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Call for papers: Special issue on AI for Software Architecture (AI for SA)

Journal of Systems and Software (JSS), Elsevier
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/journal-of-systems-and-software

Link to the SI call: AI for SA
https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/329237/artificial-intelligence-for-software-architecting-ai-for-sa

Artificial intelligence for software architecture (AI for SA), as an emerging area of research, aims to synergise AI solutions and SA practices to instill intelligence in the processes and tools of architecture-centric software engineering. This special issue seeks submissions focused on the application of AI methods to architect software systems - reporting innovative solutions, empirical studies, tools, technologies, and socio-technical challenges of AI for SA.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

Empirical Studies on AI for SA
- Industrial findings and experience reports
- Empirical studies and metrics

Process, Patterns and Frameworks to support AI for SA
- Reference architectures
- Architectural description languages
- Architectural patterns and styles
- Architectural refactoring
- Requirements engineering for software architectures
- Development processes and frameworks
- Architectural frameworks

Tools and Technologies to support AI for SA
- AI agents for software architecture
- Large language models for software architecture
- Generative artificial intelligence for software architecture
- Development Bots and software architecture

Note: In line with JSS policies, submissions consisting of surveys, literature reviews, or mapping studies on the aforementioned or related topics will not be considered for this special issue

Important Dates:
- Submission deadline: March 15, 2026
- First-round notification: May 30, 2026

Guest Editors:
Aakash Ahmad - School of Computing, University of Derby, UK
Muhammed Waseem - GPTLab, Tampere University, Finland
Peng Liang - School of Computer Science, Wuhan University, China
Bedir Tekinerdogan - Information Technology Group, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands

Submission details and SI page: Link to the SI call: AI for SA


Please feel free to reach out if you require any further information. We look forward to receiving your high-quality submission and would appreciate it if you could also share this call within your research network or potential contributors.

With kind regards,
Aakash Ahmad - a.abbasi--AT--derby.ac.uk
(on behalf of the Guest Editors)