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Special Issue on
*Sustainability and Innovation in Creative Industries and Design*
Call for Papers -> link
<https://ixdea.org/sustainability-and-innovation-in-creative-industries-and-…>
to be published at the
/*Interaction Design and Architecture(s) Journal (IxD&A)*/
(ISSN 1826-9745, eISSN 2283-2998)
https://ixdea.org/https://doi.org/10.55612/s-5002-000
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# Ali Alraouf, Hamed bin Khalifa University, Qatar
# Fatma Al Aamri, University of Technology and Applie
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* Submission deadline: *February 20th, 2026*
* Notification to the authors: May 15th, 2026
* Camera ready paper: June 15th, 2026
* Publication of the special issue: Summer 2026 (tentative)
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*Overview*
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This special issue is concerned with the interconnection between
sustainability, innovation, and design practices, in particular for
creative industries. It calls for papers that address design
methodologies as fundamental to sustainable innovation, not only in
products and services but also in education and cultural change. We
welcome interdisciplinary perspectives that explore how creative
industries can lead the way in mainstreaming sustainability through
methodological rigor and pedagogical innovation. Contributions should
critically examine how design thinking and educational frameworks can
foster sustainable transformation across diverse cultural and
technological contexts.
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*Topics of Interest*
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We invite a broad range of researchers to address both theoretical and
practical issues around democratic technology design, including
conceptual papers, methodological innovations, empirical case studies,
design exemplars, and critical reflections.
Submissions may address (but are not limited to) the following themes:
• Sustainable design practices and design thinking as catalysts for
innovation
• Education and training for sustainable design and innovation
• Community-driven and participatory design for sustainability
• The role of digital technologies in enabling sustainable creative
practices and design methodologies.
• Metrics and evaluation frameworks for sustainability in design
methodologies and education.
• Cross-cultural perspectives on sustainability and innovation in design
education
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All submissions (abstracts and later final manuscripts) must be original
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The manuscripts should be submitted either in .doc or in .rtf format.
All papers will be blindly peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers.
Authors are invited to submit 8-30 pages paper (including authors'
information, abstract, all tables, figures, references, etc.).
The paper should be written according to the IxD&A authors' guidelines
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(Please upload all submissions using the Submission page.
When submitting the paper, please, choose the section:
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More information on the submission procedure and on the characteristics
of the paper format can be found on the website of the IxD&A Journal
where information on the copyright policy and responsibility of authors,
publication ethics and malpractice are published.
For scientific advice and queries, please contact the IxD&A scientific
editor marking the subject as: /SI: Sustainability and Innovation in
Creative Industries and Design/
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18th International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces (AVI) 2026
Interactive Creativity: Agencies, Interfaces, and Ethics
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8-12 June 2026
Venice, Italy
http://unive.it/avi2026 <http://unive.it/avi2026>
In-Cooperation with ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB
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IMPORTANT DATES
Long and Short Papers:
- Abstract submission: January 18, 2026
- Paper submission: January 25, 2026
(all deadlines are 23:59, AoE)
Submission webpage: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=avi2026 <https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=avi2026>
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LONG AND SHORT RESEARCH PAPERS
We invite submissions of high-quality original research papers that explore the intersections
of Advanced Visual Interfaces and Human-Computer Interaction in general.
We are particularly interested in work addressing creativity from multiple critical
perspectives, including agency, interfaces, and ethics, in relation to the themes and topics of
AVI 2026.
Both long and short submissions must describe original, unpublished research. All papers
will undergo rigorous peer review by a distinguished international panel of experts.
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SUBMISSION
Long and short papers must be anonymized, removing information (such as authorship, acknowledgments, name of an application, software, or project) that can suggest the authors' identity.
Citation to authors' previous work should not be anonymous and should be in third person in the text, e.g., "As described by [10]" and not "As described in our previous work [10]”.
All paper submissions must be prepared in English, and authors are required to use the ACM single-column submission template and the Easy Chair system for all submissions.
Page limits are as follows:
• Long Papers: A maximum of 8 pages(*) for long papers, +1 page for references
• Short Papers: A maximum of 4 pages(*) for short papers, +1 page for references
(*) page limit is in terms of double column format.
