Devansh Tiwari, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, Tomoyuki Fukuoka, Junji Tamaki, Nobuhiro Hosotani and Munetaka Kohama, “Metrics driven architectural analysis using dependency graphs for C language projects,” 43rd IEEE Computer Society Signature Conference on Computers, Software and Applications (COMPSAC 2019), short paper, Hosted by Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, July 15-19, 2019. (CORE Rank B)

The highest share of cost for a software product is software maintenance. Hence, it is crucial to determine whether a product will succeed or fail. Identifying the quality merit of the software architecture is extremely vital as the quality merit directly relates to software maintenance. A good design always exhibits good quality characteristics because they are due to the software architecture. Although C language is a major language in the software industry, few studies investigate the quality of the architecture in C language. This study aims to evaluate the quality of C language projects in a quantifiable form by focusing on dependency graphs, associated metrics, and software architecture. In particular, this study (i) formulates the architecture of C projects, (ii) determines the metrics capturing the quality of architecture, (iii) defines code smell and metrics relations and (iv) conducts an empirical analysis on 58 C projects. We show which metrics derived from dependency graphs can detect architectural issues and verify their relation to software architecture quality.

The team WAsedAC won the 41st place among 135 teams at ACM-ICPC (ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest) World Final 2019. M1 Ryo Ishizuka contributed as its contestant.

M1 石塚 凌君がチーム WAsedAC のコンテスタントとしてACM-ICPC (ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest) World Final 2019にて41位（全135チーム）となりました。おめでとう！

IoT・AI時代の社会人教育enPiT-Proスマートエスイー #SmartSE 2期目がはじまりました。今年もほぼ定員いっぱいの30名弱が受講しています。コンソーシアムも立ち上がり、ますます発展してまいります。

Dr. Kiyoshi Honda is going to be appointed as Lecturer at Osaka Institute of Technology from this April 2019. Good luch, and have happy academic life! 本田澄博士が2019年4月から大阪工業大学の特任講師就任。体に気を付けつつ周囲と連携して、しっかり研究・教育に取り組みますます活躍してほしいと思います。

On March 29 2019, Yathi Tarikere-san from IEEE CS visited us to discuss SWEBOK and related models and lead development of comprehensive professional body of knowledge, skills and competencies. IEEE CS Yati氏が来日されSWEBOK等の今後を詳しく検討。IEEE CS PEABにて包括的な体系づくりをリードしてまいります。

9 students successfully graduated. Congrats on your graduation! Yasuhiro is selected as representative of all graduates of FSE. He received certificate on behalf of all FSE graduates given by the University president. This is 2nd time to have representative from our lab; last time Ryosuke Tsuchiya was selected 2015. Moreover, Ryosuke, Yuichiro, Yasuhiro and Masaki received Dept. Awards.

AsianPLoP 2019: 8th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs was successfully held at Life is Tech!, Tokyo, from Mar 20-22 2019. There were great discussions on patterns and patterns languages in software and non-software fields. Many thanks to Life is Tech!, Chairs, Shepherds, PC members, authors and participants. Photos were taken by Joesph Yoder; He supported the conference a lot.

Ryosuke Tsuchiya, Kazuki Nishikawa, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, Yuya Shinohara, Keishi Oshima, Ryota Mibe, “Recovering Transitive Traceability Links among Various Software Artifacts for Developers,” IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, pp. 1-10, 2019 (SCIE, Scopus indexed)(to appear)

Traceability links between software artifacts can assist in several software development tasks. There are some automatic traceability recovery methods to ease managing the massive number of software artifacts and their relationships. However, they cannot work well for software artifacts whose description are different in terms of language or abstract level. To cover weakness of them, herein we propose Connecting Links Method (CLM), which recovers transitive traceability links between two artifacts by intermediating the third artifact. In order to apply CLM for general use without limitation of software artifact types, we have designed the standardized method to calculate relation score of transitive traceability links using the scores of direct traceability links between three artifacts. Furthermore, we propose improvement of CLM by considering software version. Then, we have evaluated CLM by applying it to three software products. As a result, we have confirmed that CLM has the potential to be more applicable for software artifacts whose language type or vocabulary are different than previous methods using textual similarity.

Remin Kasahara, Kazunori Sakamoto, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, “Applying Gamification to Motivate Students to Write High-Quality Code in Programming Assignments,” 24th ACM Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education (ACM ITiCSE 2019), Aberdeen, UK, 15-17 July 2019. (CORE Rank A)(acceptance rate 28% = 67/243)

*Call for Participation*

AsianPLoP 2019
8th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs
Mar 20-22, 2019, Tokyo, Japan
http://asianplop.org
https://pl.csie.ntut.edu.tw/asianplop2019/

PLoP 2019 is a PLoP(R) Conference sanctioned by the Hillside Group.
PLoP is a registered trademark of the Hillside Group.

