ASISAS - Architecting Secure, Intelligent, and Sovereign Agentic SystemsECSA 2026

Call for Papers

Agentic AI systems, capable of autonomous reasoning, decision-making, and coordinated multi-agent behavior, are rapidly transforming how software is conceived, engineered, and maintained. As these systems evolve beyond traditional automation and integrate generative AI, symbolic reasoning, reinforcement learning, and decentralized coordination, they raise new architectural, security, and governance challenges.

The Architecting Secure, Intelligent, and Sovereign Agentic Systems workshop brings together researchers and practitioners to explore foundational principles, engineering methods, and architectural strategies for next-generation agentic ecosystems.

Our workshop covers three pillars:

1. Architectural design and engineering of agentic/multi-agent systems (patterns, infrastructures, pipelines, and empirical evidence)
2. Security, safety, and trust (secure-by-design, runtime assurance, auditability, and decentralized trust/governance)
3. Sustainability, sovereignty, and responsibility (resource-efficient computation, infrastructure independence, policy-compliant autonomy, and long-term ecosystem stewardship)

Submission Types

All submissions must be written in English and follow the Springer LNCS style. We invite high-quality contributions in the form of:

• Full Research & Experience Papers: up to 16 pages (including references and figures). These papers present novel research results, industrial studies, or validated experiences in architecting and engineering agentic systems.
• Short & Position Papers: up to 8 pages + 2 pages for references only. These papers present work-in-progress, exploratory ideas, emerging challenges, and visionary directions.

Review Process

Each submission will be peer reviewed by at least three reviewers from the Program Committee or their delegates. Evaluation criteria include relevance, originality, soundness, and clarity. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop to present their work.

Target Audience

The workshop welcomes:

• Researchers in software architecture, AI engineering, security, safety, HCI, distributed systems, and socio-technical systems
• Practitioners including not limited to Software architects, AI engineers, and industry innovators involved in designing, deploying, or governing agentic AI solutions
• Contributors working on agentic AI, autonomous systems, multi-agent platforms, decentralized trust infrastructures, or secure intelligent architectures