Submission information (e.g., submission template and system) is available on the AVI 2026 website: https://www.unive.it/web/en/16576/long-and-short-research-papers <https://www.unive.it/avi2026>
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PROCEEDINGS AND ACM OPEN-ACCESS PUBLISHING MODEL
All accepted papers are included in the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS)
published by ACM Press and available in the ACM Digital Library.
**Important note to authors about ACM’s new open access publishing model**
ACM has introduced a new open access publishing model for the ICPS Series.
Authors based at institutions that are not yet part of the ACM Open program and do not qualify for a
full geographic waiver will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish
their ICPS article in the ACM Digital Library. To determine whether or not an APC will be
applicable to your article, please follow the detailed guidance here:
https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance <https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance>.
Further information may be found on the ACM website, as follows:
Full details of the new ICPS publishing model: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq <https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq>
Full details of the ACM Open program: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess <https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess>
Please direct all questions about the new model to icps-info(a)acm.org <mailto:icps-info@acm.org>.
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PAPER CHAIRS AND CONTACTS
Long Paper Chairs:
Maria Paloma Diaz Perez, Carlos III University, Madrid
Alessandra Melonio, Ca' Foscari University of Venice
Contact: avi2026long(a)easychair.org <mailto:avi2026long@easychair.org>
Short Paper Chairs:
Luigi De Russis, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy
María Menéndez Blanco, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Contact: avi2026short(a)easychair.org <mailto:avi2026short@easychair.org>
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DESCRIPTION
Since its first edition in 1992, AVI has become an influential space for encounters among
scholars and practitioners interested in interfaces, interactions, and experiences. Rooted in
pioneering research on visual interfaces characterized by a distinctive attention to the human
factor, the conference has evolved across the different waves of Human-Computer
Interaction. It has addressed the pragmatic and hedonic needs of heterogeneous groups of
users up to the current challenge of self-actualization. Creativity is a core behavior that leads
to the realization of a person’s full potential, and the explosion of generative AI presents both
opportunities and challenges to human creativity. They address fundamental issues related
to agencies, interfaces, and ethics.
AVI 2026 will take place in San Servolo, a small island in Venice. This delicate and fragile
ecosystem provides the ideal venue for reflecting, reframing, and speculating about creative
solutions to more sustainable, inclusive and rewarding technological futures. AVI is an
International Conference considering the nationality of participants, authors, and organizing
committees. However, it has always taken place in Italy, thus complementing a strong and
diverse research program with carefully selected cultural and social activities alongside a
distinct sense of hospitality and conviviality.
The conference is held under the patronage of the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy.
We look forward to your participation in AVI 2026!
Antonella De Angeli, AVI 2026 General Co-Chair
Albrecht Schmidt, AVI 2026 General Co-Chair
Rosella Gennari, AVI 2026 Program Co-Chair
Fabio Pittarello, AVI 2026 Program Co-Chair
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MAIN THEMES AND TOPICS
Themes and topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
/ Theme: Interaction Paradigms and Modalities /
Brain-Computer Interaction
Embodied and Tangible Interaction
Material-Centric Interaction
Information Visualization
Screen-based Interaction
Interfaces for Sound and Music
Multi-sensory Interaction
Multimodal Interaction
/ Theme: Interaction Spaces /
Augmented Reality
Cross Reality
Virtual Reality
Interaction between Black-Boxes
Dynamic Physical Environments
Natural Environments
Urban Places
/ Theme: Human-System Interaction /
Adaptive and Context-Aware Interfaces
Affective Interfaces
Human-Robot Interaction
Intelligent Interfaces
Interfaces and Recommender Systems
/ Theme: Ecosystems of People, Groups and Societies /
Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
Learning Ecosystems
Game and Play Ecosystems
