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*** Last Call for Research Papers ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026

(*** Submission Deadline extended to 10 April 2026, AoE ***)


The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and
Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) invites high-quality contributions from researchers and
practitioners in software engineering, systems engineering, and related disciplines
focussing on a broad spectrum of methods, concepts, and tools for variability.
VARIABILITY aims to be the premier forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, and
results in all aspects of software and systems variability management, reuse, software
configuration, and customization.

As software and systems become increasingly configurable, reusable, and adaptable,
managing their variability across all lifecycle phases is more critical—and more challenging
—than ever. VARIABILITY 2026 seeks to bring together the diverse communities that
address these challenges from theoretical, technical, and practical perspectives.

VARIABILITY results from a merge of three prominent conferences focussing on software
and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and
Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions), VaMoS (the International
Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful
editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22
successful editions).

VARIABILITY is by design open as a conference. It welcomes new fields of variability-
intensive research, such as artificial intelligence, hybrid software-hardware systems, etc.
For this first edition of VARIABILITY, we strive to continue the success of the predecessor
conferences ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS by welcoming high-quality submissions for the
research track in numerous closely related areas, such as systems and software product
lines, systems and software reuse, configurable systems and software, product
configuration, and systems and software variability. We will award the best research paper
and the best artifact paper.


Topics of Interest

We invite contributions on variability management, reuse, and configuration across all
phases of the software and systems lifecycle. The topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

Requirements & Domain Engineering
• Domain analysis and variability modeling
• Decision modeling and support
• Customization and personalization specification
• Requirements variability and traceability

Architecture & Design
• Variability-aware software architectures
• Architecture-centric product line engineering
• Model-driven engineering (MDE)
• Multi-product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software
ecosystems

Implementation & Code Generation
• Generative programming and code synthesis
• Modularization techniques for reusable code
• Programming languages and frameworks for variability
• Open-source strategies for software reuse

Testing, Verification & Quality Assurance
• Testing and analysis of configurable systems
• Safety and security in variable systems
• Formal Methods for Software Product Lines
• Non-functional properties: quality-aware analysis, quality-driven configuration
• Reuse in testing, verification, and quality assurance

Evolution, Maintenance & Operation
• Refactoring and restructuring of configurable systems
• Reverse engineering, variability mining, and refactoring
• Runtime variability and dynamic (software) product lines
• Maintenance strategies for large-scale reused systems
• Variability in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

AI and Data-Driven Methods
• Machine learning for variability management
• AI-assisted product configuration
• Data and repository mining from product lines and configuration histories
• Recommendation systems for reuse and customization


Publication of Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings by Springer in the
LNCS series.


Submission Guidelines

Paper Types
We invite the following types of submissions:

• Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Research papers must present
original, unpublished work with validated results through empirical evaluation, formal
analysis, or implementation-based experiments. Submissions must clearly articulate the
problem, its relevance, the proposed contribution, and validation results.

• Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Short papers present early-stage
research, novel ideas, or conceptual proposals that are not yet fully developed or
validated but offer promising directions. These papers should articulate the vision,
motivation, and potential impact.

Formatting
Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details:
https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v17

Submission Link
Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the research track:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026


Paper Originality, Double-Anonymous Policy, Reviewing
All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be double-
anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based
on their novelty, relevance, rigor, transparency, and presentation. Authors of submissions
to the first deadline might be invited to submit a revision of their papers to the second
deadline, which will be reviewed as a revision.

Revisions
Research-track papers can be submitted to the first or second cycle. In the first cycle,
papers can receive the following decisions: accept, revision, or reject. Revision means that
the reviewers believe that the paper has potential, but that its quality or contribution is
not yet ready for publication. Such papers are offered lightweight shepherding by a
community member, who is not necessarily a PC member or reviewer. Revised papers
should be submitted to the second cycle together with a response letter, explaining how
the reviewer comments were addressed. They are then reviewed by the same PC members.
Papers rejected in the first cycle can be resubmitted in the second cycle, but need to
contain an appendix “Changes to First-Cycle Submission” at the end of the PDF (after
references, regardless of the page limit) that lists the major changes in bullet-point format.


Best Paper Awards

Springer will sponsor the awards for bet papers with an overall amount of €1000.


Journal Special Issue

Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions with at least 30%
additional and original material, to be published in a special issue in a reputable Software
Engineering journal (currently under negotiation).


Important Dates (AoE)

• Paper Submission Deadline: 10 April 2026 (extended)
• Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 July 2025
• Author Registration: 15 July 2025


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Third Call for Papers (Research Track) ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


The International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) is the leading
conference on software reliability research and practice. ISSRE focuses on techniques and
tools for assessing, predicting, and improving the reliability, safety, security, and resilience
of software systems. As modern software increasingly integrates AI/ML components,
operates autonomously, and spans cloud-to-edge environments, ensuring reliable system
behavior is more critical than ever.


Topics of Interest

ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality contributions that advance the theory and practice of
software reliability across contemporary software-intensive systems, including systems
that incorporate AI/ML components. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Foundations of Reliability and Dependability
• Principles, models, metrics, empirical methods, and theories of software reliability,
resilience, robustness, and safety
• Systematic approaches to fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, and fault
forecasting in modern software systems
• Testing and debugging, formal methods, model checking, static/dynamic analysis,
verification, and runtime assurance

Reliability in AI-Driven and Autonomic Systems
• Reliability engineering for AI-enabled, autonomous, self-adaptive, and cyber-physical
systems
• Assurance, testing, verification, and certification of AI/ML components, including
foundation and generative models
• Reliability of AI-generated code: validation, verification, explainability, defect analysis,
and trustworthy automation of development tasks
• Impact of AI on software lifecycle processes (design, testing, evolution, operations, and
quality management)

AI Techniques for Reliability Engineering
• Machine learning for defect prediction, anomaly detection, debugging assistance, fault
localization, and test automation
• Learning-based approaches to self-healing, resilience management, predictive
maintenance, and reliability optimization
• Reliability governance in AI-driven DevOps pipelines, including transparency,
interpretability, and auditability

Software Reliability in Emerging System Domains
• Reliability assurance for cloud, edge, IoT, 5G/6G, cyber-physical, high-performance,
and network softwarization environments
• Dependability of open-source ecosystems, data-driven pipelines, model hubs, and
AI-assisted contributions
• Benchmarking, stress testing, workload modeling, and measurement frameworks for
large-scale and AI-based systems

Trustworthiness, Security, and Responsible Software Engineering
• Intersections of reliability with security, privacy, fairness, transparency, and regulatory
compliance
• Societal, ethical, and human impacts of pervasive AI-enabled software systems
• Responsible governance of AI-based systems, including lifecycle assurance, auditability,
and risk analysis

Human-Centered, Empirical, and Reproducible Reliability Research
• Field studies, experience reports, user studies, and human factors in reliability
engineering
• Public datasets, benchmark suites, reproducibility packages, and replication/negative-
result studies
• Tooling, automation, continuous reliability monitoring, observability, and operational
feedback loops


Research Track Paper Categories

The research track at ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality submissions of technical research
papers that describe original, unpublished results exploring new scientific ideas,
contribute new evidence to established research directions, or reflect on practical
experience. Specifically, ISSRE solicits submissions in three categories:

• Research (RES) papers
• Practical experience reports (PER)
• Tools and artefacts (TAR) papers

Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category. All the papers of the
three categories are regular and full papers, and will be published in the same ISSRE
proceedings.

RES Papers
RES papers (12 pages, including references) should describe a novel contribution to the
reliability of software systems. Novelty should be argued via concrete evidence and
appropriate positioning within the state of the art. RES papers are also expected to
explain the validation process and its limitations clearly.

PER Papers
PER papers (12 pages, including references) should provide an in-depth exposition of
practical experiences ideally performed by a collaboration of researchers and industry
practitioners. The key contribution of these papers should be lessons learned from
applying established research tools and methods to ISSRE topics, or new knowledge
acquired through empirical studies conducted using various research methodologies.
Negative results are welcome, e.g., discussing where or why current research cannot be
applied in an industrially relevant context.

TAR Papers
TAR papers (6 – 10 pages, including references) should describe a new tool or artefact.
Tool-focused TAR papers must present either a new tool or a novel and substantial
extension of an existing tool. They should include a description of (i) the theoretical
foundations, (ii) the design and implementation aspects, and (iii) experiments with
realistic case studies. Making the tool publicly available is strongly encouraged.
Artefact-focused TAR papers should cover (i) a working copy of the software and (ii)
experimental data sets. Dataset papers should introduce a new dataset that supports
experimentation, benchmarking, evaluation, or training in AI-driven software engineering.
Submissions should describe: (i) dataset motivation and scope, (ii) data collection and
processing methodology, (iii) dataset structure and statistics, and (iv) potential use cases.
Benchmark papers should present a new benchmark suite for evaluating tools, LLMs, or
algorithms. Submissions should include: (i) benchmark design principles, (ii) task
definitions and evaluation metrics, (iii) baseline results, and (iv) reproducibility package.

The ISSRE conference encourages authors of all three categories of research track papers
to follow the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and replicability. Authors are
encouraged to disclose data to increase reproducibility and replicability. Should the paper
be accepted, the authors will have the opportunity (and are encouraged to) submit
artifacts to the Artifact Evaluation (AE) track, to enhance the reproducibility and quality of
the research. By submitting your artifacts, you not only contribute to the progress of our
field but also stand a chance to earn badges that will be displayed on your papers in the
conference proceedings, showcasing the credibility and rigor of your work.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register as an author and present the
paper in person at the conference.


Best Research Paper Award

ISSRE is pleased to announce the IEEE Best Research Paper Award, awarded every year to
the best paper in the Research Track.


Special Journal Issue

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to
a special issue of the Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) journal (under negotiation as
in previous editions of the conference). The Call for Papers will be available soon.


Review Process & Quality Assurance in ISSRE 2026 (New)

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Major Revision Guidelines

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Rapid Response Reviewers (RRRs)

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Anonymizing Rules

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Formatting Rules

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Paper Submission

Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .

Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee through a double-blind reviewing
process, with a limited use of outside referees. Papers will be held in complete confidence
during the reviewing process, but papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms
are not acceptable and will be rejected without review.

Changes in the number and order of authors will not be allowed after the paper
acceptance.

Authors must anonymize their submissions in accordance with the guidelines above.
Submissions violating the formatting and anonymization rules will be desk-rejected
without review. There will be no extensions for reformatting.


Conference Proceedings

The authors of accepted papers must omit the paper’s type from the title to keep
consistency among all the camera-ready versions in the proceedings. The conference
proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services
(CPS). Papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore
and to all of the A&I (abstracting and indexing) partners (such as the EI Compendex).


Important Dates (AoE)

• Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026
• Paper Submission Deadline: April 17, 2026
• Author Rebuttal Period: June 5 – June 8, 2026
• Decisions and Early Notification: June 15, 2026
• Author Revision Period: June 16 – July 3, 2026
• Notification to Authors: July 8, 2026
• Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026
• Author Registration Deadline (Research Track): August 19, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

*** Second Call for Workshop Proposals ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


Objectives

ISSRE strives to be the conference that appeals to both researchers and practitioners. To
that end, we invite proposals for workshops to co-locate with the Symposium and provide
additional opportunities for collaborating and exchanging information. The workshops
aim at discussing research developments and challenges at an early stage. ISSRE welcomes
workshops that explore new ways to provide and assess software reliability, safety, and
security. We also seek workshops that deal with the provision of reliable, safe, and secure
software and systems in fast-growing, transformative application domains. Appropriately
defined workshop proposals have the following characteristics:

• They offer researchers a forum to exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas
at an early stage before maturation that would warrant conference or journal publication.
• They attract practitioners and researchers to working sessions to discuss and make
progress toward solutions to current and future problems in engineering high assurance
software and systems.
• They focus on collaborative discussions and information sharing between researchers
and industry practitioners.


Recurring Workshops

Workshops affiliated with ISSRE in previous years with good organization and numbers of
participants are pre-approved. Their organizers do not need to submit a new workshop
proposal. Their organizers are kindly asked to inform the workshop chairs about returning
the workshop to ISSRE in 2026.


Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include development, analysis methods and models throughout the
software development lifecycle, and are not limited to:

• Primary dependability attributes (i.e., security, safety, maintainability) impacting software
reliability
• Secondary dependability attributes (i.e., survivability, resilience, robustness) impacting
software reliability
• Reliability threats, i.e. faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures
• Reliability means (fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, fault forecasting)
• Machine Learning and AI-based approaches for enhancing reliability of systems
• Reliability, threads and biases of AI-based software systems, in particular Large
Language Models
• Data-related reliability and vulnerability issues and risks
• Learning-based models of software systems, threads, and reliability estimates
• Automated debugging and program repair
• Metrics, measurements and threat estimation for reliability prediction and the interplay
with safety/security
• Reliability of software services
• Reliability of open source software
• Reliability in networks softwarization
• Reliability of Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Reliability of software dealing with Big Data
• Reliability of model-based and auto-generated software
• Reliability of software in artificial intelligence based software systems
• Reliability of software within specific types of systems (e.g., autonomous and adaptive,
green and sustainable, mobile systems)
• Reliability of software within specific technological spaces (e.g., Internet of Things,
Cloud, 5G/6G, edge-to-cloud computing, Semantic Web/Web 3.0, Virtualization,
Blockchain)
• Normative/regulatory/ethical spaces pertaining to software reliability
• Societal aspects of software reliability


Proposal Submissions

Workshop proposals should include information about the proposed organizing committee
and address the following questions:

• Workshop length: Half day or one full day
• Workshop style: papers, panels, posters, workgroups
• Outline of themes and goals of the workshop
• How will you solicit participation (call for workshop papers, invitation only, etc.)
• Desired/estimated number of participants
• Organizing committee members and their past experience

Submissions need to be performed via Easy Chair, selecting the appropriate track for
workshop proposals. The submission link is:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .


Proposal Evaluation

Workshop proposals will be evaluated by the ISSRE 2026 Organizing Committee. The
criteria include the alignment with the ISSRE charter, relevance to the larger ISSRE
community, and the strength and experience of the organizing team.


Logistics

The conference will be “in presence” with all presenters of accepted papers expected to
attend the conference physically in Limassol, Cyprus.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Workshop proposal deadline: May 14, 2026
• Workshop proposal notification: May 21, 2026
• Workshop paper submission deadline: July 20, 2026
(NOTE: This date is only indicative – please refer to individual workshop webpages for
information about deadlines)
• Workshop paper notification to authors: August 10, 2026
• Camera ready papers: August 17, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

*** Last Call for Journal First Papers ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by
ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration,
customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering.

VARIABILITY 2026 invites Journal-First presentations of papers recently published in
leading software engineering journals, including TSE, TOSEM, IST, EMSE, JSS, ASEJ, SoSyM,
and reputable open-access journals. This initiative provides authors with the opportunity
to engage directly with the VARIABILITY community, while offering attendees a richer and
more diverse program. The Journal-First papers remain published in their respective
journals, and a one-page summary will be included in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings
with a pointer to the original publication.


Scope

To qualify for a Journal-First presentation at VARIABILITY 2026, a paper must meet these
criteria:
• It was published on the publisher’s website between May 2024 and March 2026.
• It fits within the scope of VARIABILITY 2026, as described in the research track call
(https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers),
and can bring new insights or directions to the community.
• It presents new research results or significant extensions of prior work that have not
been presented at SPLC, VaMoS, or ICSR before.
• It has not been presented at, and is not under review for, Journal-First Tracks of other
related conferences.


How to Submit

Authors of papers that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a short proposal for
presentation. The proposal should be one page and include the following:
• Paper title, authors, extended abstract, and a link or DOI to the original journal paper.
• If the journal paper builds on or is related to previously published work (such as a poster
or tool demo), the proposal must clearly explain why it should be considered a Journal-
First paper.
• All proposals must be submitted as a PDF via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026 (Journal-First Track).
• Please upload both the proposal PDF and a ZIP file containing the original journal paper.

Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings
published by Springer in the LNCS series. A Journal-First proposal must be at most one
page long and it must follow the Springer guidelines:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines .
By submitting your paper for inclusion in these proceedings, you acknowledge that you
and your co-authors must comply with Springer’s publications policies
(https://www.springer.com/gp/editorial-policies) including requirements related to
research integrity, copyright, and ethical standards. Any alleged violations of these
policies may be investigated by Springer and could result in corrective actions, including
withdrawal of the paper.


Evaluation and Selection

Proposals will be selected based on the quality of the publication and the journal, after
confirming that the paper fits the scope of the conference. Since the papers have already
been peer-reviewed and accepted by their journals, they will not undergo another
technical review. The goal is to include as many papers as possible in the Journal-First
Track. However, if an unusually high number of papers are received, some might not be
accepted. If needed, priority will be given to papers that best align with the conference
topics of interests and the structure of the sessions.

Conference Attendance

For each paper accepted into the Journal-First Track, at least one author must register for
the conference and attend to give the oral presentation.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission of Papers: 2 April 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026
• Author Registration: 15 July 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Third Call for Research Papers ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and
Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) invites high-quality contributions from researchers and
practitioners in software engineering, systems engineering, and related disciplines
focussing on a broad spectrum of methods, concepts, and tools for variability.
VARIABILITY aims to be the premier forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, and
results in all aspects of software and systems variability management, reuse, software
configuration, and customization.

As software and systems become increasingly configurable, reusable, and adaptable,
managing their variability across all lifecycle phases is more critical—and more challenging
—than ever. VARIABILITY 2026 seeks to bring together the diverse communities that
address these challenges from theoretical, technical, and practical perspectives.

VARIABILITY results from a merge of three prominent conferences focussing on software
and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and
Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions), VaMoS (the International
Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful
editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22
successful editions).

VARIABILITY is by design open as a conference. It welcomes new fields of variability-
intensive research, such as artificial intelligence, hybrid software-hardware systems, etc.
For this first edition of VARIABILITY, we strive to continue the success of the predecessor
conferences ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS by welcoming high-quality submissions for the
research track in numerous closely related areas, such as systems and software product
lines, systems and software reuse, configurable systems and software, product
configuration, and systems and software variability. We will award the best research paper
and the best artifact paper.


Topics of Interest

We invite contributions on variability management, reuse, and configuration across all
phases of the software and systems lifecycle. The topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

Requirements & Domain Engineering
• Domain analysis and variability modeling
• Decision modeling and support
• Customization and personalization specification
• Requirements variability and traceability

Architecture & Design
• Variability-aware software architectures
• Architecture-centric product line engineering
• Model-driven engineering (MDE)
• Multi-product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software
ecosystems

Implementation & Code Generation
• Generative programming and code synthesis
• Modularization techniques for reusable code
• Programming languages and frameworks for variability
• Open-source strategies for software reuse

Testing, Verification & Quality Assurance
• Testing and analysis of configurable systems
• Safety and security in variable systems
• Formal Methods for Software Product Lines
• Non-functional properties: quality-aware analysis, quality-driven configuration
• Reuse in testing, verification, and quality assurance

Evolution, Maintenance & Operation
• Refactoring and restructuring of configurable systems
• Reverse engineering, variability mining, and refactoring
• Runtime variability and dynamic (software) product lines
• Maintenance strategies for large-scale reused systems
• Variability in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

AI and Data-Driven Methods
• Machine learning for variability management
• AI-assisted product configuration
• Data and repository mining from product lines and configuration histories
• Recommendation systems for reuse and customization


Publication of Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings by Springer in the
LNCS series.


Submission Guidelines

Paper Types
We invite the following types of submissions:

• Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Research papers must present
original, unpublished work with validated results through empirical evaluation, formal
analysis, or implementation-based experiments. Submissions must clearly articulate the
problem, its relevance, the proposed contribution, and validation results.

• Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Short papers present early-stage
research, novel ideas, or conceptual proposals that are not yet fully developed or
validated but offer promising directions. These papers should articulate the vision,
motivation, and potential impact.

Formatting
Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details:
https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v17

Submission Link
Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the research track:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026


Paper Originality, Double-Anonymous Policy, Reviewing
All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be double-
anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based
on their novelty, relevance, rigor, transparency, and presentation. Authors of submissions
to the first deadline might be invited to submit a revision of their papers to the second
deadline, which will be reviewed as a revision.

Revisions
Research-track papers can be submitted to the first or second cycle. In the first cycle,
papers can receive the following decisions: accept, revision, or reject. Revision means that
the reviewers believe that the paper has potential, but that its quality or contribution is not
yet ready for publication. Such papers are offered lightweight shepherding by a community
member, who is not necessarily a PC member or reviewer. Revised papers should be
submitted to the second cycle together with a response letter, explaining how the reviewer
comments were addressed. They are then reviewed by the same PC members. Papers
rejected in the first cycle can be resubmitted in the second cycle, but need to contain an
appendix “Changes to First-Cycle Submission” at the end of the PDF (after references,
regardless of the page limit) that lists the major changes in bullet-point format.


Best Paper Awards

Springer will sponsor the awards for bet papers with an overall amount of €1000.


Journal Special Issue

Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions with at least 30%
additional and original material, to be published in a special issue in a reputable Software
Engineering journal (currently under negotiation).


Important Dates (AoE)

• Paper Submission Deadline: 2 April 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 July 2025
• Author Registration: 15 July 2025


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Second Call for Papers (Industry Track) ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


The ISSRE Industry Track gathers industry representatives as well as researchers from,
within or in collaboration with industry to discuss software reliability, quality assurance as
well as experiences and lessons learned. This year we will bring experiences from self-
made tools, usage of AI, generative AI and machine learning in relation to software
reliability.

Industry track papers are expected to be of interest to software development
professionals, as well as to anyone researching or working in the area of software
reliability, software quality, and process improvement groups, with concrete relevance to
industrial problems and practical applications.

All presenters of accepted papers will be required to attend the conference in person.
Participating in the conference would give a chance to meet and discuss with a wide
selection of researchers and other industry experts in the area.


Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include development, analysis methods and models throughout the
software development lifecycle, from an industrial and practitioner-oriented perspective.
Ask yourself this: Is the work grounded in real-world systems, operational experience, or
industrial practice, and does it address reliability or dependability concerns? If it is, you
have found the right conference track. For a more detailed list check out the detailed
topics list for the research track on this site.

• Use cases, practical experiences, lessons learned, improvement programs in reliability
or dependability.
• Foundations of reliability and dependability, including process, technology, methods,
metrics and lessons learned.
• Design for reliability or dependability, failure and incident case studies, including
experiences in security, testing, verification, and related practices in the field.
• Reliability in AI-driven and autonomic systems or AI techniques used for Reliability
Engineering.
• Software reliability in any system domain.
• Trustworthiness, security, and Responsible Software Engineering.
• Human-centric focus on reliability and dependability.
• Adoption of reliability standards, measurements and similar experiences.

We look for papers with good evaluation, honest data, new insights and practical
experiences that can be used to help others. We also encourage submissions reporting
negative results, unexpected outcomes, and lessons learned from real-world practice.


Submission Guidelines and Instructions

We invite three kinds of submissions to the Industry Track:

• Enlightening Talk or Tool Demo: 1-2 page abstract (OR a Power Point presentation OR a
video for a tool demo).
• Short paper: 4-pages (including references).
• Full paper: 6-pages (including references).

All the submissions will be reviewed by members of the Industry Track Program
Committee. Accepted papers (with an abstract) will be included in the ISSRE Supplemental
Proceedings and submitted for publication to IEEE Xplore.

Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .

Submissions must adhere to the IEEE Computer Society Format Guidelines (for more
Information, please refer to the relevant part on the conference website:
https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/industry-track/).

Note that:
• A paper must include the title, the name and affiliation of each author, an abstract of up
to 150 words, and up to 4 keywords. Thus, submissions are not anonymous.
• Reviewers will use the abstract during the bidding process for peer-review. Thus, the
abstract should state the paper goals clearly, along with the means used to achieve them.
• The first page is not a separate page, but is a part of the paper (i.e., it has technical
material in it). Thus, this page counts toward the total page budget for the paper.
• Symbols and labels used in the graphs should be readable as printed, without requiring
on-screen magnification.
• Limit the file size to less than 15 MB (for Video’s – provide a live link).

Papers that exceed the page limits specified, on topics not in the scope of ISSRE, or that do
not follow the formatting guidelines will be rejected without review.

Authors of accepted papers will have the chance to present their work at ISSRE 2026.
Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register for the
conference and to give the talk, if the paper is accepted.


Best Paper Awards

The Industry Program Chair will select three candidates among top-ranked papers
presenting and motivating novel and disruptive ideas that address problems relevant for
industry. Selection will be based on the reviewers’ feedback, novelty and potential impact
of the results.

The final selection of the best paper will be done by the audience attending the
presentation of the candidate papers. Eligible papers must be (1) full papers accepted to
the industry track, and (2) co-authored by at least one author whose primary affiliation is
in Industry.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Abstract Submission Deadline: June 28, 2026 & July 3, 2026
• Paper Submission Deadline: July 5, 2026 & July 12, 2026
• Notification to Authors: August 12, 2026
• Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026
• Enlightening Talks or Tool Demos (without abstract; not to appear in the proceedings): August 15, 2026
• Author Registration Deadline (Industry Track): August 19, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

*** First Call for Fast Abstracts and Project Highlights ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


A Fast Abstract (FA) or Project Highlights (PH) paper is a two-page, lightly reviewed
technical article. The FA/PH track at ISSRE 2026 aims to bring together researchers and
practitioners working in Software Reliability Engineering (SRE) to:

• Introduce early original ideas.
• Discuss relevant work-in-progress and ongoing experiences.
• Challenge the SRE status quo on key topics.
• Present critical analyses of prior work.
• Share lessons learned from real-world SRE applications.
• Propose new problems from industrial or academic experience.
• Describe approaches to problems of significance that may not yet have complete results.

In addition to traditional Fast Abstracts, the track welcomes Project Highlights (PH) papers.
PH papers are expected to disseminate results, visions, methodologies, tools, and ongoing
activities from national and international research projects (e.g., European, or multi-
institutional initiatives).

Project Highlights may include, but are not limited to:
• Overviews of funded research projects and their objectives.
• Project methodologies, architectures, and experimental frameworks.
• Early or intermediate results, including lessons learned and preliminary insights.
• Datasets, benchmarks, tools, platforms, and other project outcomes released or in
progress.
• Collaboration experiences, challenges, and emerging research directions from national
or international projects.

Project Highlights that can stimulate discussion and collaboration within the ISSRE
community are welcome. Ongoing projects and projects completed not earlier than
October 2025 are eligible.

Accepted contributions will be published in the Supplemental Proceedings of ISSRE 2026
and made available via IEEE Xplore.


Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Reliability, safety, maintainability, security, survivability, resilience, robustness, and other
dependability attributes.
• Faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures, and other dependability threats.
• Reliability of all systems, applications, networks, and software, including problems,
solutions, and discussions.
• Metrics, measurement, assessment, monitoring, modeling, estimation, and prediction
regarding reliability.
• Reliability of AI-powered software systems, including large language models (LLMs),
autonomous agents, and AI-enabled applications.
• Other contents about software reliability, such as normative/regulatory/ethical spaces,
societal aspects, etc.


Presentations

The presentation might be in the form of a short talk in a Fast Abstracts/Project Highlights
session or a poster. Further details about presentations and posters will be shared with
authors upon notification.


Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts must be:
• submitted via EasyChair as a single Portable Document Format (PDF) file with all fonts
embedded;
• written in English and be formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society Format
Guidelines.

Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .

Manuscripts must adhere to IEEE Conference Publishing Policies. Particularly, they should
NOT have been previously published or be under submission elsewhere. All submissions
will be screened for plagiarized material through the IEEE Cross Check portal.


Contacts

Please contact the Fast Abstract/Project Highlights Co-chairs (issre2026-fast-
abs...@ea...) for any questions or further clarifications.

Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission deadline: June 15, 2026
• Notification to authors: August 5, 2026
• Camera ready papers: August 19, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

*** Last Mile for Contributions ***

39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
(CBMS 2026)

June 3-5 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus

https://2026.cbms-conference.org

(*** Submission Deadline: March 6 2026 (final and firm!) ***)


Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based
medical systems, and one of the main conferences in the fields of medical informatics and
biomedical informatics. CBMS allows the exchange of ideas and technologies between
academic and industrial scientists. The scientific program of IEEE CBMS 2026 will consist
of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by
an international program committee, as well as, keynote talks and tutorials given by
leading experts in their fields. The CBMS 2026 edition also aims to host high-quality
papers about industry and real case applications as well as allow researchers leading
international projects to show to the scientific community the main aims, goals, and
results of their projects. We solicit submissions on previously unpublished research work.

The conference will feature three keynote talks by Professor Metin Akay ("Artificial
Intelligence-Enabled Biomarkers for Personalized and Dynamic Pain Assessment"),
Professor Dimitrios I. Fotiadis ("From Data Scarcity to Trustworthy AI: The Transformative
Role of Synthetic Data in Healthcare"), and Professor Domenico Talia ("Techniques for
Exploiting Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare").


CALL FOR PAPERS

Example areas include but are not limited to:
• Active and Healthy Ageing System
• Analytics and solutions in Public Health
• Artificial intelligence in healthcare
• Big Data Analytics in Healthcare
• Bioinformatics
• Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Machine Vision
• Cognitive Computing in Healthcare
• Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare (CSCW)
• Databases and blockchain in Medicine or Healthcare
• Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine or Healthcare
• Decision Support and Recommendation Systems in Medicine or Healthcare
• Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models
• e-Health
• Ethics in the application of ICT to biomedicine
• Explainable AI for Decision Support
• Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Healthcare
• Knowledge Representation in Medicine or Healthcare
• m-Health
• Medical education using ICT
• Medical Robotics, Intelligent Medical Devices, and Smart Technologies
• Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality
• Multimodality Data Analysis
• Network and Telemedicine Systems
• Pervasive Computing for Wearables
• Privacy and Security in Healthcare
• Radiomics and Radiogenomics
• Serious Games for Healthcare
• Software Systems in Medicine
• Technology in Clinical and Healthcare Services Research
• Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information

Special Tracks
CBMS 2026 will also feature a number of special tracks:

• Green-Aware Artificial Intelligence for Network and Text Mining in Computational
Biology and Medicine
https://sites.google.com/unicz.it/greenai-nettext/

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
https://sites.google.com/view/maih2026/home

GEAI4ND — Generalizable & Explainable AI for the Care Continuum of Neurodegenerative
Disease
http://geai4nd-cbms2026.conf.uoi.gr/

Interoperability and Federated Analytics in Biomedical Data Using OMOP CDM
https://bioinformatics-ua.github.io/ieee-cbms-st-IFABD/

Network Medicine
https://medal.ctb.upm.es/CBMS26_ST_NM.html

Image Processing and Machine Vision for Intelligent Healthcare
https://sites.google.com/view/2026-cbms-impvih

Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion, Accessibility and Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations
https://www.uco.es/kdis/cbms-2026/

Synthetic Healthcare Data Generation and Clinical Decision Support
https://is-innovation.eu/CBMS2026/search-workshop.htm

Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CIMI)
https://sites.google.com/view/cbms/cbms-cimi

Management and Quality of Data Lifecycle in Health and Medicine
https://raise-suite.eu/management-and-quality-of-data-lifecycle-in-health-and-medicine/

Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to the general track or one
of the special tracks if relevant. Please see the submission guidelines for further details.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted papers (Regular, Short, and Posters) will be included in
the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in
proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the
conference by one of the authors.

