Submissions

Paper submission

• Full papers (max 10 pages) that describe significant, original, and unpublished results related to, but not limited to, any SAM-related topics.
• Short papers (max 6 pages) - insightful contributions on SAM-relevant topics, such as preliminary and initial research results for which a complete evaluation has not yet been performed.

Also encouraged were (full or short) papers that describe negative results and replication studies. These papers advance knowledge by allowing the (re)evaluation the understanding of the current approaches continuously.

The page limit included figures and appendices. Up to two (2) more pages containing only references were allowed.

Submission Policy

The SAM 2025 proceedings were published by IEEE and included in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.

All authors were asked to obtain an ORCID to complete the publishing process for their accepted paper. IEEE has been involved in ORCID from the start and has committed to collecting ORCID from our published authors. IEEE is committed to improving author discoverability, ensuring proper attribution, and contributing to ongoing community efforts around name normalization; your ORCID will help in these efforts.

Submitted papers had a single-blind peer-review process. At least three reviewers evaluated each submitted paper based on significance, originality, substance, correctness, and clarity.

Accepted papers had to be presented in person or virtually at SAM 2025 by an author registered for the conference.

The program committee chairs and members selected one of the presented papers for a Best Paper Award. The best SAM 2025 papers were invited to submit an extension of their work to Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering ISSE NASA Journal published by Springer.

Submission Instructions

• All submissions to conform to SAM 2025 formatting instructions and not exceed 10 pages for full papers and 6 pages for short papers (excluding references). The page limit is strict, and it is not possible to purchase additional pages.
• All submissions had to be in PDF and made through the SAM 2025 Easychair web page.
• Formatting instructions were available at IEEE Proceedings Template for both LaTeX and Word users. LaTeX users to enable the conference format.
• By submitting to SAM2025, authors acknowledged that they are aware of and agree to be bound by the IEEE Author Rights and Responsibilities. In particular, papers submitted to SAM 2025 not have been published elsewhere and not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for SAM 2025.
• IEEE required the use of ORCIDs. LaTeX users to use the "orcidlink" package, \hypersetup{pdfborder={0 0 0}}, and \orcidlink{XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX} after each author name.

Important Dates

Abstract submission deadline: 24 July 2025 (extension)

Paper submission deadline: 31 July 2025 (extension)

Notification of acceptance: 25 August 2025

Camera-ready version deadline: 5 September 2025

SAM Conference: Mon 6 – Tue 7 October 2025