Connectionists: ACSOS 2026 - First Joint Call for Contributions

[ACSOS Publicity]

*** IEEE ACSOS 2026 ***

First Joint Call for Contributions

Call for Papers and Workshop Proposals


The 7th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing and 
Self-Organizing Systems (ACSOS)


7-11 September 2026 - Cesena, Italy


https://2026.acsos.org <https://2026.acsos.org/>

https://linktr.ee/acsosconf <https://linktr.ee/acsosconf>

https:// <https://linktr.ee/acsosconf>acsos.org


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The world is increasingly embracing autonomous systems: in robotics, 
manufacturing, software engineering, vehicles, data center systems, and 
precision agriculture to name just a few areas. These systems are 
bringing autonomy to a whole new level of dynamic decision-making under 
uncertainty, requiring autonomic behavior (e.g., control theory, 
cybernetics) and self-reference, leading to a range of self-* properties 
(e.g., self-awareness, self-adaptation, self-organization), and an 
approach in which system implementation and its environment are 
holistically considered.


Despite this rise in autonomic and self-* systems, there remains a wide 
range of fundamental challenges in understanding how to design, control, 
reason about, and trust such systems. The IEEE ACSOS conference solicits 
novel research on these topics, in fundamentals and methods as well as 
applications for autonomic and self-* systems.


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 
collaboration, bridging academic and industrial perspectives across 
domains such as artificial intelligence, computational biology, and 
computer systems. ACSOS features a diverse program, including research 
papers, experience reports, posters, demonstrations, and a doctoral 
symposium, fostering innovation and knowledge exchange.


All submissions are required to be formatted according to the standard 
IEEE Computer Society Press proceedings style guide:

https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html 
<https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html>



Papers are submitted electronically in PDF format through the ACSOS 2026 
conference management system:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos2026 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsos2026>


All times below are in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) timezone.



>       *** Main Track ***


ACSOS 2026 invites submissions on theoretical aspects, modeling, design, 
implementation, evaluation, verification, and practical applications of 
autonomic, self-adaptive, self-organizing, and multi-agent systems, 
algorithms, and techniques.


Abstract submission deadline: April 10, 2026

Paper submission deadline:April 17, 2026

Notification to authors: June 15, 2026

Camera ready deadline:July 20, 2026

Conference:September 7-11, 2026

We solicit:

Research papers (up to 10 pages) that present rigorously evaluated novel 
ideas and techniques.


Experience reports(up to 10 pages) that report on practical experiences 
with deploy systems.


Vision Papers(up to 6 pages) introduce groundbreaking, provocative, and 
even controversial ideas.



We intend to continue the tradition of giving the best papers of the 
conference an opportunity to publish an extended version in a special 
issue related to ACSOS. Details to follow.

ACSOS 2026 plans to award the Karsten Schwan Best Paper Award and the 
Best Student Paper Award (where the primary author is a student) to 
papers of outstanding quality.



Further details:

https://2026.acsos.org/track/acsos-2026-papers 
<https://2026.acsos.org/track/acsos-2026-papers>



>              *** Workshops ***     


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/ 
explainability, challenging problems such as autonomy /self-* properties 
/scalability /sustainability or industrial applications such as smart 
mobility /Robotics /autonomous swarms.


Workshop proposal submission deadline:February 27th, 2026

Workshop acceptance notification: March 10th, 2026

Workshop call for papers online: March 31th, 2026

Camera Ready submission deadline:July 20th, 2026



Further details:

https://2026.acsos.org/track/acsos-2026-workshops 
<https://2026.acsos.org/track/acsos-2026-workshops>
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