Type of Submissions
Each contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, whose
template is available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates .

The authors may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates. CBMS 2026 accepts three
types of submissions:
• Regular papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 6 pages, but it is possible
to extend the paper length up to 8 pages by paying for each extra page. Check fees for
more information.
• Short papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 4 pages and no less than 3
pages, not being possible to extend the paper length. The duration of the oral
presentation of short posters will be less than regular ones.
• Posters: The length of the contribution is limited to 2 pages. Poster papers will be
included in the proceedings but won’t include oral presentations during the conference.
The authors of a poster also need to prepare a real poster to be shown during the
conference. For presentation purposes at the conference, the authors must prepare the
poster in portrait format. The accepted dimensions are 60 (width) x 80 (length).


CALL FOR SHOWCASE / RESEARCH PROJECTS

CBMS 2026 will have a special showcase/research projects track session, where we invite
(a) scientific papers, (b) demonstrations/posters and (c) research-projects descriptions.

Scientific papers: We invite papers (not exceeding 6 pages in length), describing innovative
computer-based medical devices or software applications, including practical experiences
with such innovations. The papers should be scholarly articles presenting scientific
methods, measurements, and experiments. Marketing and sales materials will not be
accepted. These papers will be evaluated based on practicality, innovation, scientific rigor,
value of the device or application to users, and novelty. They will be published in the
proceedings of the conference along with the other papers under this track.

Examples of such papers could include but are not limited to:
• Computer-based medical devices that have technical/scientific novelty
• Computer-based medical applications intended for or recently introduced in the field
• Novel uses of traditional equipment in practice
• Experience papers based on use and data from the field
• Insightful measurement-based analysis of computer-based medical systems from the
field
• Novel analysis providing new insights from data collected from the field
• New and practical data analytics useful in practice
• Real deployments of AI solutions in medicine

Demonstrations: A demonstration is more appropriate if the value can be better expressed
with a demonstration rather than in a full-length paper. The topics for the demonstration
papers are the same as the scientific for this track. Please submit a proposal of your
demonstration with a limit of two pages.

Research projects/initiatives: CBMS aims in this edition to receive submissions about
research or innovation projects funded by, mainly, competitive calls to present their
project. We foresee to receive submissions which include details about the project goals,
consortium and results (expected and any tentative result obtained so far). Only projects
funded by competitive calls or with strong potential interest for the community will be
considered. International projects organized in a consortium of several countries will have
preference.

Submissions in this context should be a one/two-pages document with at least the
following information:
• Project/initiative title
• Description
• Participant entities
• Project goals
• Funding agency (when applies) or agencies
• Results obtained so far (publications, patents, ...)

The contribution must be prepared following the regular paper. The length of the
contribution must be between 4 and 6 pages.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted contributions will be included in the conference
proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is
conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of
the authors.


CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The Doctoral Consortium for CBMS 2026 will provide an opportunity for PhD students to
present their research plans or their preliminary work in an informal and supportive
atmosphere. The PhD students will be able to discuss the problems that their PhDs are
addressing, any preliminary results, and their future plans. The DC will offer them an
opportunity to discuss any problems that they have come up against, and gain valuable
advice and constructive feedback from experienced researchers in the field.The Doctoral
Consortium will involve presentations by participating PhD students (selected by the
Doctoral Consortium chairs) as well as a number of invited talks / tutorials on different
related topics in the field.

Submissions
Doctoral Consortium submissions should focus specifically on a PhD thesis or subsection
of a thesis. To apply for participation at CBMS 2026 Doctoral Consortium, please submit a
research plan on a topic related to the areas covered in the general call for papers for the
conference. Each submission should be in the same format as the main conference papers
except it should consist of approximately 3-5 pages describing your research work.

In particular:
• Title and author
• The research problem that your PhD addresses
• Your planned approach and methods for solving the problem
• How your approach compares to other known approaches
• Any preliminary results or expected results
• Future plans and directions with specific questions

Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below).

Doctoral Consortium papers/contributions will be included in the IEEE proceedings in a
specific “Doctoral Consortium” section.


SUBMISSION LINK FOR ALL TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026
Please choose the track that best fits for your submitted paper.


OTHER INFORMATION

For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org .


IMPORTANT DATES (all types of contributions)

• Submission Deadline: March 6, 2026 (final and firm, AoE)
• Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026
• Camera-Ready Due: April 24, 2026 (AoE)


ORGANIZATION

CBMS SC Chair
• Rosa Sicilia, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

General Chairs
• Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs
• Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
• Andreas S. Panayides, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus

Publication Chairs
• Sameer K. Antani, National Library of Medicine & National Institutes Of Health, USA
• Bridget Kana, Karlstad University, Sweden

Special Tracks Chairs
• Pietro Cinaglia, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Showcase / Research Projects Chair
• Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy

Doctoral Consortium Chair
• Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA

Sponsorship Chair
• KC Santosh, University of South Dakota, USA

Local Organizing and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

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                          CALL FOR PAPERS
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ESOCC 2026
12th European Conference on Service-Oriented and Cloud Computing
7–8 September 2026 | Free University of Bozen–Bolzano, Italy

Conference website:
https://conf.researchr.org/home/esocc-2026

Submission deadline:
27 March 2026
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
--------------------
ESOCC is the premier European forum for advances in Service-Oriented
Computing, Cloud and Edge Computing, and AI-driven systems. It brings
together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to
discuss foundations, systems, and applications.

ESOCC 2026 invites original submissions on Service-Oriented Computing,
Cloud and Edge Computing, and AI-driven systems, including (but not
limited to):

TOPICS OF INTEREST
------------------
- Applications for Service-Oriented and Edge–Cloud Continuum
  (e.g., smart cities, health, energy, finance, scientific computing)
- Generative AI and Machine Learning for service-oriented and
  cloud-native systems
- AI/ML services and LLM-based cloud platforms
- Distributed intelligence at the Edge, including Federated Learning
- Blockchain technologies for service-oriented and cloud–edge systems
- Business models, processes, brokerage, and cloud marketplaces
- Governance, privacy, security, trust, and quality in the
  Edge–Cloud Continuum

SUBMISSION TRACKS
-----------------
- Regular Research Papers (up to 15 pages, LNCS format)
- PhD Symposium Papers (up to 12 pages)
- Projects & Industry Reports (1–2 pages)

PUBLICATION
-----------
All accepted papers will appear in the Springer LNCS proceedings.
Selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a
special issue of the Springer Journal of Cluster Computing.

Authors should follow Springer’s Instructions for Authors and use the
official LaTeX or Word templates available on the conference website.

SUBMISSION SYSTEM
-----------------
EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ecsa2026

IMPORTANT DATES
---------------
- Paper submission deadline: 27 March 2026
- Notification of acceptance: 20 May 2026
- Camera-ready papers due: 20 June 2026
- Conference dates: 7–8 September 2026

JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUE
---------------------
A journal special issue is planned at the Springer Journal on Cluster
Computing (Impact Factor 4.4, 2022). Authors of selected accepted papers
will be invited to submit extended versions.

CONTACT
-------
For further details, please visit:
https://conf.researchr.org/home/esocc-2026

For questions, please contact the conference chairs.
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*** First Call for Demos and Tools ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


VARIABILITY is a new conference that has been merged of three prominent conferences
focussing on software and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the
International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions,
ranked as a top conference), VaMoS (the International Working Conference on Variability
Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful editions), and ICSR (the
International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22 successful editions).

The Demos and Tools Track at VARIABILITY 2026 invites compelling live presentations
and submissions of innovative tools, practical demonstrations, and curated datasets that
support research and practice in software and systems product line engineering, reuse,
and configuration.

This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to showcase academic or
commercial tools, demonstrations of novel techniques, and datasets that contribute to the
advancement of software and systems reuse, software product lines and configurable
systems. Accepted contributions will be featured both during the main conference (via oral
presentations) and in interactive exhibition spaces (e.g., demo booths or poster/demo
sessions during breaks).

This track provides an opportunity to illustrate the practical impact of new ideas and to
foster interaction between researchers and practitioners that address real-world variability
challenges.


Topics of Interest

We welcome submissions on all topics related to tool support and datasets for product
lines and variable/configurable software systems, including (but not limited to):

Core Product Line Engineering Techniques
• Feature modeling
• Variability management
• Product Line Architecture
• Validation and verification
• Product derivation and generation, including build systems and CI
• Product-line testing and further analyses
• Optimization and measurement of non-functional properties
• Language product lines

Application Domains and Contexts
• Software-intensive and cyber-physical systems
• Web and cloud-based systems, including microservices
• Internet of Things
• Automotive and industrial automation
• Consumer electronics
• Software ecosystems and multi-product lines


Submission Guidelines

Submissions must describe either (1) a new tool or prototype; (2) a novel extension to an
existing tool; (3) a practical demonstration of an approach; (4) a new or curated dataset
relevant to variability and reuse; (5) a significant update to a previously published tool or
dataset (include a clear description of new contributions).

Each submission must include:
• A paper of up to 4 pages, including references and figures.
• An optional appendix of up to 2 pages (not included in the proceedings), describing the
planned live demonstration or dataset usage scenario.
• A link to a short video (max. 5 minutes) illustrating the tool, demonstration, or dataset
in action.

Papers should briefly describe the theoretical foundation, with a focus on practical aspects
such as software architecture, implementation decisions, usage methodology, and
validation through case studies or benchmarks.

Public availability of tools and datasets (preferably under open-source/open-data licenses)
is strongly encouraged. Where availability is not possible, submissions should explain the
reasons.
All submissions must adhere to the LNCS (Springer) format. Please refer to the official LNCS
template at https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines .

Submissions must be in PDF format and submitted via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026 (select “Demonstrations and
Tools Track”).


Evaluation Criteria

Each submission will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee.

Reviewers will evaluate:
• Relevance to the VARIABILITY community
• Technical soundness and artifact maturity
• Novelty of the contribution
• Quality of the written description and video demonstration
• Clarity in the presentation of implementation details, usage, or dataset structure
• Positioning with respect to existing tools/datasets/practices

This track follows a single-blind review process.


Presentation and Publication

Accepted papers will appear in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings, published
in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

At least one author of each accepted paper must:
• Register for the full conference, and
• Present the contribution at the event.

Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission of Demos and Posters: 1 June 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 21 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026
• Author Registration: 15 July 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Last Call for Workshop Proposals ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


VARIABILITY is a new conference that has been merged of three prominent conferences
focussing on software and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the
International Systems and Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions,
ranked as a top conference), VaMoS (the International Working Conference on Variability
Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful editions), and ICSR (the
International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22 successful editions).

We invite you to submit proposals for half-day or full-day workshops in any area related
to the field of Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration, all of which
fall under the broader area of Variability. In particular, workshops on challenging,
emerging areas related to the conference topics are especially sought. We particularly
encourage workshop proposals for highly interactive and collaborative workshops, rather
than mini-conferences, e.g., apart from the traditional short and long papers, consider
allowing position papers with only one page (not included in the proceedings) and focus
on a lively discussion after the presentation, to foster new ideas and gather feedback
(rather than just defending the presented work). The expected date of the workshops
will be the September 29th, 2026, before the main track of the conference.


Submissions / Publishing

VARIABILITY workshop papers will be published in a volume of the conference proceedings
published by Springer. Moreover, a one-page summary of each accepted workshop will be
published in the proceedings as well.

Workshop proposals should be authored by at least two organizers, preferably from
different institutions, and they should contain the following three sections and address
each corresponding point:

1. Organizers
• Name: organizers’ full names
• Contact information: affiliations, job titles, postal addresses, e-mail addresses, URLs,
and phone
• Brief biography: 100-200 words, focusing on the organizers’ expertise in the field and
experience as workshop organizers

2. Workshop Content
• Title: workshop title and acronym
• Abstract: max 150 words describing the workshop (suitable for the conference’s website)
• Tentative Website URL
• Topics and motivation:
• What are the topics, themes, and areas of interest of the workshop?
• How is the workshop relevant to VARIABILITY?
• How does the workshop connect VARIABILITY to other research communities?
• Goals and expected results:
• Explicitly state the goals of the workshop and how you intend to reach them
• What are the expected results of the workshop?
• How will these results be disseminated?
• Format:
• What is the planned workshop format (paper presentations, working sessions, invited
talks (please note here that such talks are not financially supported by the conference),
lightning talks, demonstrations, etc.)?
• To avoid duplicated topics and cancellations, did you coordinate with or (plan to)
merge workshops on the same/similar topics from previous years (if there are any)?
• What will be done to stimulate collaborative interaction?
• What are the planned pre- and post-workshop activities?
• Participants:
• What is the expected number of submissions and participants? Provide a plan for
attracting sufficient submissions and promoting attendance
• If applicable, please provide information from previous or related workshops. Have
there been previous workshops on the same or a closely related topic? When, where
and with how many participants?
• Special room equipment (please note that VARIABILITY conference and the workshops
are in-person events) like flip charts, microphone, etc.
• Do you plan for a half-day or full-day workshop?

• Program Committee: list of tentative program committee members, names and
affiliations

3. Preliminary Call for Papers
This will necessarily repeat some of the information from the previous sections but should
be targeted towards prospective participants. It should address the following items:
• Overview of the motivation, topics, and goals
• Workshop format
• Deadlines of the workshop (see dates in this call for proposals)
• Submission guidelines and review process
• References to previous workshops (websites)
• Dissemination campaign to distribute the CFP

4. References to previous workshops (websites)


Submission Instructions

Please send your workshop proposals using EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026

A workshop proposal must be at most 8 pages long. Submissions must follow the
Springer guidelines:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Relevant supporting material, such as proceedings from previous editions of the proposed
workshop or other workshops organized by the proposal authors, should be included if
available but are not required for submission.


Acceptance Criteria

Each workshop proposal will be evaluated according to the relevance of its topic, the
expertise and experience of the workshop organizers, and the workshop’s potential for
attracting participants and generating useful results. We underline the importance of
active and creative workshops that foster a collaborative environment of interest to both
practitioners and researchers, aiming, e.g., to evolve the field of Variability and to identify
elements of joint future work. To obtain a balanced and cohesive workshop program, the
Organizing Committee will collaborate closely with workshop organizers and reserves the
right to circulate proposals to other submitters in view of possible workshop mergers. The
organizers of accepted workshops will be required to create and maintain a website in a
timely manner to serve as a workshop information center and to provide a repository for
documenting pre- and post-workshop activities.

At least one author of each accepted proposal must register and attend VARIABILITY 2026
in order for the workshop to be accepted and the summary of the workshop published.

The submission and review platform for workshop papers will be the one for the main
conference (i.e., all workshops will be as different tracks under the same Easy Chair
installation).

Important Dates (AoE)

• Workshop Proposals: 2 March 2025
• Notification of Acceptance: 16 March 2026
• Workshop Papers Submission: 15 June 2026
• Workshop Papers Notification: 7 July, 2026
• Camera-Ready Version Submission: 14 July, 2026
• Workshop Summary: 14 July, 2026
• Author Registration: 14 July, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Last Call for Contributions ***

39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
(CBMS 2026)

June 3-5 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus

https://2026.cbms-conference.org

(*** Submission Deadline: February 27 2026 (extended) ***)


Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based
medical systems, and one of the main conferences in the fields of medical informatics and
biomedical informatics. CBMS allows the exchange of ideas and technologies between
academic and industrial scientists. The scientific program of IEEE CBMS 2026 will consist
of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by
an international program committee, as well as, keynote talks and tutorials given by
leading experts in their fields. The CBMS 2026 edition also aims to host high-quality
papers about industry and real case applications as well as allow researchers leading
international projects to show to the scientific community the main aims, goals, and
results of their projects. We solicit submissions on previously unpublished research work.

