Workshop on Redefining Software Engineering Competencies in the AI Era
Sponsored and supported by the IEEE Computer Society, this workshop is a half-day workshop held at Discovery Partners Institute (DPI), 200 S Wacker Dr., 4th Floor, Chicago, IL, 60606 on Tuesday, November 17, 2026 from 12:00 PM to 7:00 PM. The goals of the workshop are to explore how AI is affecting the roles of a software engineer and the software engineering development cycle, how AI can improve a software engineer’s productivity, the risks of AI in software engineering tasks and what we can do to ensure there is responsible AI at every step of the software engineering development cycle. We will have a keynote presentation from the 2025 IEEE Computer Society President Prof. Hinorori Washizaki, Waseda University.
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- 200 S Wacker Dr.
- Chicago, Illinois
- United States 60606
- Building: Discovery Partners Institute
- Room Number: 4th floor, Discovery Room
- Starts 06 November 2026 06:00 AM UTC
- Ends 17 November 2026 05:59 AM UTC
- No Admission Charge
- Menu: Vegetarian, Vegan, Halal, Gluten free
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Hironori Washizaki
SWEBOK Guide and GenAI-empowered Software Engineering
This keynote will first discuss the latest evolution of the IEEE Computer Society’s Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK Guide) and what it means for the profession's future, including the interaction between SE and AI. Then, the talk will explore how Generative and Agentic AI is reshaping software engineering practices, from requirements engineering and software architecture to AI-powered coding agents, with a special focus on engineering endeavors ranging from prompt engineering to harness and loop engineering.
Biography:
Hironori Washizaki is the 2025 IEEE Computer Society (CS) president. He is a professor and the Deputy Chief Information Officer at Waseda University. He is a visiting professor at the National Institute of Informatics. He also works in the industry as an outside director and advisor at eXmotion and SI&C. He has led professional and educational activities at the IEEE CS, including the evolution of the Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) and the CS Juniors program. He has led many academia-industry joint research and large-funded projects in systems and software requirements, design, reuse, quality assurance, and AI software engineering. He leads a professional IoT/AI/DX education project called "Smart SE." Since 2015, he has been the convenor of ISO/IEC/JTC1/SC7/WG20 to standardize bodies of knowledge and certifications in systems and software engineering.
Agenda
12:00 to 1:00 PM Lunch and networking
1:00 to 4:00 PM Workshop
4:00 to 4:50 PM Closing Keynote: SWEBOK Guide and GenAI-Empowered Software Engineering, Prof. Hironori Washizaki, Waseda University, Past IEEE Computer Society President
4:50 to 5:00 PM Closing
5:00 to 7:00 PM Reception and networking