A student of my laboratory, M2 Ryosuke Tsuchiya, has been selected as a valedictorian of Graduate School of Fundamental Science and Engineering for the commencement ceremony on March 26. Congratulations, Tsuchiya-kun!

研究室の学生M2 土屋君が、今年3月26日開催の卒業式において、大学院基幹理工学研究科の総代を務めることに決定しました。土屋君、おめでとう！

高澤亮平（早大），坂本一憲（NII），鷲崎弘宜，深澤良彰（早大）, “プログラミングと性格に関する一考察”, 情報処理学会第77回全国大会, 京都大学, 2015年3月17-19日.

「プログラミングには性格が表れる」と言われるが、実証された例や科学的な根拠は見つかっていない。そこで我々は、競技プログラミングに興味のある人々を対象とした大規模なアンケートを行い、エゴグラム診断を用いて性格の分析を行った。この結果をもとに、プログラミングへの興味と性格の間の相関を分析した。その結果、一部の質問や性格に関して相関が現れることが明らかとなった。また、ソースコードと性格に関しても分析を行うことで、プログラミングと心理的な側面の関係についても考察した。

Call for Participation of AsianPLoP 2015 is out!
Please consider to join this valuable conference, and share ideas and experiences!

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*Call for Participation*
AsianPLoP 2015
4th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
in Tokyo, Japan, March 5-7, 2015
http://patterns-wg.fuka.info.waseda.ac.jp/asianplop/
AsianPLoP is a PLoP(R) Conference sanctioned by the Hillside Group.
PLoP is a registered trademark of The Hillside Group.
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*Objective and Motivation*
Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP) will
take place at the fourth time, as a premier event for pattern authors
and users to gather, discuss and learn more about patterns and software
development in the Asia region as well as other regions. The purpose of
AsianPLoP is to promote development of patterns, pattern languages,
technologies and experiences of patterns primarily about software;
however, these for domains outside software are also welcome.
In AsianPLoP 2015, various patterns, pattern languages and related
techniques will be discussed. Topics include software design,
architecture, programming, agile development, management, security,
education, communication, life and community. Most of papers will be
workshopped in the traditional PLoP Writer’s Workshop format.
Please register yourself via the conference web-site by March 3rd.
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*Program*
March 5th Tur.
17:00-19:00 “Shepherding Workshop”
Joseph (Joe) Yoder and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
19:00-20:30 Welcome Reception
March 6th Fri.
9:00-9:45 Opening – Introduction, Workshop Demo, Games,
Retrospective preparation
9:45-10:45 Keynote 1 (TBD)
Hiroshi Nakano
11:00-12:00 Writer’s Workshop 1
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-15:00 Writer’s Workshop 2
15:00-15:30 Break
15:30-17:30 Writer’s Workshop 3
18:00-20:00 Banquet
March 7th Sat.
8:30-11:00 Short Excursion for Finding Lively Things
led by Alexander Reading Group
11:00-12:00 Keynote 2
“A Challenge to the Japanese Pattern Community” (TBD)
James O. Coplien
12:00-13:00 Lunch
13:00-13:30 Games
13:30-15:30 Writer’s Workshop 4 and Writing Group
15:30-15:45 Break
15:45-17:15 Parallel Focused Groups
Group 1:　”Processes for Making Lively Things”
Joseph (Joe) Yoder and Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
Group 2: Forcused Group (TBD)
17:15-18:00 Closing – Review of Writer’s Workshops,
Retrospective, Games
18:00- Social Gathering
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*Conference Committee and Sponsors*
General and Program Chair:
Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University / National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Program Committee:
Chin-Yun Hsieh, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Joseph Yoder, The Hillside Group, USA
Masaru Nagaku, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Kiro Harada, Attractor Inc., Japan
Masanari Motohashi, masanari.com, Japan
Yasunobu Kawaguchi, Rakuten Inc., Japan
Takashi Iba, Keio University, Japan
Eiichi Hanyuda, MAMEZOU CO., LTD, Japan
Foutse Khomh, DGIGL, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada
Bimlesh Wadhwa, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Eduardo B. Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, USA
Richard Lai, La Trobe University, Australia
Koichiro Eto, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
Shinpei Hayashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology ordinary, Japan
Dinesha Koravangala V, I.I.I.T. bangalore, India
Kazunori Sakamoto, National Institute of Informatics, Japan
Hongyu Zhang, Microsoft Research Asia, China
Naoyuki Okita, Pattern working group, Japan
Takashi Kobayashi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Norihiro Yoshida, Nagoya University, Japan
Y C Cheng, National Taipei University of Technology, Taiwan
Eduardo Guerra, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Brazil
Sponsors and Supporters:
SIGSE Patterns Working Group, Information Processing Society of Japan
Global Software Engineering Laboratory, Waseda University
Contact Us: asianplop [at] sse-project.org
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Thanks to many supporters and participants, today we successfully held the seminar on IT Management and Software Quality together with FraunhoferIESE and IPA/SEC! After the seminar, we had a round table for sharing experiences and seeking future researches and collaborations, and a party! At the round table and the party, we got some ideas such as forming a user-group of GQM/GQM+Strategies in Japan and having an workshop for sharing research activities internationally.