The conference will feature three keynote talks by Professor Metin Akay ("Artificial
Intelligence-Enabled Biomarkers for Personalized and Dynamic Pain Assessment"),
Professor Dimitrios I. Fotiadis ("From Data Scarcity to Trustworthy AI: The Transformative
Role of Synthetic Data in Healthcare"), and Professor Domenico Talia ("Techniques for
Exploiting Machine Learning and Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare").


CALL FOR PAPERS

Example areas include but are not limited to:
• Active and Healthy Ageing System
• Analytics and solutions in Public Health
• Artificial intelligence in healthcare
• Big Data Analytics in Healthcare
• Bioinformatics
• Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Machine Vision
• Cognitive Computing in Healthcare
• Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare (CSCW)
• Databases and blockchain in Medicine or Healthcare
• Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine or Healthcare
• Decision Support and Recommendation Systems in Medicine or Healthcare
• Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models
• e-Health
• Ethics in the application of ICT to biomedicine
• Explainable AI for Decision Support
• Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Healthcare
• Knowledge Representation in Medicine or Healthcare
• m-Health
• Medical education using ICT
• Medical Robotics, Intelligent Medical Devices, and Smart Technologies
• Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality
• Multimodality Data Analysis
• Network and Telemedicine Systems
• Pervasive Computing for Wearables
• Privacy and Security in Healthcare
• Radiomics and Radiogenomics
• Serious Games for Healthcare
• Software Systems in Medicine
• Technology in Clinical and Healthcare Services Research
• Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information

Special Tracks
CBMS 2026 will also feature a number of special tracks:

• Green-Aware Artificial Intelligence for Network and Text Mining in Computational
Biology and Medicine
https://sites.google.com/unicz.it/greenai-nettext/

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
https://sites.google.com/view/maih2026/home

GEAI4ND — Generalizable & Explainable AI for the Care Continuum of Neurodegenerative
Disease
http://geai4nd-cbms2026.conf.uoi.gr/

Interoperability and Federated Analytics in Biomedical Data Using OMOP CDM
https://bioinformatics-ua.github.io/ieee-cbms-st-IFABD/

Network Medicine
https://medal.ctb.upm.es/CBMS26_ST_NM.html

Image Processing and Machine Vision for Intelligent Healthcare
https://sites.google.com/view/2026-cbms-impvih

Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion, Accessibility and Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations
https://www.uco.es/kdis/cbms-2026/

Synthetic Healthcare Data Generation and Clinical Decision Support
https://is-innovation.eu/CBMS2026/search-workshop.htm

Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CIMI)
https://sites.google.com/view/cbms/cbms-cimi

Management and Quality of Data Lifecycle in Health and Medicine
https://raise-suite.eu/management-and-quality-of-data-lifecycle-in-health-and-medicine/

Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to the general track or one
of the special tracks if relevant. Please see the submission guidelines for further details.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted papers (Regular, Short, and Posters) will be included in
the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in
proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the
conference by one of the authors.

Type of Submissions
Each contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, whose
template is available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates .

The authors may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates. CBMS 2026 accepts three
types of submissions:
• Regular papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 6 pages, but it is possible
to extend the paper length up to 8 pages by paying for each extra page. Check fees for
more information.
• Short papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 4 pages and no less than 3
pages, not being possible to extend the paper length. The duration of the oral
presentation of short posters will be less than regular ones.
• Posters: The length of the contribution is limited to 2 pages. Poster papers will be
included in the proceedings but won’t include oral presentations during the conference.
The authors of a poster also need to prepare a real poster to be shown during the
conference. For presentation purposes at the conference, the authors must prepare the
poster in portrait format. The accepted dimensions are 60 (width) x 80 (length).


CALL FOR SHOWCASE / RESEARCH PROJECTS

CBMS 2026 will have a special showcase/research projects track session, where we invite
(a) scientific papers, (b) demonstrations/posters and (c) research-projects descriptions.

Scientific papers: We invite papers (not exceeding 6 pages in length), describing innovative
computer-based medical devices or software applications, including practical experiences
with such innovations. The papers should be scholarly articles presenting scientific
methods, measurements, and experiments. Marketing and sales materials will not be
accepted. These papers will be evaluated based on practicality, innovation, scientific rigor,
value of the device or application to users, and novelty. They will be published in the
proceedings of the conference along with the other papers under this track.

Examples of such papers could include but are not limited to:
• Computer-based medical devices that have technical/scientific novelty
• Computer-based medical applications intended for or recently introduced in the field
• Novel uses of traditional equipment in practice
• Experience papers based on use and data from the field
• Insightful measurement-based analysis of computer-based medical systems from the
field
• Novel analysis providing new insights from data collected from the field
• New and practical data analytics useful in practice
• Real deployments of AI solutions in medicine

Demonstrations: A demonstration is more appropriate if the value can be better expressed
with a demonstration rather than in a full-length paper. The topics for the demonstration
papers are the same as the scientific for this track. Please submit a proposal of your
demonstration with a limit of two pages.

Research projects/initiatives: CBMS aims in this edition to receive submissions about
research or innovation projects funded by, mainly, competitive calls to present their
project. We foresee to receive submissions which include details about the project goals,
consortium and results (expected and any tentative result obtained so far). Only projects
funded by competitive calls or with strong potential interest for the community will be
considered. International projects organized in a consortium of several countries will have
preference.

Submissions in this context should be a one/two-pages document with at least the
following information:
• Project/initiative title
• Description
• Participant entities
• Project goals
• Funding agency (when applies) or agencies
• Results obtained so far (publications, patents, ...)

The contribution must be prepared following the regular paper. The length of the
contribution must be between 4 and 6 pages.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted contributions will be included in the conference
proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is
conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of
the authors.


CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The Doctoral Consortium for CBMS 2026 will provide an opportunity for PhD students to
present their research plans or their preliminary work in an informal and supportive
atmosphere. The PhD students will be able to discuss the problems that their PhDs are
addressing, any preliminary results, and their future plans. The DC will offer them an
opportunity to discuss any problems that they have come up against, and gain valuable
advice and constructive feedback from experienced researchers in the field.The Doctoral
Consortium will involve presentations by participating PhD students (selected by the
Doctoral Consortium chairs) as well as a number of invited talks / tutorials on different
related topics in the field.

Submissions
Doctoral Consortium submissions should focus specifically on a PhD thesis or subsection
of a thesis. To apply for participation at CBMS 2026 Doctoral Consortium, please submit a
research plan on a topic related to the areas covered in the general call for papers for the
conference. Each submission should be in the same format as the main conference papers
except it should consist of approximately 3-5 pages describing your research work.

In particular:
• Title and author
• The research problem that your PhD addresses
• Your planned approach and methods for solving the problem
• How your approach compares to other known approaches
• Any preliminary results or expected results
• Future plans and directions with specific questions

Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below).

Doctoral Consortium papers/contributions will be included in the IEEE proceedings in a
specific “Doctoral Consortium” section.


SUBMISSION LINK FOR ALL TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026
Please choose the track that best fits for your submitted paper.


OTHER INFORMATION

For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org .


IMPORTANT DATES (all types of contributions)

• Submission Deadline: February 27, 2026 (extended, AoE)
• Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026
• Camera-Ready Due: April 24, 2026 (AoE)


ORGANIZATION

CBMS SC Chair
• Rosa Sicilia, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

General Chairs
• Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs
• Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
• Andreas S. Panayides, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus

Publication Chairs
• Sameer K. Antani, National Library of Medicine & National Institutes Of Health, USA
• Bridget Kana, Karlstad University, Sweden

Special Tracks Chairs
• Pietro Cinaglia, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Showcase / Research Projects Chair
• Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy

Doctoral Consortium Chair
• Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA

Sponsorship Chair
• KC Santosh, University of South Dakota, USA

Local Organizing and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Second Call for Papers (Research Track) ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


The International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) is the leading
conference on software reliability research and practice. ISSRE focuses on techniques and
tools for assessing, predicting, and improving the reliability, safety, security, and resilience
of software systems. As modern software increasingly integrates AI/ML components,
operates autonomously, and spans cloud-to-edge environments, ensuring reliable system
behavior is more critical than ever.


Topics of Interest

ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality contributions that advance the theory and practice of
software reliability across contemporary software-intensive systems, including systems
that incorporate AI/ML components. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Foundations of Reliability and Dependability
• Principles, models, metrics, empirical methods, and theories of software reliability,
resilience, robustness, and safety
• Systematic approaches to fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, and fault
forecasting in modern software systems
• Testing and debugging, formal methods, model checking, static/dynamic analysis,
verification, and runtime assurance

Reliability in AI-Driven and Autonomic Systems
• Reliability engineering for AI-enabled, autonomous, self-adaptive, and cyber-physical
systems
• Assurance, testing, verification, and certification of AI/ML components, including
foundation and generative models
• Reliability of AI-generated code: validation, verification, explainability, defect analysis,
and trustworthy automation of development tasks
• Impact of AI on software lifecycle processes (design, testing, evolution, operations, and
quality management)

AI Techniques for Reliability Engineering
• Machine learning for defect prediction, anomaly detection, debugging assistance, fault
localization, and test automation
• Learning-based approaches to self-healing, resilience management, predictive
maintenance, and reliability optimization
• Reliability governance in AI-driven DevOps pipelines, including transparency,
interpretability, and auditability

Software Reliability in Emerging System Domains
• Reliability assurance for cloud, edge, IoT, 5G/6G, cyber-physical, high-performance,
and network softwarization environments
• Dependability of open-source ecosystems, data-driven pipelines, model hubs, and
AI-assisted contributions
• Benchmarking, stress testing, workload modeling, and measurement frameworks for
large-scale and AI-based systems

Trustworthiness, Security, and Responsible Software Engineering
• Intersections of reliability with security, privacy, fairness, transparency, and regulatory
compliance
• Societal, ethical, and human impacts of pervasive AI-enabled software systems
• Responsible governance of AI-based systems, including lifecycle assurance, auditability,
and risk analysis

Human-Centered, Empirical, and Reproducible Reliability Research
• Field studies, experience reports, user studies, and human factors in reliability
engineering
• Public datasets, benchmark suites, reproducibility packages, and replication/negative-
result studies
• Tooling, automation, continuous reliability monitoring, observability, and operational
feedback loops


Research Track Paper Categories

The research track at ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality submissions of technical research
papers that describe original, unpublished results exploring new scientific ideas,
contribute new evidence to established research directions, or reflect on practical
experience. Specifically, ISSRE solicits submissions in three categories:

• Research (RES) papers
• Practical experience reports (PER)
• Tools and artefacts (TAR) papers

Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category. All the papers of the
three categories are regular and full papers, and will be published in the same ISSRE
proceedings.

RES Papers
RES papers (12 pages, including references) should describe a novel contribution to the
reliability of software systems. Novelty should be argued via concrete evidence and
appropriate positioning within the state of the art. RES papers are also expected to
explain the validation process and its limitations clearly.

PER Papers
PER papers (12 pages, including references) should provide an in-depth exposition of
practical experiences ideally performed by a collaboration of researchers and industry
practitioners. The key contribution of these papers should be lessons learned from
applying established research tools and methods to ISSRE topics, or new knowledge
acquired through empirical studies conducted using various research methodologies.
Negative results are welcome, e.g., discussing where or why current research cannot be
applied in an industrially relevant context.

TAR Papers
TAR papers (6 – 10 pages, including references) should describe a new tool or artefact.
Tool-focused TAR papers must present either a new tool or a novel and substantial
extension of an existing tool. They should include a description of (i) the theoretical
foundations, (ii) the design and implementation aspects, and (iii) experiments with
realistic case studies. Making the tool publicly available is strongly encouraged.
Artefact-focused TAR papers should cover (i) a working copy of the software and (ii)
experimental data sets. Dataset papers should introduce a new dataset that supports
experimentation, benchmarking, evaluation, or training in AI-driven software engineering.
Submissions should describe: (i) dataset motivation and scope, (ii) data collection and
processing methodology, (iii) dataset structure and statistics, and (iv) potential use cases.
Benchmark papers should present a new benchmark suite for evaluating tools, LLMs, or
algorithms. Submissions should include: (i) benchmark design principles, (ii) task
definitions and evaluation metrics, (iii) baseline results, and (iv) reproducibility package.

The ISSRE conference encourages authors of all three categories of research track papers
to follow the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and replicability. Authors are
encouraged to disclose data to increase reproducibility and replicability. Should the paper
be accepted, the authors will have the opportunity (and are encouraged to) submit
artifacts to the Artifact Evaluation (AE) track, to enhance the reproducibility and quality of
the research. By submitting your artifacts, you not only contribute to the progress of our
field but also stand a chance to earn badges that will be displayed on your papers in the
conference proceedings, showcasing the credibility and rigor of your work.

At least one author of each accepted paper must register as an author and present the
paper in person at the conference.


Best Research Paper Award

ISSRE is pleased to announce the IEEE Best Research Paper Award, awarded every year to
the best paper in the Research Track.


Special Journal Issue

Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to
a special issue of the Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) journal (under negotiation as
in previous editions of the conference). The Call for Papers will be available soon.


Review Process & Quality Assurance in ISSRE 2026 (New)

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Major Revision Guidelines

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Rapid Response Reviewers (RRRs)

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Anonymizing Rules

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Formatting Rules

Please refer to the information on the conference web site:

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/


Paper Submission

Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .

Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee through a double-blind reviewing
process, with a limited use of outside referees. Papers will be held in complete confidence
during the reviewing process, but papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms
are not acceptable and will be rejected without review.

Changes in the number and order of authors will not be allowed after the paper
acceptance.

Authors must anonymize their submissions in accordance with the guidelines above.
Submissions violating the formatting and anonymization rules will be desk-rejected
without review. There will be no extensions for reformatting.


Conference Proceedings

The authors of accepted papers must omit the paper’s type from the title to keep
consistency among all the camera-ready versions in the proceedings. The conference
proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services
(CPS). Papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore
and to all of the A&I (abstracting and indexing) partners (such as the EI Compendex).


Important Dates (AoE)

• Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026
• Paper Submission Deadline: April 17, 2026
• Author Rebuttal Period: June 5 – June 8, 2026
• Decisions and Early Notification: June 15, 2026
• Author Revision Period: June 16 – July 3, 2026
• Notification to Authors: July 8, 2026
• Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026
• Author Registration Deadline (Research Track): August 19, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

*** First Call for Workshop Proposals ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


Objectives

ISSRE strives to be the conference that appeals to both researchers and practitioners. To
that end, we invite proposals for workshops to co-locate with the Symposium and provide
additional opportunities for collaborating and exchanging information. The workshops
aim at discussing research developments and challenges at an early stage. ISSRE welcomes
workshops that explore new ways to provide and assess software reliability, safety, and
security. We also seek workshops that deal with the provision of reliable, safe, and secure
software and systems in fast-growing, transformative application domains. Appropriately
defined workshop proposals have the following characteristics:

• They offer researchers a forum to exchange and discuss scientific and engineering ideas
at an early stage before maturation that would warrant conference or journal publication.
• They attract practitioners and researchers to working sessions to discuss and make
progress toward solutions to current and future problems in engineering high assurance
software and systems.
• They focus on collaborative discussions and information sharing between researchers
and industry practitioners.


Recurring Workshops

Workshops affiliated with ISSRE in previous years with good organization and numbers of
participants are pre-approved. Their organizers do not need to submit a new workshop
proposal. Their organizers are kindly asked to inform the workshop chairs about returning
the workshop to ISSRE in 2026.


Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include development, analysis methods and models throughout the
software development lifecycle, and are not limited to:

• Primary dependability attributes (i.e., security, safety, maintainability) impacting software
reliability
• Secondary dependability attributes (i.e., survivability, resilience, robustness) impacting
software reliability
• Reliability threats, i.e. faults (defects, bugs, etc.), errors, failures
• Reliability means (fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, fault forecasting)
• Machine Learning and AI-based approaches for enhancing reliability of systems
• Reliability, threads and biases of AI-based software systems, in particular Large
Language Models
• Data-related reliability and vulnerability issues and risks
• Learning-based models of software systems, threads, and reliability estimates
• Automated debugging and program repair
• Metrics, measurements and threat estimation for reliability prediction and the interplay
with safety/security
• Reliability of software services
• Reliability of open source software
• Reliability in networks softwarization
• Reliability of Software as a Service (SaaS)
• Reliability of software dealing with Big Data
• Reliability of model-based and auto-generated software
• Reliability of software in artificial intelligence based software systems
• Reliability of software within specific types of systems (e.g., autonomous and adaptive,
green and sustainable, mobile systems)
• Reliability of software within specific technological spaces (e.g., Internet of Things,
Cloud, 5G/6G, edge-to-cloud computing, Semantic Web/Web 3.0, Virtualization,
Blockchain)
• Normative/regulatory/ethical spaces pertaining to software reliability
• Societal aspects of software reliability


Proposal Submissions

Workshop proposals should include information about the proposed organizing committee
and address the following questions:

• Workshop length: Half day or one full day
• Workshop style: papers, panels, posters, workgroups
• Outline of themes and goals of the workshop
• How will you solicit participation (call for workshop papers, invitation only, etc.)
• Desired/estimated number of participants
• Organizing committee members and their past experience

Submissions need to be performed via Easy Chair, selecting the appropriate track for
workshop proposals. The submission link is:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .


Proposal Evaluation

Workshop proposals will be evaluated by the ISSRE 2026 Organizing Committee. The
criteria include the alignment with the ISSRE charter, relevance to the larger ISSRE
community, and the strength and experience of the organizing team.


Logistics

The conference will be “in presence” with all presenters of accepted papers expected to
attend the conference physically in Limassol, Cyprus.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Workshop proposal deadline: May 14, 2026
• Workshop proposal notification: May 21, 2026
• Workshop paper submission deadline: July 20, 2026
(NOTE: This date is only indicative – please refer to individual workshop webpages for
information about deadlines)
• Workshop paper notification to authors: August 10, 2026
• Camera ready papers: August 17, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

*** Second Call for Research Papers (2nd Round) ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and
Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026) invites high-quality contributions from researchers and
practitioners in software engineering, systems engineering, and related disciplines
focussing on a broad spectrum of methods, concepts, and tools for variability.
VARIABILITY aims to be the premier forum for the exchange of ideas, experiences, and
results in all aspects of software and systems variability management, reuse, software
configuration, and customization.

As software and systems become increasingly configurable, reusable, and adaptable,
managing their variability across all lifecycle phases is more critical—and more challenging
—than ever. VARIABILITY 2026 seeks to bring together the diverse communities that
address these challenges from theoretical, technical, and practical perspectives.

VARIABILITY results from a merge of three prominent conferences focussing on software
and systems variability, configuration and reuse: SPLC (the International Systems and
Software Product Line Conference, 29 successful editions), VaMoS (the International
Working Conference on Variability Modelling of Software-Intensive Systems, 19 successful
editions), and ICSR (the International Conference on Systems and Software Reuse, 22
successful editions).

VARIABILITY is by design open as a conference. It welcomes new fields of variability-
intensive research, such as artificial intelligence, hybrid software-hardware systems, etc.
For this first edition of VARIABILITY, we strive to continue the success of the predecessor
conferences ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS by welcoming high-quality submissions for the
research track in numerous closely related areas, such as systems and software product
lines, systems and software reuse, configurable systems and software, product
configuration, and systems and software variability. We will award the best research paper
and the best artifact paper.


Topics of Interest

We invite contributions on variability management, reuse, and configuration across all
phases of the software and systems lifecycle. The topics of interest include, but are not
limited to:

Requirements & Domain Engineering
• Domain analysis and variability modeling
• Decision modeling and support
• Customization and personalization specification
• Requirements variability and traceability

Architecture & Design
• Variability-aware software architectures
• Architecture-centric product line engineering
• Model-driven engineering (MDE)
• Multi-product lines, program families, product lines of product lines, software
ecosystems

Implementation & Code Generation
• Generative programming and code synthesis
• Modularization techniques for reusable code
• Programming languages and frameworks for variability
• Open-source strategies for software reuse

Testing, Verification & Quality Assurance
• Testing and analysis of configurable systems
• Safety and security in variable systems
• Formal Methods for Software Product Lines
• Non-functional properties: quality-aware analysis, quality-driven configuration
• Reuse in testing, verification, and quality assurance

Evolution, Maintenance & Operation
• Refactoring and restructuring of configurable systems
• Reverse engineering, variability mining, and refactoring
• Runtime variability and dynamic (software) product lines
• Maintenance strategies for large-scale reused systems
• Variability in DevOps and CI/CD pipelines

AI and Data-Driven Methods
• Machine learning for variability management
• AI-assisted product configuration
• Data and repository mining from product lines and configuration histories
• Recommendation systems for reuse and customization


Publication of Proceedings

Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings by Springer in the
LNCS series.


Submission Guidelines

Paper Types
We invite the following types of submissions:

• Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Research papers must present
original, unpublished work with validated results through empirical evaluation, formal
analysis, or implementation-based experiments. Submissions must clearly articulate the
problem, its relevance, the proposed contribution, and validation results.

• Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Short papers present early-stage
research, novel ideas, or conceptual proposals that are not yet fully developed or
validated but offer promising directions. These papers should articulate the vision,
motivation, and potential impact.

Formatting
Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details:
https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v17

Submission Link
Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the research track:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026


Paper Originality, Double-Anonymous Policy, Reviewing
All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be double-
anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based
on their novelty, relevance, rigor, transparency, and presentation. Authors of submissions
to the first deadline might be invited to submit a revision of their papers to the second
deadline, which will be reviewed as a revision.

Revisions
Research-track papers can be submitted to the first or second cycle. In the first cycle,
papers can receive the following decisions: accept, revision, or reject. Revision means that
the reviewers believe that the paper has potential, but that its quality or contribution is not
yet ready for publication. Such papers are offered lightweight shepherding by a community
member, who is not necessarily a PC member or reviewer. Revised papers should be
submitted to the second cycle together with a response letter, explaining how the reviewer
comments were addressed. They are then reviewed by the same PC members. Papers
rejected in the first cycle can be resubmitted in the second cycle, but need to contain an
appendix “Changes to First-Cycle Submission” at the end of the PDF (after references,
regardless of the page limit) that lists the major changes in bullet-point format.


Best Paper Awards

Springer will sponsor the awards for bet papers with an overall amount of €1000.


Journal Special Issue

Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions with at least 30%
additional and original material, to be published in a special issue in a reputable Software
Engineering journal (currently under negotiation).


Important Dates (AoE)

• Paper Submission Deadline (2nd Round): 2 April 2026
• Notification of Acceptance (2nd Round): 1 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Deadline: 15 July 2025
• Author Registration: 15 July 2025


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** First Call for Replication and Negative Results ***

37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering
(ISSRE 2026)

October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/


The Replications and Negative Results (RENE) Track has been introduced in the software
engineering community for a while and received overwhelmingly positive feedback. This
year, we establish this track at ISSRE and invite researchers to (1) replicate results from
previous papers and (2) publish studies with important and relevant negative or null
results (results that fail to show an effect, yet demonstrate the research paths that did not
pay off).

We also encourage the publication of the negative results or replicable aspects of
previously published work. For example, authors of a published paper reporting a working
solution for a given problem can document in a “negative results paper” other (failed)
attempts they made before defining the working solution they published.

• Replication studies. The papers in this category must go beyond simply re-
implementing an algorithm and/or re-running the artifacts provided by the original paper.
Such submissions should at least apply the approach to new data sets (open-source or
proprietary). A replication study should clearly report on results that the authors were
able to replicate, as well as on the aspects of the work that were not replicable.
• Negative results papers. We seek papers that report on negative results. We seek
negative results for all types of program comprehension research in any empirical area
(qualitative, quantitative, case study, experiment, etc.). For example, did your controlled
experiment not show an improvement over the baseline? Even if negative, results obtained
are still valuable when they are either not obvious or disprove widely accepted wisdom.


Evaluation Criteria

Both Replication Studies and Negative Results submissions will be evaluated according to
the following standards:
• Depth and breadth of the empirical studies
• Clarity of writing
• Appropriateness of conclusions
• Amount of useful, actionable insights
• Availability of artifacts
• Underlying methodological rigor. A negative result due primarily to misaligned
expectations or due to lack of statistical power (small samples) is not a good submission.
The negative result should be a result of a lack of effect, not a lack of methodological
rigor.

Most importantly, we expect replication studies to clearly point out the artifacts upon
which the study is built, and to provide the links to all the artifacts in the submission (the
only exception will be given to those papers that replicate the results on proprietary
datasets that can not be publicly released).


Submission Instructions

Submissions must be original, in the sense that the findings and writing have not been
previously published or under consideration elsewhere. However, as either replication
studies or negative results, some overlap with previous work is expected. Please make
clear in the paper the overlap with and difference from previous work.

All submissions must be in PDF format and conform, at time of submission, to the IEEE
Computer Society Format Guidelines:
(https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates).

Authors are strongly encouraged to print the PDF and review it for integrity (fonts,
symbols, equations, etc.) before submission, as defective printing can undermine a
paper’s chance of success. By submitting to the ISSRE RENE Track, authors acknowledge
that they are aware of and agree to be bound by the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ. In particular,
papers submitted to the RENE track must not have been published elsewhere and must not
be under review or submitted for review elsewhere whilst under consideration for ISSRE
2026. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach
of scientific ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. To check for
double submission and plagiarism issues, the chairs reserve the right to (1) share the list
of submissions with the PC Chairs of other conferences with overlapping review periods
and (2) use external plagiarism detection software, under contract to the IEEE, to detect
violations of these policies.

Submissions to the RENE Track can be made via the ISSRE RENE track submission site：
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 .


Submission Length: The ISSRE RENE Track accepts submissions of two lengths:

(1) New replication studies and new descriptions of negative results should have a length
of up to 10 pages, plus 2 pages which may only contain references.

(2) Negative results documented during the preparation of previously published work by
the authors should be described in up to 5 pages, plus 1 page, which may only contain
references (e.g., as previously mentioned, authors of a published paper can document
negative results they obtained while working on it, such as methodologically sound
solutions that did not work).

Important note 1: Both types of papers (replication and negative results) will be included
as part of the main conference proceedings.
Important note 2: The RENE track does not follow a double-anonymous review process.


Publication and Presentation

Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will receive further
instructions for preparing the camera-ready versions of their submissions. If a submission
is accepted, at least one author of the paper is required to have a full registration for ISSRE
2026, attend the conference, and present the paper in person. All accepted papers will be
published in the conference electronic proceedings. The presentation is expected to be
delivered in person, unless this is impossible due to travel limitations (e.g., related to
health or visa). Details about the presentations will follow the notifications.

The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the IEEE
Digital Libraries. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings
related to published work.

Purchases of additional pages in the proceedings are not allowed.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission deadline: July 5, 2026
• Notification of acceptance: August12 29, 2026
• Camera-ready copy submission: August 19, 2026
• Author registration deadline: August 19, 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Coordinator
• Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy

Research Program Committee Chairs
• Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA
• Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK

Industry Program Chairs
• Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA
• Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden

Workshop Chairs
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

Doctoral Symposium Chairs
• Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany
• Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada

Fast Abstract Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy
• Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore

JIC2 Chair
• Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France

Publicity Chairs
• Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA
• Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal

Publication Chairs
• Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand
• Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy

Artifact Evaluation Chairs
• Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal
• Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan

Diversity and Inclusion Chair
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Web Chairs
• Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD
• Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy

Registration Chair
• Easy Conferences LTD

CFP: ICPP '26 - The 55th International Conference on Parallel Processing
Singapore, Sep 28 - Oct 1, 2026
https://icpp2026.github.io/

ICPP, the International Conference on Parallel Processing, provides a forum for researchers, scientists, and practitioners in academia, industry, and government to present their latest research findings in all aspects of parallel and distributed computing. ICPP is one of the oldest continuously running international computer science conferences. ICPP 2026 is the 55th edition of ICPP. ICPP 2026 will be organized around seven tracks which includes Algorithms, Applications, Architecture, Multidisciplinary, Performance, Software, and Quantum Computing.

### Important Dates ###

- Abstract submission: April 24, 2026
- Paper submission: May 1, 2026
- Author notification: June 30, 2026
- Camera-ready: July 30, 2026
(All deadlines are in AoE)

### Topics of Interest ###

1. Algorithms: Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed Combinatorial & Numerical Methods, Scheduling Algorithms for Parallel and Distributed Applications and Platforms, Algorithmic Innovations for Parallel and Distributed Machine Learning.

2. Applications: Parallel and Distributed Applications, Scalable Data Analytics & Applied Machine Learning, Computational and Data-Driven Science & Engineering (including, but not limited to Astrophysics, Computational Chemistry and Physics, Life Science, Climate Science, Earth Science, Materials Science, Finance, Geology and Engineering).

3. Architecture: Micro-Architecture for Parallel Computing, Parallel Computer Architecture and Accelerator Designs, Large-Scale System Architectures, Datacenter/Warehouse Computing Architecture, Machine Learning Architectures, Architectural Support for Networking, New Memory and Storage Technologies, Near-Memory Computing, Parallel I/O, Architectures for Edge Computing, Architectural Support for Reliability and Security.

4. Multidisciplinary: Innovation combining multiple disciplines, Converged HPC Cloud Edge Computing, Cross-Cutting Research (e.g., Complex Workflows Combining Data Analytics and/or AI/ML with Traditional Simulations), Use of Known Algorithms in Novel/Emerging Applications, Methodologies for Performance Portability and/or Productivity across Architectures.

5. Performance: Performance Modeling of Parallel or Distributed Computing, Performance Evaluation of Parallel or Distributed Systems; Scalability, Simulation Models, Analytical Models, Measurement-Based Evaluation.

6. Software: Systems Software, Middleware, Runtime Systems, Parallel and Distributed Programming Languages & Models, Programming Systems, Compilers, Libraries, Programming Infrastructures and Tools, Operating and Real-Time Systems, Parallel File Systems, Data Management Systems.

7. Quantum Computing: Parallel Simulators of Quantum Computers, Use of Parallel Computing for Quantum Compilation and Optimization, Co-design of Parallel- and Quantum-Computing Applications, Hybrid Parallel/Quantum Software-Development Tools.

### Submission Guidelines ###

1. Paper submissions should not exceed 10 pages (including references) and all submissions must be made electronically through the conference submission portal in PDF format printable on US letter size (8.5″ x 11″) paper. Please use the ACM format located at here. More specifically, we recommend using \documentclass[sigconf,review,anonymous]{acmart} configuration for submissions prepared in LaTex. Changes to the template (e.g., margin, font size) could lead to automatic rejection. Up to two additional pages may be subsequently purchased (if needed) for the camera-ready version. Submissions should represent original research results and cannot already be under review or accepted for publication in another venue.

2. The review process is double-anonymous, so submissions should not reveal the identity of the authors. Authors should leave out author names, affiliations, and (any) acknowledgment from the body of their submission. They should also ensure that any references to authors’ own related work should be in the third person (e.g., not “We build on our previous work ...” but rather “We build on the work of ...”). The purpose of this process is to help the Program Committee and external reviewers come to a judgment about the paper without bias, not to make it impossible for them to discover the authors if they were to try. Authors with further questions about double-anonymous reviewing are encouraged to contact the Program Chairs by email.

3. All accepted papers that are presented at the conference will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Accepted papers will also need to follow the conference registration policy to be included in the conference proceedings. We will offer rejected papers an opportunity to be forwarded to workshop organizers to be considered in one of the workshops if the authors choose to do so.

