News

FY2026 (April 1st, 2026 - March 31st, 2027)

• Our members presented at the ICSME2026（September 16th, 2026）
• Our members presented at the VISSOFT2026（September 14th, 2026）
• Inase Kondo(M2) and Professor Yoshiki Higo received the 2026 IPSJ/SIGSE Outstanding Research Award（September 12th, 2026）
• Our members presented at the SES2026（September 11th, 2026）
• Our member presented at the SIGSS/SIGSE（July 22nd, 2026）
• A paper by Inase Kondo (M2), Professor Yoshiki Higo, et al. has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, and a press release was published by The University of Osaka（May 8th, 2026）
• Inase Kondo(M2) and Professor Yoshiki Higo received the Distinguished Mining Challenge Paper Award at MSR 2026（April 14th, 2026）
• Inase Kondo(M2) and Professor Yoshiki Higo received the 2025 SIGSS Research Encouragement Prize（April 1st, 2026）

FY2025 (April 1st, 2025 - March 31st, 2026)

• Our member presented at the SANER 2026（March 18th, 2026）
• Our member presented at the SIGSS（March 2nd, 2026）
• Our member presented at the SIGSS（December 12th, 2025）
• Our member presented at the PROFES2025（December 3rd, 2025）
• Our member presented at the ASEAI2025（November 26th, 2025）
• Our member presented at the WSSE2025（October 25th, 2025）
• Our member presented at the SES2025（September 17th, 2025）
• Collaborative Presentation with Mahidol University at ICSME 2025（September 11th, 2025）
• A professor from Concordia University in Canada visited Higo Laboratory（July 30th, 2025）
• We had a lecture given by Carmen, a student from USI, and Assistant Professor David from Rey Juan Carlos University（July 30th, 2025）
• The professors from Mahidol University in Thailand visited Higo Laboratory（July 29th, 2025）
• Our member presented at the SIGSS（July 16th, 2025）
• Professor Bonita Sharif from the University of Nebraska gave a talk to us（June 4th, 2025）
• Professors from Kasetsart University in Thailand visited Higo Laboratory（May 16th, 2025）
• Our member presented at the MSR2025（April 28th, 2025）
• Professor Alcides Fonseca from the University of Lisbon gave a talk to us（April 15th, 2025）
• Olivier Nourry joined our laboratory as an assistant professor!（April 1st, 2025）

FY2024 (April 1st, 2024 - March 31st, 2025)

• Our members presented at the SIGSS（March 10th, 2025）
• Professor Kula received the Most Influential Paper Award at the SANER 2025（March 4th, 2025）
• Takayuki Yamamoto presented at the SIGSE and received awards（March 3rd, 2025）
• Our members presented at the SIGSS (January 12th, 2025)
• We hold the WIREDS 2024 (December 8th, 2024)
• Our member presented at the FOSE2024 (November 29th, 2024)
• Our members presented at the SIGSS (October 17th, 2024)
• Professor Raula received the Most Influential Paper Award at the VISSOFT 2024 (October 7th, 2024)
• Raula Gaikovina Kula joined our laboratory as a professor! (October 1st, 2024)
• Our member presented at the SES2024 (September 19th, 2024)
• Our member presented at the SIGSS (July 27th, 2024)
• Our members presented at the SERA 2024 (June 1st, 2024)
• One-day Workshop at the Icho Festival (May 3rd, 2024)
• Open Laboratory at the Icho Festival (May 2nd, 2024)

FY2023 (April 1st, 2023 - March 31st, 2024)

• Our members presented at the SANER 2024 (March 14th, 2024)
• Our members presented at the SIGSS (March 8th, 2024)
• Our member presented at the SIGSE (March 4th, 2024)
• Our member presented at the SIGSS (January 17th, 2024)
• Our members presented at the SES2023, and Professor Yoshiki Higo received awards (August 25th, 2023)
• Our members presented at the SIGSE/SIGSS (July 22nd, 2023)
• Our member presented at the ICPC 2023 (May 15th, 2023)

FY2022 (April 1st, 2022 - March 31st, 2023)

