ICSE 2026
Sun 12 - Sat 18 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

As the carbon footprint of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector continues to grow, Sustainability is increasingly recognized as a critical non-functional requirement in software engineering. While existing research predominantly focuses on Green Code, which targets implementation-level optimizations, such micro-level improvements can be undermined by architectural inefficiencies. This vision paper articulates the concept of Green Architectural Reconstruction, advocating a shift from performance-centric code optimization to energy-centric architectural reasoning. To address structural inefficiencies that cannot be resolved at the implementation level, we propose an LLM-driven method to reverse-engineer legacy software architectures and support architectural reasoning about energy-related design trade-offs. Specifically, we explore how AI-assisted architectural distillation can identify architectural energy anti-patterns (e.g., over-provisioned or overly chatty microservices) and inform refactoring decisions toward more sustainable designs. We outline a research roadmap and an experimental framework for architectural energy analysis, providing a conceptual basis for defining architectural energy metrics and guiding future empirical validation. By positioning energy efficiency as a first-class architectural concern, this work contributes a foundation for future research on sustainability-aware software architecture.

Wed 15 Apr

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18:30 - 18:50
Panel #3: “Software Architecture: Research Agenda and Directions”Software Architecture BoF at Oceania III
18:30
6m
Talk
Green Architectural Reconstruction: Bridging the Gap Between Code Efficiency and Sustainable Design
Software Architecture BoF
Esther Hahyeon Kim Aalborg University, Antheas Kapenakakis Aalborg University, Bent Thomsen Aalborg University, Denmark, Dragos Ionescu Aalborg University, Michele Albano , Søren Kejser Jensen Aalborg Universty
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18:36
6m
Talk
Sovereign-by-Design: A Reference Architecture for AI and Blockchain Enabled Systems
Software Architecture BoF
Matteo Esposito University of Oulu, Lodovica Marchesi University of Cagliari, Roberto Tonelli University of Cagliari, Valentina Lenarduzzi University of Southern Denmark
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18:43
6m
Talk
Toward architecting self-coding information systems
Software Architecture BoF
Rodrigo Falcão Fraunhofer IESE, Frank Elberzhager Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad
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