2026 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES
(SERVICES 2026)

13-18 July 2026, Sydney, Australia

Part of the 2026 IEEE World Congress on SERVICES
July 13-18
Sydney, Australia
Important Dates

Submission deadline for all invited papers:
11 April, 2026
25 April, 2026 (extended)

Review deadline and acceptance notifications:
16 May, 2026

Submission of camera-ready versions to IEEE:
31 May, 2026

Symposium Organizers

Symposium Chairs

Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University

Sumi Helal, University of Bologna

Zhiying Tu, Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai)

Symposium Executive Committee

Rong N Chang, IBM Research, Yorktown

Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology

Schahram Dustdar, Technical University of Vienna

Sumi Helal, University of Florida

John Impagliazzo, Hofstra University

Weiping Li, Peking University

Nancy Mead, Carnegie Mellon University

Michael Sheng, Macquarie University

Sasu Tarkoma, University of Helsinki

Symposium Program Chairs

Shijun Liu, Shandong University

Stephan Reiff-Marganiec, University of Derby

Keynote Speakers

Carl K. Chang, Iowa State University

Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology

Michael Sheng, Macquarie University 

Andy Anderson, IBM Research, Yorktown

Jing Fan, Zhejiang University of Technology

2026 IEEE Symposium on Services and Software Engineering Education

With the rapid development of new generation of information technology, especially of the generative artificial intelligence, in recent years, there are a lot of new challenges for software service engineering education. In order to explore the good models, methods and solutions for service science and software service engineering education in the new situation worldwide, we propose the International Symposium on Services and Software Engineering (SSEedu) in the IEEE World Congress on Services.

In 2024, the first IEEE Symposium on Services and Software Engineering Education (2024 IEEE SSEedu) was successfully held in Shenzhen, China, with the theme on services and software engineering in the digital era. In 2025, the second IEEE SSEedu symposium (2025 IEEE SSEedu), was successfully held in Helsinki, Finland, with the theme on AI empowered education for services and software engineering education in the intelligent era.

This year, the third IEEE SSEedu symposium (2026 IEEE SSEedu), organized alongside the IEEE Congress on Services SSE Conference, on the core theme of “Facing Change, Software Engineering Education in the Era of AI-Driven Software Development.” will be held for two days in July in Sydney, Australia, with invited speeches, panels, and paper presentations. SSEedu will accept high quality papers aligned with the topics below, ensuring a balance of views from various geographical regions and also from academia and industry. The accepted papers will be published in Proceedings of the 2026 IEEE World Congress on Services. Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to:

  • AI-Driven Curriculum Design and Development for Services and Software Engineering
  • Integration of Large Language Models in Software Engineering Education
  • AI-Powered Assessment and Evaluation Methods in Services Education
  • Adaptive Learning Systems for Software Engineering Education
  • AI-Enhanced Learning Management Systems for Services and Software Engineering
  • Intelligent Tutoring Systems and Virtual Teaching Assistants
  • AI-Powered Code Review and Programming Education Tools
  • Extended Reality (XR) and AI Solutions in Software Engineering Education
  • AI-Assisted Project-Based Learning in Software Engineering
  • Intelligent Personalized Learning Paths for Services Education
  • AI-Enhanced Collaborative Learning Environments
  • Real-time AI Feedback Systems in Programming Education
  • AI-Powered Industry-Academia Collaboration Platforms
  • Intelligent Internship and Practicum Management Systems
  • AI-Enhanced Professional Certification Programs
  • Industry-Relevant AI Tools in Software Engineering Education
  • AI-Generated Educational Content for Services and Software Engineering
  • Intelligent Content Curation and Recommendation Systems
  • AI-Powered Documentation and Technical Writing Tools
  • Automated Resource Generation for Programming Exercises
  • AI-Based Student Performance Analytics
  • Intelligent Plagiarism Detection Systems
  • Automated Quality Assessment of Software Projects
  • AI-Driven Educational Program Evaluation
  • Emerging AI Technologies in Services and Software Engineering Education
  • Ethics and Responsible AI in Software Engineering Education
  • AI-Driven Educational Policy and Governance
  • Next-Generation AI Tools for Software Engineering Education