*Objective and Motivation*

A pattern is a solution to a recurring problem in a certain context
where numerous forces are felt. Patterns enable people to share
experience-based proven solutions in designing products, managing
processes, projects and organizations, and communicating with each
other more efficiently and effectively.

Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP) will
take place for the eighth time, as a premier event for pattern authors
and users to get together, discuss and learn more about patterns and
pattern languages 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 as well as domains.

*Invited Talk*

Yasutomo Sanui (Life is Tech!)

*Focused Workshops*

Idea Mining Workshop Using A Style Language for Enjoying Japan
Pattern Writing Workshop in Machine Learning Engineering
Agile Quality Workshop

*List of papers accepted*

Abstract and IoT security segmentation patterns
A Pattern for NFV Management and Orchestration
Misuse Patterns for NFV based on Privilege Escalation
Deployment Patterns for Confidence
The modeling pattern of human and society for AI business
本人・家族のための遺産相続の相談に関するパタン
習慣とダンスしよう – 日常生活でパターンを見つけ、使いこなすためのパターンランゲージ
AIで予想をするだけでなく説明もしよう。
誰もが生き生きと働ける社会を導く ユニバーサル・キャリアデザイン・パターン

*Venue*

Life is Tech!
2-12-3 Minamiazabu, Minato-ku, Tokyo 1060047 Japan
5min walk from Shirokane-takanawa Station
(Tokyo Metro, Tokyo Subway)

*Conference Program*

Mar 20
15:00 – 17:30 Pattern writing bootcamp
18:00 – Welcome reception at somewhere nearby

Mar 21
09:00 – 09:30 Opening and Introduction led by chairs
09:30 – 10:30 Game and Break (and Reading time)
10:30 – 12:00 Writer’s Workshop E1, J1
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Invited talk: Yasutomo Sanui (Life is Tech!)
14:00 – 15:30 Writer’s Workshop E2, J2
15:30 – 16:30 Game and Break (and Reading time)
16:30 – 18:00 Focused Workshops
a. Idea Mining Workshop Using “A Style Language for Enjoying Japan”
b. Pattern Writing Workshop in Machine Learning Engineering
18:00 – 18:15 Wrap-up 1st day
18:30 – Dinner at somewhere nearby

Mar 22
09:30 – 10:00 Overview and Game
10:00 – 11:30 Writer’s Workshop E3, J3
11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
12:30 – 14:00 Writer’s Workshop E4, Writing Group J4
14:00 – 15:00 Game and Break (and Reading time)
15:00 – 16:30 Writing Group J5, Agile Quality Workshop
16:30 – 17:00 Break
17:00 – 18:00 Retrospective and Closing Game

*Machine Learning Engineering Group*

In addition to the above-mentioned general topics, this year AsianPLoP
organizers collaborate with JSSST Special Interest Group on Machine
Learning Systems (MLSE, https://mlxse.connpass.com/ ).

*Registration*

https://register.hillside.net/asianplop-registration/

*Conference Committee*

General Chair:
Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University / NII / SYSTEM INFORMATION
/ eXmotion, Japan

Program Chairs:
Taichi Isaku, Keio Research Institute at SFC & CoCooking, Japan
Joseph Yoder, The Refactory Inc., USA
Nobukazu Yoshioka, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Web Chairs:
Teddy Lee, Taipei Tech, Taiwan
Yu Chin Cheng, Taipei Tech, Taiwan

Program Committee:
Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto
Arisa Kamata
Bimlesh Wadhwa, National University of Singapore
Christian Kohls, Technische Hochschule Koln
Chu-Ti Lin, National Chiayi University
Eduardo Guerra, National Institute of Space Research
Eduardo Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University
Emiliano Tramontana, Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, University of Catania
Foutse Khomh, DGIGL, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University
Jiwon Kim
Joseph Yoder, The Refactory, Inc.
Jung-Sing Jwo, Tunghai University
Kai Chang, Auburn University
Nobukazu Yoshioka, National Institute of Informatics
Norihiro Yoshida, Nagoya University
Shang-Pin Ma, National Taiwan Ocean University
Shinpei Hayashi, The University of Tokyo
Sumit Kaira, IIT Kanpur
Taichi Isaku, Keio Research Institute at SFC & CoCooking, Japan
Takashi Iba, Keio University, Japan
Teddy Lee, National Taipei University of Technology
Y C Cheng, National Taipei University of Technology
Yuma Akado
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