Social Interaction and Cooperation Systems
/ Theme: Values and Moral Principles /
Beyond Human Interaction
Critical Computing
Critical Data Science
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Responsible Design
/ Theme: Applications /
Cultural Heritage and Digital Humanities
End User Development
AI and Creativity
Human Factors in Security Systems
Health, Well-being, and Self-Actualization
Training and Learning Systems
Industry 5.0
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AVI 2026 COMMITTEES
See http://www.unive.it/avi2026 <http://www.unive.it/avi2026>
Alessandra Melonio, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Environmental Sciences, Informatics and Statistics
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice
alessandra.melonio(a)unive.it
*** 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)
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*3rd IEEE International Workshop on the Musical Metaverse*
*Cannes, France, 29th October 2026*
https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/satellite-events
*Call for papers and demos*
The so-called Metaverse relates to a vision of a virtual, digital world
which is parallel to the real, physical world, where each user owns and
interacts through his/her own avatar. Music is one of the possible
activities that can be conducted in such a space. The “Musical Metaverse”,
the metaverse part which is dedicated to musical activities, is currently
in its infancy, although is a concept that is constantly evolving and is
progressing at a steady pace. The Musical Metaverse is an emerging topic in
communications as well as in human-computer interaction. To date, scarce
research has been conducted on how to integrate networking systems with
Musical XR systems.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together academics, artists and
industry representatives to investigate and advance the development of
systems at the confluence of Musical XR and networking, as well as the
understanding of human perception in immersive, networked contexts.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following areas:
- Musical XR systems for networked interactions
- Multisensory systems for the Musical Metaverse
- WebXR-based musical systems
- Networking for the Musical Metaverse
- Digital twins for musical applications
- Multi-user interactions in Musical XR
- Hardware systems for the Musical Metaverse
- Performance, composition and pedagogy in the Musical Metaverse
- Virtual/augmented reality musical instruments
- Design frameworks for the Musical Metaverse
- Experimental results of prototype/testbed for Musical Metaverse
applications
- Ultra-reliable low-latency communications
- 5G/6G architectures leveraging slicing and Multi-access Edge Computing
- Blockchain and NFTs applications for the Musical Metaverse
- Standardization activities for the Musical Metaverse
- Security and privacy in the Musical Metaverse
- Ethical, accessibility and sustainability aspects of the Musical
Metaverse
- Brain-Computer Interfaces for the Musical Metaverse
We consider contributions in the form of full papers (min 5 pages, max 10
pages), poster papers (4 pages), or a demo proposal (max 2 pages). We
encourage the submission of work in progress as well as more mature work.
For music submissions please refer to the call of the main IEEE IS2 2026
event:
https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/pages/call-music-per…
*Activities*
Besides the presentations of the accepted contributions (papers, posters,
demos), the program of the workshop is planned to include a tutorial, a
keynote and a panel with experts from both academia and industry.
*Awards*
The Organizing Committee will select the winners for the Best Paper, Best
Student Paper, and Best Demo awards. To be eligible for the Best Student
Paper award, the presenting and first author of the paper must be a
full-time student.
*Venue*
The workshop is a satellite event of the 7th IEEE International Symposium
on the Internet of Sounds (IEEE IS2 2026:
https://internetofsounds2026.ieee-internetofsounds.org/), which will be
hosted in the city of Cannes, France, and will take place between the 28th
and 30th of October 2026. The workshop as well as the main Symposium will
be held in hybrid form, virtual and in presence.
*Important dates*
- Title and abstract due: June 15, 2026
- All submission deadlines: June 30, 2026
- Author notification: August 10, 2026
- Camera-ready due: October 1, 2026
- Early registration deadline: October 1, 2026
- Late registration deadline: October 20, 2026
- Workshop date: October 29, 2026
*Publications*
The workshop proceedings will be part of the IEEE IS2 2026 proceedings,
which will be submitted to the IEEE for publication.