### Organizing Committee ###

** General Co-Chairs **
Wentong Cai, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Bingsheng He, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tamar Eilam, IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center, USA

** Program Co-Chairs **
Xueyan Tang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Amelie Chi Zhou, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
Suren Byna, Ohio State University, USA

** Workshop Chairs **
Quan Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Jay Lofstead, Sandia National Laboratories, USA

** Poster Chairs **
Qinbin Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China
Matthieu Dorier, Argonne National Laboratory, USA

** Demo Chairs **
Yao Chen, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jean Luca Bez, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA

** Tutorial Chairs **
Chen Wang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Chen Cheng, ByteDance, Singapore

** Finance Chair **
Jiong He, National University of Singapore, Singapore

** Proceeding Chair **
TA Nguyen Binh Duong, Singapore Management University, Singapore

** Publicity Chairs **
Rui Tan, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Jidong Zhai, Tsinghua University, China
Ayesha Afzal, Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU), Germa

** Web Chairs **
Weihao Cui, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Junyi Hou, National University of Singapore

** Track Chairs **
- Algorithms
Olivier Beaumont, INRIA, France
Giulia Guidi, Cornell University, USA
- Applications
Radu Prodan, University of Innsbruck, Austria
Nishant Saurabh, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
- Architecture
Ivy Peng, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Antonio Tumeo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA
- Multidisciplinary
Ariful Azad, Texas A&M University, USA
Helen Xu, Georgia Tech, USA
- Performance
Jidong Zhai, Tsinghua University, China
Shadi Ibrahim, INRIA, France
- Software
Rajeev Thakur, Argonne National Laboratory, USA
Tanzima Islam, Texas State University, USA
- Quantum Computing
Qiang Guan, Kent State University, USA
Bo Fang, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

### Contact ###

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the ICPP 2026 Program Committee Co-Chairs: Xueyan Tang <asx...@nt...>, Amelie Chi Zhou <ame...@co...>, and Suren Byna <by...@os...>.
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*** Call for Participation ***

The Annual ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026)

March 23-26, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus

https://iui.hosting.acm.org/2026/

(*** Early Registration Deadline: February 13, 2026 ***)


The 2026 ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (ACM IUI) is the annual premier
venue, where researchers and practitioners meet and discuss state-of-the-art advances
at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).

Ideal IUI submissions should address practical HCI challenges using machine intelligence
and discuss both computational and human-centric aspects of such methodologies,
techniques and systems.

This year we had a record number of submissions, so we have a record number of
accepted papers (114), a record number of posters and demos (53) and we hope for a
record number of participants.

Furthermore, we have 8 workshops and 5 tutorials.

Finally, the technical program will feature two keynotes, by Antonio Kruger on the role of
HCI in trusted A.I. and Pattie Maes on designing A.I. interaction for human flourishing.

The detailed program of IUI 2026 can be found on the conference website:
https://iui.acm.org/2026/program/ .

The early registration deadline is on February 13th and the registration page is:
https://iui.acm.org/2026/registration/

We are looking forward to meeting everybody in Paphos.


Organisation

General Chairs
• Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel
• Styliani Kleanthous, Open University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Local Organising Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs
• Li Chen, Hong Kong Baptist University, China
• Giulio Jacucci, University of Helsinki, Finland
• Alison Renner, Dataminr, USA

*** Last Combo Call for Workshop Papers ***

The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (AAMAS 2026)

May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/


AAMAS 2026 received 1455 full paper submissions for the Main Track, after an initial
submission of 1800 abstracts. This is by far the highest number of submissions (around
50% more than the previous highest number) in the 25 years of AAMAS.

The conference will feature the following workshops with open calls for
submission. Please visit the workshops' websites and/or contact their organisers for
more details and important dates.


2nd Workshop on AI for Critical Infrastructure and Government (AI4CNI-26)
https://sites.google.com/view/ai4cni-26/

Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) forms the backbone of modern society, yet its
increasing complexity requires increasingly autonomous operation and makes it
vulnerable to cascading failures and cyber-physical threats. The AI4CNI workshop
explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems to
enhance the efficiency, resilience, and defense of vital services like energy, transportation,
communication networks and healthcare.


18th International Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Agents (ALA)
https://alaworkshop2026.github.io/

Adaptive and Learning Agents (ALA) brings together researchers working on learning,
adaptation, and autonomous behaviour in single- and multi-agent systems. The workshop
welcomes contributions from across computer science (including reinforcement learning,
agent architectures, evolutionary computation, planning, and game theory) as as well as
from related fields such as cognitive science, biology, economics, and the social sciences.


Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS)
https://arms2026.di.unimi.it/

Robots are agents, too. Indeed, agents researchers often use robotics problems as
motivating examples. Both practical and analytical techniques developed by agents
researchers influence, and are influenced by, research in autonomous robots and multi-
robot systems. Despite the overlap between the agents and robotics research areas,
researchers from these communities only have a few opportunities to meet and interact.
The Robotics Area of Interest in the main AAMAS conference (formerly, the “Robotics
Track”) is one such opportunity. The goal of this workshop is to build on this opportunity,
offering an informal and dedicated forum where agents and robotics researchers can
interact, discuss promising research directions and open problems, and foster further
collaborations. Contributions are sought in all areas of robotics, in particular as related to
autonomous agents research. Theoretical papers are welcome, as long as they clearly
specify the connection to challenges in robotics. Empirical studies should ideally present
experiments with real robots, though physical simulation studies are also acceptable.
Papers that focus on mechanical aspects and low-level control should make an effort to
relate this work to the agents community.


7th International Workshop on Agents for Societal Impact (ASI)
https://panosd.eu/asi2026/

This workshop focuses on the design, analysis, and deployment of intelligent agents that
contribute positively to society. As AI agents become increasingly autonomous and
embedded in real-world systems, it is critical to ensure that their behavior aligns with
human values and societal goals, rather than optimizing narrowly defined technical
objectives. The workshop provides a forum to discuss how agent-based technologies can
be responsibly applied to real-world societal systems, including (but not limited to):
healthcare, education, climate, sustainability, conservation, public infrastructure, labor
markets, governance and policy design, etc. The goal is to identify new MAS problems in
societies, develop novel MAS solutions to resolve social challenges, and learn from the
real-world deployment of MAS.


14th International Workshop on Agents in Traffic and Transportation (ATT 2026)
https://sites.google.com/unimib.it/att2026/

The ATT 2026 workshop focuses on AI-driven modeling, simulation, control, and
management of large-scale traffic and transportation systems. It addresses the challenges
of distributed, autonomous, and data-rich mobility systems operating under uncertainty
and societal constraints. The workshop invites contributions on multi-agent systems,
machine learning, optimization, control, and data-centric AI approaches. Topics include
autonomous and connected vehicles, intelligent traffic control, digital twins, shared
mobility, and multi-modal transportation. Both theoretical advances and real-world
applications enabling safe, robust, and scalable intelligent transportation are welcomed.


Citizen-Centric Multi Agent Systems 2026 (C-MAS 2026)
https://sites.google.com/view/cmas2026

Join us for the C-MAS 2026 workshop, where we explore citizen-centric AI and multiagent
systems. In today’s world, large-scale AI systems hold the potential to tackle critical
societal challenges, from decarbonising our energy system to facilitating on-demand
mobility and improving disaster response. However, we often overlook the active role of
citizen end users, treating them merely as data providers and service consumers. Our
workshop aims to shift this perspective and explore innovative approaches that treat
citizen end users as primary agents with diverse needs and preferences. By doing so, we
can develop more trustworthy, fair, and widely accepted sociotechnical solutions to
pressing societal challenges.


11th Workshop on Collaboration of Humans, Agents, Robots, Machines and Sensors
(CHARMS 2026)
https://charms2026.github.io/

Cyber physical systems (CPS) are becoming more involved in the lives of humans. All
indications point to a future where many varieties of CPS and humans co-exist and, at a
minimum, must interact consistently through life’s tasks. This workshop will explore ideas
of the future to understand, discern and develop the relationship between humans and
CPS and the practical nature of software agents to facilitate the integration.


Causal Learning and Reasoning in Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (CLaRAMAS)
https://claramas-workshop.github.io/claramas2026/

CLaRAMAS aims to foster cross-disciplinary exchange and synergistic collaboration
between two complementary communities: the AAMAS community and the Causal
Learning and Reasoning (CLR) community. The overarching goal is to bridge these domains
by exploring the following open questions: How CLR techniques can enhance agent-based
decision-making? How agent-oriented perspectives can leverage the operational
deployment of CLR in real-world applications?


Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms and Ethics for Governance of Multi-
Agent Systems (COINE)
https://coin-workshop.github.io/coine-2026-paphos/

This workshop is an evolution of the COIN (Coordination, Organizations, Institutions and
Norms in Agent Systems) workshop series that ran at various conferences including
AAMAS (18 times), IJCAI (twice), AAAI in 2008 and ECAI in 2006 and 2016, and produced
17 volumes of post-proceedings in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. The
18th volume of COINE post-proceedings is in progress. In 2020, ethics was added to the
name and acronym (now COINE), and also the notion of governance of MAS was added to
the full workshop title as this is the common objective uniting the various threads of
research (coordination, organizations, etc.) undertaken. The workshop in the new format
has been held six times (2020–2025).


14th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2026)
https://w3id.org/emas/2026/

EMAS 2026 builds on the long-standing tradition of the Workshop on Engineering Multi-
Agent Systems, advancing the design, implementation, and deployment of autonomous
agents and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) through research on theories, architectures,
languages, platforms, and methodologies. To engage with emerging augmented language
models and agentic systems and build on decades of established MAS engineering
approaches, this 14th edition focuses on Hybrid Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent
Systems. We invite contributions covering the diversity of approaches to engineering
agents and MAS: submissions may focus on established or emerging approaches, as well
as hybrid approaches that integrate the two, exploring, among others, questions such as
how elements from different agent architectures can be combined to create more capable
agents, and how MAS can be designed to ensure interoperability, coordination, and
governance among heterogeneous agents.


8th International Workshop on EXplainable, Trustworthy, & Responsible AI &
Multi‑Agent Systems (EXTRAAMAS 2026)
https://extraamas.ehealth.hevs.ch/index.html

The International Workshop on EXplainable, Trustworthy, and Responsible AI and Multi-
Agent Systems (EXTRAAMAS) runs since 2019, and is a well-established workshop and
forum. It aims to discuss and disseminate research on explainable artificial intelligence,
with a particular focus on intra/inter-agent(ic) explainability and cross-disciplinary
perspectives. In its 8th edition, EXTRAAMAS 2026 identifies four particular focus topics
with the ultimate goal of strengthening cutting-edge foundational and applied research.


The 8th Games, Agents, and Incentives Workshop (GAIW-26)
https://gtep-workshops.github.io/gaiw2026/

Games, Agents and Incentives is a confederated workshop which focuses on agents and
incentives in AI. In particular, it promotes approaches that deal with game theory
(cooperative and non-cooperative), social choice, and agent-mediated e-commerce
aspects of AI systems. The confederated workshop merges multiple workshops that have
been associated with AAMAS in the past, which considered different aspects of the general
interplay between AI and economics including CoopMAS, AMEC, and EXPLORE.


27th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2026)
https://mabsworkshop.github.io/

MABS focuses on the confluence of social sciences and multi-agent systems, with a strong
application/empirical vein, and it emphasizes, (i) exploratory agent-based simulation as a
principled way of undertaking scientific research in the social sciences and (ii) using social
theories as an inspiration for new frameworks and developments in multi-agent systems.
MABS 2026 continues its tradition of fostering cross-fertilisation and innovation in MAS
engineering and complex social and sociotechnical systems modeling. The workshop
encourages submissions in areas such as simulation methodology and tools, simulation
of social and intelligent behaviour, diverse applications, and simulation analytics.


International Workshop on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems for Space
Applications (MASSpace)
https://mas-space.github.io/aamas2026ws/

This workshop aims at disseminating and sharing recent advances in the use of agent-
based and multi-agent-based models and techniques in the Space domain. Indeed, the
use of agent-based and multi-agent systems (MAS) in aerospace and space is gaining
traction, as they offer a promising approach for modeling and solving distributed,
complex and dynamic problems. Sample applications notably include multiple spacecraft
operations and maintenance, onboard-ground coordination, mission simulation, multi-
mission operation, autonomous navigation, and collective robotics.


NEurosymbolic eXplainable trUstworthy Systems (NEXUS)
https://nexus.telecom-paris.fr/

The opacity of current deep learning models is a major barrier to adoption where
accountability is essential. NEXUS focuses on neurosymbolic reasoning as a foundational
approach to building theory, applications, and tools for well-calibrated and trustworthy
autonomy. This paradigm moves beyond a narrow focus on formal logic, concerning itself
with the integration of deep and reinforcement learning algorithms with a broad spectrum
of structured knowledge.


Workshop on Optimization and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems (OptLearnMAS)
https://optlearnmas.github.io

The goal of the workshop is to provide researchers with a venue to discuss models or
techniques for tackling a variety of multi-agent optimization problems. We seek
contributions in the general area of multi-agent optimization, including distributed
optimization, coalition formation, optimization under uncertainty, winner determination
algorithms in auctions and procurements, and algorithms to compute Nash and other
equilibria in games. Of particular emphasis are contributions at the intersection of
optimization and learning. This workshop invites works from different strands of the
multi-agent systems community that pertain to the design of algorithms, models, and
techniques to deal with multi-agent optimization and learning problems or problems that
can be effectively solved by adopting a multi-agent framework.


Rebellion and Disobedience in Artificial Intelligence (RaD-AI)
https://sites.google.com/view/rad-ai/home

Should intelligent autonomous agents always obey human commands or instructions? In
some contexts, they should not. Most existing research on collaborative robots and agents
assumes that a “good” agent complies with the instructions it is given and works in a
predictable manner under the consent of the human operator(s) it serves (e.g., it should
never deceive its operator). Our RaD-AI workshop challenges this assumption; we will
reconsider the desired abilities and responsibilities of collaborative agents. For example,
these include exhibiting behavior that attempts appropriate and harm-preventing non-
compliance (e.g., safety constraints in autonomous vehicles or training LLMs to avoid
potentially harmful or norm-violating output), among others. Our agenda will include
accepted submissions that describe novel (and/or survey existing) contributions, or
propose new directions, related to RaD-AI in the context of intelligent social agents,
human-agent interaction, and their societal effects, along with invited talks and other
events. We warmly welcome participation from AAMAS-26 conference attendees!


Strategic Engineering Workshop (SE)
https://sites.google.com/view/se-aamas2026

Real-world interactions are messy; Game Theory is rigorous. Historically, connecting the
two required expensive manual modeling. “Strategic Engineering” seeks to automate this
pipeline. We ask: How can LLMs serve as architects, translating everyday scenarios into the
formal structures that Game Theory (GT) and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) require? If we can
automate the creation of the “world model”, we can unlock the full power of classical GT/
MAS reasoning for any situation. We invite submissions that fuse the generative capabilities
of LLMs with the reasoning power of GT/MAS, creating a new class of agents capable of
navigating complex, strategic environments.


Organizing Committee

AAMAS 2026 General Chairs
• Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
• John Thangarajah, RMIT University, Australia

AAMAS 2026 Program Chairs
• Chris Amato, Northeastern University, United States of America
• Louise Dennis, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

AAMAS 2026 Local Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair)
• Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Vice Chair)

*** Call for Participation ***

The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution
and Reengineering (SANER 2026)

17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/saner-2026

*** Early Registration Deadline: 13th February, 2026 (extended) ***


The IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
(SANER) is the premier event on the theory and practice of recovering information from
existing software and systems. The event explores innovative methods to extract the
many kinds of information that can be recovered from software, software engineering
documents, and systems artifacts, and examines innovative ways of using this
information in system renewal and program understanding.


INVITED SPEAKERS

Nicole Novielli and Alexander Serebrenik are the keynote speakers of SANER 2026.

