Introduction 

The 2026 International Workshop on Systems Engineering Research is an international one-day workshop on systems engineering, financially sponsored by the INCOSE French Chapter AFIS, with technical co-sponsorship from IEEE International, the IEEE Systems Council, the IEEE France Section, the IEEE France Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, the French Society for Automation, Industrial Engineering and Productics (SAGIP)French Society for Automation, Industrial Engineering and Productics (SAGIP), and the S.mart Scientific Interest Group.

The workshop will be held in Toulouse, France, at La Cité, 55 avenue Louis Breguet, on January 14, 2026, jointly with the INCOSE French Chapter AFIS annual congress.

General Expectations

Papers submitted in response to the open call for papers will undergo a formal peer-review process for acceptance. We expect submissions to clearly articulate new and significant contributions and place them in the context of the existing literature. Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop. Inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library is subject to meeting IEEE quality standards; IEEE reserves the right to decline publication of conference proceedings that do not fulfill these requirements.

Authors of papers with high potential to meet the Systems Engineering (SE) Journal or IEEE Systems Journal standards will be invited to submit an extended version – with less than 25% overlap compared to the workshop version – focusing, for instance, on a more detailed research method, improved (empirical) validation, and extended discussion of applicability and impact.

Important Dates (23:59 UTC/GMT) 

All deadlines are at 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE). The submission deadlines shall be rigorously upheld. Requests for extensions will not be accommodated.

• Online submission will open: September 01, 2025

• Abstract (250 words or less) submission deadline: September 15, 2025

• Full paper submission deadline for 1st review cycle: October 06, 2025

• Initial notification: November 03, 2025

• Full paper submission deadline for 2nd review cycle: November 17, 2025

• Registration opens: November 17, 2025

• Final notification: December 01, 2025

• Camera-ready IEEE Xplore®–compliant full paper deadline: December 08, 2025

• Author registration deadline: December 15, 2025

• Workshop: January 14, 2026 

Topics of Interest

The workshop aims to bring together researchers working on all aspects of current and future systems engineering research in both academia and industry. It seeks contributions in systems engineering, including, but not limited to, the following topics: 

• Agile systems design

• AI for systems engineering

• Architecture design

• Computational system design synthesis

• Constraint-based design

• Digital continuity for systems engineering

• Digital threads

• Digital twin

• Early verification and validation

• Engineering sustainable systems

• Human-AI teaming

• Human-centred systems design

• Human-Computer Interaction for (Model-Based) Systems Engineering

• Human-Systems Integration

• Mission engineering

• (Model-Based) Product Line Engineering

• Model-based systems engineering

• Model checking

• Multidisciplinary design analysis and optimisation

• Patterns-Based Systems Engineering

• Product-Process co-engineering

• Requirements engineering

• Systems and problem modelling language

• Systems integration, verification and validation

• Systems modelling and simulation

• Systems of systems engineering

• Trade space exploration

• Traceability

• Virtual or augmented reality in systems engineering

• ...

Contact Us

Contact: workshop@afis.fr