SEE-AIT 2026 Workshop (Co-located with FSE'26)

The 1st International Workshop on Software Engineering for the GenAI Transformation (SEE-AIT)

Co-hosted with the ACM International Conference on the Foundations of Software Engineering (FSE) 2026

"Shaping the Socio-Technical Future of Work with GenAI."

Motivation & Goals

The SEE-AIT workshop is motivated by the rapid and often chaotic adoption of Generative AI in software-intensive organizations and the growing need to bring structure and a human-centric character to this transformation. It positions software engineering as the essential backbone for supporting GenAI integration and turning it into a reliable, auditable, and maintainable change management process. The workshop recognizes that GenAI introduces unique socio-technical challenges —such as non-determinism, trust, safety, and human–machine collaboration—that require a fundamental shift in how software engineers and organizations design, build, and govern systems.

Our mission is to clarify and strengthen the role of the software engineering community in guiding organizational GenAI transformation. It seeks to bring together researchers and practitioners to share and combine concrete practices, methods, and frameworks into a concise community statement outlining principles and open questions for organizational GenAI transformation. By focusing on organizations rather than purely technical, human, or business perspectives, the workshop aims to help institutions internalize GenAI in a way that is sustainable, compliant, and aligned with high-quality software standards.

Our goal is to create a collaborative, practice-driven forum that surfaces actionable approaches and open research challenges for responsible GenAI integration. Through real-world case studies and cross-disciplinary dialogue, the workshop aims to crystallize principles and roadmaps that enable organizations to innovate safely and effectively, while equipping software engineers to evolve their roles toward more conceptual, architectural, and abstraction-driven collaboration in the GenAI era.

Call for Papers

SEE-AIT 2026 will be held as a full-day workshop co-located with the FSE'26 in Montreal, Canada, on July 5th, 2026. We invite two submission types:

Extended Abstracts (up to 5 pages, including references). Extended Abstracts are suited for concise, early-stage, or in-progress work and comply with the FSE’26 requirement for APC-free extended abstracts.

Full Papers (5–8 pages, including references). Full Papers should present well-supported research or practice contributions—such as empirical studies, experience reports, design rationales, or evaluation notes—and must offer clear context, methodology, and actionable insights for software engineering practice.

Topics of Interest & Submission Guidelines

We welcome submissions that explore how GenAI can be integrated smoothly in the software engineering workflow, while respecting workflows, building trust, and ensuring fairness in the organizational processes. Specifically, topics of interest include:

LLM-Driven Workflows and Agentic Integration: Embedding LLMs and autonomous agents into organizational software engineering processes and daily operations.
Change Management for GenAI Adoption: Guiding organizational, process, and role transitions required for successful GenAI incorporation and agent deployment.
Architectures for GenAI-Enabled Systems: Designing software architectures that reliably support GenAI components and agentic behaviors.
Metrics and Measurement for GenAI Transformation: Defining indicators for transformation impact and progress, system reliability, and operational performance.
Education and Training for GenAI in SE: Developing curricula and training practices that build GenAI literacy and responsible usage in software engineering.
Empirical Evidence from Industry and Public Sector: Reporting real-world studies and experience on GenAI-driven transformation across diverse organizational contexts.
Tools and Methods for Human–AI Collaboration: Creating techniques, platforms, and workflows that support effective collaboration between software developers and AI systems.
UX and Interaction Design for GenAI Workflows: Crafting interfaces that enable intuitive, reliable use of GenAI capabilities.
Scalability and Organizational Deployment: Investigating how GenAI-SE solutions extend from team-level to full organizational adoption.
Comparative Perspectives on AI in SE: Analyzing how GenAI challenges and practices align with or differ from traditional ML and other AI technologies.

Important Dates (AoE)

Paper Submission: 12 February 2026
Notification: 19 March 2026
Camera-ready: 2 April 2026

Submit your paper through: https://seeait26.hotcrp.com. All submissions should follow the FSE 2026 two-column format, with full formatting instructions available on the FSE 2026 ‘How to Submit’ page. References must be included within the page limits, and each submission will be evaluated in a double-blind review by the Program Committee members.

Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library as part of the FSE'26 companion proceedings. Submissions must follow ACM formatting requirements, and at least one author of each accepted paper is required to register for and present at the workshop.

As a published ACM author, you and your co-authors are subject to all ACM Publications Policies, including ACM’s new Policy on Research Involving Human Participants and Subjects.

Special Journal Issue

We are pleased to announce that a post-workshop collaboration with Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) has been established. This collaboration aims to support the development of selected workshop contributions into full journal publications. The specific format and procedural details are currently being finalized and will be communicated as soon as they are confirmed.