Prof. Washizaki attended the SC’25 conference in beautiful St. Louis. SC is the largest conference sponsored by IEEE Computer Society together with ACM. We honored outstanding individuals from our community with the IEEE Computer Society Awards: the Sidney Fernbach Memorial Award for Dr. Ewa Deelman and the Seymour Cray Computer Engineering Award for Dr. John Shalf.

Furthermore, Prof. Washizaki had a chance to give an introductory talk on the SWEBOK Guide at the Research Software Engineers in HPC.

Prof. Washizaki held the IEEE Computer Society ExCom and Board of Governors meetings in beautiful St. Louis. The committees successfully reflected on the achievements and potential improvements of this incredible year 2025 and envisioned the strategic directions and action items for 2026.

11/10 スマートエスイー セミナー『生成AIによるソフトウェア開発』へ、オンラインを含め200名超の多くのご参加をいただき、ありがとうございました。セミナー後の情報交換会も、参加者や著者陣、ゲスト 大塚様他のご参加をいただき、交流を深める大変ありがたい機会となりました。

書籍『生成AIによるソフトウェア開発: 設計からテスト、マネジメントまでを全て変革するLLM活用の実践体系』（オーム社、情報処理学会 会員割引あり）が無事発刊されました。

• 情報処理学会 監修, 鷲崎弘宜 編著, 家村康佑, 鵜林尚靖, 蝦名拓也, 近藤将成, 徳本晋, 中川尊雄, 増田航太, 石川冬樹, 竹之内啓太, 小川秀人, 川上真澄, “生成AIによるソフトウェア開発: 設計からテスト、マネジメントまでを全て変革するLLM活用の実践体系”, オーム社, 2025年11月

Prof. Washizaki is honored to be appointed as the Senior Honorary Advisor of Asia Pacific Science and Technology Association 亚太科学技术协会 (APSTA), which is an international academic organization that brings together top scientists, domain experts, industry leaders, and fintech innovators across the Asia-Pacific region.

Prof. Washizaki was invited to join and provide my keynote at the 2nd International Symposium on Software Fault Prevention, Verification, and Validation (SFPVV 2025, organized by Shaoying Liu (Chair), Tadashi Dohi, Geguang Pu, Tsuchiya Tatsuhiro, Yuting Chen, and Hiroyuki Okamura, with keynote speakers Jian Zhang and me), at the Dishui Lake International Software Engineering Institute, East China Normal University, in Shanghai. Furthermore, Master course student Toshiya presented his paper titled “Data-driven and Scenario-based Risk Analysis Considering Uncertainty in Machine Learning Systems.” It was an excellent opportunity to meet with old and new friends in software engineering, with a particular focus on program analysis and verification in the era of AI and quantum computing, and to grow the community, particularly in China, Japan, and other areas. Thank you for organizing such an inspiring symposium and having us, and see you all at the next SFPVV 2026 in Ehime!

Prof. Washizaki was invited to join the 5th IEEE International Conference on Recent Advances in Systems Science and Engineering (IEEE RASSE 2025) in Singapore, and the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the IEEE Systems Council (President: Andy Chen). The IEEE Computer Society is proudly a member of the Council. Congratulations on the tremendous success, and looking forward to the next 20-year collaboration and advancement!

Hironori Washizaki and Sebastiano Panichella, “Standardization for DevOps and Cyber-physical Systems,” in “Roadmap for DevOps in Cyber-physical systems: Challenges and Future Directions” edited by Sebastiano Panichella, Paolo Arcaini, Myra B. Cohen, Aitor Arrieta, Springer, January 25, 2026.

Christof Ebert, Ulrich Hemel, Mrinal Karvir, Dejan Milojicic, Maria-Isabel Sanchez-Segura, Hironori Washizaki, “Beyond Code: Competences for the Future of Computing,” IEEE Computer, Vol. 58, No. 11, pp. 18-27, 2025.

Our lab had a good time holding a welcoming party for new undergraduate project students with other members. Welcome!