ICSE 2026 Pre-Survey: 280 SE Researchers Flag Knowledge Accumulation as Field's Core Challenge

arXiv·low signal

Cusati and Brown analyze responses from the ICSE 2026 Future of Software Engineering pre-survey capturing perspectives from 280 globally distributed, highly experienced researchers. The community perceives significant gaps in how SE research findings build on each other despite explosive growth in output. Meta-relevant for anyone using SE research to inform engineering practice or tool design.