SIGSOFT - Special Interest Group on Software Engineering

Online Membership

The ACM Special Interest Group on Software Engineering seeks to improve our ability to engineer software by stimulating interaction among practitioners, researchers, and educators; by fostering the professional development of software engineers; and by representing software engineers to professional, legal, and political entities.

SIGSOFT benefits for FY 2026

Member Benefits:

  • Reduced registration at conferences sponsored and co-sponsored by SIGSOFT.
  • Access to the SIGSOFT content in the ACM Digital Library, including articles from all SIGSOFT sponsored and co-sponsored conferences.
  • Eligible to apply for financial support for attending SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences through the SIGSOFT Travel Support and Childcare Assistance at Conferences (CAPS) program.
  • Eligible to apply for SIGSOFT's Open Access Article Processing Charges (APC) Waivers and Discounts program.
  • Subscription to the SIGSOFT Newsletter, Software Engineering Notes (SEN), in electronic format. SEN is published at least 4 times a year.
  • Subscription to the SIGSOFT electronic member mailing list that shares important announcements.
  • Exclusive account on the SIGSOFT Mastodon server, social.sigsoft.org .
  • Members get access to and can use an @sigsoft.org email alias (find your alias at MyACM under ‘Mail Forwarding’).
  • Voting rights in SIGSOFT Elections. Opportunity to serve as a SIGSOFT officer.
  • Member Plus package: The Proceedings of the International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) are available as a Member Plus package.

Community Benefits:

  • Sponsorship of the leading conferences in the field of software engineering.
  • Networking and leadership opportunities through participation in SIGSOFT events.
  • Access to SIGSOFT’s regular Webinar series, presenting the cutting-edge work of leading software engineering researchers and practitioners.
  • Opportunities to serve as a volunteer in various capacities in relation to SIGSOFT activities.
  • The SEWORLD mailing list that disseminates time-sensitive information relevant to the field of software engineering research.
  • The SIGSOFT award program recognizes outstanding contributions to research and practice in the field.
  • Most Influential Paper Awards at ICSE, FSE, and ISSTA.
  • Distinguished Paper Awards are given to a small number of papers accepted at SIGSOFT-sponsored conferences.
  • The SIGSOFT website, www.sigsoft.org
  • The SIGSOFT blog, sigsoft.medium.com
  • The SIGSOFT presence on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Mastodon.