KDA-AI 2026

1st International Workshop on Knowledge-Driven Architectures for AI Systems
Co-located with the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) 2026
Amsterdam, Netherlands

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Call for Papers

The Knowledge-Driven Architectures for AI Systems workshop is motivated by the urgent need to explore and advance knowledge-driven approaches to software architecture in the era of AI systems. It aims to unite researchers, practitioners, and tool developers to share insights, present solutions, and promote collaboration around the use of ontologies to meet the architectural needs of modern AI systems. By linking theoretical foundations with practical applications, the workshop will help advance software architecture as a discipline, preparing it for the next generation of intelligent, knowledge-driven systems.

Topics

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Knowledge-driven architectures for AI systems.
  • Knowledge-driven architectural patterns and styles for intelligent systems.
  • Explainability and traceability in ML-enabled architectures.
  • Semantic interoperability across AI systems and ML components.
  • Lifecycle management of AI systems.
  • Automated reasoning for reliability of AI systems.
  • Incorporating domain expertise into architectural design.
  • Ontology-driven compliance and ethical alignment.
  • Tool support for knowledge-driven architectural analysis.
  • Case studies and applications of knowledge-driven architectures.
  • Challenges in maintaining and evolving AI-centric architectures.
  • Cross-disciplinary approaches combining software architecture and semantic technologies for AI systems.

The DIKW pyramid illustrating the hierarchical layers from data to wisdom. The right side illustrates a new foundation for building reusable, system-aware ML components.

Important Dates

Submissions Deadline

February 13, 2026

Acceptance Notification

March 13, 2026

Camera Ready

March 27, 2026

Workshop

June 22 or 23, 2026 (TBD)


Note: All deadlines are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth).

Submissions

All submissions must adhere to the IEEE Computer Science proceedings formatting guidelines and be submitted through the official ICSA submission system. Contributions should be submitted before the deadline using the online platform: EasyChair and must be original, not previously published, and not under review elsewhere.

Types of Contributions

We welcome high-quality, original contributions in the following formats:

  • Full Papers (8 pages, IEEE format): Novel frameworks, methodologies, or empirical studies.
  • Short papers (2-4 pages, IEEE format): Position papers, preliminary results, tool demos, or experience reports.

Proceedings

Workshop proceedings will be published in the ICSA 2026 Companion proceedings and available in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and attend the workshop.

Committee

Organizing Committee

Program Committee

Program

Time [min] Event Speaker(s)/Author(s) Session Chair(s)
15 Welcome and Opening Remarks: Introduction to workshop themes and objectives. Organizing Committee
30 Keynote: TBD TBD TBD
60 Paper Presentations - Session I TBD TBD
15 Coffee Break
60 Paper Presentations - Session II TBD TBD
45 Panel Discussion / Roundtable TBD TBD
15 Closing Remarks and Summary Organizing Committee

Contact

Location:

SDU SE
Campusvej 55
5230 Odense

Email:

Anders Launer Bæk-Petersen
Mahyar T. Moghaddam
Jakob Hviid

Call:

+45 6550 4579