• Akihiro Tabata (undergraduate student) received the Shool of Engineering Science Award (March 24th, 2023)
• Our member presented at the SIGSE (March 9th, 2023)
• Our member presented at the APSEC2022 (December 8th, 2022)
• Professor Daniel M. German from the University of Victoria gave a talk to us (November 8th, 2022)
• Open Laboratory at the Machikane Festival (November 5th, 2022)
• Senior Lecturer Christoph Treude from University of Melbourne gave a talk to us (October 26th, 2022)
• Emeritus Professor Katsuro Inoue received the IPSJ-CS Outstanding Achievement and Contribution Award and was commended (September 7th, 2022)
• Our graduate Norihiro Fuke received the IPSJ Computer Science Research Award for Young Scientists and was commended (September 7th, 2022)
• Two papers co-authored by Professor Yoshiki Higo received awards at the SES2022 (September 7th, 2022)
• Doctoral theses by our graduates were accepted on the Quick Report on Doctoral Theses Recommended by IPSJ SIGs 2021 (August 15th, 2022)
• Yoshiki Higo is now our professor! (August 1st, 2022)
• Our members presented at the SIGSE/SIGSS (July 30th, 2022)
• Our member presented at the ICPC2022 (May 17th, 2022)
• We will hold a laboratory introduction event for prospective students (April 8th, 2022)

FY2021 (April 1st, 2021 - March 31st, 2022)

• Inoue Laboratory member presented at The 3rd Workshop on the Next-Gen Software Ecosystems.(03/14-15/2021)
• Norihiro Fuke (M2), Mohan Bian (M2), and Tomohiro Matsui (M2) participated in SIGSE, and Norihiro Fuke received the award.(03/11-12/2022)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue gave his final lecture(03/09/2022)
• Announcement of Professor Katsuro Inoue's Final Lecture(02/23/2022)
• Prof. Katsuro Inoue's comments were featured in an article by Nikkei Inc.(02/15/2022)
• A dialogue between Prof. Inoue and Mr. Ishihara, who works at VALTES CO., LTD., is now available on Qbook(02/08/2022)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SES2021.(09/07-08/2021)
• Prof. Katsuro Inoue will be a guest speaker in a webinar in a dialogue format with Mr. Asahara, CEO of Sider, the provider of Sider Scan(09/08/2021)
• The world's first book on code clone analysis "Code Clone Analysis, Research, Tools, and Practices" has been published(08/05/2021)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SIGSE/SIGSS.(07/09/2021)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue attended Influential Educator Award Ceremony(06/09/2021)
• Mr. Kaoru Ito's paper was selected for IEICE paper award (06/03/2021)
• We introduced our laboratory to 3rd- and 4th-year students(04/08/2021)
• Lab introduction for 3rd- and 4th-year students(04/08/2021)

FY2020 (April 1st, 2020 - March 31st, 2021)

• Professor Katsuro Inoue and Kazuki Matsushima(M2) selected to receive the SIGSS Research Encouragement Prize.(03/19/2021)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SIGSE.(01/03/2021)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue was awarded at Influential Educator Award(02/27/2021)
• IST 3D map shooting(02/18/2021)
• Yuji Fuziwara(D1) presented at FOSE2020.(11/19-20/2020)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at ICSME 2020(09/27/2020-10/03/2020)
• Assistant Professor Kanada Tetsuya attended SES2020"(09/10/2020)
• Assistant Professor Kanada Tetsuya attended International Workshop on Software Health"(03/07/2020)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SIGSE/SIGSS.(02/07/2020)
• Mr. Yuichi Semura's paper was selected as an excellent paper in the Special Issue on Student Essays.(IEICE)(04/01/2020)
• Lab introduction for 3rd- and 4th-year students (05/12/2020)

FY2019 (April 1st, 2019 - March 31st, 2020)

