M1 Yohei gave his talk about Identifying Mislignment in GQM+Strategies at HICSS-49 (CORE Rank A) on Jan 8.

Yohei Aoki, Takanobu Kobori, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, “Identifying Misalignment of Goal and Strategies across Organizational Units by Interpretive Structural Modeling,” Proceedings of the 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-49), January 5-8, 2016 Grand Hyatt, Kauai (CORE Rank A)

研究グループの構成、研究業績、イベント・コミュニティ貢献の観点から、以下に2015年を振り返り、2016年の抱負を述べます。

 *私たちの構成*

2015: 昨年は新たに中国、インドネシア、アフガニスタンから複数の国際学生が加わりました。

2016: 今年も引き続き様々な国々からの国際学生の参加を期待しています。多様な背景、文化、マインドセットを持つメンバが集うことで、我々のグループは創造性を含む様々な面でより強化されます。

 *研究業績*

2015: 昨年我々は論文誌論文4編 (国際論文誌1編、和文3編)、国際会議発表・論文22編 (うちCORE Rank A会議3編、Rank B 10編、Rank C 2編、CORE Rankなし会議7編)、国際会議ポスター3件、書籍共著1冊、書籍分担執筆1冊、雑誌記事2編および翻訳書1冊を発表しました。さらに国際論文誌1編、国際会議2編（CORE Rank A 1編、Rank B 1編）が採択済みであり2016年に掲載予定です。これらの研究成果は大学研究費、7以上の企業からの委託・共同研究費、および3以上の公的研究費（科研費、情報科学国際交流財団SSRフォーラム、IPA RISEソフトウェア工学分野の先導的研究支援事業に関する委託契約）の支援を受けました。さらに、GQM+Strategies共催セミナーやモントリオールにおける在外研究を通じてFraunhofer IESEおよびÉcole Polytechnique de Montréalとの連携を深めました。

昨年1月1日に目標として掲げた数字は論文誌7編 (国際論文誌3編以上を含む)、国際会議20編 (うちCORE Rank A会議2編以上、Rank B会議10編以上)でした。論文誌について目標を下回りましたが、国際会議についてCORE Rank別目標を含めて目標を達成しました。さらに現在、2編のマイナー修正要求を含む4編の論文誌投稿が査読中の段階にあり、全体として目標を概ね達成したと自己評価します。無論、我々はこれに満足せず、常により良い成果を挙げられると考えています。

2016: 今年我々は、昨年と同じビジョン「堅固な理論に基づくソフトウェア開発プラクティスの実現」を持って、10以上の産業界・学術界パートナーと協調しながら、競争的資金を獲得しつつ研究を進めます。理論に裏打ちされた独創的かつアクショナブルなソフトウェアエンジニアリング手法・ツールにより、ソフトウェアエンジニアリングの産業界および学術界に貢献します。よりインパクトのある論文をより良い場所で発表します。具体的には、論文誌7編 (国際論文誌3編以上を含む)、国際会議20編 (うちCORE Rank A/A* 会議3編以上、Rank B会議10編以上)を目標とします。我々の研究成果の多くが手法、プラクティス、ツールといった形で、研究パートナーとの連携を通じて引き続き実際に用いられ実質的価値を生み出していくことを追求します。

 *コミュニティ・プロフェッショナル貢献*

2015: 多くのご支援ご協力の元、次にあげる多くのプログラミング・エンジニアリングコンテストを開催あるいは開催に貢献してきました: ETロボコン2015東京地区大会、情報処理学会SamurAI Coding 2014-15および2015-2016。また我々は、次を含む多くの会議を開催あるいは開催に貢献してきました: AsianPLoP 2015、XP祭り2015、 Minecraft x Education 2015, 早稲田大学Fraunhofer IESE共催セミナー（2月・9月)、日本ソフトウェア科学会大会。さらに私はISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 ConvenorおよびIEEE Computer Society Japan Chapter Chairに新たに就任しました。これらの活動のうちで特にMinecraft x Educationおよび IPA RISE研究についてTVやWeb等の各種メディアで広く報道されました。

2016: 今年我々は、プログラミングコンテストである情報処理学会SamurAI Coding 2015-16（予選1次募集締切1月8日、2次募集締切2月8日、決勝3月11日）の開催に貢献し続けます。また我々は、次を含む多くの会議を開催あるいは開催に貢献します: AsianPLoP 2016（2月24-26日）、Minecraft x Education 2016、ETロボコン2016東京地区大会。これらのイベントやコミュニティの開催や開催支援を通じて我々は研究成果を発信し、外部社会へと貢献するとともに繋がりを広げていきます。さらに私は引き続きISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 Convenor、IEEE Computer Society Japan ChapterおよびSEMAT Japan Chapter Chairとして計算機科学全般およびソフトウェアエンジニアリング領域における研究・産業の発展、コミュニティ醸成および標準化をリードし貢献します。

鷲崎 弘宜

早稲田大学グローバルソフトウェアエンジニアリング研究所 所長

In below, I review the last year’s resolution. Moreover I describe New Year’s Resolution regarding Group Organization, Research Achievements, and Event and Community Contribution.

*Group Organization*
2015: We had several new international students from China, Indonesia and Afghanistan in 2015.

2016: Like last year, we expect some new students coming from several countries. Our group is growing and having more diversity in national origins, backgrounds and mindsets. Such diversity contributes to our group in various aspects such as creativity.

