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Call for Papers

18th System Analysis and Modeling Conference (SAM 2026)
https://sdl-forum.org/Events/SAM2026/
5-6 October 2026 - Malaga, Spain
(co-located with MODELS 2026)
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The System Analysis and Modelling (SAM) conference provides an open arena
for participants from academia and industry to present and discuss the most
recent innovations, trends, experiences, and concerns in modeling,
specification, analysis, and realization of complex systems using ITU-T's
Specification and Description Language (SDL-2010) and Message Sequence Chart
(MSC) notations, as well as related system design languages — including but
not limited to UML, ASN.1, TTCN-3, SysML and the User Requirements Notation
(URN).

SCOPE AND TOPICS

SAM 2026 focuses on "The Symbiosis of AI and Systems Modeling". The scope
includes advancements/usage of languages/methods standardized by the ITU-T
and domain-specific languages for state-of-practice domains like artificial
intelligence, digital twins, no code, low code, DevOps, and metaverse. Also
included are software engineering technologies, such as agile methods, and
development aspects, such as requirements engineering, software verification
and validation, model checking, code generation, tool support, and training.
Authors are invited to submit papers related to this year’s theme, including
the following non-exclusive list of topics:

* Evolution of languages: Domain-specific languages, modular language
design, semantics, and evaluation, languages for artificial intelligence
systems, high-level modeling languages, ModelOps.

* Model-driven development: AI-supported system modeling, agile modeling,
analysis and transformation of models, reduce coding by reuse, verification
and validation of models, testing based on and applied to models, automated
verification by model checking, approaches to increase quality and
efficiency in teams.

* System engineering models: Semantics of system models, refinement of
system designs into implementations, automated code generation, integration
of system and software design models, non-functional aspects in system
models, creation of digital twins from models, and applying
hardware/software-in-the-loop to model simulation.

* Industrial applications and tools: Industrial usage reports,
standardization activities, tool support, and frameworks, domain-specific
applicability, modeling and analysis in machine control and monitoring,
model-based creation of immersive web spaces.

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES

SAM 2026 welcomes academic and industrial papers in the following categories:

- Full papers: Max 10 pages (including figures and references).
- Extended abstracts: Max 5 pages (+1 page for references).

We also encourage submissions describing negative results and replication studies.

SAM 2026 proceedings will be published by ACM. Papers must be submitted in
PDF format and follow the ACM proceedings format. Submissions must be made
through EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sam2026

IMPORTANT DATES

Abstract submission: 17 June 2026
Paper submission: 24 June 2026
Notification of acceptance: 22 July 2026
Camera-ready version: 31 July 2026
SAM Conference: 5–6 October 2026

VENUE & REGISTRATION

The conference will be held in person in Malaga, Spain. At least one co-author
of every paper must register and present it in person.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

- Robert Clarisó (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain)
- Joan Garcia Subirana (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain)

ABOUT THE SDL FORUM SOCIETY

The SDL Forum Society that runs the conference is a non-profit organization
established by language users and tool providers to promote the
Specification and Description Language (SDL-2010), Message Sequence Charts
(MSC) and related System Design Languages (including but not limited to
ASN.1, TTCN-3, SysML and URN), to provide and disseminate information on the
development and use of the languages, to support education on the languages
and to plan and organize the SAM conference series and events to promote the
languages.