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CALL FOR PAPERS - MDE4SA ’26 Workshop
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5th edition of the Model–Driven Engineering for Software Architecture (MDE4SA '26) workshop
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands (co-located with ICSA 2026)
Dates: June 22 – June 26, 2026 (exact workshop dates to be decided)
Workshop website: https://mde4sa.github.io
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission: February 13th, 2026
Notification to authors: March 13th, 2026
Camera ready: March 27th, 2026

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SCOPE
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In recent years, several studies have been discussing the interplay of SA and MDE, focusing on the benefits of combining these two disciplines. Several works have been proposing the use of metamodels and modeling languages and the formal representation of software (reference) architectures. Other works have focused on using models and metamodels to represent the different structures and quality views. Additional research has been investigating the use of model transformations as automation to enable early analysis and simulation of SAs. Eventually, the interplay between SA and MDE could be beneficial from a tooling perspective, as it would enable the re-use of techniques and technologies used for manipulating (meta)models in the context of SAs. Despite the advancements, several open challenges still compel the effective interplay between SA and MDE.
MDE4SA 2026 aims to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners where novel and innovative solutions to current and future challenges on the interplay between SAs and MDE can be presented and discussed.

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:


  *   Model-driven techniques and methodologies for designing SA
  *   Architectural description of SA design, considering logical and physical aspects through MDE
  *   Model-driven approaches for defining and measuring Quality-of-Service (QoS) in Sas
  *   Analysis of architectural designs and architectural patterns
  *   Approaches for migrating legacy architecture towards microservice architectures, serverless by means of MDE techniques
  *   Industrial practices and tools supporting the adoption of MDE into SA
  *   Methodologies adopted in industrial contexts
  *   Model repositories for SA
  *   Code generation from SA models and transformation approaches
  *   Change Propagation in SA views and consistency management
  *   Evolution of SA through modeling
  *   Empirical studies on SA and MDE areas

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SUBMISSION DETAILS
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We solicit full papers (no more than 8 pages, including references) and short papers (no more than 4 pages including references) of the following types:


  *   Technical papers presenting novel contributions relevant to the workshop topics
  *   Work in progress papers presenting preliminary results in applying MDE to software architecture
  *   Visionary papers on open problems and future research challenges
  *   Experience papers describing the use of MDE in software architecture within industrial context

Contributions must be written in English, adhere to the IEEE Computer Science proceedings format, and be submitted through EasyChair.
All submissions must be original work and must not have been previously published or being under review elsewhere.
The accepted papers will be published to the ICSA 2026 Companion proceedings, and appear in IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Note that changes to the list of authors of accepted papers are not allowed after submission.
For each accepted paper, at least one of the authors must register for the workshop, participate fully in the workshop, and present the paper at the workshop.

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ORGANISERS
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Enxhi Ferko, Jotne Connect, Västerås (Sweden)
Malvina Latifaj, Mälardalen University, Västerås (Sweden)
Valeria Pontillo, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila (Italy)

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STEERING COMMITTEE
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Alessio Bucaioni , Mälardalen University, Västerås (Sweden)
Amleto Di Salle, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila (Italy)
Ludovico Iovino, Gran Sasso Science Institute, L'Aquila (Italy)