CCF BSoftware Engineering and PL2022: BPublisher: IEEE
ICPCIEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension
ICPC is a rank B conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The ICPC 2028 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest early November. ICPC 2027 takes place on Apr 25–26, 2027 in Dublin, Ireland. Acceptance rate 2025: 41.3% (38/92).
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
ICPC 2027: call for papers timeline
- Oct 30, 2026, 11:59 UTCAbstractChecked on the website
Website: Abstract Deadline: Thursday, 29 Oct 2026
- Nov 6, 2026, 11:59 UTCPaperChecked on the website
Website: Paper Submission Deadline: Thursday, 5 Nov 2026
- Jan 14, 2027As announced by the conferenceNotificationCommunity data · unverified
- Apr 25–26, 2027Local timeConferenceDublin, Ireland
AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). The submission deadlines above match the conference website (marked “Checked on the website”, with its words); confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗
Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2026-11-05AoE | — | — | Apr 25–26, 2027 | Dublin, Ireland |
| 2026 | 2025-10-23AoE | — | 52 | Apr 12–13, 2026 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 2025 | 2024-11-09AoE | 41.3%38/92 · source | 59 | Apr 27–28, 2025 | Ottawa, Canada |
| 2024 | — | 36.6%30/82 · source | 46 | Apr 15–16, 2024 | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 2023 | 2022-12-19AoE | 32.8%22/67 · source | 38 | May 15–16, 2023 | Melbourne, Australia |
| 2022 | 2022-01-18AoE | 47.1%48/102 · source | 68 | May 16–17, 2022 | Online |
| 2021 | 2021-01-29AoE | — | 49 | May 18–20, 2021 | Virtual |
| 2020 | — | — | 50 | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | 43 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | 48 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | 41 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | 45 | — | — |
ICPC 2028 deadline forecast: early November (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2027: Nov 6, 2026; 2026: Oct 24, 2025; 2025: Nov 10, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
ICPC in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF B Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages · no. 3
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF B Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages
- Name in the list
- IEEE International Conference on Program Comprehension
- Publisher
- IEEE
- dblp
- conf/iwpc ↗
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide. What counts, case by case →
FAQ
About ICPC
What CCF rank is ICPC?
ICPC is a rank B conference in Software Engineering, System Software and Programming Languages in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
When is the ICPC 2028 deadline?
Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2027: Nov 6, 2026; 2026: Oct 24, 2025; 2025: Nov 10, 2024, so early November is likely; the conference's announcement decides.
Where is ICPC 2027?
ICPC 2027 takes place on Apr 25–26, 2027 in Dublin, Ireland.
What is the ICPC acceptance rate?
2025: 92 submissions, 38 accepted, 41.3%. 2024: 36.6% (30/82). The history table links each figure to its source.
Do ICPC workshop and short papers count as CCF B?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).