The rapid growth of Internet-of-Things (IoT) and edge computing systems has introduced new challenges for ensuring software dependability. These systems operate in highly dynamic, distributed, and resource-constrained environments, integrating heterogeneous devices, networks, and cloud services. Failures, security vulnerabilities, and quality issues in such ecosystems may lead to significant operational, economic, or safety consequences.
Ensuring dependable IoT and edge software, therefore, requires novel approaches to reliability engineering, verification and validation, runtime assurance, and secure system design. This special track aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on methods, tools, and empirical studies that improve the dependability of IoT and edge-based software systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research papers as well as industrial practice papers. Simultaneous submissions to other conferences are not permitted. Detailed instructions for electronic paper submission, panel proposals, and review process can be found at QRS submission.
Each submission can have a maximum of ten pages. It should include a title, the name and affiliation of each author, a 300-word abstract, and up to 6 keywords. Shorter version papers (up to six pages) are also allowed.
All papers must conform to the QRS conference proceedings format (PDF | Word DOCX | Latex) and Submission Guideline set in advance by QRS 2026. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper is required to pay the full registration fee and present the paper at the workshop. Submissions must be in PDF format and uploaded to the conference submission site. Arrangements are being made to publish an extended version of top-quality papers in selected SCI journals.
Submission