More details: https://conf.researchr.org/info/saner-2026/keynotes


REGISTRATION

Registration is open. Please visit:

https://conf.researchr.org/attending/saner-2026/registration+

*** Early registration till 13th February, 2026 (extended) ***

If you have not yet registered, there is still time to register at the reduced rate.

Special rates for IEEE members and for students.

The conference organisation is able to provide visa support letters to attendees that
require visa.


VENUE

SANER 2026 is taking place in Limassol, Cyprus. St. Raphael Resort is located on one of
the most renowned beaches in Limassol, only a short coastal drive from the lively centre
of town, approximately 10 minutes away.


PROGRAM OVERVIEW

SANER 2026 workshops take place on 17th March and the main conference between
18th and 20th of March.

SANER 2026 features many tracks with talks in different areas of Software Analysis,
Evolution and Reengineering.

• Research Track (47 papers)
• Industrial Track (19 papers)
• Early Research Achievement Track (15 papers)
• Short Papers and Posters Track (19 papers)
• Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results Track (4 papers)
• Tool Demo Track (13 papers)
• Journal First Papers (18 papers)
• Registered Report Track (5 papers)

• Workshops (7 workshops)
• Tutorials (1 tutorial)


WORKSHOPS

- SQA4AI – Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence Workshop
https://sqa4ai-ws.github.io/

- Greenvolve – The Green Software Evolution Workshop
https://greenvolve.github.io/

- Fairness 2026 – 2nd International Workshop on Fairness in Software Systems
https://fairnessworkshop.github.io/

- F-TRANSFER – Facilitating Continuous Education and Training Through AI in SE
https://www.cs.ubbcluj.ro/~avescan/f-transfer-2026/

- IWBOSE 2026 – Ninth International Workshop on Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering
https://www.agile-group.org/iwbose2026/

- VST 2026 – 9th Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests
https://vstworkshop.github.io/vst2026/

- MSR4P&S 2026 – 4th International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories
Applications for Privacy and Security
https://msr4ps.github.io/


ORGANISING COMMITTEE

General Chair
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Local Organizing Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs
• Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
• Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Industrial Chairs
• Anne Etien, University of Lille, France
• Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada

ERA Chairs
• Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands
• Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Short Papers and Posters Chairs
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany

RENE Chairs
• Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece
• Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands

Workshop/Tutorial Chairs
• Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
• Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy

Journal-First Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
• Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China

Registered Report Chairs
• Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland

Tool Demo Chairs
• Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy

Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs
• Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
• Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia

Proceedings Chair
• Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan

Most Influential Paper Award Chairs
• Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece
• Michele Lanza, Software Institute - USI, Lugano, Switzerland

Sustainability Chair
• Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Financial Chair
• Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Publicity and Social Media Chair
• Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan

*** First Call for Journal First Papers ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by
ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration,
customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering.

VARIABILITY 2026 invites Journal-First presentations of papers recently published in
leading software engineering journals, including TSE, TOSEM, IST, EMSE, JSS, ASEJ, SoSyM,
and reputable open-access journals. This initiative provides authors with the opportunity
to engage directly with the VARIABILITY community, while offering attendees a richer and
more diverse program. The Journal-First papers remain published in their respective
journals, and a one-page summary will be included in the VARIABILITY 2026 proceedings
with a pointer to the original publication.


Scope

To qualify for a Journal-First presentation at VARIABILITY 2026, a paper must meet these
criteria:
• It was published on the publisher’s website between May 2024 and March 2026.
• It fits within the scope of VARIABILITY 2026, as described in the research track call
(https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers),
and can bring new insights or directions to the community.
• It presents new research results or significant extensions of prior work that have not
been presented at SPLC, VaMoS, or ICSR before.
• It has not been presented at, and is not under review for, Journal-First Tracks of other
related conferences.


How to Submit

Authors of papers that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a short proposal for
presentation. The proposal should be one page and include the following:
• Paper title, authors, extended abstract, and a link or DOI to the original journal paper.
• If the journal paper builds on or is related to previously published work (such as a poster
or tool demo), the proposal must clearly explain why it should be considered a Journal-
First paper.
• All proposals must be submitted as a PDF via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=variability2026 (Journal-First Track).
• Please upload both the proposal PDF and a ZIP file containing the original journal paper.

Accepted papers will be published in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings
published by Springer in the LNCS series. A Journal-First proposal must be at most one
page long and it must follow the Springer guidelines:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines .
By submitting your paper for inclusion in these proceedings, you acknowledge that you
and your co-authors must comply with Springer’s publications policies
(https://www.springer.com/gp/editorial-policies) including requirements related to
research integrity, copyright, and ethical standards. Any alleged violations of these
policies may be investigated by Springer and could result in corrective actions, including
withdrawal of the paper.


Evaluation and Selection

Proposals will be selected based on the quality of the publication and the journal, after
confirming that the paper fits the scope of the conference. Since the papers have already
been peer-reviewed and accepted by their journals, they will not undergo another
technical review. The goal is to include as many papers as possible in the Journal-First
Track. However, if an unusually high number of papers are received, some might not be
accepted. If needed, priority will be given to papers that best align with the conference
topics of interests and the structure of the sessions.

Conference Attendance

For each paper accepted into the Journal-First Track, at least one author must register for
the conference and attend to give the oral presentation.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission of Papers: 2 April 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 1 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026
• Author Registration: 15 July 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** First Call for Industry Track Papers ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by
ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration,
customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering.

The Industry Track of VARIABILITY 2026 offers a platform for practitioners, researchers,
and technology leaders to share practical experiences in industrial settings with reuse,
variability management, configuration, and product line engineering across software and
systems. Building on the industrial tracks of SPLC, VaMoS, and ICSR, this track bridges
research and practice by showcasing how variability, reuse, and product line strategies are
being applied and developed in today’s fast-changing industrial environments.

Software systems are becoming increasingly configurable, data-driven, and AI-enabled
(e.g., using foundation models), while also integrating advanced technologies such as
quantum computing. This growing complexity calls for balancing flexibility, reuse, and
quality amid pressures from emerging technologies and sustainability objectives. The
Industry Track welcomes submissions that demonstrate how these challenges are
addressed in real-world settings, whether through success stories, lessons learned, or
reflections on failures that yielded valuable insights.

We especially encourage submissions that demonstrate how variability management,
reuse, and configuration approaches are being applied or reimagined in industrial settings,
including through AI, digital twins, large language (LLMs) and foundation models, quantum
computing, and cyber-physical systems.

The industry track aims to:
• Showcase practical experiences from industrial settings using variability, reuse, or
configuration techniques.
• Exchange insights between industry practitioners and researchers.
• Identify new industrial challenges and opportunities for future research collaboration.
• Share tools, processes, or organizational approaches that improve adaptability,
scalability, and efficiency.


Topics of Interest

We welcome experience reports, case studies, and position papers on any of the topics
covered by the VARIABILITY conference. The detailed list of topics can be found on the
conference website (https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers).

In addition to these topics, the industry track welcomes papers also on:

Industrial Applications
• Variability and reuse in AI, cyber-physical systems, robotics, automotive, aerospace,
quantum computing, etc.
• Sustainable technologies for variation and sustainable software reuse approaches
• Human, organizational, and social aspects of variable systems and software
• Industrial case studies and lessons learned


Submission Guidelines

Paper Types
We invite the following types of submissions:

• Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Presenting experiences from the
application of reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering
approaches, preferably in an industrial context. Submissions should provide a clear
context for the problem, outline requirements or practical experiences in addressing it,
evaluate benefits and drawbacks or other lessons learned, and highlight the innovation or
value of the contribution.

• Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Describing early results from new
reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering across
software and systems applications.

• Extended Abstracts (up to 1 page): A proposal for presentation during the conference.
The extended abstract will not be published.

Formatting
Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to:
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details:
https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v17

Submission Link
Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the industry track:
https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026

Paper Originality, Single-Blind Policy, Reviewing
All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be single-
anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based
on their relevance, rigor, transparency, novelty, and presentation. Accepted papers will
appear in the VARIABILITY 2026 Proceedings which will be published as a Springer LNCS
volume.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission of Papers: 8 June 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 8 July 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026
• Author Registration: 15 July 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** First Call for Project Showcases ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,
and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina
Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026


The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by
ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration,
customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering. As part of this
mission, VARIABILITY 2026 invites submissions to its Project Showcase Track, a forum
dedicated to presenting ongoing or recently completed research projects.

The track offers a stage for research teams to share their vision, goals, early outcomes,
intermediate results, final achievements, and lessons learned from funded projects of all
scales, including collaborative research centers, EU projects, and nationally or regionally
funded initiatives. The goal is to encourage interaction, foster collaboration opportunities,
and help disseminate project insights to the broader community.


Objectives and Scope

We welcome submissions on research projects that address reuse, product lines, and
variable/configurable software systems. A list of research topics that are relevant for this
track is available from the call for the papers for the VARIABILITY 2026 Research Track, at:
https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers

Submissions are expected to describe ongoing or recently completed research projects
within this scope. This track is not intended for publishing mature research results.
Instead, it focuses on project summaries and overviews, highlighting goals, structure,
challenges, insights, and project level impact.

Examples of suitable submissions include:
• Ongoing projects focusing on goals, challenges, methodology, or early findings
• Recently completed projects summarizing outcomes, evidence, and impact
• Large scale, collaborative, or multi partner efforts, where visibility and networking are
beneficial
• Smaller or emerging projects that would benefit from early feedback and exposure

PhD thesis projects are not in scope for this track. We warmly encourage PhD candidates to
submit their work to the VARIABILITY 2026 Doctoral Symposium.


Submission Format

• Length: 7 to 10 pages, excluding references
• Format: LNCS (Springer), single blind submissions

Each submission will receive feedback from three reviewers.
All submissions must adhere to the LNCS (Springer) format. Please refer to the official
LNCS template at
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines .

Submissions must be in PDF format and submitted via EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=variability2026 (Select “Projects Showcase
Track”).


Presentation and Publication

Accepted papers will appear in the VARIABILITY 2026 Companion Proceedings published
by Springer in the LNCS series. Accepted submissions will receive a presentation slot. At
least one author of each accepted paper must:

• Register for the full conference, and
• Present the contribution at the event


Evaluation Criteria

Submissions will be evaluated on:
• Relevance to the conference scope
• Clarity of project goals, context, and contributions
• Potential for impact, collaboration, reuse, or technology transfer
• Value for discussion and interaction at the conference

The focus is on clarity, relevance, and value to the community rather than scientific
novelty.


Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission of Papers: 1 June 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: 21 June 2026
• Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026
• Author Registration: 15 July 2026


Organisation

General Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs
• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs
• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs
• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France
• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs
• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs
• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark
• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs
• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden
• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs
• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany
• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland
• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs
• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain
• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs
• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands
• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Proceedings Chair
• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs
• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA
• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** Fifth Call for Contributions ***

39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
(CBMS 2026)

June 3-5 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus

https://2026.cbms-conference.org


Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based
medical systems, and one of the main conferences in the fields of medical informatics and
biomedical informatics. CBMS allows the exchange of ideas and technologies between
academic and industrial scientists. The scientific program of IEEE CBMS 2026 will consist
of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by
an international program committee, as well as, keynote talks and tutorials given by
leading experts in their fields. The CBMS 2026 edition also aims to host high-quality
papers about industry and real case applications as well as allow researchers leading
international projects to show to the scientific community the main aims, goals, and
results of their projects. We solicit submissions on previously unpublished research work.


CALL FOR PAPERS

Example areas include but are not limited to:
• Active and Healthy Ageing System
• Analytics and solutions in Public Health
• Artificial intelligence in healthcare
• Big Data Analytics in Healthcare
• Bioinformatics
• Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Machine Vision
• Cognitive Computing in Healthcare
• Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare (CSCW)
• Databases and blockchain in Medicine or Healthcare
• Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine or Healthcare
• Decision Support and Recommendation Systems in Medicine or Healthcare
• Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models
• e-Health
• Ethics in the application of ICT to biomedicine
• Explainable AI for Decision Support
• Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Healthcare
• Knowledge Representation in Medicine or Healthcare
• m-Health
• Medical education using ICT
• Medical Robotics, Intelligent Medical Devices, and Smart Technologies
• Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality
• Multimodality Data Analysis
• Network and Telemedicine Systems
• Pervasive Computing for Wearables
• Privacy and Security in Healthcare
• Radiomics and Radiogenomics
• Serious Games for Healthcare
• Software Systems in Medicine
• Technology in Clinical and Healthcare Services Research
• Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information

Special Tracks
CBMS 2026 will also feature a number of special tracks:

• Green-Aware Artificial Intelligence for Network and Text Mining in Computational
Biology and Medicine
https://sites.google.com/unicz.it/greenai-nettext/

Multimodal Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare
https://sites.google.com/view/maih2026/home

GEAI4ND — Generalizable & Explainable AI for the Care Continuum of Neurodegenerative
Disease
http://geai4nd-cbms2026.conf.uoi.gr/

Interoperability and Federated Analytics in Biomedical Data Using OMOP CDM
https://bioinformatics-ua.github.io/ieee-cbms-st-IFABD/

Network Medicine
https://medal.ctb.upm.es/CBMS26_ST_NM.html

Image Processing and Machine Vision for Intelligent Healthcare
https://sites.google.com/view/2026-cbms-impvih

Artificial Intelligence for Inclusion, Accessibility and Well-Being of Vulnerable Populations
https://www.uco.es/kdis/cbms-2026/

Synthetic Healthcare Data Generation and Clinical Decision Support
https://is-innovation.eu/CBMS2026/search-workshop.htm

Computational Intelligence in Medical Imaging (CIMI)
https://sites.google.com/view/cbms/cbms-cimi

Management and Quality of Data Lifecycle in Health and Medicine
https://raise-suite.eu/management-and-quality-of-data-lifecycle-in-health-and-medicine/

Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to the general track or one
of the special tracks if relevant. Please see the submission guidelines for further details.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted papers (Regular, Short, and Posters) will be included in
the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in
proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the
conference by one of the authors.

Type of Submissions
Each contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, whose
template is available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates .

The authors may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates. CBMS 2026 accepts three
types of submissions:
• Regular papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 6 pages, but it is possible
to extend the paper length up to 8 pages by paying for each extra page. Check fees for
more information.
• Short papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 4 pages and no less than 3
pages, not being possible to extend the paper length. The duration of the oral
presentation of short posters will be less than regular ones.
• Posters: The length of the contribution is limited to 2 pages. Poster papers will be
included in the proceedings but won’t include oral presentations during the conference.
The authors of a poster also need to prepare a real poster to be shown during the
conference. For presentation purposes at the conference, the authors must prepare the
poster in portrait format. The accepted dimensions are 60 (width) x 80 (length).


CALL FOR SHOWCASE / RESEARCH PROJECTS

CBMS 2026 will have a special showcase/research projects track session, where we invite
(a) scientific papers, (b) demonstrations/posters and (c) research-projects descriptions.

Scientific papers: We invite papers (not exceeding 6 pages in length), describing innovative
computer-based medical devices or software applications, including practical experiences
with such innovations. The papers should be scholarly articles presenting scientific
methods, measurements, and experiments. Marketing and sales materials will not be
accepted. These papers will be evaluated based on practicality, innovation, scientific rigor,
value of the device or application to users, and novelty. They will be published in the
proceedings of the conference along with the other papers under this track.

Examples of such papers could include but are not limited to:
• Computer-based medical devices that have technical/scientific novelty
• Computer-based medical applications intended for or recently introduced in the field
• Novel uses of traditional equipment in practice
• Experience papers based on use and data from the field
• Insightful measurement-based analysis of computer-based medical systems from the
field
• Novel analysis providing new insights from data collected from the field
• New and practical data analytics useful in practice
• Real deployments of AI solutions in medicine

Demonstrations: A demonstration is more appropriate if the value can be better expressed
with a demonstration rather than in a full-length paper. The topics for the demonstration
papers are the same as the scientific for this track. Please submit a proposal of your
demonstration with a limit of two pages.

