Below, I review the last year’s resolution 2021 and describe New Year’s Resolution 2022 in terms of Projects, Achievements, Community and Professional Contributions, and Team Organization. The Japanese version is also available.
Highlights
2021: We were fully adapted to the environment with COVID-19 and expanded our activities in a hybrid manner for research, education, and professional contribution. Prof. Yoshioka joined our team. 18 projects incl. enPiT-Pro SmartSE, SmartSE DX-WG, JST eAI, JSPS Mutual, and JSPS KAKENHI. 10 journal papers (+ 1 acceptance), 21+2 int’l conf. papers and posters, 2 books, 3 book chapters, 7 magazine articles, and around 40 talks. IEEE-CS Vice President, ISO WG Convenor, APSEC Steering, CSEE&T Steering, IPSJ-SIGSE Chair, IEEE TETC Editor, IJSEKE Editor, METI Report member, COMPSAC/SISA’21 PC Co-Chair, SES2021 General Chair, MODELS 2021 Industry/Exhibition Co-Chair, ICTAI 2021 Area Chair, HICSS/CSEE&T 2022 Mini-Track Chair, ICSEA 2021 Steering Committee Member, SEKE 2021 Asia Liaison and iMLSE 2021 Co-Organizer. Associate Dean of Research Promotion Division of Waseda University, outside Directors of SYSTEM INFORMATION and eXmotion.
2022: 15+ funded projects, 7+ journals, 20+ int’l conf. papers. IEEE-CS Vice President and releasing SWEBOK V4. Organizing APSEC 2022 as General Co-Chair. ISO WG Convenor, IPSJ SIGSE Chair, SISA’22 PC Co-Chair, SEKE 2022 Asia Liaison, IEEE TETC Editor, IJSEKE Editor, METI Report member. Associate Dean of Research Promotion Division of Waseda U., outside directors of SYSTEM INFORMATION and eXmotion. We will make projects larger and more internationalized. We deepen *future* software engineering for systems, business, and society in the dynamic and uncertain era by integrating AI/ML into software development and operation. We will conduct 7+ industry-supported projects in addition to the following: Smart SE, Goal-oriented Digital Business Strategies, Machine Learning Requirements Engineering Framework and ML Design Patterns (funded by JST MIRAI eAI and JSPS Mutual), Data-driven NLP and ML-based software maintenance and evolution (funded by JSPS KAKENHI), SSR security, cloud, and IoT software engineering, and K-12 STEM Education.
Projects
2021: We successfully conducted 18+ projects, including funded and industry-supported ones.
2022: We deepen *future* software engineering for systems, business, and society in the dynamic and uncertain era by integrating AI/ML into software development and operation. We will conduct 7+ industry-supported projects in addition to the following. We will make projects larger and more internationalized.
- Smart SE: Smart Systems and Services innovative professional Education program since 2017. Advanced and practical education program and related research collaboration network in AI, IoT, and DX involving 5000+ companies. Agreement with Ishikawa prefecture and Komatsu to continue to have the program at Kanazawa.
- Goal-oriented Digital Business Strategies: We held the research WG on Business Strategies and Requirements at the Smart SE consortium.
- Machine Learning Requirements Engineering Framework and ML Design Patterns (funded by JST MIRAI eAI and JSPS Mutual): Developing requirements engineering framework for ML applications and design patterns.
- Data-driven NLP and ML-based software maintenance and evolution (funded by JSPS KAKENHI): Developing framework for NLP/ML-based maintenance and evolution, including program repair.
- SSR security, cloud, and IoT software engineering: Organizing security patterns, IoT patterns, and related research.
- K-12 STEM Education: ICT club activities and workshops on introductory programming and related research.
Achievements* (List of publications)
2021: We published 10 papers and got 1 acceptance at prestigious journals, including IEEE Computer and Mathematics. We presented 21 international conference and workshop papers and posters (including ICSME and HICSS) and got 2 acceptances. We published 2 books, 3 book chapters, 7 magazine articles. Prof. Washizaki presented around 40 keynotes and invited talks. Our activities have been reported frequently in many news media, including Nikkei Newspaper and BS Asahi TV program. Prof. Washizaki received awards incl. Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and IPSJ-SIGSE Contribution Award. Furthermore, students received awards incl. DX Innovation Challenge 3rd Prize and JASA Special Award, and ACM-ICPC World Finals Honors. We achieved the goal stated on last January but have to do better and more in 2022 by making projects large and more internationalized.
2022: We will push forward with research on smart, novel, and actionable software and systems engineering methods and tools based on well-defined and validated theory to contribute to the software and systems engineering industry and academia in collaboration with 10+ local and global partners. We continue to acquire significant funds and make projects internationalized. We aim to publish impactful papers at better places: at least 7 journal papers and 20 international conference papers. Many of our research achievements in the form of methods, practices, and tools shall be continuously used and produce actual values through our local and global partners.
Community and Professional Contributions
2021: COVID-19 had never stopped us. We rather expanded our activities in a hybrid manner. We successfully hosted and/or organized various conferences and meetings, including SES2021 and COMPSAC/SISA 2021, as well as Smart SE seminars. Prof. Washizaki has served as IEEE-CS Vice President, ISO/IEC/JTC1 SC7/WG20 Convenor, IPSJ SIGSE Chair, CSEE&T Steering Committee Member, APSEC Steering Committee Member, Society for Research on Work Competency Director, COMPSAC Advisory Committee Member, Associate Dean of Research Promotion Division of Waseda University, outside director of SYSTEM INFORMATION CO., LTD., outside director of eXmotion Co., Ltd., METI Report member, COMPSAC/SISA’21 PC Co-Chair, SES2021 General Chair, MODELS 2021 Industry/Exhibition Co-Chair, ICTAI 2021 Area Chair, HICSS/CSEE&T 2022 Mini-Track Chair, ICSEA 2021 Steering Committee Member, SEKE 2021 Asia Liaison, and iMLSE 2021 Co-Organizer. Prof. Washizaki has served as associate editor of IEEE Trans. Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE), Education Sciences, Software, and Frontiers in Computer Science. Besides, Prof. Washizaki has led the SWEBOK V4 evolution project.
2022: Prof. Washizaki will host or organize conferences and meetings, including APSEC 2022 and COMPSAC/SISA 2022 and Smart SE seminars. Prof. Washizaki will continue to serve as IEEE-CS Vice President, ISO/IEC/JTC1 SC7/WG20 Convenor, IPSJ SIGSE Chair, CSEE&T Steering Committee Member, APSEC Steering Committee Member, Society for Research on Work Competency Director, COMPSAC Advisory Committee Member, Associate Dean of Research Promotion Division of Waseda University, outside director of SYSTEM INFORMATION CO., LTD., outside director of eXmotion Co., Ltd., METI Report member, COMPSAC/SISA’22 PC Co-Chair, and SEKE 2022 Asia Liaison. Prof. Washizaki will continue to serve as associate editors of IEEE Trans. Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (IJSEKE), Education Sciences, Software, and Frontiers in Computer Science. Besides, Prof. Washizaki will continue to lead the SWEBOK evolution project to release its V4.
Team Organization
2021: Our team has grown larger and more diverse. Prof. Yoshioka joined us.
2022: Like last year, we expect some new students from various countries. Our team is growing and has more national origins, backgrounds, and mindsets. Such diversity contributes to our team’s creativity to advance the above-mentioned projects and professional contributions.
- 3 professors, 1 lecturer, 1 researcher
- 3-4 Ph.D. candidates
- 10+ master, 8-10 undergraduates
- 10+ research project students
January 1st, 2022
Hironori Washizaki