The AsianPLoP 2026 local team had a great kick-off meeting of AsianPLoP 2026 (Mar 27-29) at its conference venue, Mitsubishi Electric, Serendie Innovation Hub, Yokohama. It is a perfect place to have the AsianPLoP, which is a very open-minded, constructive, and collaborative conference! Mark your calendar now!

Prof. Washizaki provided his opening remark at the IEEE Computer Society Madras Mega ICT Quiz Final, organized by the IEEE CS Madras Chapter, Dr. Mohan HR, and the organizing team, as a lead-up to the 80th anniversary celebration of IEEE-CS. Thank you to all the organizers and volunteers for making this fantastic event series. Congratulations to all quiz participants and winners!

Prof. Washizaki attended the IEEE Meeting Series in Chicago to represent IEEE Computer Society. Prof. Washizaki was honored to join a dinner for the keynote speaker, William (Bill) Phillips, Laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics 1997, with IEEE Presidents and Board of Directors Kathleen Kramer Thomas Coughlin Ravinder S. Dahiya Chris Root Vincenzo Piuri. The meeting series was a great opportunity to share challenges and practices, expand our leadership and volunteer base, meet with old and new friends, and envision the future together.

Thanks to General Chair Prof. Hironori Kasahara-sensei and Program Chair Prof. Keiji Kimura-sensei as well as others, I had a chance to participate in ACM/IEEE ISCA 2025 Waseda University, Tokyo, which attracted 1200+ participants!

Prof. Jun Sun and I co-organized the 1st Workshop on AI Cluster Systems for LLMs. Thank you for coming and great talks and discussions at the workshop!

Prof. Lizy John (University of Texas at Austin, IEEE-CS BoG Magazine Operations Committee Chair) and Prof. Eugene B. John (University of Texas at San Antonio) visited our lab.

T LEAD SCIENCES社のサイトに鷲崎教授のインタビュー記事『自動車ソフトの品質保証問題。プロダクトラインが浸透、次はAI変革』が掲載されました。

Prof. Washizaki provided his message for the IEEE SPAx TechGen 2025, organized by Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology (SSUET) IEEE-CS chapter and related sponsors/supporters. Thank you for organizing such an inspiring event!

SmartSE AI Transformation: Generative AI Industry-Academia Ecosystem (PI: Hironori Washizaki) has been selected for MEXT Continuing Education Ecosystem Project.
スマートエスイーAIトランスフォーメーション（事業責任者: 鷲崎教授）、文科省 リカレント教育エコシステム事業採択。生成AI・産学連携変革を進めてまいります。

Thanks to Thai NB, sponsors, and other collaborative entities and WGs, as well as all members’ dedication and contributions, ISO/IEC/JTC1 SC7/WG20 (Convenor: Prof. Washizaki) had a successful Plenary meeting in Bangkok! This resulted in multiple work items, including the ISO adoption of the IEEE Computer Society’s SWEBOK Guide V4.

From Brno University of Technology (Czech Republic), Prof. Jírovec Martin, Prof. Pavel Zemcik, and Dr. Pavel Smrz generously visited our department at Waseda University to explore future collaboration opportunities. Thank you for visiting us!