REFSQ 2026
REFSQ Co-Located Events 2026

Table of Contents

• Preface
  Summary: These are the Joint Proceedings of the REFSQ 2026 Workshops, Doctoral Symposium, Posters & Tools Track, and Education and Training Track.
  João Araújo , Renata Guizzardi , Oliver Karras , Greta Adamo

International Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Requirements Engineering (NLP4RE)

• Preface: 9th Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Requirements Engineering (NLP4RE’26)
  Jacek Dąbrowski , Fabiano Dalpiaz , Farnaz Fotrousi , Quim Motger
• Towards a Software Reference Architecture for Natural Language Processing Tools in Requirements Engineering
  Julian Frattini , Quim Motger
• From User Stories to Automated Scriptless Testing via Language Models: the AUTOLINK Project
  Ashley T. van Can , Fernando Pastor Ricós , Tanja E.J. Vos , Fabiano Dalpiaz
• From Reviews to Requirements: Can LLMs Generate Human-Like User Stories?
  Shadman Sakib , Oishy Fatema Akhand , Tasnia Tasneem , Shohel Ahmed
• From PDFs to Structured and FAIR Knowledge: Organizing NLP4RE ID Cards in the Open Research Knowledge Graph
  Amirreza Alasti , Lena John , Oliver Karras

1st International Workshop on Participatory User-Centric RE (PURE)

• Welcome to the 1st International Workshop on Participatory, User-centered Requirements Engineering (PURE’26)
  Jakob Droste , Hannah Deters , Anne Hess , Elisa Schmid
• Keynote: Why Large Language Models Appear to be Intelligent and Creative: Because They Generate Bullshit!
  Daniel M. Berry
• Interactive Session: Prompting for creative requirements from ChatGPT
  Andrea Herrmann , Luisa Mich
• Do-Be-Feel-Based Motivational Goal Modelling in Design Thinking Education: A Qualitative Case Study
  Kaisa Raadik , Kuldar Taveter
• User Reviews as a Source for Usability Requirements: A Precursor Study on Using Large Language Models
  Cedric Wellhausen , Laura Reinhardt , Kurt Schneider

1st Interactive Workshop on the Promotion of Open Science in Requirements Engineering (RE-OpenS)

• Opening Requirements Engineering for Transparent, Accessible, and Reusable Research
  Oliver Karras , Lena John , Tobias Hey , Katharina Großer

7th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Artificial Intelligence (RE4AI)

• Preface: The 7th International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Artificial Intelligence (RE4AI’26)
  Angelo Susi , Jennifer Horkoff , Anna Perini

Doctoral Symposium

• Preface: REFSQ 2026 Doctoral Symposium
  Gunter Mussbacher , Kurt Schneider
• Exploring Requirements and Methods for Designing Sovereign Data Sharing
  Julia Pampus
• Bidirectional Traceability between Datasets and ODDs: A Formal Approach for ML-Based Safety-Critical Development
  Martin Rabe
• A Systematic Evaluation Framework for LLM-Generated Software Quality Artifacts
  Priscilla de Souza Silva
• Trustworthy Requirements Generation for EU AI Act Compliance: A Knowledge Graph Approach
  José Siqueira de Cerqueira
• LLM-Supported Organizational Learning in IT Service Organizations within Open Innovation: A Requirements-Related Artifact Perspective
  Fryderyk Marek Pryjma
• Towards Viewpoint-centric Artifact-based Regulatory Requirements Engineering for Compliance by Design
  Oleksandr Kosenkov

Posters and Tools Track

• Preface: REFSQ 2026 Posters and Tools Track
  Elda Paja , Jose Luis de la Vara
• SuPReA: Modular Agent-Based Generation of Requirements Artifacts Using LLMs
  Jacek Dajda , Maria Eckes-Kondak , Krzysztof Wysocki , Jakub Żywiecki , Bartosz Pawłowski
• RITA: A Tool for Automated Requirements Classification and Specification from Online User Feedback
  Manjeshwar Aniruddh Mallya , Alessio Ferrari , Mohammad Amin Zadenoori , Jacek Dąbrowski
• Quality Commits: Explicit Software Quality Management in Commit Messages
  Marco Ehl , Amir Shayan Ahmadian , Katharina Großer , Duaa Adel Ali Elsofi , Marc Herrmann , Alexander Specht , Kurt Schneider , Jan Jürjens
• TERE4AI: A Knowledge Graph-Based Tool for Generating EU AI Act Compliant Requirements
  José Siqueira de Cerqueira , Kai-Kristian Kemell , Muhammad Waseem , Rebekah Rousi , Nannan Xi , Juho Hamari , Pekka Abrahamsson
• EmpiRE-Compass: A Neuro-Symbolic Dashboard for Sustainable and Dynamic Knowledge Exploration, Synthesis, and Reuse: Navigating the Knowledge Landscape of Empirical Research in Requirements Engineering
  Oliver Karras , Amirreza Alasti , Lena John , Sushant Aggarwal , Yücel Celik

Education and Training Track

• A Lightweight Industry-Oriented Framework for Teaching Requirements Engineering Using Low-Code Platforms and Flipped Classroom Pedagogy
  Walter Koch , Amit Kumar Mishra , Dietmar Rafolt , Odo Benda
• Improving Students’ Ability to Write Requirements by Teaching Goal Modeling
  Shaza Elbishbishy , Jeshwitha Jesus Raja , Jennifer Brings , Marian Daun
• RE-Opardy: An Exploratory Study of a Jeopardy-Inspired Activity for Formative Assessment in REE
  Anthea Moravánszky
• A Quantitative Characterization of Design Thinking Artifacts in Requirements Engineering Education
  Takumi Katsuie , Shinpei Ogata , Kozo Okano , Yukako Iimura , Shinobu Saito
• Experience Report on the Adaptable Integration of Requirements Engineering Courses into Curricula for Professionals
  Oleksandr Kosenkov , Konstantin Blaschke , Tony Gorschek , Michael Unterkalmsteiner , Oleksandr Adamov , Davide Fucci
• The Ethos of the PEERfect REVIEWer: Scientific Care and Collegial Welfare: With an Accompanying Guideline for Peer Review with Scientific Rigor and Empathy
  Oliver Karras