January 1st, 2026
Hironori Washizaki
Below, I review last year’s resolution, 2025, and describe New Year’s Resolution, 2026, in terms of Community and Professional Contributions, Projects, Achievements, and Team Organization.
Summary of 2025: Year of International Leadership
- Society/Community: As IEEE-CS President, engaging members, engaging industry, and leading new areas such as AI and Society (See: Achievements and Future Directions: IEEE Computer Society 2025 Reflection). Leading IEEE SWEBOK Summit and IEEE Generative AI Innovation Summit, and other new initiatives; IPSJ SIGSE Chair (until March), ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 Convenor; Organizing and contributing to IEEE COMPSAC/SIoT, IEEE ICST Journal-First, IEEE ISEMV, IEEE CAI, AsianPLoP, IISA, APSEC Tutorials, and BlockNetSys. Additional roles of MRCiS Scientific Advisory Board at Gisma University of Applied Sciences, and Senior Honorary Advisor at Asia Pacific Science and Technology Association.
- Research and Education Projects: Leading public-funded research projects as (co-)PI in Software Engineering and AI: JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Machine Learning Patterns, JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Machine Learning Support Software Maintenance and Evolution, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Dependable Continuum Foundation for Mobility AI, and JST Future Society eAI Framework. Leading funded educational projects as PI: Smart SE for professional IoT/AI/DX training and JST BOOST W-SPRING-AI for PhD students in AI. In addition, around nine industrial-supported projects.
- Publications and Achievements: 8 published plus 2 accepted journal and refereed-magazine papers (incl. ACM TACO, IEEE IT Pro, IEEE IoT-J, SPE, JISE, IEICE Trans, JIP), 10 plus 4 accepted international conference/workshop papers (incl. ICSE, SANER, PLoP, RE, CAI), 9 books (editing and chapter contribution), including GenAI-empowered SE (“生成AIによるソフトウェア開発” in Japanese), 70+ Invited talks and remarks, and 14 awards (incl. 8 student solo awards).
- Team: Continue co-supervision with Prof. Ubayashi, strengthening the research supervision and management. Increase in the number of doctoral students. Numerous gatherings and get-togethers, including sports and BBQs.
Vision for 2026: Year of Global Leadership and Growth
- Society/Community: As IEEE-CS Past President and IEEE TAB Working Group Chair, continue contributing to the wider society and community. Leading IEEE SWEBOK Summit 2026 co-located with ICSE; ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 Convenor; Organizing and contributing to IEEE COMPSAC 2026 SIoT Symposium, IEEE CAI 2026, AsianPLoP 2026, and EASE 2026 Vision and Posters track. Preparing IEEE/ACM 2029 Tokyo.
- Research and Education Projects: Leading public-funded research projects as (co-)PI in Software Engineering and AI: JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Machine Learning Patterns, JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Machine Learning Support Software Maintenance and Evolution, JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) Dependable Continuum Foundation for Mobility AI, and JST Future Society eAI Framework. Leading funded educational projects as PI: Smart SE for professional IoT/AI/DX training and JST BOOST W-SPRING-AI for PhD students in AI. In addition, around ten industrial-supported projects.
- Publicity and Achievements: to be recognized internationally as a community-leading research team in smart and intelligent software engineering for systems, business, and society by promoting research broadly while strengthening industrial and international collaboration, obtaining more funding, and, as a result, providing more value to society, and contributing to the bodies of knowledge.
- Team: Promote domestic and international collaboration. Diversity through having various students, including international students, exchange students, and new doctoral students.
