Call for Papers: SEAMS 2026 Research Track

SEAMS 2026, co-located with ICSE 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, invites submissions to the Research Track.

Important Dates

• Abstract Deadline: Thursday 16th October 2025
• Submission Deadline: Thursday 23rd October 2025
• Notification Date: Wednesday 3rd December 2025
• Submission of Revision: Monday 5th January 2026
• Decision on Revisions: Monday 12th January 2026
• Camera-ready (new and revised submissions): Monday 26th January 2026

Submission Guidelines

• Abstracts and papers must be submitted via HotCRP: https://seams26.hotcrp.com/

• All submissions must be in PDF format and conform to the official “ACM Primary Article Template”, which can be obtained from the ACM Proceedings Template Page.

• LaTeX users should use the sigconf option, as well as the review (for line numbers) and anonymous (omitting author names) options.

• The following LaTeX code can be placed at the start of the LaTeX document:

  \documentclass[sigconf,review,anonymous]{acmart}
  

• Submissions must strictly conform to the ACM conference proceedings formatting instructions. Alterations may result in desk rejection.

• The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.

• Starting 2026, all articles published by ACM will be made Open Access. Check if your institution participates in ACM OPEN. Authors not covered by ACM OPEN agreements may have to pay APC; however, ACM is offering several automated and discretionary APC Waivers and Discounts.

• The SEAMS 2026 Research Track will use a lightweight double-anonymous review process.

  • Authors’ names must be omitted from the submission.
  • All references to the author’s prior work should be in the third person.
  • During review, authors should not publicly use the submission title.
  • Additional material published online should be anonymized and should not provide references to the paper’s authors.
  • All communication with the program committee must go through the program committee chairs.

• By submitting to SEAMS, authors acknowledge that they are aware of and agree to be bound by the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism and the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ.

• Submissions must follow the latest policies from IEEE and ACM, which includes a policy specific to the use of generative AI tools and technologies, such as ChatGPT.

• If the research involves human participants/subjects, the authors must adhere to the ACM Publications Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects.

• Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID.

• By submitting to the SEAMS, authors acknowledge that they conform to the authorship policy of the IEEE, the submission policy of the IEEE, and the authorship policy of the ACM (and associated FAQ). This includes the following points related to the use of Generative AI:

  • “Generative AI tools and technologies, such as ChatGPT, may not be listed as authors of an ACM published Work. The use of generative AI tools and technologies to create content is permitted but must be fully disclosed in the Work. For example, the authors could include the following statement in the Acknowledgements section of the Work: ChatGPT was utilized to generate sections of this Work, including text, tables, graphs, code, data, citations, etc.). If you are uncertain about the need to disclose the use of a particular tool, err on the side of caution, and include a disclosure in the acknowledgements section of the Work.” - ACM
  • “The use of artificial intelligence (AI)–generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical. The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text.” - IEEE
  • “If you are using generative AI software tools to edit and improve the quality of your existing text in much the same way you would use a typing assistant like Grammarly to improve spelling, grammar, punctuation, clarity, engagement or to use a basic word processing system to correct spelling or grammar, it is not necessary to disclose such usage of these tools in your Work.” - ACM

Call for Papers

We invite submissions of technical research papers describing original and unpublished results on software engineering for self-adaptive and self-managing systems, across the broad spectrum of topics of interest listed below. SEAMS 2026 will use a single-round submission system for the Research Track with the possibility of submitting a revised version. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE and ACM digital libraries. In addition, authors of distinguished papers will be invited to submit revised and extended versions of their work to a dedicated Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS).

Future of Self-Adaptive Systems (SAS) papers

Submissions are invited for papers that reflect on past SEAMS research and present a bold, ambitious vision for the field in the next 10 to 20 years.

Topics of Interest

We welcome research contributions to all topics related to engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems, including:

• Foundational concepts
• Self-* properties
• Uncertainty
• Runtime models and variability
• Mixed-initiative and human-in-the-loop/human-on-the-loop
• Socio-technical and ethical challenges
• AI and machine learning
• Automatic synthesis techniques
• Control theory
• Simulation and digital twins
• Human-centered software development
• Requirements engineering
• Security and privacy
• Architecture and design
• Testing, verification, and assurance
• Evolution, reuse, and maintenance
• Processes and methodologies
• Self-adaptation for software engineering
• Formal methods for self-* systems
• Domain-specific languages
• Programming language support

Application areas and domains

• Internet of Things
• cyber-physical systems
• cloud/fog/edge/mobile computing
• bioengineering
• quantum computing
• robotics
• smart environments
• smart user interfaces
• augmented/mixed reality
• web/service-based applications
• automotive

Types of Papers

We solicit the following four types of papers:

• Full research papers: 10 pages of content + 2 pages of references
• Short papers: 4 pages of content + 1 page of references
• Extended Abstract: 4 pages of content + 1 page of references
• (New) Future of SAS papers: 8 pages of content + 2 pages of references

For additional information on how to submit papers to SEAMS 2026, please see the Submission section.

Review Criteria

• Each paper submitted to the Research Track will be reviewed by at least three PC members.
• Each paper type has its own review criteria:

Full research papers

• Novelty
• Relevance
• Soundness
• Presentation
• Verifiability

Short papers & Extended Abstract

• Novelty
• Soundness of the research plan
• Presentation

Future of SAS papers

• Novelty and ambition
• Potential for discussion
• Presentation

Software and Data Artifact Availability

Authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to increase the visibility of their artifacts (software and data) and to obtain an artifact badge. Authors can submit their artifacts, which will be evaluated by a committee that determines their sustained availability and reusability.