Topical Area 5: Intelligent Software, System, and Service Engineering (IS3E)
https://2026.fedcsis.org/main/is3e

Organized within the framework of the Federated Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS 2026)
(FedCSIS IEEE conference number: #69809)

Riga, Latvia, 23-26 August, 2026
http://www.fedcsis.org/

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AIMS & SCOPE

The Topical Area IS3E (previously S3E) emphasizes the issues relevant to developing and maintaining software systems that behave reliably, efficiently and effectively. It investigates both established traditional approaches and modern emerging approaches to large software production and evolution.

For decades, it is still an open question in software industry, how to provide fast and effective software process and (intelligent) software services, and how to come to the software systems, embedded systems, autonomous systems, intelligence systems, or cyber-physical systems that will address the open issue of supporting information management process in many, particularly complex organization systems. Even more, it is a hot issue how to provide a synergy between systems in common and software services as mandatory component of each modern organization, particularly in terms of IoT, Big Data, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Industry 4.0 paradigms.

In recent years, we are the witnesses of great movements in the area of software, system and service engineering (IS3E). Such movements are both of technological and methodological nature. By this, today we have a huge selection of various technologies, tools, and methods as a discipline that helps in a support of the whole information life cycle in organization systems. Despite that, one of the hot issues in practice is still how to effectively develop and maintain complex systems from various aspects, particularly when software components are crucial for addressing declared system goals, and their successful operation. It seems that nowadays we have great theoretical potentials for application of new and more effective approaches. However, it is more likely that real deployment of such approaches in industry practice is far behind their theoretical potentials.

The main goal of this Topical Area is to address open questions and real potential for various applications of modern approaches and technologies in IS3E so as to develop and implement effective software services in support of information management and system engineering. One can see a clear linkage to AI and Intelligence Systems. We intend to address interdisciplinary character of a set of theories, methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies in disciplines such as: Software Engineering Methods, Techniques, and Technologies, Cyber-Physical Systems, Lean and Agile Software Development, Design of Multimedia and Interaction Systems, Model Driven Approaches in System Development, Development of Effective Software Services and Intelligent Systems, as well as applications in various problem domains. We invite researchers from all over the world who will present their contributions, interdisciplinary approaches or case studies related to modern approaches. We express an interest in gathering scientists and practitioners interested in applying these disciplines in industry sector, as well as public and government sectors, such as healthcare, education, or security services. Experts from all sectors are welcomed.

Topics

* Advanced methodology approaches in IS3E – new research and development issues
* Advanced IS3E Process Models
* Applications of S3E in various problem domains – problems and lessons learned
* Applications of IS3E in Lean Production and Lean Software Development
* Total Quality Management and Standardization for IS3E
* Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning methods in advancing IS3E approaches
* IS3E for Information and Business Intelligence Systems
* IS3E for Embedded, Agent, Intelligent, Autonomous, and Cyber-Physical Systems
* IS3E for Design of Multimedia and Interaction Systems
* IS3E with User Experience and Interaction Design Methods
* IS3E with Big Data and Data Science methods
* IS3E with Blockchain and IoT Systems
* IS3E for Cloud and Service-Oriented Systems
* IS3E for Smart Data, Smart Products, and Smart Services World
* IS3E in Digital Transformation


The following Thematic Tracks are related to this Topical Area:

* Advances in Programming Languages (APL)
* Model Driven Approaches in System Development (MDASD)


There is a possibility of selecting extended versions of the best papers for further procedure in the journals: ComSIS, ISI IF(2024) = 1.8, and COLA, ISI IF(2024) = 1.7.


IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission (no extensions): April 15, 2026
Position paper submission: April 19, 2026
Author notification: June 5, 2026
Final paper submission, registration: June 19, 2026
Conference date: August 23-26, 2026


SUBMISSION GUIDLINES:

To see the submission instructions, please visit: https://fedcsis.org/for_authors/instructions


Topical Area Curators:

Ivan Lukovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Aleksandar Popovic, University of Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro
Kolukisa Tarhan, Ayça, Hacettepe University, Turkey