CAIN 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Mon 13 Apr 2026 11:00 - 11:08 at Oceania X - MLOps and Monitoring Chair(s): Jane Cleland-Huang

Machine learning operations (MLOps) automate common tasks throughout the entire life cycle of a machine learning model. In Industry 4.0 environments, cyber-physical production systems increasingly utilise reinforcement learning (RL) models to optimise and automate production processes, giving rise to reinforcement learning operations (RLOps). However, manually configuring RLOps pipelines requires specialised development operations (DevOps) knowledge and can limit the potential for automation. We propose a template-based approach for rapidly creating and deploying RLOps pipelines in Industry 4.0 environments that minimises the required programming effort and expertise. Based on the Pipes and Filters pattern, our modular solution leverages large language models (LLMs) for automated pipeline creation. It enables fully automated execution, including model training, testing, and deployment, with built-in quality control ensuring correct configurations. We demonstrate our approach with a case study derived from an Industry 4.0 platform for smart factories, in which we empirically evaluate seven LLMs based on four representative RLOps use cases. This evaluation provides the first systematic comparison of LLM capabilities for RLOps pipeline generation in Industry 4.0. Our results demonstrate that our solution, used with a suitable LLM, can reliably generate and execute RLOps pipelines with low error rates, thereby reducing development time and democratising RLOps deployment by eliminating the need for specialised DevOps knowledge.

This program is tentative and subject to change.

Mon 13 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

11:00 - 12:30
MLOps and MonitoringIndustry Track / Research Track / CAIN Program at Oceania X
Chair(s): Jane Cleland-Huang University of Notre Dame
11:00
8m
Short-paper
RLOps Pipeline Development with Low-Code and Large Language Models for Industry 4.0Short Paper
Research Track
Stephen John Warnett University of Vienna, Uwe Zdun University of Vienna, Sebastian Geiger Siemens AG Österreich
Pre-print
11:08
8m
Short-paper
A Systematic Review of MLOps Tools: Tool Adoption, Lifecycle Coverage, and Critical InsightsShort Paper
Research Track
Zakkarija Micallef Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands, Keerthiga Rajenthiram Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
11:16
12m
Industry talk
Engineering AI Agents for Clinical Workflows: A Case Study in Architecture, MLOps, and GovernanceFull Paper
Industry Track
11:28
8m
Industry talk
MLOX: Open-Source MLOps for the Rest of UsShort Paper
Industry Track
Nico Görnitz , Lucca Occsner , Geerd-Dietger Hoffmann Employed by Green Coding Solutions
11:36
12m
Full-paper
RegDriftKit: A Toolkit for Generating Data and Benchmarking Drift Detection in Regression TasksFull Paper
Research Track
Oz Kilic Carleton University, Justin Charbonneau IFS Canada Inc., Elio Velazquez IFS Canada Inc., Olga Baysal Carleton University
11:48
12m
Full-paper
Machine Learning Observability in PracticeFull Paper
Research Track
Joran Leest Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Claudia Raibulet Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print
12:00
8m
Short-paper
Explaining Shifts in Machine Learning Systems with Causal MapsShort Paper
Research Track
Joran Leest Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Claudia Raibulet Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Patricia Lago Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print
12:08
22m
Live Q&A
Joint Q&A (MLOps and Monitoring)
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