Research projects/initiatives: CBMS aims in this edition to receive submissions about
research or innovation projects funded by, mainly, competitive calls to present their
project. We foresee to receive submissions which include details about the project goals,
consortium and results (expected and any tentative result obtained so far). Only projects
funded by competitive calls or with strong potential interest for the community will be
considered. International projects organized in a consortium of several countries will have
preference.

Submissions in this context should be a one/two-pages document with at least the
following information:
• Project/initiative title
• Description
• Participant entities
• Project goals
• Funding agency (when applies) or agencies
• Results obtained so far (publications, patents, ...)

The contribution must be prepared following the regular paper. The length of the
contribution must be between 4 and 6 pages.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted contributions will be included in the conference
proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is
conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of
the authors.


CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The Doctoral Consortium for CBMS 2026 will provide an opportunity for PhD students to
present their research plans or their preliminary work in an informal and supportive
atmosphere. The PhD students will be able to discuss the problems that their PhDs are
addressing, any preliminary results, and their future plans. The DC will offer them an
opportunity to discuss any problems that they have come up against, and gain valuable
advice and constructive feedback from experienced researchers in the field.The Doctoral
Consortium will involve presentations by participating PhD students (selected by the
Doctoral Consortium chairs) as well as a number of invited talks / tutorials on different
related topics in the field.

Submissions
Doctoral Consortium submissions should focus specifically on a PhD thesis or subsection
of a thesis. To apply for participation at CBMS 2026 Doctoral Consortium, please submit a
research plan on a topic related to the areas covered in the general call for papers for the
conference. Each submission should be in the same format as the main conference papers
except it should consist of approximately 3-5 pages describing your research work.

In particular:
• Title and author
• The research problem that your PhD addresses
• Your planned approach and methods for solving the problem
• How your approach compares to other known approaches
• Any preliminary results or expected results
• Future plans and directions with specific questions

Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below).

Doctoral Consortium papers/contributions will be included in the proceedings in a specific
“Doctoral Consortium” section.


SUBMISSION LINK FOR ALL TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026
Please choose the track that best fits for your submitted paper.


OTHER INFORMATION

For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org .


IMPORTANT DATES (all types of contributions)

• Submission Deadline: February 20, 2026 (AoE)
• Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026
• Camera-Ready Due: April 24, 2026 (AoE)


ORGANIZATION

CBMS SC Chair
• Rosa Sicilia, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

General Chairs
• Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs
• Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
• Andreas S. Panayides, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus

Publication Chairs
• Sameer K. Antani, National Library of Medicine & National Institutes Of Health, USA
• Bridget Kana, Karlstad University, Sweden

Special Tracks Chairs
• Pietro Cinaglia, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Showcase / Research Projects Chair
• Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy

Doctoral Consortium Chair
• Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA

Sponsorship Chair
• KC Santosh, University of South Dakota, USA

Local Organizing and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

*** First Combo Call for Workshop Papers ***

The 25th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent
Systems (AAMAS 2026)

May 25-29, 2026, 5* Coral Beach Hotel & Resort, Paphos, Cyprus

https://cyprusconferences.org/aamas2026/


AAMAS 2026 received 1455 full paper submissions for the Main Track, after an initial
submission of 1800 abstracts. This is by far the highest number of submissions (around
50% more than the previous highest number) in the 25 years of AAMAS.

The conference will feature the following workshops with open calls for
submission. Please visit the workshops' websites and/or contact their organisers for
more details and important dates.


2nd Workshop on AI for Critical Infrastructure and Government (AI4CNI-26)
https://sites.google.com/view/ai4cni-26/

Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) forms the backbone of modern society, yet its
increasing complexity requires increasingly autonomous operation and makes it
vulnerable to cascading failures and cyber-physical threats. The AI4CNI workshop
explores the transformative potential of artificial intelligence and multi-agent systems to
enhance the efficiency, resilience, and defense of vital services like energy, transportation,
communication networks and healthcare.


18th International Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Agents (ALA)
https://alaworkshop2026.github.io/

Adaptive and Learning Agents (ALA) brings together researchers working on learning,
adaptation, and autonomous behaviour in single- and multi-agent systems. The workshop
welcomes contributions from across computer science (including reinforcement learning,
agent architectures, evolutionary computation, planning, and game theory) as as well as
from related fields such as cognitive science, biology, economics, and the social sciences.


Autonomous Robots and Multirobot Systems (ARMS)
https://arms2026.di.unimi.it/

Robots are agents, too. Indeed, agents researchers often use robotics problems as
motivating examples. Both practical and analytical techniques developed by agents
researchers influence, and are influenced by, research in autonomous robots and multi-
robot systems. Despite the overlap between the agents and robotics research areas,
researchers from these communities only have a few opportunities to meet and interact.
The Robotics Area of Interest in the main AAMAS conference (formerly, the “Robotics
Track”) is one such opportunity. The goal of this workshop is to build on this opportunity,
offering an informal and dedicated forum where agents and robotics researchers can
interact, discuss promising research directions and open problems, and foster further
collaborations. Contributions are sought in all areas of robotics, in particular as related to
autonomous agents research. Theoretical papers are welcome, as long as they clearly
specify the connection to challenges in robotics. Empirical studies should ideally present
experiments with real robots, though physical simulation studies are also acceptable.
Papers that focus on mechanical aspects and low-level control should make an effort to
relate this work to the agents community.


7th International Workshop on Agents for Societal Impact (ASI)
https://panosd.eu/asi2026/

This workshop focuses on the design, analysis, and deployment of intelligent agents that
contribute positively to society. As AI agents become increasingly autonomous and
embedded in real-world systems, it is critical to ensure that their behavior aligns with
human values and societal goals, rather than optimizing narrowly defined technical
objectives. The workshop provides a forum to discuss how agent-based technologies can
be responsibly applied to real-world societal systems, including (but not limited to):
healthcare, education, climate, sustainability, conservation, public infrastructure, labor
markets, governance and policy design, etc. The goal is to identify new MAS problems in
societies, develop novel MAS solutions to resolve social challenges, and learn from the
real-world deployment of MAS.


14th International Workshop on Agents in Traffic and Transportation (ATT 2026)
https://sites.google.com/unimib.it/att2026/

The ATT 2026 workshop focuses on AI-driven modeling, simulation, control, and
management of large-scale traffic and transportation systems. It addresses the challenges
of distributed, autonomous, and data-rich mobility systems operating under uncertainty
and societal constraints. The workshop invites contributions on multi-agent systems,
machine learning, optimization, control, and data-centric AI approaches. Topics include
autonomous and connected vehicles, intelligent traffic control, digital twins, shared
mobility, and multi-modal transportation. Both theoretical advances and real-world
applications enabling safe, robust, and scalable intelligent transportation are welcomed.


Citizen-Centric Multi Agent Systems 2026 (C-MAS 2026)
https://sites.google.com/view/cmas2026

Join us for the C-MAS 2026 workshop, where we explore citizen-centric AI and multiagent
systems. In today’s world, large-scale AI systems hold the potential to tackle critical
societal challenges, from decarbonising our energy system to facilitating on-demand
mobility and improving disaster response. However, we often overlook the active role of
citizen end users, treating them merely as data providers and service consumers. Our
workshop aims to shift this perspective and explore innovative approaches that treat
citizen end users as primary agents with diverse needs and preferences. By doing so, we
can develop more trustworthy, fair, and widely accepted sociotechnical solutions to
pressing societal challenges.


11th Workshop on Collaboration of Humans, Agents, Robots, Machines and Sensors
(CHARMS 2026)
https://charms2026.github.io/

Cyber physical systems (CPS) are becoming more involved in the lives of humans. All
indications point to a future where many varieties of CPS and humans co-exist and, at a
minimum, must interact consistently through life’s tasks. This workshop will explore ideas
of the future to understand, discern and develop the relationship between humans and
CPS and the practical nature of software agents to facilitate the integration.


Causal Learning and Reasoning in Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (CLaRAMAS)
https://claramas-workshop.github.io/claramas2026/

CLaRAMAS aims to foster cross-disciplinary exchange and synergistic collaboration
between two complementary communities: the AAMAS community and the Causal
Learning and Reasoning (CLR) community. The overarching goal is to bridge these domains
by exploring the following open questions: How CLR techniques can enhance agent-based
decision-making? How agent-oriented perspectives can leverage the operational
deployment of CLR in real-world applications?


Coordination, Organizations, Institutions, Norms and Ethics for Governance of Multi-
Agent Systems (COINE)
https://coin-workshop.github.io/coine-2026-paphos/

This workshop is an evolution of the COIN (Coordination, Organizations, Institutions and
Norms in Agent Systems) workshop series that ran at various conferences including
AAMAS (18 times), IJCAI (twice), AAAI in 2008 and ECAI in 2006 and 2016, and produced
17 volumes of post-proceedings in Springer’s Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence. The
18th volume of COINE post-proceedings is in progress. In 2020, ethics was added to the
name and acronym (now COINE), and also the notion of governance of MAS was added to
the full workshop title as this is the common objective uniting the various threads of
research (coordination, organizations, etc.) undertaken. The workshop in the new format
has been held six times (2020–2025).


14th International Workshop on Engineering Multi-Agent Systems (EMAS 2026)
https://w3id.org/emas/2026/

EMAS 2026 builds on the long-standing tradition of the Workshop on Engineering Multi-
Agent Systems, advancing the design, implementation, and deployment of autonomous
agents and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) through research on theories, architectures,
languages, platforms, and methodologies. To engage with emerging augmented language
models and agentic systems and build on decades of established MAS engineering
approaches, this 14th edition focuses on Hybrid Agent Architectures and Multi-Agent
Systems. We invite contributions covering the diversity of approaches to engineering
agents and MAS: submissions may focus on established or emerging approaches, as well
as hybrid approaches that integrate the two, exploring, among others, questions such as
how elements from different agent architectures can be combined to create more capable
agents, and how MAS can be designed to ensure interoperability, coordination, and
governance among heterogeneous agents.


8th International Workshop on EXplainable, Trustworthy, & Responsible AI &
Multi‑Agent Systems (EXTRAAMAS 2026)
https://extraamas.ehealth.hevs.ch/index.html

The International Workshop on EXplainable, Trustworthy, and Responsible AI and Multi-
Agent Systems (EXTRAAMAS) runs since 2019, and is a well-established workshop and
forum. It aims to discuss and disseminate research on explainable artificial intelligence,
with a particular focus on intra/inter-agent(ic) explainability and cross-disciplinary
perspectives. In its 8th edition, EXTRAAMAS 2026 identifies four particular focus topics
with the ultimate goal of strengthening cutting-edge foundational and applied research.


The 8th Games, Agents, and Incentives Workshop (GAIW-26)
https://gtep-workshops.github.io/gaiw2026/

Games, Agents and Incentives is a confederated workshop which focuses on agents and
incentives in AI. In particular, it promotes approaches that deal with game theory
(cooperative and non-cooperative), social choice, and agent-mediated e-commerce
aspects of AI systems. The confederated workshop merges multiple workshops that have
been associated with AAMAS in the past, which considered different aspects of the general
interplay between AI and economics including CoopMAS, AMEC, and EXPLORE.


27th International Workshop on Multi-Agent-Based Simulation (MABS 2026)
https://mabsworkshop.github.io/

MABS focuses on the confluence of social sciences and multi-agent systems, with a strong
application/empirical vein, and it emphasizes, (i) exploratory agent-based simulation as a
principled way of undertaking scientific research in the social sciences and (ii) using social
theories as an inspiration for new frameworks and developments in multi-agent systems.
MABS 2026 continues its tradition of fostering cross-fertilisation and innovation in MAS
engineering and complex social and sociotechnical systems modeling. The workshop
encourages submissions in areas such as simulation methodology and tools, simulation
of social and intelligent behaviour, diverse applications, and simulation analytics.


International Workshop on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems for Space
Applications (MASSpace)
https://mas-space.github.io/aamas2026ws/

This workshop aims at disseminating and sharing recent advances in the use of agent-
based and multi-agent-based models and techniques in the Space domain. Indeed, the
use of agent-based and multi-agent systems (MAS) in aerospace and space is gaining
traction, as they offer a promising approach for modeling and solving distributed,
complex and dynamic problems. Sample applications notably include multiple spacecraft
operations and maintenance, onboard-ground coordination, mission simulation, multi-
mission operation, autonomous navigation, and collective robotics.


NEurosymbolic eXplainable trUstworthy Systems (NEXUS)
https://nexus.telecom-paris.fr/

The opacity of current deep learning models is a major barrier to adoption where
accountability is essential. NEXUS focuses on neurosymbolic reasoning as a foundational
approach to building theory, applications, and tools for well-calibrated and trustworthy
autonomy. This paradigm moves beyond a narrow focus on formal logic, concerning itself
with the integration of deep and reinforcement learning algorithms with a broad spectrum
of structured knowledge.


Workshop on Optimization and Learning in Multi-Agent Systems (OptLearnMAS)
https://optlearnmas.github.io

The goal of the workshop is to provide researchers with a venue to discuss models or
techniques for tackling a variety of multi-agent optimization problems. We seek
contributions in the general area of multi-agent optimization, including distributed
optimization, coalition formation, optimization under uncertainty, winner determination
algorithms in auctions and procurements, and algorithms to compute Nash and other
equilibria in games. Of particular emphasis are contributions at the intersection of
optimization and learning. This workshop invites works from different strands of the
multi-agent systems community that pertain to the design of algorithms, models, and
techniques to deal with multi-agent optimization and learning problems or problems that
can be effectively solved by adopting a multi-agent framework.


Rebellion and Disobedience in Artificial Intelligence (RaD-AI)
https://sites.google.com/view/rad-ai/home

Should intelligent autonomous agents always obey human commands or instructions? In
some contexts, they should not. Most existing research on collaborative robots and agents
assumes that a “good” agent complies with the instructions it is given and works in a
predictable manner under the consent of the human operator(s) it serves (e.g., it should
never deceive its operator). Our RaD-AI workshop challenges this assumption; we will
reconsider the desired abilities and responsibilities of collaborative agents. For example,
these include exhibiting behavior that attempts appropriate and harm-preventing non-
compliance (e.g., safety constraints in autonomous vehicles or training LLMs to avoid
potentially harmful or norm-violating output), among others. Our agenda will include
accepted submissions that describe novel (and/or survey existing) contributions, or
propose new directions, related to RaD-AI in the context of intelligent social agents,
human-agent interaction, and their societal effects, along with invited talks and other
events. We warmly welcome participation from AAMAS-26 conference attendees!


Strategic Engineering Workshop (SE)
https://sites.google.com/view/se-aamas2026

Real-world interactions are messy; Game Theory is rigorous. Historically, connecting the
two required expensive manual modeling. “Strategic Engineering” seeks to automate this
pipeline. We ask: How can LLMs serve as architects, translating everyday scenarios into the
formal structures that Game Theory (GT) and Multi-Agent Systems (MAS) require? If we can
automate the creation of the “world model”, we can unlock the full power of classical GT/
MAS reasoning for any situation. We invite submissions that fuse the generative capabilities
of LLMs with the reasoning power of GT/MAS, creating a new class of agents capable of
navigating complex, strategic environments.


Organizing Committee

AAMAS 2026 General Chairs
• Viviana Mascardi, University of Genova, Italy
• John Thangarajah, RMIT University, Australia

AAMAS 2026 Program Chairs
• Chris Amato, Northeastern University, United States of America
• Louise Dennis, University of Manchester, United Kingdom

AAMAS 2026 Local Chairs
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Chair)
• Panayiotis Kolios, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (Vice Chair)