• Inoue Laboratory members attended SANER 2020 (02/18-21/2020)
• Jonathan Komala presented with poster at IWESEP 2019 (12/13/2019)
• Specially Appointed Professor Shusuke Haruna selected to receive the Osaka University Award (21/11/2019)
• Kosuke Haraguchi(M1) presented at SIGSS.(24-25/10/2019)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at ICSME 2019 (30/09/2019 - 04/10/2019)
• Presentation by Assistant Professor Meiyappan Nagappan (University of Waterloo) (10/02/2019)
• We went traveling to Hyogo and Tottori (09/26-27/2019)
• Presentation by Professor Yann-Gaël Guéhéneuc(Concordia University) (09/17/2019)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SES 2019 (08/30-31/2019)
• Inoue lab. gave a lecture in SEEDS Program (08/23/2019)
• Presentation by Dr. Chaiyong Ragkhitwetsagul and Dr. Morakot Choetkiertikul (Mahidol University) (08/20/2019)
• Presentation by Associate Professor Vasaka Visoottiviseth and Assistant Professor Thanwadee Sunetnanta(Mahidol University) (08/01/2019)
• Inoue Lab members participated in ICSE2019 reading(07/18/2019)
• Presentation by Dr. Stephane Ducasse(INRIA) (07/04/2019)
• Takoyaki party at Inoue Laboratory! (07/02/2019)
• A workshop with Matsumoto Lab of NAIST(06/21/2019)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue was awarded at MSR 2019. (05/27/2019)
• Two members of Inoue Lab, Tsuyoshi Mizouchi (M2), Hirotaka Honda (M2) presented at ICPC2019. (05/25-26/2019)
• Takoyaki party at Inoue Laboratory! (05/15/2019)

FY2018 (April 1st, 2018 - March 31st, 2019)

• BBQ at Professor Inoue's house (03/23/2019)
• Theree members of Inoue Lab, Hiroki Sakai(M2), Saki Okajima(M2), Hirotaka Honda(M1) presented at SIGSS.(4-5/3/2019)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue selected to receive the Osaka University Award(2019/1/25)
• Hirotaka Honda(M1) and Tsuyoshi Mizouchi (M1) presented at IPSJ/SIGSE Winter Workshop 2019 in Iizaka(24-25/01/2019)
• Presentation by Kate Stewart(the Linux Foundation) (10/12/2018)
• Shi Qiu(D1) presented at Open Compliance Summit 2018(06-07/12/2018)
• Yuichi Semura(M2) and Kazuki Yokoi(M2) presented and three students were attended as a student volunteer at APSEC 2018(04-07/12/2018)
• Shogo Tokui (M2) presented with poster at The 35th OACIS Symposium(30/11/2018)
• Shogo Tokui(M2) was awarded "Takahashi Award" at JSSST 35th society(13/11/2018)
• Two members of Inoue Lab, Kazumasa Shimari(M2), Shuya Shiraki(M1) presented at FOSE2018.Shimari was awarded a prize.(15-17/11/2018)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue selected to receive the 2018 Distinguished Achievement and Contributions Award in the Field of Information Science and Technology(1/10/2018)
• We went traveling to Nara and Wakayama (18-19/09/2018)
• Four members of Inoue Lab, Kazuki Yokoi(M2), Yuji Fuziwara(M1), Tsuyoshi Mizouchi(M1) and Kazumasa Shimari(M2), presented at Software Engineering Symposium (SES2018), and two were awarded.(5-7/9/2018)
• Professor Katsuro Inoue and Shogo Tokui(M2) were awarded at JSSST2018.(29-31/8/2018)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SIGSE.(20/07/2018)
• Inoue Laboratory member presented at SIGSS.(18/07/2018)
• Presentation by Dr.Abram Hindle (14/06/2018)
• Takoyaki party at Inoue Laboratory! (31/05/2018)

FY2017 (April 1st, 2017 - March 31st, 2018)

• BBQ at Professor Inoue's house (24/03/2018)
• Inoue Laboratory members at SIGSS.(6/3/2018)
• Presentation by Professor Dongsun Kim and Professor Tegawende F Bissyande about the study of Code Seaching.(08/02/2018)
• Kazumasa Shimari (M1) presented at IPSJ/SIGSE Winter Workshop 2018 in Miyajima(18/01/2018)
• KAZUMASA Shimari (M1) presented with poster at The 33th OACIS Symposium.(08/12/2017)
• Yuichi Semura(M1) attend APSEC 2017 (07/12/2017)
• The farewell party for Mr.Leon Moonen! (06/12/2017)
• Mr. Ali Ouni presented for Inoue Laboratory (28/11/2017)
• Inoue Laboratory members at The 197th SIGSE(SIG Software Engineering)(9/11/2017)
• KAZUMASA Shimari (M1) won the Student Encouragement Presentation Award at this year's IPSJ SIGSE Software Engineering Symposium 2017 (01/09/2017)
• Inoue Laboratory members at The 196th SIGSE(SIG Software Engineering)(20/7/2017)
• Farewell party for a beloved member and friend from Inoue Laboratory - Xin Yang (12/07/2017)
• Another year, another Beer Garden party with Inoue Laboratory (21/06/2017)
• Presentation by Dr. Dongsun Kim from the University of Luxembourg at Inoue Laboratory (07/06/2017)
• Udon party at Inoue Laboratory! (30/05/2017)
• Our doctoral candicate presented his work at OOS, co-hosted with ICSE 2017 (23/05/2017)

