ACSOS 2026
Mon 7 - Fri 11 September 2026 Cesena, Italy

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Tue 8 Sep

Displayed time zone: Amsterdam, Berlin, Bern, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna change

09:15 - 10:30
Keynote: Valeria CardelliniArtifacts / Main Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"

Speaker: Valeria Cardellini (University of Rome Tor Vergata)

Title and abstract: coming soon.

10:00 - 11:00
LLMs and Agentic Self-AdaptationMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
10:00
15m
Paper
Large Language Models for Self-Adaptive Systems: Feedback-Loop Integration and Agentic Adaptation
Main Track
Kerem Kara Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Balint Mate FZI Research Center for Information Technology, Vincenzo Scotti Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Diego Pérez Linnaeus University, Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
10:15
15m
Paper
HASKI: Hallucination-Aware Agentic Self-Adaptive Knowledge Injection via Reinforcement Learning in Large Language Models
Main Track
Chen Yao York University, Farhoud Jafari Kaleibar York University, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada
10:30
15m
Paper
OPA - Observe, Preprocess, and Act: A Multi-Agent Framework for Data Preprocessing and Predictive Intelligence
Main Track
Lucas Astore Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Gabriel de Souza Gomes Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Thiago Lucas de Oliveira Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Luisa Marques Laboissiere Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Ester de Lima Pontes Andrade Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Hellena Almeida Canuto Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Thalia Barbosa Marques de Almeida Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Patrícia de Oliveira E Lucas Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Adriano Veloso Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Frederico Gadelha Guimarães Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Antonio Alfredo Ferreira Loureiro Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
10:45
15m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

11:30 - 13:00
Assurance, Safety and ResilienceMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
11:30
15m
Paper
Self-adaptive Distributed Runtime Monitoring for Autonomous Systems
Main Track
Thomas Wright , Morten Haahr Kristensen Aarhus University, Mirgita Frasheri Aarhus University, Peter Larsen , Lukas Esterle Aarhus University, Claudio Gomes Aarhus University, Denmark
11:45
15m
Paper
Who Is Responsible? Self-Adaptation Under Multiple Concurrent Failures With Unknown Faults in Complex Robotic Systems
Main Track
Andreas Wiedholz XITASO GmbH IT & Software Solutions, Rafael Paintner German Aerospace Center Institute of Flight Systems, Alwin Hoffmann Universität Augsburg, Tobias Huber Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
12:00
15m
Paper
When Should a Robot Stop Learning and Start Reasoning?
Main Track
Mahsa Nikmard Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI), Patrizio Pelliccione Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila, Italy, Gianlorenzo D'Angelo Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI)
12:15
10m
Short-paper
Extending Decision Maps for Sustainable Safety and Security in Self-Adaptive Systems
Main Track
Marco Stadler , Wesley K.G. Assunção North Carolina State University, Michael Vierhauser University of Innsbruck, Iris Groher Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Michael Riegler Johannes Kepler University Linz, Johannes Sametinger
12:25
10m
Short-paper
Approved Too Late: Verdict Staleness in LLM-Guarded Self-Adaptive Systems
Main Track
Ilai Shraga Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Roei Eshel Maccabim-Re'ut High School, Lior Goldberg Starkware Industries Ltd.
12:35
25m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

14:00 - 15:00
Doctoral Symposium Keynote: Being a researcher — in turbulent timesDoctoral Symposium at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"

Speaker: Carlo Ghezzi (Politecnico di Milano)

16:30 - 18:00
Edge-Cloud-Space Continuum and Resource ManagementMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
16:30
15m
Paper
LoftNN: Distributed Training of Deep Learning Models in the Edge-Cloud-Space Continuum
Main Track
16:45
15m
Paper
Autonomic GNN-Based Shortest-Path Routing in LEO Networks via Imitation and Transfer Learning
Main Track
Federica Filippini University of Milano-Bicocca, Michele Ciavotta University of Milano - Bicocca, Marco Savi University of Milano-Bicocca, Fabio Villa University of Milano-Bicocca
17:00
10m
Short-paper
Dynamic, Distributed, and Optimized: Orchestrating Live Migrating Computations in the Continuum
Main Track
Edoardo Tinto German Aerospace Center (DLR), Alessandro Vittorio Papadopoulos Mälardalen University, Tullio Vardanega University of Padua
17:10
10m
Short-paper
Hero: Hybrid Edge Routing for In-Browser Small Language Models
Main Track
Philip Kehl University of Bern, Fabian Hüni University of Bern, Basile Lewandowski University of Neuchatel, Lydia Chen University of Neuchatel
17:20
10m
Short-paper
Survival of the Cheapest: Cost-Aware Hardware Adaptation for Adversarial Robustness
Main Track
Charles Meyers Umeå University, Mohammad Reza Saleh Sedghpour , Erik  Elmroth  Elastisys AB/Umea University, Tommy Löfstedt Umeå University
17:30
30m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

Wed 9 Sep

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09:00 - 10:30
Keynote: Bridging Centralized and Decentralized Control in Robot Swarms through Self-Organizing HierarchiesArtifacts / Main Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"

Speaker: Marco Dorigo (Université Libre de Bruxelles)

10:00 - 11:00
Collaborative Perception and Autonomous NavigationMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
10:00
15m
Paper
A Multi-Agent LLM Architecture for Robust Self-Explainability in Autonomous Ferry Navigation
Main Track
Tom Beyer , Sven Tomforde Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
10:15
15m
Paper
Collaborative Perception for Decentralised Navigation in Heterogeneous Maritime Fleets
Main Track
Ghassan Al-Falouji University of Kiel, Germany, Martina Baiardi University of Bologna, Elsy Kaddoum IRIT - University of Toulouse, Sven Tomforde Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel
10:30
15m
Paper
CoAdapt: An LLM-based Framework for Adaptive Collaborative Perception in IIoT Robotic Swarms
Main Track
Houssam Hajj Hassan Orange Innovation, Antonia Maria Masucci Orange Innovation, Lynda Zitoune Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes, Salah Eddine Elayoubi Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, CentraleSupélec, Laboratoire des Signaux et Systèmes
10:45
15m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

11:30 - 13:00
Uncertainty, Learning and Runtime Decision-MakingMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
11:30
15m
Paper
Information-Driven Adaptation and Entropy-Regularised Planning under Non-Stationarity
Main Track
Joshua Thompson University of Durham, Dylan Walton , Nelly Bencomo Durham University
11:45
15m
Paper
Stacking-Based Meta-Learning for Runtime Model Selection in Self-Adaptive Systems
Main Track
Ehsan Elahi Karlsruhe Institut für Technologie, Ruiqi Gao Università della Svizzera italiana, Matteo Camilli Politecnico di Milano, Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
12:00
15m
Paper
Runtime Stability-Aware Adaptation for Self-Adaptive Systems using Symbiotic Simulation: A Cloud Architecture Evaluation
Main Track
Maria Salama , Rami Bahsoon University of Birmingham, Rajkumar Buyya University of Melbourne, Australia
12:15
10m
Short-paper
The Many Facets of Uncertainty Reduction
Main Track
Raquel Sánchez Salas University of Malaga, Radu Calinescu University of York, UK, Javier Troya ITIS Software, University of Malaga, Javier Camara University of Málaga
12:25
10m
Short-paper
Calibrating Quadruped Startup Variance for Reliable Anomaly Detection and Self-Adaptation
Main Track
Logan Quirk , Eric Iniguez The University of Tulsa, Rose Gamble University of Tulsa
12:35
25m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

14:00 - 14:45
Self-Awareness, Cognition and ExplainabilityMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
14:00
15m
Paper
Self-Adaptation Using Emotional Conditioning
Main Track
Pandelis Kriadis University of York, UK, Simos Gerasimou Cyprus University of Technology
14:15
15m
Paper
In search of “normality”: producing relevant counterfactual explanations for complex behaviors
Main Track
Samuel Reyd , Ada Diaconescu LTCI Lab, Telecom Paris, Institute Politechnqie de Paris, Jean-Louis Dessalles LTCI Lab, Telecom ParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay
14:30
15m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

14:45 - 16:00
14:45
10m
Paper
Decentralized Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Resilient Critical Infrastructures
Main Track
Evangelos Pournaras ETH Zurich, Minghui Ding University of Leeds
14:55
10m
Paper
Self-Aware Scientific Workflow Orchestration based on a Blackboard Architecture
Main Track
Samuel Kounev University of Würzburg, Germany, David Linke University of Würzburg, David Dingel University of Würzburg, Nicola Ferger University of Würzburg, Lorenz Gruber University of Würzburg, Nikolas Herbst University of Würzburg, Maximilian Schwinger German Aerospace Center (DLR), Kyle Chard University of Chicago, Ian Foster Argonne Nat Lab and U.Chicago
15:05
10m
Paper
A Vision for Semantic Resource Elasticity in Autonomic Cyber-Physical Edge Systems
Main Track
Deng Pan The George Washington University, Alekya Kowta The George Washington University, Enoch Nemili The George Washington University, Timothy Wood George Washington University, Samer Hamdar The George Washington University
15:15
10m
Talk
Mitigating Uncertainty Interactions in GenAI-based Adaptive Systems: Vision, Challenges and Preliminary Guidelines
Main Track
Karthik Vaidhyanathan IIIT Hyderabad, Norha M. Villegas Universidad Icesi, Raffaela Mirandola Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Nicolás Cardozo Universidad de los Andes, Ivana Dusparic Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, Marin Litoiu York University, Canada, Ralf Reussner Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and FZI - Research Center for Information Technology (FZI), Gabriel Tamura Universidad Icesi
15:25
10m
Paper
What the Sheep Can Teach the Shepherd: A Vision for Self-Organizing Drone Swarms Informed by Collective Animal Behavior
Main Track
Jenna Kline Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Samuel Stevens , Daniel I. Rubenstein , Tanya Berger-Wolf , Christopher Stewart The Ohio State University, USA
15:35
25m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

Thu 10 Sep

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09:00 - 10:30
Keynote: Bridging Classical and Quantum Computing: Lessons, Challenges, and OpportunitiesArtifacts / Main Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"

Speaker: Ivona Brandic (TU Wien)

10:00 - 11:00
Decentralised Coordination and Collective LearningMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
10:00
15m
Paper
C²FL: Clustered Continual Federated Learning under Spatial and Temporal Drift
Main Track
Davide Domini Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Gianluca Aguzzi Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Lorenzo Bettini Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni ‘Giuseppe Parenti’ (DISIA), Mirko Viroli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Lukas Esterle Aarhus University
10:15
15m
Paper
The Optimisation Trilemma: Efficiency, Comfort and Fairness in Decentralised Multi-agent Coordination
Main Track
Jovan Nikolic , Maciej Zuziak Univeristy of Leeds, Evangelos Pournaras University of Leeds
10:30
15m
Paper
Multi-Target Tracking via Field-Based Distributed Particle Filtering
Main Track
Angela Cortecchia Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Davide Domini Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Giovanni Ciatto Alma Mater Studiorum---Università di Bologna, Roberto Casadei University of Bologna, Italy, Mirko Viroli Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
10:45
15m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

11:30 - 13:00
Swarms and Emergent Collective BehaviourMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
11:30
15m
Paper
Conditional Autoencoder-based Meta-Agents for Trajectory Prediction of Boid Systems
Main Track
Tobias Buhl , Sebastian von Mammen Games Engineering, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
11:45
15m
Paper
When the Swarm Changes Its Mind: Learning-Based Anomaly Detection in Decentralized AUV Missions
Main Track
Wiebke Frenkel Hamburg University of Technology, Tim Nolte Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Sven Tomforde Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Bernd-Christian Renner Hamburg University of Technology
12:00
10m
Short-paper
Elliptical patterns in swarmalator systems
Main Track
Udo Schilcher Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, Kevin O'Keeffe Starling Research Institute, Christian Bettstetter University of Klagenfurt
12:10
10m
Short-paper
How Does Your Swarm Scale? Finite-Size Scaling Diagnostics for Self-Organizing System
Main Track
Alexander Chepizhko Lakeside Labs, Melanie Schranz Lakeside Labs, Péter Forgács Lakeside Labs
12:20
10m
Short-paper
NorMAL: Self-Adaptive Norm Learning and Objective Optimization in Decentralized Multi-Agent Systems
Main Track
Louise O'Sullivan University College Dublin, Maha Riad University College Dublin, Fatemeh Golpayegani University College Dublin
12:30
30m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

14:00 - 14:45
Self-Organisation in Real-World SystemsMain Track at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"
14:00
15m
Paper
Automated Orchestration in a Real-World Self-Organizing Manufacturing Cell
Main Track
Oliver Kosak Universität Augsburg, Manuel Hartwig Institute for Software and Systems Engineering University of Augsburg, Christian Lehner , Marco Müller Institute for Software and Systems Engineering University of Augsburg, Hella Ponsar Universität Augsburg, Wolfgang Reif University of Augsburg, Institute for Software & Systems Engineering
14:15
15m
Paper
A Multi-Objective Swarm-Inspired Approach for Intelligent Electric Vehicle Charging
Main Track
Khalil Alrahman Youssefi Darmian , Mika Auer , Walter Stefanutti Silicon Austria Labs, Fabian Schober University of Klagenfurt, Austria, Melanie Schranz Lakeside Labs
14:30
15m
Live Q&A
Q&A and Panel Discussion
Main Track

14:45 - 16:00
ArtifactsArtifacts at Aula Magna "Carmen Tura"

Q&A: 15:35–16:00

14:45
10m
Paper
A Maneuver-Indexed Testbed for Context-Aware Adaptive Wildlife Drones
Artifacts
Jenna Kline Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
14:55
10m
Paper
Argonaut: Interactive Visual Exploration for Distributed Optimization
Artifacts
Srijoni Majumdar University of Leeds, Chuhao Qin , Evangelos Pournaras University of Leeds
15:05
10m
Paper
BedreFlyt Artifact: A Self-Adaptive Digital Twin Software System for Hospital Resource Allocation
Artifacts
Riccardo Sieve University of Oslo, Nelly Bencomo Durham University, Silvia Lizeth Tapia Tarifa University of Oslo, Norway, Einar Broch Johnsen University of Oslo
15:15
10m
Paper
MARGIN-SAS: A Tool-Supported Framework for Non-Inferiority-Based Evaluation of QoS Trade-offs in Self-Adaptive Systems
Artifacts
Tasbir Rahaman , Huma Samin University of Exeter, Nelly Bencomo Durham University, Anikó Ekárt Aston University, Birmingham, UK
15:25
10m
Paper
Wildlife Protection Game: An Artifact for Evaluation of Antifragility for Autonomy in Adversarial Environments
Artifacts
Gabriel A. Moreno Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute, Mark Klein Carnegie Mellon University, Jason M. Popowski , David Miller , Mrinank Panda