About CBSoft

The Brazilian Conference on Software: Practice and Theory (CBSoft) is an event annually promoted by the Brazilian Computing Society (SBC) aiming at fostering the exchange of experience among researchers and practitioners from industry and academia about the most recent research, tendencies, and theoretical and practical innovations on software. Held since 2010 as an aggregating conference of Brazilian symposia promoted by SBC on software, CBSoft has become one of the main conferences of the Brazilian scientific community on Computing.

In 2026, the XVII edition of CBSoft will be held in person, from September 2026, 8 to 11 in Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Ciência da Computação (IME-USP). It will integrate four traditional symposia annualy promoted by the Brazilian community on Software Engineering:

• XXXX Brazilian Symposium on Software Engineering, , the premier conference on Software Engineering in Latin America;

• XXX Brazilian Symposium on Programming Languages, which focuses on the theoretical and practical study of programming languages;

• XX Brazilian Symposium on Software Components, Architectures, and Reuse, which aggregates topics such as software product lines, component-based software development, software architectures, and reuse; and

• XI Brazilian Symposium on Systematic and Automated Software Testing, which is about issues related to the systematization and automation of the software testing activity.

The CBSoft programme will include technical sessions with presentation of scientific papers, keynotes by nationally and internationally renowned Brazilian and foreign researchers, discussion panels, workshops, and tool demonstrations. All these activites of interest of the Software Engineering community and fields related to the development of software systems go towards the diffusion of knowledge and discussion of important issues related to research, development, and innovation in both Brazil and the world.

Visual Identity of CBSoft 2026

The visual identity of CBSoft 2026 was developed with the support of generative AI, aiming to represent São Paulo as a plural, diverse, and vibrant space, aligned with the multidisciplinary nature of the software field.

Prompt Used

Quero uma logo (sem texto dentro para eu ter flexibilidade de edição) para o Congresso Brasileiro de Software (CBSoft 2026) que será em São Paulo em 2026. Quero fugir do “óbvio paulistano” (Avenida Paulista, MASP, prédios, concreto, bandeira, trânsito etc.), podemos pensar em:

São Paulo plural, diversa e vibrante ...

Enfatizar o papel da cidade como epicentro cultural, social e econômico do Brasil.

Mosaico/colagem: Uma marca que seja composta de vários elementos visuais diferentes (formas, cores, texturas) que se combinam em um todo coerente. Representaria a pluralidade da cidade e também a multidisciplinaridade da comunidade de software.

Fluxos de pessoas e ideias: Formas geométricas ou linhas que se cruzam e se conectam, lembrando tanto um mapa de metrô quanto redes de software/distribuição.

Diversidade cromática: Usar uma paleta ampla, vibrante (sem o cinza da cidade), mostrando a diversidade cultural, linguística e social de SP.

Logo Versions

Version 1 — Initial Generation

The first version of the logo was generated by AI based on an initial prompt describing concepts such as diversity, flow of ideas, and visual mosaic.

Version 2 — Adapted for Web

From this initial version, adaptations were made to improve readability in digital contexts, especially on the event website.

Credits

• Initial logo generation: GPT-4o-mini

• Prompt author: Paulo Meirelles