AvioSE'26, February, 24, 2026, Bern, Switzerland

Avionics is derived from the expression “Aviation Electronics”. Software engineering for avionics systems is driven by safety. Its grand challenges are demanding fault tolerance and graceful degradation, increasing complexity, rising certification effort, and increasing cost and time pressures. The last decade of aviation is characterized by disruptive requirements for electrification and automation. New software development methodologies are required for fast adaptation of future applications, e.g., reduced crew operation, manned-unmanned teaming and formation flight. At the same time, there are still many unsolved issues in communication and navigation in airspace, certification of new target platforms, such as multi/many-core processors, artificial intelligence as well as cyber-security.

News

2025-10-23	AvioSE'26 CfP online The CfP for the AvioSE'26 workshop is now online. We are looking forward to receiving your submissions.
2025-09-09	AvioSE'26 accepted AvioSE'26 was accepted as a workshop co-located with the SE'26. We are looking forward to your contribution and participation!
2025-09-06	AvioSE'26 proposed We would like to inform you that we proposed AvioSE'26 as a workshop for SE'26.

Important dates

Dec 01, 2025	Paper submission deadline
Dec 23, 2025	Paper acceptance notification
Jan 19, 2026	Camera-ready paper deadline
Feb 24, 2026	Day of the workshop

Registration

Participation as an author or listener requires a registration at the hosting conference SE26.

Call for Papers ( PDF )

The objective of the workshop is to foster the synergy between the software engineering and avionics systems community and provide a platform for exchanging new software engineering methods, tools, and techniques applied in avionics to accelerate innovation in aviation. Topics of interest, but not limited to these, are:

Development technologies (e.g. model-based systems and software engineering):

• Requirements engineering
• Modelling languages and tools
• Model-based systems and software engineering (MBSE)
• Transfer of modelling techniques to industrial application and their scalability
• Cyber-Security and Safety
• Algorithm-based sizing, layout, design, and automation of development and certification artifacts

Development methods (e.g. deployment of AI):

• Avionics-specific languages, compilers, checkers or tools
• Agile development vs. certification
• Interaction with other domains (e.g., electrical engineering, physics, psychology)
• Deployment of artificial intelligence for enhancing development processes
• Automated and/or digital engineering workflows

Quality assurance methods (e.g. model-based tests, formal methods):

• Model-based tests as well as safety and security assessment
• Verification via testing and formal methods and their scalability
• Qualification simplification methods
• Alternative certification strategies

Product technologies (e.g. applications of AI):

• Applications of AI (including verification, certification, and explainability)
• Autonomous Systems (e.g., UAS, Remotely Piloted Aircraft System (RPAS))
• Reference architectures for hard- and software and interfaces between sub-systems
• Sensors, sensor fusion and sensor management
• Integrated Modular Avionics (IMA) and other avionics platforms
• Human-Machine-Interface (HMI)
• Safty-critical middleware and operating systems

Vision papers

• Short vision papers on upcoming challenges, technologies or regulations

Type of submission and conditions

We welcome two kinds of contributions:

• Full Paper: The paper does not exceed 20 pages and states completed research.
• Short Paper: The paper does not exceed 10 pages and states ongoing research.

All accepted contributions will be published within the SE-workshop proceedings.

!!! Accepted contributions must be presented by one of the authors in person. One author must be registered for the workshop or full SE before the final manuscript deadline!!!

How to Contribute?

The papers must follow LNI formatting guidelines.

The papers are to be submitted using EasyChair. If you do not have an EasyChair account, you need to create a new one. The text of the abstract should not exceed 200 words.

Assessment and Selection of Submissions

The requested submissions lie in the field of expertise of the Organisation and Program Committee. They are assessed according to the following scientific criteria:

• Reasonable structure (problem statement and related work, solution, evaluation of the presented approach)
• Presentation of the unique feature of the submission w. r. t. existing solutions
• Intersubjectively comprehensible compilation
• Relevance of the presented approach
• Innovation of the submission
• Sustainability of the solution
• Appropriate citation of relevant scientific publications
• Form (language, spelling, grammar and formatting)

Committee

To contact the organizers, send an email to Andreas Schweiger: andreas.schweiger[at]airbus.com.

Workshop chairs

Dr. Andreas Schweiger, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
Prof. Umut Durak, German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Marina Reich, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Technische Universität Chemitz
Dr. Vanessa Tietz, Universität Stuttgart

Program committee

Dr. Andreas Schweiger, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
apl. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Umut Durak, DLR Braunschweig
Prof. Björn Annighöfer, Universität Stuttgart
Dr. Vanessa Tietz, Universität Stuttgart
Marina Reich, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Technische Universität Chemitz
Prof. Dr. Peter Stütz, Universität der Bundeswehr München
Prof. Dr. Ralf God, Technische Universität Hamburg
Dr.-Ing. Martin Halle, Hamburg University of Technology
Dr.-Ing. Peter Müller, Diehl Aerospace
Dr. Winfried Lohmiller, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH
Dr. Christian Meißner, Volkswagen AG
Stéphane Poulain, Airbus Operations GmbH
Deni Raco, RWTH Aachen University
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Rumpe, RWTH Aachen University
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Voss, FH Aachen

Proceedings

Will follow after the workshop.

Past Editions

AvioSE'25	Co-located with SE Karlsruhe, Germany
AvioSE'24	Co-located with SE Linz, Austria
AvioSE'23	Co-located with SE Paderborn, Germany
AvioSE'22	Co-located with SE virtual
AvioSE'21	Co-located with SE virtual
AvioSE'20	Co-located with SE in Innsbruck, Austria
AvioSE'19	Co-located with SE in Stuttgart, Germany