SEAMS 2026
Mon 13 - Tue 14 April 2026 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
co-located with ICSE 2026
Dates
Tracks

This program is tentative and subject to change.

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Mon 13 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

09:00 - 10:30
09:00
30m
Day opening
Opening & Awards
Research Track

09:30
60m
Keynote
Keynote 1: Michael Whalen
Research Track
K: Michael Whalen Amazon Web Services and the University of Minnesota
11:00 - 12:30
Learning-Based, Causality-Aware & Sustainable AdaptationResearch Track / Artifact Track at Oceania II
11:00
15m
Talk
Ripple: A Long-Sighted Self-Adaptation Approach to Retrain Machine Learning-Enabled SystemsFULL
Research Track
Maria Casimiro INESC-ID, IST, University of Lisbon & S3D, Carnegie Mellon University, Valentim Romão INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Paolo Romano University of Lisbon, Portugal, Luis Rodrigues INESC-ID, IST, ULisboa, David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University
11:15
10m
Talk
Balancing Multiple Objectives in Urban Traffic Control with Reinforcement Learning from AI FeedbackSHORT
Research Track
Chenyang Zhao Trinity College Dublin, Vinny Cahill Trinity College Dublin, Ivana Dusparic Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
File Attached
11:25
15m
Talk
MAPER: Extending MAPE-K with LLM-Based Reasoning to Manage Unanticipated Situations in Self-Adaptive SystemsFULL
Research Track
Paulo Maia State University of Ceará, Lucas Vieira State University of Ceará, Gabriel Luiz Barros De Oliveira State University of Ceará - UECE, Matheus Chagas State University of Ceará, Alan Bandeira State University of Ceará - UECE, Cleilton Rocha Atlantico Institute
11:40
10m
Talk
Robust Exploration in Directed Controller Synthesis via Mixture-of-Experts Reinforcement LearningEXTENDED ABSTRACT
Research Track
Toshihide Uubukata Waseda University, Mingyue Zhang Southwest University, Zhiyao Wang The University of Osaka, NIANYU LI ZGC Lab, China, Jialong Li Waseda University, Japan, Kenji Tei Institute of Science Tokyo
11:50
15m
Talk
RAMNA: A Resource-Aware Algorithm for Maximizing Availability in Flying Ad-Hoc NetworksFULL
Research Track
Miguel Catarro Universidade de Lisboa, Luis Pinto Universidade de Lisboa, Alan Oliveira Universidade de Lisboa
12:05
10m
Talk
Harmonica: A Self-Adaptation Exemplar for Sustainable MLOpsARTIFACT
Artifact Track
Ananya Vishal Halgatti IIIT-Hyderabad, Shaunak Biswas IIIT Hyderabad, Hiya Bhatt IIIT Hyderabad, Srinivasan Rakhunathan Microsoft, India, Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad
12:15
15m
Talk
CRAFTER: Causality-based Self-Adaptation for Autonomous IoT SystemsFULL
Research Track
Houssam Hajj Hassan Orange Innovation, Ajay Kattepur , Denis Conan SAMOVAR, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Georgios Bouloukakis Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Greece
14:00 - 15:30
Runtime Optimization & Resource-Aware AdaptationArtifact Track / Research Track at Oceania II
14:00
15m
Full-paper
Run-Time Self-Optimization Through Dynamic Configuration Space ReductionFULL
Research Track
Luca Brodo Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt, Giuseppe Scalora Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences, Stefan Henkler Hochschule Hamm-Lippstadt
14:15
10m
Talk
Optimized Deployment of Data Intermediation ServicesSHORT
Research Track
Vasileios Karagiannis Austrian Institute of Technology
14:25
10m
Talk
iFogSim-Placement: A Simulation Framework for Edge Service PlacementARTIFACT
Artifact Track
Joseph Poon National University of Singapore, Christian Cabrera University of Cambridge, Neil D. Lawrence Department of Computer Science and Technology, Univesity of Cambridge
14:35
15m
Talk
Adaptive Toggling of Architectural Patterns for Federated LearningFULL
Research Track
Luciano Baresi Politecnico di Milano, Ivan Compagnucci Gran Sasso Science Institute, Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Catia Trubiani Gran Sasso Science Institute
File Attached
14:50
10m
Talk
ASTL: An Adaptive Serving Stack for LLMs to Balance Utilization and Tail LatencySHORT
Research Track
Farhoud Jafari Kaleibar York University, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada
15:00
10m
Talk
FactorySim: An Interactive Testbed for Adaptive Multi-Objective Production SchedulingARTIFACT
Artifact Track
Ali Torbati Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Stanislaw Matis Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Verena Klös Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
15:10
15m
Talk
A Self-Adaptive Digital Twin Architecture for Dynamic Resource ManagementFULL
Research Track
Riccardo Sieve University of Oslo, Paul Kobialka University of Oslo, Andrea Pferscher University of Oslo, Nelly Bencomo Durham University, Silvia Lizeth Tapia Tarifa University of Oslo, Norway, Buster Salomon Rasmussen University of Oslo, Einar Broch Johnsen University of Oslo
16:00 - 17:30
Ethics, Humans & Socially-Aware AdaptationJournal First Track / Research Track at Oceania II
16:00
15m
Talk
Mind the Prompt: Self-adaptive Generation of Task Plan Explanations via LLMsFULL
Research Track
Gricel Vázquez University of York, UK, Alexandros Evangelidis University of York, UK, Sepeedeh Shahbeigi University of York, UK, Radu Calinescu University of York, UK, Simos Gerasimou Cyprus University of Technology
File Attached
16:15
10m
Talk
A Process to Enforce Ethical Requirements of Autonomous Systems at RuntimeSHORT
Research Track
Martina De Sanctis Gran Sasso Science Institute, Gianluca Filippone Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Paola Inverardi Gran Sasso Science Institute, Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Sara Pettinari Gran Sasso Science Institute, Patrizia Scandurra University of Bergamo, Italy
16:25
15m
Talk
RobEthiChor: Automated Context-aware Ethics-based Negotiation for Autonomous RobotsJOURNAL FIRST
Journal First Track
Mashal Afzal Memon University of L’Aquila, Italy, Gianluca Filippone Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Gian Luca Scoccia Gran Sasso Science Institute, Marco Autili University of L'Aquila, Italy, Paola Inverardi Gran Sasso Science Institute
16:45
45m
Other
Regional Debate
Research Track

