SEAMS 2026
Date: Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 14, 2026
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
21st International Conference on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
Today we are building an exciting future in which autonomous vehicles navigate complex environments, smart cities help solve public problems and achieve a higher quality of life, and service robots support social care workers or perform tasks that are too dangerous for humans. However, these software-intensive systems must continuously preserve and optimize their operation in the presence of uncertain changes in their operating environment, resource variability, evolving user needs, attacks and faults. In addition, the complexity of these systems demands them to adapt and manage themselves autonomously.
SEAMS is a CORE-A ranked conference that applies software engineering methods, techniques, processes, and tools to support the construction of safe, performant, and cost-effective self-adaptive and autonomous systems that provide self-* properties like self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection. The objective of SEAMS is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to investigate, discuss, examine, and advance the fundamental principles, state of the art, and the solutions addressing critical challenges of engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems.
NOTE: SEAMS 2026 will use a single-round submission system for the Research Track, with deadlines in October 2025, and with the possibility of submitting a revised version in January 2026, as detailed in the call for papers.
NOTE: SEAMS 2026 will have New Future of SAS papers as detailed in the call for papers.
NOTE: SEAMS 2026 will have two new tracks: Journal-First and Community Debate. See details in their respective call for papers
NOTE: Understanding that the change to ACM Open could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer: $250 APC for ACM/SIG members and $350 APC for non-members. This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period. This temporary subsidized pricing applies to all ACM conferences scheduled for 2026. For articles eligible for 50% geographic discounts, the discount will be applied to the applicable subsidized rate. But, please check (probably with your library) whether your institution is already ACM Open through this link https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants
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21st International Conference on Software Engineering for Adaptive and Self-Managing Systems
Today we are building an exciting future in which autonomous vehicles navigate complex environments, smart cities help solve public problems and achieve a higher quality of life, and service robots support social care workers or perform tasks that are too dangerous for humans. However, these software-intensive systems must continuously preserve and optimize their operation in the presence of uncertain changes in their operating environment, resource variability, evolving user needs, attacks and faults. In addition, the complexity of these systems demands them to adapt and manage themselves autonomously.
SEAMS is a CORE-A ranked conference that applies software engineering methods, techniques, processes, and tools to support the construction of safe, performant, and cost-effective self-adaptive and autonomous systems that provide self-* properties like self-configuration, self-healing, self-optimization, and self-protection. The objective of SEAMS is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and government to investigate, discuss, examine, and advance the fundamental principles, state of the art, and the solutions addressing critical challenges of engineering self-adaptive and self-managing systems.
NOTE: SEAMS 2026 will use a single-round submission system for the Research Track, with deadlines in October 2025, and with the possibility of submitting a revised version in January 2026, as detailed in the call for papers.
NOTE: SEAMS 2026 will have New Future of SAS papers as detailed in the call for papers.
NOTE: SEAMS 2026 will have two new tracks: Journal-First and Community Debate. See details in their respective call for papers
NOTE: Understanding that the change to ACM Open could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer: $250 APC for ACM/SIG members and $350 APC for non-members. This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period. This temporary subsidized pricing applies to all ACM conferences scheduled for 2026. For articles eligible for 50% geographic discounts, the discount will be applied to the applicable subsidized rate. But, please check (probably with your library) whether your institution is already ACM Open through this link https://libraries.acm.org/acmopen/open-participants