FY2016 (April 1st, 2016 - March 31st, 2017)

• Inoue Laboratory members at IWESEP 2017 (13/03/2017)
• Two of our graduates attended the Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ) to present their work (12/03/2017 - 13/03/2017)
• Inoue Laboratory members and collaborators attend SANER 2017 (21/02/2017 - 24/02/2017)
• Satoshi Munakata received an award at FOSE 2016 (05/12/2016)
• Keita Takenouchi received an award at FOSE 2016 (05/12/2016)
• Joint seminar with Nagoya University about "The latest trend of code clone analysis technology" (02/12/2016)
• Presentation by Dr. Iris Reinhartz-Berger from the University of Haifa about her research (14/11/2016)
• Presentation by Kanwal Jaweria about her research during her stay at Inoue Laboratory (02/11/2016)
• International laboratory collaboration research report (28/10/2018)
• Presentation by Ali Ouni in collaboration with Inoue Laboratory at ICSME 2016 (07.10.2016)
• We went traveling to Mie (17/09/2016)
• Keita Takenouchi received an award at SES 2016 (05/09/2016)
• Final presentations from our foreign exchange students (03/08/2016)
• Inoue Lab "Summer Beer Garden Extravaganza"
• Paper by Ali Ouni nominated for best paper at International Conference on Web Services (07/01/2016)
• Paper presentations by our students at Information Processing Society of Japan (06/02/2016)
• Presentation by Professor Ahmed E. Hassan about the lessons he has learned about teaching MSR(Mining Software Repositories) in his graduate course(05/18/2016)
• Assist. Prof. Takashi Ishio's presentation at MSR 2016 (15/05/2016)
• Presentation by Assoc. Prof. Ying (Jenny) Zou on "Learning to Rank Code Examples for Code Search Engines"(05/06/2016)

FY2015 (April 1st, 2015 - March 31st, 2016)

• We held the 20th Anniversary Party(10/10/2015)
• We gave a lecture at SEEDS Program(10/10/2015)
• We went traveling to Shikoku(09/23/2015 - 09/25/2015)

FY2014 (April 1st, 2014 - March 31st, 2015)

• Eunjong Choi(doctor course) received an award at SANER(3/25/2015)
• Prof. Inoue will be the general chair of SANER 2016(3/25/2015)
• Noriyoshi Kuno(doctor course) received an award at for SEC journal 2014(1/28/2015)
• Tomomi Hatano(master course) received an award at IWESEP2014(11/13/2014)
• Prof. Inoue et al. received Specially Selected Paper award from IPSJ(10/28/2014)
• Prof. Inoue was titled as Fellow of JSSST(10/24/2014)
• Undergraduates made a presentation about their Android practice(10/07/2014)
• We went traveling to Aichi(09/22/2014 - 09/24/2014)
• Shuya Abe and his team-mates received an award at SES 2014(09/03/2014)
• We introduced our laboratory to undergraduates(04/08/2013)

FY2013 (April 1st, 2013 - March 31st, 2014)

• We had a BBQ party on March 22(03/22/2013)
• Hiroki Wakisaka(master course) received an award at SIGSE(03/20/2013)
• Naohiro Kawamitu(undergraduate) won first prize of CODE VS 3.0(12/07/2013)
• Our laboratory member and alumni receive award at FOSE 2013(11/28/2013)
• We introduced our laboratory at Machikane Festival(11/02/2013)
• Dr. Kim and Dr. Zimmermann visited our laboratory(10/29/2013)
• Undergraduates made a presentation about their Android practice(10/08/2013)
• We went traveling to Kochi(09/19/2013 - 09/21/2013)
• Naohiro Kawamitsu(undergraduate) won first prize of CODE VS 2.1(07/21/2013)
• SARF Project have been accepted by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science of Scientific Research(S) for 2013(06/14/2013)
• We introduced our laboratory to undergraduates(04/09/2013)