SEAMS 2026
Mon 13 - Tue 14 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026
Tue 14 Apr 2026 16:20 - 16:30 at Oceania II - LLM- and Agent-Centric Adaptive Systems Chair(s): Marin Litoiu

The growing scale, complexity, interconnectivity, and autonomy of modern software ecosystems introduce unprecedented levels of uncertainty, challenging the foundations of traditional self-adaptation. Existing self-adaptive techniques, often based on rule-driven controllers or isolated learning components, struggle to generalize across novel contexts and coordinate responses across distributed subsystems, leaving them ill-equipped to handle emergent \textit{``unknown unknowns''} in complex, dynamic environments. Recent discussions on \textit{Self Adaptation 2.0} established an equal partnership between AI and adaptive systems, merging learning-driven intelligence with adaptive control to enable predictive, data-driven, and proactive adaptation. Building on this foundation, we introduce a new wave of self-adaptation through \textit{POLARIS} a three-layer multi-agentic self-adaptation framework that moves beyond reactive adaptation by combining (1) a low-latency Adapter layer for monitoring and safe execution, (2) a transparent Reasoning layer that generates and verifies plans using tool-aware, explainable agents, and (3) a Meta layer that records experiences and meta-learns improved adaptation policies over time. By using shared knowledge and predictive models, POLARIS can handle uncertainty, learn from its past actions, and evolve its strategies, enabling the engineering of autonomous systems that can anticipate change to ensure resilient and goal-directed behavior under uncertainty. Preliminary evaluation across two distinct self-adaptive exemplars, SWIM and SWITCH, demonstrates that POLARIS consistently outperforms existing state-of-the-art baselines. With this, we motivate a shift towards \textit{Self-Adaptation 3.0} akin to \textit{Software 3.0}, a new paradigm where systems move beyond merely learning from their environment to reasoning about and evolving their own adaptation. In this vision, adaptation contributes to a self-learning process that enables systems to continuously improve and respond to novel challenges.

Tue 14 Apr

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16:00 - 16:30
LLM- and Agent-Centric Adaptive SystemsResearch Track / SEAMS Program at Oceania II
Chair(s): Marin Litoiu York University, Canada
16:00
10m
Talk
Software Self-Extension with SelfEvolve: an Agentic Architecture for Runtime Code GenerationShort PaperVirtual Attendance
Research Track
Md Asif Iqbal Fahim University College Dublin (UCD), Oluwadamilola Adebayo JP Morgan Chase, Dublin, Ireland, Alessio Ferrari Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) and University College Dublin (UCD)
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16:10
10m
Talk
Grammar-Constrained Refinement of Safety Operational Rules Using Language in the Loop: What Could Go WrongShort Paper
Research Track
Khouloud Gaaloul University of Michigan - Dearborn, Zaid Ghazal University of Michigan-Dearborn, Madhu Latha Pulimi University of Michigan Dearborn, Sam Emmanuel Kathiravan University of Michigan Dearborn
16:20
10m
Talk
POLARIS: Is Multi-Agentic Reasoning the Next Wave in Engineering Self-Adaptive Systems?Short Paper
Research Track
Divyansh Pandey International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Vyakhya Gupta IIIT Hyderabad, Prakhar Singhal International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad