I’m an associate professor of Data Science and Technology-Enhanced Learning at the College of Global Liberal Arts, Ritsumeikan University, where I also serve as the Associate Dean of Planning.
This December I’m Co-Chair of two international conferences: ICERP 2026 (9th International Conference on Education Research and Policy) and ICAITE 2026 (3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Education).
Before that, I chaired the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Teacher Education (ICAITE 2025) and co-chaired the 5th International Conference on Advanced Enterprise Information System (AEIS 2025).
On the research side, I picked up the Best Presentation Award (in-person) for the paper “Implications of Self-Reported Attitudes Towards UML in Bachelor’s and Master’s Software Engineering Courses” at The 7th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2025).
I’ve also earned two Excellent Oral Presentation Awards (Online) for my papers “Online Course Feature Evaluation Based on University Student Feedback Supported by Word-Embeddings” and “Students’ Perception of the Impact of Cultural Dimensions on Global Software Engineering” at The 2024 15th International Conference on E-Education, E-Business, E-Management and E-Learning (IC4E 2024).
Earlier in 2024, I won the Best Presentation Award (online) at The 18th International Conference on Innovative Computing, Information and Control (ICICIC2024).
I was awarded the Best Presentation Award (in-person) for the paper “Multicultural Observations in a Three-University Global Distributed Software Development Course: A UML Case Study” at The 6th World Symposium on Software Engineering (WSSE 2024).