International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines, and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026): First Call for Industry Track Papers

[George Angelos Papadopoulos]

*** First Call for Industry Track Papers ***

International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, Product Lines,

and Configuration (VARIABILITY 2026)

29 September - 2 October 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina

Limassol, Cyprus

https://conf.researchr.org/home/variability-2026

The VARIABILITY conference series brings together the communities previously served by

ICSR, SPLC, and VaMoS, forming a unified venue for research on variability, configuration, 

customization, and related disciplines in software and systems engineering.

The Industry Track of VARIABILITY 2026 offers a platform for practitioners, researchers, 

and technology leaders to share practical experiences in industrial settings with reuse, 

variability management, configuration, and product line engineering across software and 

systems. Building on the industrial tracks of SPLC, VaMoS, and ICSR, this track bridges 

research and practice by showcasing how variability, reuse, and product line strategies are

being applied and developed in today’s fast-changing industrial environments.

Software systems are becoming increasingly configurable, data-driven, and AI-enabled 

(e.g., using foundation models), while also integrating advanced technologies such as 

quantum computing. This growing complexity calls for balancing flexibility, reuse, and 

quality amid pressures from emerging technologies and sustainability objectives. The 

Industry Track welcomes submissions that demonstrate how these challenges are 

addressed in real-world settings, whether through success stories, lessons learned, or 

reflections on failures that yielded valuable insights.

We especially encourage submissions that demonstrate how variability management,

reuse, and configuration approaches are being applied or reimagined in industrial settings, 

including through AI, digital twins, large language (LLMs) and foundation models, quantum

computing, and cyber-physical systems.

The industry track aims to:

• Showcase practical experiences from industrial settings using variability, reuse, or 

configuration techniques.

• Exchange insights between industry practitioners and researchers.

• Identify new industrial challenges and opportunities for future research collaboration.

• Share tools, processes, or organizational approaches that improve adaptability, 

scalability, and efficiency.

Topics of Interest

We welcome experience reports, case studies, and position papers on any of the topics 

covered by the VARIABILITY conference. The detailed list of topics can be found on the

conference website (https://conf.researchr.org/track/variability-2026/variability-2026-papers#Call-for-Papers).

In addition to these topics, the industry track welcomes papers also on:

Industrial Applications

• Variability and reuse in AI, cyber-physical systems, robotics, automotive, aerospace, 

quantum computing, etc.

• Sustainable technologies for variation and sustainable software reuse approaches

• Human, organizational, and social aspects of variable systems and software

• Industrial case studies and lessons learned

Submission Guidelines

Paper Types

We invite the following types of submissions:

• Full Papers (up to 18 pages excluding references): Presenting experiences from the 

application of reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering 

approaches, preferably in an industrial context. Submissions should provide a clear

context for the problem, outline requirements or practical experiences in addressing it, 

evaluate benefits and drawbacks or other lessons learned, and highlight the innovation or 

value of the contribution.

• Short Papers (6 - 8 pages excluding references): Describing early results from new 

reuse, variability management, configuration, and product line engineering across

software and systems applications.

• Extended Abstracts (up to 1 page): A proposal for presentation during the conference. 

The extended abstract will not be published.

Formatting

Papers must use the Springer LNCS template according to:

https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Springer provides author guidelines that should be consulted for further details:

https://resource-preview-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19242230/data/v17

Submission Link

Submissions should be made via Easy Chair, selecting the industry track:

https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=variability2026

Paper Originality, Single-Blind Policy, Reviewing

All papers must be original and not under review elsewhere. Submissions will be single-

anonymous and reviewed by at least three experts. Submissions will be evaluated based

on their relevance, rigor, transparency, novelty, and presentation.  Accepted papers will 

appear in the VARIABILITY 2026 Proceedings which will be published as a Springer LNCS 

volume.

Important Dates (AoE)

• Submission of Papers: 8 June 2026

• Notification of Acceptance: 8 July 2026

• Camera-Ready Submission: 15 July 2026

• Author Registration: 15 July 2026

Organisation

General Chairs

• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

• Gilles Perrouin, FNRS & University of Namur, Belgium

Research Track Chairs

• Thorsten Berger, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

• Ina Schaefer, KIT, Germany

Industry Track Chairs

• Shaukat Ali, Simula Research Lab and Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway

• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

Journal First Track Chairs

• Mathieu Acher, University Rennes, Inria, CNRS, IRISA, France

• Xhevahire Tërnava, LTCI, Télécom Paris, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

Doctoral Symposium Track Chairs

• Rick Rabiser, LIT CPS, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria

• Iris Reinhartz-Berger, University of Haifa, Israel

Demos and Tools Track Chairs

• Sandra Greiner, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

• Leopoldo Teixeira, Federal University of Pernambuco

Projects Showcase Chairs

• Daniel Struber, Chalmers, University of Gothenburg, Radbound University, Sweden

• Dalila Tamzalit, Nantes Université, France

Hall of Fame Chairs

• Martin Becker, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany

• Goetz Botterweck, Lero - The Irish Software Research Centre and University of Limerick, Ireland 

• Natsuko Noda, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan

Workshops Chairs

• Lidia Fuentes, Universidad de Malaga, Spain

• Malte Lochau, University of Siegen, Germany

Tutorials Chairs

• Loek Cleophas, Eindhoven University of Technology and Stellenbosch University, The Netherlands 

• Mahsa Varshosaz, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark 

Proceedings Chair

• Sophie Fortz, King's College London, UK

Publicity Chairs

• Wesley Assunção, North Carolina State University, USA

• Kentaro Yoshimura, Hitachi Ltd, Japan

Local Organiser and Finance Chair

• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus