3rd Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing for AI Applications
SOC4AI 2026 is proposed as the 3rd Workshop on Service-Oriented Computing for AI Applications, co-located with the 24th International Conference on Service-Oriented Computing (ICSOC 2026), which will take place in Lodz, Poland, from 1 to 4 December 2026.
Service-Oriented Computing has transformed the engineering of distributed software systems over the past two decades, while Artificial Intelligence is reshaping every facet of the digital economy. SOC4AI 2026 brings these two domains into a single forum to explore synergies, challenges, and emerging research directions.
The workshop pursues a dual objective:
- SOC for AI Applications: how SOC principles, standards, and middleware can accelerate the design, deployment, and life-cycle management of AI-centric systems spanning the cloud-edge continuum.
- AI for SOC Systems: how contemporary AI techniques, including foundation models, reinforcement learning, and causal inference, can enrich, automate, and optimise service-oriented architectures, from discovery and composition to monitoring, governance, and sustainability.
Key themes include interoperable AI service ecosystems, AI-powered autonomy and governance, sustainable and cost-efficient service operations, and human-centric and responsible AI-as-a-Service.
By convening researchers and practitioners from both communities, SOC4AI 2026 aims to consolidate best practices, surface emerging pain points, and articulate a shared roadmap for the next generation of intelligent, service-driven computing.