We are pleased to invite the academic, government and business community to participate in the CIMPS2026 ( 15th International Conference on Software Process Improvement ), it will be held from 18 to 20 of November, 2026. The Conference will take place in CFIA–CIEMI, San José, Costa Rica. The CIMPS is a global forum for researchers and practitioners that present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, results, experiences and concerns in the several perspectives of Software Engineering with clear relationship but not limited to software processes, Security in Information and Communication Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Data Science Field and trending topics (Submitted papers should follow the main themes proposed for the Conference (the topics proposed were not intended as restrictive)):

Themes
All topic areas related to Software Engineering, including but not limited to:

Organizational Models, Standards, and Methodologies.
Process Software Improvements.
Knowledge Management.
Software Systems, Applications, and Tools.
Artificial Intelligence.
Information and Communication Technologies.
Education and Technology in Sciences.
Quantum Software Engineering.
Processes in non-software domains (Mining, automotive, aerospace, business, health care, manufacturing, etc.) with a demonstrated relationship to software process challenges.

Call for papers: https://cimps.org/expertise/call-for-papers/

Full paper: Finished or consolidated R&D works. These papers will be assigned an 14-page limit.

Company or industrial paper: papers that show practical experience, R & D, tools, etc., focused on main topic of the conference. These papers will be assigned to a 6/8-page limit.

Poster paper: Ongoing works with relevant preliminary results, will be opened to discussion. These papers will be assigned a 4-page limit.

Formats
Springerlink.

IEEE Xplore. A4.

Publication and Indexing:

To ensure that a paper was published in the Conference Proceedings, at least one of the authors must Payment Registration by September 04, 2026, and the paper must have complied with the suggested layout and page-limit. Additionally, all recommended changes were addressed by the authors before they submitted the camera-ready version.

No more than one paper per registration was published in the Conference Proceedings, with a maximum of one additional paper per registration. An extra fee was paid for publication of additional paper.

The authors of the best selected papers in english and spanish will be invited to extend them for publication in international journals indexed by ISI/SCI, SCOPUS and/or DBLP, among others.

All papers will be subjected to a “double-blind review” by at least two members of the Program Committee.

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