Yijun Lu, Haowei Cheng, Jati H. Husen, Hironori Washizaki, Naoyasu Ubayashi, Nobukazu Yoshioka, “VRTopic: Advancing Topic Modeling in Virtual Reality User,” 18th International Conference on Cooperative and Human Aspects of Software Engineering (CHASE), Doctoral and Early Career Symposium (DECS), pp. 1-3, Ottawa, April 27-28, 2025.

IEEE Computer Society ‘s magazine IEEE Intelligent Systems 40th anniversary issue! I extend my deepest gratitude to EiCs, editors, reviewers, authors, readers, and all stakeholders. Thanks, the former EiC San Murugesan, for planning and organizing the amazing milestone issue! Looking forward to the next 40 years of advancing the future of AI and society together.

Thanks to the IEEE Japan Office and CS Tokyo/Japan Chapter, we held the IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Board Seminar: Standards Development Opportunities & Leadership Experiences at Waseda University and Online. It was truly a fantastic opportunity to spread our products and services, particularly standards and SWEBOK, and reach out to larger communities. All of the talks by Mahito, Edward, Lei, and Dorothy, as well as all of the attendees, were inspiring for community members in Japan as well as globally.

Students have gone through their Graduate/Master/Doctoral thesis defense this week for this March graduation. Congrats, and good luck with future exciting professional journeys! Furthermore, there were good project research reports by undergraduates at the lab.

IEEE Computer Society 規格標準Edward副会長やWifi規格関係者の来日を記念し、2月20日(木)夜にStandards Development Opportunities & Leadership Experiencesセミナーを早稲田大学ならびにオンラインにて無料開催します。IEEE Japan OfficeやCS Tokyo/Japan Chapter、CS Standards Activities Boardとの連動企画。IEEE CS関連標準やWifi関連の解説に加えて、国際標準の開発やそのキャリアへの役立て方など盛り沢山の内容です。IEEE-CS 鷲崎会長からもSWEBOKほか関連活動をご紹介します。ぜひご参加下さい。

*Call for Participation*
IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities Board Seminar:
Standards Development Opportunities & Leadership Experiences

2025 Feb 20th, Tokyo and Online
https://jp.ieee.org/files/IEEE%20Computer%20Society%20Standards%20Activities%20Board%20Seminar.pdf
https://jp.ieee.org/

If it wasn’t for industry standards, every engineer would be struggling significantly more to develop and implement new technology. Many of us who have worked in computing have had to reference one standard or another, and as the industry moves quicker every year, the need to develop new standards in computer science and engineering more become even more important. But how do these standards get created? Who comes up with these? What are the hot topics in, for example, AI and Wi-Fi for standards?

Join us for a special presentation with a few IEEE Computer Society’s Standards Activities Board experienced standards experts to get all questions answered! Furthermore, the IEEE CS 2025 President will introduce its strategic areas and the SWEBOK Guide, which has been adopted as an ISO/IEC standard.

Date: 6:00pm-7:30pm Japan Time (UTC +9), February 20th THU

Venue: Online and Waseda University, Green Computing Systems Research and Development Center (Building No.40), 1st Floor

Registration: Register HERE for your in-person/remote(*) participation.
https://forms.gle/ajR7eTfsBcTv1pad9
*You will receive a Zoom Link later.

Registration fee: Free

Sponsors: IEEE Japan Office, IEEE Computer Society Tokyo/Japan Chapter, Waseda University Global Software Engineering Laboratory

Organizer: IEEE Computer Society

6:00pm-6:05pm: Opening and Introduction of IEEE Computer Society Tokyo/Japan Chapter
Mahito Sugiyama (IEEE Computer Society Tokyo/Japan Chapter)

6:05pm-6:20pm: IEEE Computer Society’s Strategic Activities and Products including SWEBOK Guide
Hironori Washizaki (IEEE Computer Society President, Waseda University)

6:20pm-6:35pm: Introduction of IEEE Computer Society Standards Activities
Edward Au (IEEE Computer Society Vice President for Standards Activities)

6:35pm-6:50pm: Introduction of how to get involved in IEEE Standards Association and its standards development process
Lei Wang (IEEE Standards Association Standards Board Chair)

