ICSA 2026
Mon 22 - Fri 26 June 2026
Fri 26 Jun 2026 15:00 - 15:15 at Theatre 7 - Architecture as Code & Governance Chair(s): Klara Borowa

Integrating multimodal foundation models into enterprise ecosystems presents a fundamental software architecture challenge. Architects must balance competing quality attributes, the high latency and non-determinism of Vision-Language-Action (VLA) models, versus the strict determinism and real-time performance required by enterprise control loops. In this study, we propose an architectural pattern language for visual agents that separates fast, deterministic reflexes from slow, probabilistic supervision. It consists of four architectural design patterns: (1) Hybrid Affordance Integration, (2) Adaptive Visual Anchoring, (3) Visual Hierarchy Synthesis, and (4) Semantic Scene Graphs.

Fri 26 Jun

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13:30 - 15:30
Architecture as Code & GovernanceNew and Emerging Ideas / Research Papers / Journal First / Software Architecture in Practice / ‎​ at Theatre 7
Chair(s): Klara Borowa Warsaw University of Technology
13:30
20m
Research paper
Architecture Decision Records: Adoption, Impact, and Developer Engagement in Open-Source Software
Research Papers
Enio Garcia de Santana Junior , Gustavo B. Figueiredo , Maycon Peixoto , Frederico Araujo IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA, Cassio Prazeres Federal University of Bahia, Ivan Machado Federal University of Bahia (UFBA), Paulo Anselmo da Mota Silveira Neto Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, Recife, Pernambuco, Eduardo Almeida Federal University of Bahia (UFBA)
13:50
20m
Research paper
Organizational Coupling as a Leading Indicator of Microservice Architecture Degradation
Research Papers
Nariman Mani University of Arizona, Jose Sosa Rodriguez The University of Arizona, Xiaozhou Li Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Tomas Cerny University of Arizona
Pre-print
14:10
15m
Short-paper
CONTAaC: Continuous Architecting as Code
Research Papers
Alessandra Somma University of Naples Federico II, Alessio Bucaioni Mälardalen University, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
14:25
15m
Short-paper
Architecture as Code in Industry: A Multiple-Case Empirical Study
Software Architecture in Practice
Valeria Pontillo Gran Sasso Science Institute, Alessio Bucaioni Mälardalen University, Italo Carnevale Imola Informatica SpA, Imola, Italy, Amleto Di Salle Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Lorenzo Manzoni Imola Informatica Spa, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Francesco Maria Sprotetto Imola Informatica SpA, Imola, Italy
Pre-print
14:40
20m
Research paper
Reference Architecture for Autonomy and Adaptivity in SatellitesJournal First
Journal First
Francesco Basciani Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Luciana Rebelo Università degli Studi dell'Aquila, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy
15:00
15m
Paper
A Pattern Language for Resilient Visual Agents
New and Emerging Ideas
Habtom Kahsay Gidey Technical University of Munich, Alexander Lenz , Alois Knoll Technical University of Munich
Pre-print