1st International Workshop on Ops-Related Engineering for Software Architecture (xOps)

The International Workshop on Ops-Related Engineering for Software Architecture (xOps) at ICSA 2026 provides a forum for researchers, practitioners, and software architects to exchange experiences and results. Unlike prior workshops that focus on specific practices such as DevOps or MLOps, this workshop emphasizes the architectural perspective across the full spectrum of xOps. We welcome technical papers, position papers, industry case studies, and vision papers addressing the interplay of xOps and software architecture. Through paper presentations, breakout sessions, and a panel discussion, the workshop positions xOps as a catalyst for architectural change, steering the field toward agentic systems through emerging paradigms such as xLMOps and Agentic-Ops.

Fri 13 Feb 2026: Paper submissions

Fri 13 Mar 2026: Acceptance Notification for Papers

Fri 27 Mar 2026: Camera-ready

The workshop will take place on Monday, June 22, in Room 4B47 at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam), located in Amsterdam’s Zuidas district. More information can be found on the ICSA webpage.

9:00 - 9:15: Welcome

9:15 - 9:30: Ops Patterns for Education: Aligning Software Engineering Curricula with Emerging xOps Architectures

9:30 - 9:50: Learning from a Big-Bang Integration Failure in a Distributed Reactive System: An xOps Industry Case Study

9:50 - 10:10: Operationalize Self-Managing Machine Learning Systems with a Generalizable Knowledge-Driven Architecture

10:10 - 10:30: Context-aware software architecture: implementing URL endpoint health monitoring with domain-specific languages

10:30 - 11:00: Break

11:00 - 12:20: Panel discussion (1 author from each paper)

12:20 - 12:30: Closing words

Technical papers (up to 8 pages) presenting novel methods, frameworks, empirical findings, or evaluations of xOps practices with explicit connections to software architecture.

Industry case studies (up to 8 pages) sharing practical experiences, lessons learned, and best practices in architecting systems that integrate xOps principles.

Position papers (up to 4 pages) outlining emerging challenges, new perspectives, or visionary ideas on the architectural role of xOps.

Technical papers (up to 8 pages) presenting novel methods, frameworks, empirical findings, or evaluations of xOps practices with explicit connections to software architecture.

Industry case studies (up to 8 pages) sharing practical experiences, lessons learned, and best practices in architecting systems that integrate xOps principles.

Position papers (up to 4 pages) outlining emerging challenges, new perspectives, or visionary ideas on the architectural role of xOps.

Vision papers and work-in-progress papers (up to 4 pages) presenting early ideas, preliminary results, or open research problems relevant to xOps and architecture.