6:50pm-7:30pm: Introduction of IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi) and how involvement in standards development shapes career
Dorothy Stanley (IEEE 802.11 Working Group Chair, IEEE Standards Association Board of Governors)

Ayana Uematsu, Minshun Yang, Hironori Washizaki, Naoyasu Ubayashi, Juichi Takahashi, Yohei Takagi, “Analysis of Agile Software Development Process Metrics and User Satisfaction in Open Source Software,” Journal of Information Processing, Vol.33, pp. 1-12, 2025. (Scopus)

Abstract: Agile software development (ASD) methods, currently the primary development approach, use various metrics for quality management. However, few existing research studies directly measure the ASD process improving user satisfaction even though the user is the top priority in ASD. Therefore, this study aims to identify the ASD processes that affect user satisfaction with open-source software (OSS). We construct an information system named AS-ASD, which examines the relationships, especially time-series correlations, between ASD process metrics calculated by issues and pull requests in GitHub and user satisfaction calculated by user reviews in the Google Play Store. As a result, we found a correlation between issues processing time and user satisfaction but did not find a correlation between velocity and user satisfaction. These results, supported by quantitative analysis of user reviews, suggest that ASD processes that actively detect and address user feedback, as well as those capable of responding swiftly to user concerns, affect user satisfaction.

The IEEE Computer Society will hold the IEEE SWEBOK Summit: International Summit on Bodies of Knowledge, Skills, Competencies, and Certifications in Software Engineering, co-located with ICSE2025 Ottawa. We solicit presentations. Submit your proposal now! (due: Feb 10) For this summit only, there will be no registration fee.

This Summit is a premier industry-focused event, bringing together practitioners, researchers, and educators from the SE communities to collaborate, share experiences and challenges, and provide future research directions on the body of knowledge, skills, and competencies required for current and future SE professionals, as well as related professional training and certifications. The Summit also encourages using the SWEBOK Guide V4 to address SE-specific challenges.

The IEEE Computer Society had the first 2025 Board of Governors meeting in Huntington Beach to discuss and plan the strategic activities for this year (and long-term goals). Welcome all new and returning members! Furthermore, we visited the West Coast Office to meet with our great directors and staff. We cannot make any valuable programs and activities without their professional work and support. I want to extend my warmest appreciation to the members of the Board of Governors, directors and staff, and all volunteers and community members. Let’s make 2025 an exceptional year for the CS and the larger community to contribute to humanity by computing!

宮﨑 仁, 鷲崎 弘宜, 大森 隆行, 槇原 絵里奈, 布村 佑奈, 小野 結衣, 小原 匠, 村上 綾菜, 王 雪竹, 新谷 勝利, 小林 浩, 野田 夏子, “発達障害に関するソフトウェアエンジニアリングに対する日本の研究動向: 系統的文献レビュー”, 情報処理学会論文誌, Vol. 66, pp. 1-12, 2025.

下関・海峡メッセにてIPSJ SIGSE 主催 ウィンターワークショップ WWS2025 開催。6セッション70名近い過去最多レベルの盛況なものとなり、密な討議ありがとうございました！看板写真は巌流島を望むもの。運営の竹内先生・真鍋先生・各セッションリーダの皆様に感謝です。

• 大久保利哉, “機械学習システムの不確実性を考慮したデータ駆動型かつシナリオベースのリスク分析”, ウィンターワークショップ2025・イン・下関, 情報処理学会/ソフトウェア工学研究会, 2025年1月10日(金)～11日(土)
• 鷲崎弘宜, “学会組織におけるダイバーシティ＆インクルージョンの取り組み – IEEE Computer Societyを例に”, ウィンターワークショップ2025・イン・下関, 情報処理学会/ソフトウェア工学研究会, 2025年1月10日(金)～11日(土)
• 藤原雄矢, “AIシステムへの脅威に対するLLMを用いた緩和策の自動生成と検証”, ウィンターワークショップ2025・イン・下関, 情報処理学会/ソフトウェア工学研究会, 2025年1月10日(金)～11日(土)