Call for Papers
The MSR 2027 Industry Track is the venue to present and learn about opportunities, challenges, and cutting-edge technology related to using data from software repositories in practice. For a long time, researchers in software engineering have sought to learn from and collaborate with practitioners.
Our goal for the Industry Track is to provide a productive space for dialogue between software engineering researchers and practitioners, particularly those building tools, infrastructure, and processes for software professionals.
In the sixth edition of the Industry Track, we aim to minimize known barriers to industry participation in software engineering research conferences. We invite practitioners to submit an abstract, maximum 1 page long, plus up to 1 page of references, outlining a talk or a poster presentation.
We solicit abstracts in two categories:
- Problems: the talk outlines a single problem in an industrial context that could be addressed by using data from software repositories.
- Solutions: the talk reports on a data-driven tool or technique in practice, based on data from software repositories, that the authors have built or are working on.
Submission Format
Submissions should be a one-page PDF file containing the title, speaker names, industrial affiliations, and an outline of the talk or poster, plus up to one page of references. At the submission stage, no specific template is required.
Authors of accepted submissions may choose to have their abstract published in the conference proceedings. Published abstracts must conform to the official ACM Primary Article format. The published abstract must contain the same information and follow the same page limit as the submitted abstract.
Evaluation Criteria
Submissions will be evaluated based on relevance and clarity in describing the problem, solution, or lessons learned, along with the industrial context. Submissions should be relevant to the practical application of data science, machine learning, and/or artificial intelligence to software engineering tools and processes.
Submission
Submissions must be made through HotCRP.
Submission link: https://msr2027-industry.hotcrp.com/
Important Dates
All dates are Anywhere on Earth (AoE).
- Paper Deadline: Friday, December 18, 2026 AoE
- Author Notification: Monday, January 11, 2027 AoE
- Camera Ready Deadline: Friday, January 22, 2027 AoE
Accepted Papers
- The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM or IEEE Digital Libraries. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of ICSE 2027. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.
- Purchases of additional pages in the proceedings are not allowed.
- Full registration and in-person presentation are required for papers accepted at the conference.