SEAMS 2026 (International Symposium on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems) is a QUALIS B3 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 2026-04-13. The paper submission deadline is 2025-10-23. Acceptance notifications are sent on 2025-12-03.
We invite submissions of technical research papers describing original and unpublished results on software engineering for self-adaptive and self-managing systems, across the broad spectrum of topics of interest listed below. SEAMS 2026 will use a single-round submission system for the Research Track with the possibility of submitting a revised version. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE and ACM digital libraries. In addition, authors of distinguished papers will be invited to submit revised and extended versions of their work to a dedicated Special Issue of ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems ( TAAS ).
To celebrate 20 successful past editions of SEAMS , we are inviting submissions to a special category of papers called Future of Self-Adaptive Systems (SAS). Submissions are encouraged for papers that reflect on past SEAMS research and present a bold, ambitious vision for the field in the next 10 to 20 years.
Background
SEAMS is a CORE-A ranked conference that applies software engineering methods, techniques, processes, and tools to support the construction of self-adaptive and autonomous systems that provide self-* properties like self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection. SEAMS aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to investigate, discuss, examine, and advance the fundamental principles, the state-of-the-art, and the solutions addressing critical challenges of engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems.
Topics of Interest
We welcome research contributions to all topics related to engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems, including:
Foundational concepts
Self-* properties
Uncertainty
Runtime models and variability
Mixed-initiative and human-in-the-loop/human-on-the-loop
Socio-technical and ethical challenges
AI and machine learning
Automatic synthesis techniques
Control theory
Simulation and digital twins
Human-centered software development
Requirements engineering
Security and privacy
Architecture and design
Testing, verification, and assurance
Evolution, reuse, and maintenance
Processes and methodologies
Self-adaptation for software engineering
Formal methods for self-* systems
Domain-specific languages
Programming language support
Application areas and domains include but are not limited to Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, cloud/fog/edge/mobile computing, bioengineering, quantum computing, robotics, smart environments, smart user interfaces, augmented/mixed reality, web/service-based applications, and automotive.