Ex-ASE 2025: 1st International Workshop on Explainable Automated Software Engineering: Exploring Theory, Adaptation, Needs, Challenges, and Ethics

As automation becomes increasingly central to software engineering and software-dependent domains, the need for systems that can explain their behavior has never been more urgent. The 1stInternational Workshop on Explainable Automated Software Engineering (Ex-ASE) addresses this challenge by providing a focused venue for research at the intersection of automation, explainability, and trustworthy software systems. The workshop seeks to explore how explanations can be systematically integrated into automated software processes—ranging from requirements engineering to testing and deployment—and how explainability can support transparency, accountability, and human understanding in domains such as cyber-physical systems, digital health, and autonomous vehicles. Ex-ASE aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to define research agendas, showcase tools, and foster collaboration on human-centered, ethically grounded, and technically robust approaches to explainable automation. The program will include keynotes, paper presentations, tool demonstrations, and breakout sessions, designed to create a dynamic and interactive forum co-located with ASE 2025.

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