*Research Achievement*
2015: We published and presented 4 journal papers (1 international and 3 domestic), 22 international conference and workshop papers (3 at CORE Rank A conferences, 10 at Rank B, 2 at Rank C, and 7 at conferences without CORE Rank), 3 international conference posters, 1 book co-authored, 1 book chapter, 2 magazine articles and 1 book translation. In addition, 1 international journal paper and 2 international conference papers (1 at CORE Rank A, 1 at Rank B) have been already accepted to be published in 2016. These achievements are results of researches supported by the university’s grain-in-aids, 7+ companies and 3+ public grants including JSPS KAKENHI, IISF/SSR, and IPA RISE. Moreover, we got new international research connections with Fraunhofer IESE and École Polytechnique de Montréal through GQM+Strategies seminars and my sabbatical stay in Montreal.

On 1st Jan 2015, I stated that we hoped to publish 7 journal papers (incl. 3+ international) and 20 international conference and workshop papers (2+ at CORE Rank A and 10+ at Rank B). Although we got less paper acceptances at journals than expected, we successfully achieved the goal of number of international conference and workshop papers. Moreover, currently there are 4 journal submissions under review including 2 as minor revisions so that I say we did mostly well about research! Of course we believe we can do better and more.

2016: Having the same clear vision “establishing software development practices based on solid engineering theory”, we will push forward with research on novel and actionable software engineering methods and tools based on well-defined and validated theory to contribute to software engineering industry and academia in collaboration with 10+ local and global partners. We aim to publish impactful papers at better places: at least 7 journal papers (incl. 3+international) and 20 international conference papers (3+ at CORE Rank A/A* and 10+ at Rank B). 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 Contribution*
2015: Thanks to many collaborators and supporters, we contributed to several major programming and engineering contests: ET Robocon 2015 Tokyo Regional Contest, IPSJ SamurAI Coding 2014-15 and 2015-16. We organized and/or hosted various conferences and meetings including AsianPLoP 2015, XP-Matsuri 2015, Minecraft x Education 2015, Waseda Fraunhofer IESE Joint Seminars (on Feb and Sep), and JSSST National Convention 2015. Moreover, I was newly selected as ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 Convenor and IEEE Computer Society Japan Chapter Chair in 2015. Our activities on Minecraft x Education and IPA RISE Research on Software Quality Measurements have been widely reported in the media including TV programs and Web articles.

2016: We continue to contribute to IPSJ SamurAI Coding 2015-16. Moreover we will host and/or organize various conferences and meetings including AsianPLoP 2016 on Feb 24-26, Minecraft x Education 2016 on Aug and ET Robocon 2016 Tokyo Regional Contest on Aug-Oct. These event and community organizations give us good opportunities to publicize our research achievements and contribute to the outer world and expand our network. Moreover I continue to serve as ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 Convenor, IEEE Computer Society Japan Chapter Chair and SEMAT Japan Chapter Chair to lead the professional society and standardization in computer science and software engineering.

Hironori Washizaki
Head of Global Software Engineering Laboratory, Waseda University

Daisuke Saito, PCS-J 2nd Technical Meeting and General Assembly 2015, IEEE Professional Communication Society – Japan Chapter, December 19, 2015, Shinshu University

Kiyoshi Honda, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, “Software Reliability Growth Model Considering Uncertainty and Dynamics in Development,” 23rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution, and Reengineering (SANER 2016), Doctoral Symposium, Osaka, Japan, March 14-18, 2016. (to appear)

Alumuni Felix presented his paper titled A third-party extension support framework using patterns at APSEC 2015.

Yiyang Hao, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, “A third-party extension support framework using patterns,” Proceedings of the 22nd Asia Pacific Software Engineering Conference (APSEC 2015), New Delhi, India, Dec 1-4, 2015. (CORE Rank B, acceptance rate 42/144=29%) 

Prof. Washizaki gave his talks on software maintenance specially focusing on reverse engineering models and recovering traceability links at Ecole Polytechnique de Monteal, UQAM and ETS.

Hironori Washizaki, “Software Maintenance Support by Extracting Links and Models”, UQAM Latece seminar, Nov 11, 2015.

Hironori Washizaki, “Software Maintenance Support by Extracting Links and Models” (revised), UQAM Latece seminar, Nov 13, 2015.

Hironori Washizaki, ”Recovery of Traceability Links and Behavior Models for Software Maintenance”, ETS seminar, Nov 26, 2015.

Daisuke Saito, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, “A Comparison of Programming Way: Illustration-based Programming and Text-based Programming,” IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE 2015), Work-in-Progress paper, 10-12 December 2015, United International College, Zhuhai, China (to appear)

Learning to programming language is difficult. One solution is to use a digital game, which increases motivation of first-time learners. In this paper, we were executing programming learning with MincraftEdu of sandbox game and ConputercraftEdu of expansion function. In addition, learning method to programming has illustration-based programming and text-based programming in ComputerCraftEdu. We compare the programming way of illustration programming and text programming. In this result, there was a significant difference towards the illustration-based programming throughout the comparison. In this paper, we present the results.

Prof. Washizaki started sabbatical stay (till middle of Dec 2015) at Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal.

M1 Nishikawa-kun gave a talk on transitive traceability recovery at ICSME ERA Track. Moreover he did a poster presentation at the conference.

Kazuki Nishikawa, Hironori Washizaki, Yoshiaki Fukazawa, Keishi Ohshima, Ryota Mibe, “Recovering Transitive Traceability Links among Software Artifacts,” Proceedings of the 31st IEEE International Conference on Software Maintenance and Evolution (ICSME 2015), ERA Track, Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2015, Bremen, Germany. (to appear) (CORE Rank A, ERA Track: 17/48=35%)
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