*Organizing Committee*
- Luca Turchet - University of Trento, Italy
- Florent Berthaut - University of Lille, France
- Sophia Ppali - CYENS, Centre of Excellence, Cyprus
- Damian Dziwis - University of Cologne, Germany
- Vlad Popescu - Transylvania University Brasov, Romania
- Alberto Boem - University of Trento, Italy
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*Luca Turchet*, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Head of the *Creative, Intelligent & Multisensory Interactions Laboratory*
<https://www.cimil.disi.unitn.it/>
Coordinator of the European project *MUSMET <https://musmet.eu/>*
Chair of the *IEEE Emerging Technology Initiative on the Internet of Sounds*
<https://www.comsoc.org/about/committees/emerging-technologies-initiatives/i…>
Founder and President of the* Internet of Sounds Research Network
<https://www.internetofsounds.net/>*
Department of Information Engineering and Computer Science
University of Trento
Via Sommarive 9 - 38123 Trento - Italy
E-mail: luca.turchet(a)unitn.it
Tel: +39 0461 283792
*** First 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-gu…
Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details:
https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/conten…
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
We are pleased to remind you about 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗘𝗫𝗥: 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴
𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻-𝗔𝗜-𝗣𝗼𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗫𝗥, a workshop
held in conjunction with 𝗜𝗨𝗜 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲, the 30th Annual ACM Conference on
Intelligent User Interfaces, taking place on March 23, 2026, in Paphos,
Cyprus.
SHAPEXR explores how XR can act as a rich multimodal interface for AI
systems, including LLMs and conversational agents. The workshop focuses on
designing adaptive, human-centered XR environments that integrate speech,
gesture, gaze, and haptics to enable seamless interaction.
We invite contributions on topics such as:
- Personalization and accessibility in XR;
- Cognitive load, trust, and ethics in AI-driven experiences;
- Design principles and methodologies for inclusive, adaptive
intelligent interfaces;
- Applications that enhance human capabilities across various domains,
including healthcare, education, and collaborative work.
📅 Submission deadline: January 16, 2026
🔗 More information: https://shapexr.icar.cnr.it/
We look forward to seeing you in Paphos.
Sincerely,
Giuseppe Caggianese, Marta Mondellini, Nicola Capece, Mario Covarrubias,
and Gilda Manfredi
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Call for Papers - Workshop "SHAPEXR: Shaping Human-AI-Powered Experiences
in XR" https://shapexr.icar.cnr.it/
2026 ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2026)
https://iui.acm.org/2026/
March 23-26, 2026 - Paphos, Cyprus.
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WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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This workshop explores how eXtended Reality (XR) can serve as a multimodal
interface for AI systems, including LLMs and conversational agents. It
focuses on designing adaptive, human-centered XR environments that
incorporate speech, gesture, gaze, and haptics for seamless interaction.
Main topics include personalization, accessibility, cognitive load, trust,
and ethics in AI-driven XR experiences. Through presentations, discussions,
and collaborative sessions, the workshop aims to establish a subcommunity
within IUI to develop a roadmap that includes design principles and
methodologies for inclusive and adaptive intelligent interfaces, enhancing
human capabilities across various domains, such as healthcare, education,
and collaborative environments.
More information can be found here: https://shapexr.icar.cnr.it/
TOPICS
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The list of topics includes (but it is not limited to) the following:
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AI-driven real-time personalization of immersive interfaces based on
user states, contexts, and goals in XR environments.
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Multimodal interaction (speech, gesture, gaze, haptics) with AI agents.
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Cognitive load, trust, ethics, and emotional engagement in AI-powered XR.
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Accessibility and inclusivity in immersive AI systems.
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Evaluation methods for human-centered XR and AI interfaces.
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Social and collaborative AI-enhanced XR experiences.
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Design principles and methodologies for adaptive intelligent interfaces.
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Applications of XR-AI interfaces in healthcare, education, work, or
entertainment.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Full Paper Submission Deadline: December 19, 2025 January 16, 2026
Full Paper Acceptance Notification: February 2, 2026
Final Paper Submission Deadline: February 16, 2026
SUBMISSION AND DECISIONS
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Authors should prepare a Regular or Short paper. Regular papers are at
least 10 "standard" pages and short papers at least 5 pages (5-9 "standard"
pages without references). Authors must use the new CEURART style format (
https://ceur-ws.org/HOWTOSUBMIT.html#CEURART). Papers should clearly
indicate the originality of the contribution, relevance to the workshop
themes, and potential impact.
Full Papers will be reviewed by the Technical Program Committee. All
contributions will be peer-reviewed, and acceptance will be based on
quality, originality, and relevance. Authors of accepted full papers must
submit the final paper version according to the deadline, register for the
workshop, and attend to present their papers.
