Abstract: Software development is rapidly evolving from traditional coding practices to new paradigms where Large Language Models (LLMs) and agentic AI play a central role. After the emergence of PromptWare, we are now entering the AgentWare era, where multi-agent systems (MAS) collaborate to design, implement, and validate software. This talk explores the opportunities and challenges of LLM-based multi-agent systems in software engineering. I will illustrate how multiple AI agents can cooperate, complement each other's strengths, and be governed under human supervision to increase reliability, transparency, and trust in AI-assisted development. Special emphasis will be given to the MOSAICO Horizon Europe project (https://mosaico-project.eu/), which is building a platform for managing, orchestrating, and supervising AI agents tailored to software engineering tasks. The talk will present examples, insights from existing MAS frameworks, and future research directions on governance and quality assessment in AI-driven software engineering.

Davide Di Ruscio is a Full Professor at the DISIM department of the University of L’Aquila. His primary research interests revolve around Software Engineering and Model-Driven Engineering (MDE). He focuses on diverse aspects within these fields, such as defining domain-specific modeling languages, model evolution, developing software systems using low-code techniques, and employing machine learning techniques to build recommendation systems in software engineering.

Davide has held various management positions and served on editorial committees for internationally renowned journals in the fields of Model-Driven Engineering and Software Engineering. He has also actively participated in program committees for workshops and conferences. As a reviewer, he has contributed to esteemed journals such as IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology, Empirical Software Engineering Journal, Software and Systems Modeling, and Journal of Systems and Software.