8th International Workshop on Software Engineering Research and Practices for the IoTSERP4IoT 2026

IoT systems comprise software systems that enable solutions for device connectivity, device management, data management, application development, and advanced analytics for/from connected IoT systems. Software engineering is vital for IoT to design systems that are secure, interoperable, modifiable, and scalable. However, there is no consensus on crucial questions like what the best practices are for developing projects for IoT, how to select the best architecture, which communications protocols are the most suitable, and what the best practices are in terms of security.

SERP4IoT 2026 aims to provide a highly interactive forum for researchers and practitioners to address the challenges of, find solutions, and share experiences with the development, release, and testing of robust software for IoT devices and systems. The workshop will consist of keynotes presented by academic experts and practitioners from industry, long- and short-paper presentations, talks, poster sessions, working groups after each lighting session, and a fishbowl panel for semi-structured group discussions at the end of the workshop.

This year, we are providing a hybrid format, where remote and in-person sessions are mingled to reach more people in the IoT community.

Topics for papers and talks include, but are not limited to:

• Software engineering (SE) practices in IoT projects
• Software security and reliability in IoT products
• Architecture and design models and techniques in IoT projects
• Software quality management in IoT projects
• Usability aspects in IoT projects
• Software development tools, platforms, and environments for IoT teaching
• SE practices in industrial IoT (IIoT) SE practices in domain-specific IoT projects, e.g., smart city, retail, logistics, healthcare, transportation, utilities SE methods and techniques for IoT projects
• Risk and evaluation techniques for software development in IoT projects
• Big data and analytics in IoT projects
• Context-awareness.
• Model-based SE for IoT projects
• SE practices for IoT projects
• Software orchestration for IoT
• Green and eco-friendly software for IoT
• Context-aware software for IoT
• Local, edge, and cloud-based IoT services

Call for Papers

Prospective participants, from the academy and industry, are invited to submit papers describing their work or ideas related to the workshop topic, under the following formats:

• Long paper (8 pages)
• Short paper (4 pages)
• Extended abstract (max. 5 pages, free of APC charges) or
• Poster (1 page)

Short and long papers should identify challenges, discuss opposing viewpoints, outline processes, or present solutions related to any aspects of software engineering for IoT. Authors will have the choice to publish their papers (short/long) in pre- and post-proceedings. The paper format of the Workshop’s paper must follow the ACM formatting guidelines, and should be submitted through HotCRP. Accepted papers and talk abstracts will have between 5 and 10 minutes for presentation.

ACM Open policies: ACM papers, excluding “extended abstracts”, need to have an OA institutional agreement or undergo article processing charges (APCs) to be paid by the authors (250 dollars for members, and 350 for non-members) in order to be published. It is not possible to pay for extra pages.

The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of ICSE 2026. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work.