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<p style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Software Architecture and Machine Learning researchers,<br>
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we are delighted to inform you that the <b>5th International Workshop on Software Architecture and Machine Learning (SAML 2026)</b> will be co-located with the 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture (ICSA) 2026,
<b>June 22 - 26, 2026</b>, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.<br>
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Following the success of the previous five editions, we are announcing a major change to SAML 2026. Instead of full research papers, we are now requesting
<b>Registered Reports (RRs)</b>, <b>short papers</b> or industry experience reports. RRs are detailed study designs submitted for feedback prior to the execution of the study. Accepted RRs will be published in full in ACM TOSEM, a top-tier journal in the field. <br>
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For this 5th-edition anniversary of SAML, we also choose a workshop theme for the first time:
<b>LLM Agents and Software Architecture</b>. Other relevant topics, related to software architecture for machine learning and machine learning for software architecture, can be found on the SAML 2026 Website.<br>
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<b>Paper Deadline: February 13, 2026</b><br>
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You can find all detailed information on the </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/sa-ml.github.io/saml2026/__;!!NLW3fF9v!JSSi7nwrQ-VLQX-N5iysWiMCaXDnpoLonC2rNl8gWugAL2CdNsPb-mXOvkrsDT1q1fQJuZfVm4cHJD8B1O8az7iEsUN6Eoq6g59RCpCZ$"><span lang="EN-US">SAML
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To stay updated, please follow us on our new </span><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.linkedin.com/company/saml-workshop-on-software-architecture-for-machine-learning/?viewAsMember=true__;!!NLW3fF9v!JSSi7nwrQ-VLQX-N5iysWiMCaXDnpoLonC2rNl8gWugAL2CdNsPb-mXOvkrsDT1q1fQJuZfVm4cHJD8B1O8az7iEsUN6Eoq6g7687cyk$"><span lang="EN-US">LinkedIn
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We are looking forward to your submissions!<br>
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Justus Bogner, Mohamed Soliman, Nicolas Weeger and Marie Platenius-Mohr<br>
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