Prof. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Japan
Prof. Dr. Hironori Washizaki is a
Professor and the Associate Dean of the Research Promotion
Division at Waseda University in Tokyo, and a Visiting Professor
at the National Institute of Informatics. He also works in
industry as Outside Directors of SYSTEM INFORMATION and
eXmotion. Hironori currently serves as Vice President for
Professional and Educational Activities Board (PEAB) of the IEEE
CS (2 years). He has been on CS Board of Governors since 2021.
He was awarded Golden Core Member and Distinguished Contributor
from IEEE CS. He is leading professional and educational
activities, including development of the Guide to the Software
Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK), educational courses, and
certification programs. He serves as Associate Editor of IEEE
Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computing (TETC), Steering
Committee Member of the IEEE CSEE&T, and Advisory Committee
Member of the IEEE CS COMPSAC. He is a Professional Member of
IEEE-Eta Kappa Nu. He has served as the program chair of
multiple IEEE conferences, including ICST, CSEE&T, and SIoT/SISA
of COMPSAC. He had been the Chair of IEEE CS Japan Chapter.
Hironori’s research interests include systems and software
engineering. He received his Ph.D. in information and computer
science from Waseda University in 2003. He has published more
than 200 research papers in refereed international journals and
conferences, including IEEE Computer, IEEE IoT-J, TETC, EMSE,
SCICO, ICSE, and ASE. He has led many academia-industry joint
research and large-funded projects in software design, reuse,
traceability, and quality assurance. Recent achievements include
IoT design patterns published in IoT-J 2020 and Machine Learning
Design Patterns in Computer 2022. He is leading a professional
IoT/AI education project called SmartSE. Since 2015, he has been
the Convenor of ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 to standardize bodies of
knowledge and certifications, and leading adoptions of CS
products SWEBOK and Software Engineering Competency Model
(SWECOM) into standards.
Prof. Katsuaki Suzuki, Kumamoto University, Japan
Born in 1959. Ph.D., Instructional Systems, Florida State University. Visiting professor at the Open University Graduate School Japan (2006-2009); part-time lecturer at Tohoku University Graduate School; director of International Board for Standards of Training, Performance, and Instruction; councilor and editorial member of Japan Society for Educational Technology; board member and editorial member of Japanese Society for Information and Systems in Education; Vice President of Japan Association for Educational Media Studies; honorary member of e-Learning Consortium Japan, etc. Author of “Principles of Instructional Design” (translation supervisor), “Designing Motivation to Learn” (translation supervisor), “Design Manual for Self-learning Material”, “Getting Started in Educational Technology Research” (joint translator, commentator), etc.