The 2nd International Workshop on Reliable and Efficient Multi-agent Services (REMS 2026)

The 2nd International Workshop on Reliable and Efficient Multi-agent Services (REMS 2026) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of multi-agent systems, Web services, and service computing. The workshop focuses on emerging theories, architectures, and systems that enable reliable, efficient, and trustworthy collaboration among intelligent agents in service-oriented environments.

As intelligent agents increasingly participate in service planning, orchestration, execution, and adaptation, they are reshaping how complex service ecosystems are designed and operated. This trend is especially relevant to modern Web and service computing, where autonomous agents can support dynamic service composition, cross-platform coordination, and adaptive service delivery across cloud and edge environments. At the same time, these advances introduce new challenges in dependability, trust, privacy, verification, and runtime efficiency. REMS 2026 provides a focused forum for discussing new advances in agent-based service architectures, autonomous service composition, distributed coordination, fault-tolerant orchestration, and trustworthy multi-agent service systems.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Reliable orchestration of multi-agent service workflows
  • Agent-based service composition and execution
  • Agent-as-a-Service architectures and deployment models
  • Robust planning, negotiation, and coordination under uncertainty
  • Trustworthy collaboration in agent-based service ecosystems
  • Security, privacy, and data protection for multi-agent services
  • Formal models, verification, and runtime assurance for agent behaviors
  • Cloud-edge collaboration for distributed multi-agent service systems
  • Lightweight coordination for resource-constrained and on-device agents
  • Communication-efficient and network-aware protocols for distributed agents
  • Agent operating systems and runtime frameworks for service delivery
  • Cross-agent learning and knowledge transfer in service environments
  • Multi-modal data governance for agent-enabled services
  • Dependability, observability, and monitoring of agentic service systems

Submission Guidelines

Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished papers to REMS 2026. Submissions should be prepared in PDF format and submitted through the IEEE SERVICES 2026 EasyChair site: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=ieeeservices2026 , by selecting the REMS workshop track. Submissions should follow the IEEE conference formatting requirements. Templates are available in LaTeX , MS Word (US Letter) , and MS Word (A4) .

Each paper will be reviewed by at least three qualified members of the international program committee to ensure high quality. Paper acceptance will be based on originality, significance, technical soundness, relevance to the workshop themes, and clarity of presentation.

Accepted and presented papers are expected to be included in the official workshop proceedings of IEEE SERVICES 2026, subject to the congress publication policy. At least one author of each accepted paper must complete registration and present the paper at the workshop. Registration is subject to the terms, conditions, and procedures of the main IEEE SERVICES 2026 conference, as provided on the conference website.

Important Dates

  • Paper Submission: 24 May 2026
  • Acceptance Notification: 7 June 2026
  • Camera-ready and Registration: 14 June 2026

All deadlines are in Anywhere on Earth time (AOE = GMT – 12).

Workshop Chairs

  • Chang Liu, Zhejiang University
  • Mingyi Liu, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Peng He, Hubei University