ETAPS International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software

The ETAPS International Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software (ETAPS) is a confederation of (currently) four computer science conferences taking place annually at one conference site, usually at the end of March or in April. Three of the four conferences (FoSSaCS, FASE, TACAS) are top ranked in software engineering and one (ESOP) is top ranked in programming languages.

Originally, ETAPS stood for European Joint Conferences on Theory and Practice of Software, however, in April 2024 at the steering committee meeting during the conference in Luxembourg, it was decided to replace the word "European" by "International" to avoid casting the conference as regional (European). To preserve the acronym, the current full name also contains "ETAPS", making it recursive.

ETAPS conferences are organized by local organizers at the organizing institution (typically a university), and coordinated by ETAPS Steering Committee, which is formed by the Executive Board and standard SC members.

ETAPS Association (ETAPS e.V. in German) is a supporting body of the ETAPS conferences. It is formed by scientists and practitioners with relation to the ETAPS conferences' topics; the membership is free. The chair of the ETAPS steering committee is also the president of the ETAPS association. The members have access to the association website. Provided by Wikipedia