Generative and Multi-Agent AI for Next-Generation Electronic and Software Systems

Dear Colleagues,

Recent advances in generative artificial intelligence and multi-agent learning systems are fundamentally reshaping the design, development, and operation of next-generation electronic and software systems. Large language models (LLMs), foundation models, and autonomous AI agents are rapidly evolving from passive analysis tools into proactive system components capable of reasoning, planning, collaboration, and decision-making across complex engineering workflows.

This Special Issue aims to provide a timely and focused forum for cutting-edge research on generative and multi-agent AI techniques that enable intelligent, adaptive, and scalable electronic and software systems. We particularly welcome contributions that bridge theoretical advances and real-world system-level applications, highlighting how generative models and agent-based architectures can enhance system reliability, efficiency, explainability, and automation.

The scope of this Special Issue spans a wide range of topics, including but not limited to multi-agent LLM systems, autonomous AI agents for software and hardware co-design, generative models for electronic system optimization, AI-assisted software engineering, self-healing and self-adaptive systems, AI-driven testing and verification, and human–AI collaboration frameworks. Submissions addressing reproducibility, robustness, deployment constraints, and industrial relevance are especially encouraged.

By bringing together researchers from electronics, computer engineering, and software systems, this Special Issue seeks to advance the understanding of how generative and multi-agent AI can serve as a core enabling technology for next-generation intelligent systems. We invite original research articles and high-quality review papers that contribute novel methodologies, system architectures, experimental insights, or comprehensive surveys aligned with the scope of Electronics.

We look forward to receiving your valuable contributions.

Dr. Geunseok Yang
Guest Editor

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