Yasutaka Kamei is a Full Professor at the Graduate School and Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering , Kyushu University since 2024. He holds a Doctorate in Information Science from Nara Institute of Science and Technology and has been a InaRIS Fellow since 2023. His career spans roles as Associate Professor (2015-2023), Visiting Researcher at Queen's University (2015-2017), and Assistant Professor (2011-2015). Research Fields: Specializing in Empirical Software Engineering , he investigates software reliability, defect prediction, code review practices, and mining software repositories. His work on fuzz testing , technical debt , and automated program repair has produced influential frameworks like TraceJIT and PAFL . He pioneered studies on developer behavior in GitHub and federated learning for cross-project defect prediction. Scientific Trends: Recent publications focus on LLM applications in mutation testing , visual bug reporting , and CI/CD inefficiencies . His team explores developer-centric challenges in modern practices, including token-based micro commits and fuzzing build failures . Awards & Grants: InaRIS Fellowship (2023): 10-year, 100M yen grant for human-machine interaction in software development IPSJ/ACM Early Career Award (2013) Leadership: He chairs PC for MSR2018 , co-organizes NII Shonan Seminars , and serves on committees for ICSE , ASE , and SANER conferences. His editorial roles include Empirical Software Engineering and Automated Software Engineering journals.









