993.[4] The related European Software Engineering Conference began earlier, with ESEC 1987 in Strasbourg, France.[5]
Relationship between FSE and ESEC
editFSE and ESEC originated as related but distinct conference series in software engineering. FSE was associated with the ACM SIGSOFT Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering, while ESEC was the European Software Engineering Conference. In several years, the two communities organized a joint event under the name ESEC/FSE, formally the ACM Joint European Software Engineering Conference and Symposium on the Foundations of Software Engineering.[6][2]
Before 2017, ESEC/FSE was held every two years and alternated with SIGSOFT FSE. According to ACM SIGSOFT, FSE and ESEC/FSE officially merged in 2017 into a single annual conference with one steering committee.[6] The official FSE website similarly states that the merger formalized a practice that had already been informally adopted in previous years.[1]
From 2017 to 2023, the annual conference was generally held under the ESEC/FSE name. Since 2024, the official name of the annual conference series has been the ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering, abbreviated FSE.[1] DBLP lists the European Software Engineering Conference as discontinued as of 2023, with FSE as its successor from 2024 onward.[5]
Organization
editThe FSE Steering Committee is responsible for guiding the conference series, including long-term policies, conference scope, selection of officers, location policies, reviewing standards, and scientific criteria.[7]
Awards
editIn 2018, the FSE Steering Committee introduced a Test of Time Award. The award is given annually to recognize influential papers published ten years earlier in the conference series.[8]
Rankings and indexing
editEditions
editThe following table lists previous FSE, ESEC/FSE, and ESEC editions according to the official FSE past-events page and DBLP records.[4][2][5]
| Year | Edition | Location | Series |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2028 | FSE 2028 | Milan, Italy | FSE |
| 2027 | FSE 2027 | Shenzhen, China | FSE |
| 2026 | FSE 2026 | Montreal, Canada | FSE |
| 2025 | FSE 2025 | Trondheim, Norway | FSE |
| 2024 | FSE 2024 | Porto de Galinhas, Brazil | FSE |
| 2023 | ESEC/FSE 2023 | San Francisco, United States | ESEC/FSE |
| 2022 | ESEC/FSE 2022 | Singapore | ESEC/FSE |
| 2021 | ESEC/FSE 2021 | Athens, Greece | ESEC/FSE |
| 2020 | ESEC/FSE 2020 | Sacramento, California, United States | ESEC/FSE |
| 2019 | ESEC/FSE 2019 | Tallinn, Estonia | ESEC/FSE |
| 2018 | ESEC/FSE 2018 | Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States | ESEC/FSE |
| 2017 | ESEC 2017 / FSE-25 | Paderborn, Germany | ESEC/FSE |
| 2016 | FSE-24 | Seattle, Washington, United States | FSE |
| 2015 | ESEC 2015 / FSE-23 | Bergamo, Italy | ESEC/FSE |
| 2014 | FSE-22 | Hong Kong, China | FSE |
| 2013 | ESEC 2013 / FSE-21 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | ESEC/FSE |
| 2012 | FSE-20 | Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States | FSE |
| 2011 | ESEC 2011 / FSE-19 | Szeged, Hungary | ESEC/FSE |
| 2010 | FSE-18 | Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States | FSE |
| 2009 | ESEC 2009 / FSE-17 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | ESEC/FSE |
| 2008 | FSE-16 | Atlanta, Georgia, United States | FSE |
| 2007 | ESEC 2007 / FSE-15 | Dubrovnik, Croatia | ESEC/FSE |
| 2006 | FSE-14 | Portland, Oregon, United States | FSE |
| 2005 | ESEC 2005 / FSE-13 | Lisbon, Portugal | ESEC/FSE |
| 2004 | FSE-12 | Newport Beach, California, United States | FSE |
| 2003 | ESEC 2003 / FSE-11 | Helsinki, Finland | ESEC/FSE |
| 2002 | FSE-10 | Charleston, South Carolina, United States | FSE |
| 2001 | ESEC 2001 / FSE-9 | Vienna, Austria | ESEC/FSE |
| 2000 | FSE-8 | San Diego, California, United States | FSE |
| 1999 | ESEC 1999 / FSE-7 | Toulouse, France | ESEC/FSE |
| 1998 | FSE-6 / ISAW-3 | Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States | FSE |
| 1997 | ESEC 1997 / FSE-5 | Zurich, Switzerland | ESEC/FSE |
| 1996 | FSE-4 / ISAW-2 | San Francisco, California, United States | FSE |
| 1995 | FSE-3 | Washington, D.C., United States | FSE |
| 1995 | ESEC 1995 | Sitges, Spain | ESEC |
| 1994 | FSE-2 | New Orleans, Louisiana, United States | FSE |
| 1993 | FSE-1 | Los Angeles, California, United States | FSE |
| 1993 | ESEC 1993 | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | ESEC |
| 1991 | ESEC 1991 | Milan, Italy | ESEC |
| 1989 | ESEC 1989 | Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom | ESEC |
| 1987 | ESEC 1987 | Strasbourg, France | ESEC |
See also
editReferences
edit- 1 2 3 4 "Home". FSE. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "ACM SIGSOFT Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering". DBLP. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "FSE Conference". ACM Digital Library. Association for Computing Machinery. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Past Events". FSE. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 3 "European Software Engineering Conference". DBLP. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- 1 2 "Events". ACM SIGSOFT. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Steering Committee". FSE. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "Test of Time Awards". FSE. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
- ↑ "ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering". ICORE Conference Portal. Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia. Retrieved 15 July 2026.