For more information, please visit: https://shapexr.icar.cnr.it/#cfp.
Submissions must be anonymized for double-blind review. To submit your
contribution, select "IUI 2026 Workshop SHAPEXR" in the submission
platform.
Submit your paper here: https://new.precisionconference.com/sigchi
PROCEEDINGS with CEUR-WS
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All contributions will be peer-reviewed, and acceptance will be based on
quality, originality, and relevance. Accepted papers will be published at
CEUR-WS.org.
ORGANIZERS
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Giuseppe Caggianese
ICAR, National Research Council, Italy
giuseppe.caggianese(a)cnr.it
Marta Mondellini
STIIMA, National Research Council, Italy
marta.mondellini(a)cnr.it <marta.mondellini(a)stiima.cnr.it>
Nicola Capece
University of Basilicata, Italy
nicola.capece(a)unibas.it
Mario Covarrubias
Politecnico di Milano, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Italy
mario.covarrubias(a)polimi.it
Gilda Manfredi
University of Basilicata, Italy
gilda.manfredi(a)unibas.it
For any questions related to the thematic session, please do not hesitate
to contact us via email.
*** Last Call for Demos, DC and Tutorials ***
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/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
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.
We still welcome submissions to the Demo Track, the DC Track as well as for tutorials.
The Demo Track allows participants from both academia and industry to showcase their
latest developments in agent-based and robotic systems.
The DC (Doctoral Consortium) is an opportunity to interact closely with established
researchers in your field as well as other PhD students to receive feedback on your work
and to get advice on managing your career.
Tutorials will be half-day long and will be in person — online/remote versions will not be
accepted. A few full-day tutorials may be considered, but the proponents need to motivate
their request when submitting their proposal.
More information about the above calls, is available on the AAMAS 2026 web site.
Important Dates (AoE)
Demo Track
• Submission Deadline: January 9, 2026
• Author Notification: February 6, 2026
• Camera-Ready Deadline: February 25, 2026
• Author Registration Deadline: March 31, 2026
• Demonstrations: May 27-29, 2026
Doctoral Consortium
• Abstract Deadline: January 19, 2026
• Submission Deadline: January 23, 2026
• Author Notification: February 23, 2026
• Camera-Ready Deadline: March 2, 2026
• Author Registration Deadline: March 31, 2026
Tutorials
• Proposal Submission: January 16, 2026
• Organiser Notifications: January 30, 2026
• Tutorial Site Online: March 4, 2026
• Tutorial Forum: May 25-26, 2026
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)
*** First 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/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
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.
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/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>).
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 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/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
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/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
Major Revision Guidelines
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
Rapid Response Reviewers (RRRs)
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
Anonymizing Rules
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
Formatting Rules
Please refer to the information on the conference web site:
https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…>
Paper Submission
Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026<http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/GPLists_2021/lm.php?tk=aGNpdGFseQkJCWhjaXRh…> .
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
Care e cari membri della comunità scientifica di *ACM* *SIGCHI Italy*,
in occasione delle festività, desidero rivolgere a tutte e a tutti voi i
miei più sentiti auguri di un sereno Natale e di un nuovo anno ricco di
salute, ispirazione e risultati significativi, sia sul piano umano che su
quello scientifico.
Colgo l’opportunità per ringraziarvi per il contributo costante, la qualità
della ricerca e lo spirito di collaborazione che continuano a rendere la
nostra comunità viva, autorevole e capace di incidere positivamente sul
progresso della Human-Computer Interaction in Italia e nel contesto
internazionale.
Con l’auspicio di continuare a lavorare insieme nel segno del confronto,
dell’inclusività e dell’eccellenza scientifica, vi rinnovo i miei più
cordiali auguri.
Un caro saluto,
Giuliana Vitiello, *Chair *
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Prof. Giuliana Vitiello, PhD
Director HCI-UsE Lab
Department of Computer Science
University of Salerno
Italy
phone +39 089 963317
cell +39 3666758965
https:// <https://docenti.unisa.it/003730/home>
docenti.unisa.it/giuliana.vitiello