Tue 14 Apr

Displayed time zone: Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil change

09:00 - 10:30
09:00
60m
Keynote
Keynote 2: Paola Inverardi
Research Track
K: Paola Inverardi Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
10:00
30m
Awards
MIP Award Talk
Research Track

11:00 - 12:30
Self-Healing, Diagnosis & Adaptive RepairArtifact Track / Research Track at Oceania II
11:00
15m
Talk
Dynamic Agent Generation for Self-Adaptive Root Cause AnalysisFULL
Research Track
Brell SANWOUO Univ. Lille / INRIA, Paul Temple IRISA, Clément Quinton University of Lille
11:15
15m
Talk
Verify, Augment, Improve: Self-Adaptation Repair via Automated Knowledge Augmentation from MistakesFULL
Research Track
Pietro Benecchi Politecnico di Milano, Luigi Cardone Politecnico di Milano, Matteo Camilli Politecnico di Milano, Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
11:30
10m
Talk
Artifact of Dynamic Agent Generation for Self-Adaptive Root Cause AnalysisARTIFACT
Artifact Track
Brell SANWOUO Univ. Lille / INRIA, Paul Temple IRISA, Clément Quinton University of Lille
11:40
15m
Talk
Leveraging Low-Parameter LLMs for Self-Healing in Kubernetes-Based Container OrchestrationFULL
Research Track
Yann Wiesinger Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Marcus Engelhardt Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems, Roman Laas Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems
12:00
10m
Talk
Reasoning About Hidden Hybrid Assumptions in Assured Temporal MissionsFULL
Research Track
Juan felipe Perdomo Institute Computer Science -Buenos Aires /CONICET/INVAP, Víctor Braberman ICC (UBA-CONICET), Sebastian Uchitel Universidad de Buenos Aires / Imperial College, Sebastián Zudaire ABB Corporate Research, Sweden
12:10
15m
Talk
CALM: A Self-Adaptive Orchestration Approach for QoS-Aware Routing in Small Language Model based SystemsFULL
Research Track
Hemang Jain International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Divyansh Pandey International Institute of Information Technology - Hyderabad, Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad
14:00 - 15:30
Autonomous, Robotic & Cyber-Physical SystemsResearch Track / Journal First Track / Artifact Track at Oceania II
14:00
15m
Talk
Using Context-Role-Oriented Programming for Swarms to Alleviate the Micro-Macro ProblemFULL
Research Track
Sebastian Götz Technische Universität Dresden, Christian Gutsche Boysen-TU Dresden-Graduiertenkolleg; Technische Universität Dresden, Adrian Scholze Technische Universität Dresden, Uwe Aßmann TU Dresden, Germany
14:15
15m
Talk
Maneuver Sequence Coverage of Scenarios for Autonomous Driving SystemFULL
Research Track
Yulin Jin University of Edinburgh, Ajitha Rajan The University of Edinburgh
14:30
10m
Talk
Formally Guaranteed Control Adaptation for ODD-Resilient Autonomous SystemsSHORT
Research Track
Gricel Vázquez University of York, UK, Calum Imrie University of York, Sepeedeh Shahbeigi University of York, UK, Nawshin Mannan Proma University of York, Tian Gan University of York, UK, Victoria J. Hodge University of York, John Molloy University of York, Simos Gerasimou Cyprus University of Technology
File Attached
14:40
15m
Talk
EvoDriver: Novelty-Search Driven Evolution of Behavioral Test Suites for Autonomous VehiclesFULL
Research Track
Sol Zilberman Michigan State University, Kenneth Chan Michigan State University, Betty H.C. Cheng Michigan State University
14:55
10m
Talk
Towards Assured Mission Adaptation of Multi-Robot SystemsSHORT
Research Track
Vicente Romeiro Ruhr University Bochum, Ricardo Caldas Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Gianluca Filippone Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Thorsten Berger Ruhr University Bochum, Genaína Nunes Rodrigues University of Brasília
15:05
15m
Talk
Automated Planning for Task-Based Cyber-Physical Systems under Multiple Sources of UncertaintyJOURNAL FIRST
Journal First Track
Raquel Sánchez Salas University of Malaga, Javier Troya ITIS Software, University of Malaga, Javier Camara University of Málaga
15:20
10m
Talk
Ubi-AAL: A Self-Adaptive Ubiquitous Computing System Problem Exemplar in Ambient Assisted LivingARTIFACT
Artifact Track
Javier Camara University of Málaga, Ilias Gerostathopoulos Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Livia Lestingi DEIB, Politecnico di Milano, Michele Loreti University of Camerino, Hiroyuki Nakagawa Okayama University, Marjan Sirjani Malardalen University, Kenji Tei Institute of Science Tokyo
16:00 - 17:30
LLM- and Agent-Centric Adaptive Systems; Community Debate; Closing & SEAMS 2027Research Track at Oceania II
16:00
10m
Talk
Software Self-Extension with SelfEvolve: an Agentic Architecture for Runtime Code GenerationSHORT
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)
File Attached
16:10
10m
Talk
Grammar-Constrained Refinement of Safety Operational Rules Using Language in the Loop: What Could Go WrongSHORT
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
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
16:30
45m
Panel
Community Debate: How Ethical can an Ethic-Aware Controller Be?
Research Track
C: Genaína Nunes Rodrigues University of Brasília, P: Betty H.C. Cheng Michigan State University, P: David Garlan Carnegie Mellon University, P: Paola Inverardi Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), P: Jeffrey Kramer Imperial College London, P: Sol Zilberman Michigan State University
17:15
15m
Day closing
Closing & SEAMS 2027
Research Track

