The International Workshop on Agentic AI for Next-Generation Software Development (AgenticDev 2026) brings together researchers, practitioners, and industry innovators to explore the emerging paradigm of Agentic AI in Software Engineering. The workshop focuses on how ecosystems of intelligent AI agents, powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and data-driven techniques, are reshaping the software development lifecycle.
Recent advances in AI-assisted development are moving beyond isolated coding assistants toward collaborative, multi-agent Software-AI Engineering environments, where autonomous and semi-autonomous agents can reason, coordinate, plan, and interact with developers throughout software creation and evolution. AgenticDev 2026 aims to provide a forum for discussing the foundations, architectures, engineering challenges, and practical adoption of these next-generation AI-native development systems.
The workshop welcomes contributions from both academia and industry addressing how agentic systems can support activities such as:
- requirements engineering and system design,
- code generation and program synthesis,
- testing, verification, and validation,
- maintenance and evolution,
- orchestration of AI-agent communities,
- human-AI collaboration and human-in-the-loop engineering,
- integration into industrial development workflows and toolchains.
Particular attention is devoted to the trustworthiness, transparency, scalability, and evaluation of agent-based Software Engineering systems, as well as their application in domains such as robotics, cyber-physical systems, Edge-AI, and complex industrial software environments.
AgenticDev 2026 is inspired by several major European research initiatives, including AI4SWEng, ASTIR, HIVEMIND, and MOSAICO, which collectively investigate AI-augmented software engineering, multi-agent collaboration, and integrated Software-AI Engineering ecosystems. The workshop aims to foster a growing interdisciplinary community around reliable and human-centric AI-driven software development.
The workshop will feature:
- peer-reviewed research and vision papers,
- industrial and application experiences,
- tool and demo presentations,
- interactive discussions on open challenges and future directions.
Accepted papers will be included in the ASE 2026 Workshop Proceedings, and selected contributions may be invited to submit extended versions to a journal special issue. Detailed submission guidelines, important dates, and topics of interest are available in the dedicated Call for Papers page.
Call for Papers
International Workshop on Agentic AI for Next-Generation
Software Development (AgenticDev 2026)
Co-located with ASE 2026
Automated Software Engineering Conference
Recent advances in Large Language
Models (LLMs) and AI systems are enabling a new paradigm in Software-AI Engineering:
Agentic AI, where multiple intelligent agents collaborate with
developers and with each other across the software lifecycle. Moving beyond
isolated AI tools. This paradigm
envisions coordinated ecosystems of AI agents capable of reasoning,
planning, and acting in complex development environments.
The AgenticSE 2026
workshop aims to explore this emerging vision, inspired by major research
initiatives that investigate multi-agent collaboration, human-AI interaction, and integrated AI-supported
software engineering platforms. The workshop will provide a forum to discuss
how agentic systems can enhance productivity, improve software quality, and
enable more adaptive and trustworthy development processes.
Workshop Goals
The workshop aims to:
- Foster
discussion on the foundations and challenges of Agentic AI in Software Engineering
- Bridge
research and practice across academia and industry
- Build
a community around next-generation, AI-native software development
Topics of Interest
We invite original research
papers, vision papers, and real-world application studies addressing related
aspects including, but not limited to:
- Architectures
for Agentic AI systems in software engineering
- Multi-agent
collaboration, coordination, and orchestration
- Human-AI
collaboration and human-in-the-loop development
- Agent-based
support for requirements engineering, coding, testing, and maintenance
- LLM-based
agents and prompt/program synthesis techniques
- Trustworthiness,
verification, and validation of AI agents
- Explainability,
transparency, and accountability in Agentic Systems
- Integration
of Agentic AI into existing development workflows and tool-chains
- Applications
in domains such as Robotics, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Edge-AI and
industrial software
- Benchmarking,
evaluation methods, and empirical studies of Agentic Systems
- Open-source
frameworks and platforms for Agent-based Software Engineering
Submission Types
We welcome the following types of submissions:
- Full
papers (up to 10 pages): mature research contributions
- Short
papers (up to 5 pages): work-in-progress, vision, or position papers
- Demo/Tool
papers (up to 5 pages): practical systems and prototypes evaluation
All submissions must follow the ASE formatting guidelines
and will be peer-reviewed based on relevance, originality, technical quality,
and clarity. In particular, papers should:
be written in English;
be in PDF format and conform to the ACM
Proceedings Template. LaTeX users must use the \documentclass[sigconf,review,anonymous]{acmart} option;
not exceed 5 pages (short papers) or 10 pages
(regular papers). Up to two additional pages containing ONLY references are
permitted.
Important Dates
- Paper
submission: July 15, 2026
- Notification:
August 21, 2026
- Camera-ready:
August 28, 2026
- Workshop
date: October 12, 2026, co-located with ASE 2026
Paper Contribution Submission
Accepted papers will be included in the ASE Conference Proceedings.
Selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a journal special issue.
Registration fees and instructions are available on the ASE 2026 website.