Ryoko Tanahashi, Hironori Washizaki, Naoyasu Ubayashi, Ryota Sugiyama, Satoshi Okuda and Ken Toriumi, “Associated Personas: Linking Stakeholders to Traceable Requirements,” 34th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’26), RE@Next! track, pp. 1-8, Montreal, Canada, Mon 17 – Fri 21 August 2026.

Prof. Hong-Linh Truong (Aalto University) visited our laboratory and discussed potential further research collaborations. He is leading an EU-funded project, SECASSURED, that integrates security assurance into the development and operational lifecycle of digital infrastructure by combining SecDevOps and Digital Twin. Prof. Washizaki is pleased to serve as its Advisor.

金沢・地場産業振興センターにて、石川県 山野知事・コマツ 小川会長からご挨拶をいただき、今年もスマートエスイーIoT/AI石川スクールが始まりました。経営者セミナーにて鷲崎教授より「DX・IoT・AIの進展に向けたマインドと技術」と題し講演。多くのご参加、ありがとうございました。

Thanks to Prof. Eric Wong and all organizers, Prof. Washizaki was invited to give his keynote titled “Evolution of the SWEBOK Guide and LLM-Empowered Software Security Engineering” at the 12th International Symposium on System Security, Safety and Reliability (ISSSR 2026)” at Hubei University of Arts and Science (HBUAS), beautiful Xiangyang.

デフィデ社のWebメディア AI Future Talksに鷲崎教授のインタビュー記事『生成AIの進化が暴く「人間の本質」――抽象化・倫理・学び続ける力の意義を問う』が掲載されました。前・中・後の3部作となっています。

• 前編: https://www.defide-ix.com/ai/ai-future-talks/generative-ai-human-essence-1
• 中編: https://www.defide-ix.com/ai/ai-future-talks/generative-ai-human-essence-2
• 後編: https://www.defide-ix.com/ai/ai-future-talks/generative-ai-human-essence-3

The report of the amazing NII Shonan Meeting No.241: Patterns and Practices in AI Engineering and Governance is now published on the website. TParticipants are now together working on a book project based on the meeting discussion.

Our lab, co-supervised with Naoyasu Ubayashi, had a welcoming BBQ party for new students, with distinguished collaborators and guests, including Nobukazu Yoshioka, Shinobu Saito, and Jialong Li. We really had a good time!

Prof. Washizaki was delighted to provide his invited talk, titled “SWEBOK and GenAI-empowered Software Engineering,” at the online workshop held by the IEEE Computer Society Student Branch Chapter at the National Engineering School of Gabès (ENIG), Tunisia.

Thanks to Prof Prof Victor Chang and organizers, Prof. Washizaki was delighted to be invited to provide his keynote, titled “Impact of IEEE Computer Society in Advancing Technologies, including LLM/AI and Software Engineering,” at the International Conference on Industrial IoT, Big Data and Smart Cities (IIoTBDSC 2026), Hong Kong, and online.

Prof. Amine Mhedhbi from Polytechnique Montreal visited our lab. Welcome, and let’s explore further research collaboration opportunities!