Call for Papers

SEAMS 2026 is incorporating for the first time in its program a journal-first track. Through this initiative, authors of journal-first papers accepted in the partnering journals will be invited to present their work at SEAMS, allowing the authors to engage directly with the community and offering the SEAMS attendees an additional dimension to the research track program.

The journals that support the journal-first model as partners with SEAMS are: - ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS) - Journal of Systems and Software (JSS) - Automated Software Engineering (ASE)

Scope

We solicit submissions of accepted papers that meet the following criteria:

  • The paper was accepted to TAAS, JSS or ASE no earlier than November 1, 2024, and no later than December 10, 2025
  • The paper is related to the SEAMS topics that are in the scope of the conference
  • The paper has not been presented at and is not under consideration for, journal-first programs of other conferences

Submissions

Authors of manuscripts that meet the above criteria are invited to submit a proposal directly in the HotCRP submission site consisting of (1) paper title, (2) authors, (3) abstract, (4) a pointer to the original journal paper (DOI) or pre-print, and (5) an acknowledgement that the paper meets the above-mentioned criteria.

Evaluation

Authors will be invited to present their paper at SEAMS 2026 after checking that the paper meets the above criteria. Because the papers have been reviewed and accepted by the journal, they will not be reviewed again for technical content.

Our plan is to include as many papers as possible in the journal first program; only in case an exceptionally high number of proposals is received, not all submissions might be selected. If needed, presentation proposals will be prioritized according to the fit to the conference theme and structure of sessions.

Important Dates

  • Proposal Submission: December 11, 2025
  • Notification of Acceptance: January 12, 2026
  • Camera-ready Submission: January 26, 2026

Notes: All deadlines are 23:59h AoE (anywhere on Earth)

Presentation

As journal first presenter, you will have all the benefits of the conference presentation, such as reaching a wider audience, interactions and discussion with peers, and feedback from peers on your work.

The journal-first manuscripts are published through the journals and will not be part of the SEAMS 2026 proceedings. The journal-first papers will be listed in the conference program and companion proceedings. SEAMS 2026 participants will have access to the paper abstracts and a pointer to the journal publication outside the conference proceedings.

Note that at least one author of an accepted contribution is required to register and present the work at the conference. An in-person presentation is required. Organization

Track Chair(s)

  • Genaina Rodrigues, University of Brasilia, Brazil
  • Raffaela Mirandola, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany