WorkshopsACSOS 2026

The IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS) is a premier venue for advancing research in autonomic computing, self-adaptation, and self-organization. Established in 2020 through the merger of two influential IEEE conferences—ICAC (International Conference on Autonomic Computing) and SASO (International Conference on Self-Adaptation and Self-Organization)—ACSOS builds on more than two decades of excellence in these fields. The conference serves as a hub for interdisciplinary, bridging academic and industrial perspectives across domains such as artificial intelligence, computational biology, and computer systems.

The ACSOS conference program includes two days dedicated to workshops. The workshops at ACSOS 2026 provide a forum for groups of 20–50 participants to present and discuss novel research ideas on autonomic computing, self-adaptive, and self-organizing systems. Workshops can be organized around emerging research areas such as digital twins and explainability; challenging problems such as autonomy, self-* properties, scalability, and sustainability; or industrial applications such as smart mobility, robotics, and autonomous swarms.

As the main track notification is scheduled on the 06/15/2026, we recommend to set the workshops submission deadline between 06/18/2026 and 06/22/2026 to encourage papers resubmission. The preliminary dates for the workshops are September 7th, 2026 and September 11th, 2026.

Proposals for workshops should be organized as a preliminary call for papers or call for participation, depending on the intended format of the workshop, with a maximum of two pages, and should contain the following information:

• Title of the workshop.
• The content of the workshop: A brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the workshop goals, the technical issues that it will address, and the relevance of the workshop to the main conference.
• The workshop organising committee:
  • The names, affiliations, phone numbers, and email addresses of the proposed workshop organizing committee. We strongly encourage the organizing committee to consist of at least two people coming from multiple institutions knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed.
  • The primary email address(es) for contacting the organizing committee of the workshop.
• The workshop organisation:
  • The workshop deadlines, both internal and external, aligned with the ACSOS timeline.
  • Description of the paper review process and acceptance standards in order to keep the workshop high in quality. Accepted workshop papers will be published in the proceedings. Papers must thus be in the same format as the conference proceedings and may not be more than 6 pages in length. Workshop organizers must ensure that suitable quality measures have been taken. All papers must be reviewed by an international technical program committee with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper.
  • The list of potential program committee members, including their titles and affiliations.
• The workshop format:
  • Expected duration of the workshop (half or full day).
  • The list of potential invited speakers, panellists, or disputants.
• Additional information on the workshop (not restricted to the two pages for the above proposal):
  • For workshops that are in their second edition or later: please provide information about previous offerings of the proposed workshop (when and where it has been offered in the past, names and affiliations of organizers, number of submissions, acceptances, and number of registered and present attendees).
  • For new workshops (first edition if accepted): please also provide the list of researchers/practitioners who would be likely to submit a paper to the workshop.
  • For all workshops: expected number of submissions, accepted papers, and attendees.

Workshop proposals should be submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos2026