早稲田＆Fraunfoher IESE & IPA/SEC 共催セミナー「データに裏付けられたIT経営とソフトウェア品質」、本日無事開催できました。IESEやIPA/SECをはじめ多くの方々に支えられて盛況な会となりましたことに御礼申し上げます。早稲田スタッフの頑張りも見事でした。今回のセミナーが、今後のゴール指向の考え方やソフトウェア品質への取り組み、測定のアプローチ、そしてGQM+Strategies導入のヒント、きっかけとなれば幸いです。

セミナー後には関係者にてラウンドテーブル、さらには懇親会を持ちまして、今後の活動やコラボレーションに繋がる活発な議論と交流をさせていただきました。有り難うございました。懇親会のラストシーンでは皆さんとても笑顔で、大変嬉しく思います。私自身、とても刺激的で楽しい機会となりました。これを次に繋げたいと思います。
各個別の研究連携に加え、GQM/GQM+Strategies関係のユーザグループ結成、さらには、事例や研究成果を共有する国際ワークショップ開催といったアイディアもあがっています。一度にあれもこれもというわけにはいきませんが、少しずつでも確実に前進して社会やコミュニティへの貢献を深めてまいりたいと思います。

Naohiko Tsuda, Masaki Takada, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, Shunsuke Sugimura, Yuichiro Yasuda, and Masanao Futakami, “Iterative Process to Improve GQM Models with Metrics Thresholds to Detect High-risk Files,” 22nd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2015), Doctoral Symposium, 2015. (to appear)

We propose an iterative process to improve GQM models with metrics thresholds to detect high-risk files.

齊藤大仁, 櫨山淳雄, 吉岡信和, 熊谷梓, 小橋孝紀, 鷲崎弘宜, 海谷治彦, 大久保隆夫, “ソフトウェアセキュリティ知識を活用したセキュアなソフトウェア開発のための事例ベース管理システムの開発”, 電子情報通信学会 知能ソフトウェア工学研究会 (KBSE) , 2015年3月研究会, 東京, 2015年3月5-6日.

石井裕志, 丸屋宏ニ, 羽原寿和, 鷲崎弘宜, “プロジェクト特性を基にしたアジャイル開発適合性評価手法”, 情報処理学会第187回ソフトウェア工学研究発表会, 平成27年3月12日（木）～13日（金）, 化学会館, 2015. (to appear)

雨谷幸郎, 横田真人, 井出昌浩, 鷲崎弘宜, “システム企画における意思決定支援プロセスの提案”, 情報処理学会第187回ソフトウェア工学研究発表会, 平成27年3月12日（木）～13日（金）, 化学会館, 2015. (to appear)

Eduardo B. Fernandez, Nobukazu Yoshioka and Hironori Washizaki, “Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB): A pattern for accessing secure cloud services,” Proceedings of the 4th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP 2015), March 5-7, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. (to appear)

Companies are using more and more cloud services, especially SaaS. These applications may handle sensitive data and the companies’ IT departments need to manage the security of a potentially large number of applications. Although the service provider may have a strong security infrastructure, the consumer is responsible for the security of the data used in these applications (the provider does not understand the data semantics). A new type of system software has recently appeared that can organize this security management; this is the Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). A CASB controls access to the resources available to application users and also protects the data from malware. We present a pattern for this type of system. CASBs are an important part of the cloud ecosystems.

Hironori Washizaki, Tian Xia, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, “Introducing Software Reading Techniques into Pattern Writer’s Workshop: Checklists and Perspectives,” Proceedings of the 4th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP 2015), March 5-7, 2015, Tokyo, Japan. (to appear)

Pattern Writer’s Workshop (WW) is a method to review, evaluate, and improve each other’s pattern or pattern language papers under the guidance of a moderator. Although the WW has been well accepted at the pattern community and xPLoP conferences, there could be several problems such as poor moderations leading to “ad hoc” review meetings. To address the problems, we propose an approach for introducing two existing major software reading techniques, Checklist-Based Reading (CBR) and Perspective-Based Reading (PBR), to the WW targeting software patterns and pattern languages, and discuss potential benefits and drawbacks. Moreover we confirmed benefits and drawbacks of the approach by conducting an experiment.

Timetable of the ‎SamurAICoding‬ 2014-15 World Final on March 18, collocated with 77th IPSJ National Convention at Kyoto University, has been announced. Everyone is welcome so that come to Kyoto, and watch exiting game together!

情報処理学会全国大会併設のSamurAI Coding 2014-15 決勝 World Finalの進行を掲載しました。どなたでも観戦いただけます。ぜひご一緒に、白熱の試合を観戦しましょう！