{"id":223449,"date":"2025-10-09T13:36:28","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=223449"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:36:28","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:36:28","slug":"software-engineering-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2025\/10\/09\/software-engineering-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Papers, presenters, progress: UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa shapes the future of software engineering"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Conference General Chair and ITM<\/abbr> Associate Professor Daniel Port addressing conference attendees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa faculty and students were front and center at an international conference, helping to shape the future of information technology, cybersecurity and more.<\/p>\n

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Conference volunteers comprising of ICS<\/abbr> graduate students and staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The 2025 Association for Computing Machinery\/Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement<\/a> (ESEM<\/abbr> 2025) was held in Honolulu, September 28–October 3, as part of Empirical Software Engineering International Week. The conference brought together more than 100 leading researchers and practitioners from multiple countries in the field of software engineering. UH<\/abbr> Mānoa stood out through exceptional faculty leadership, student involvement and research contributions.<\/p>\n

Three faculty members held key leadership roles in organizing the conference: Department of Information Technology Management<\/a> Associate Professor Daniel Port served as general chair of ESEM<\/abbr> 2025, overseeing the event\u2019s overall planning and execution; Department of Information Technology Management Professor Rick Kazman was finance chair; and Department of Information and Computer Sciences<\/a> (ICS<\/abbr>) Assistant Professor Anthony Peruma was the student volunteer chair, managing a team of volunteers who supported the conference sessions and logistics. Additionally, ICS<\/abbr> Assistant Professor Italo Santos assisted with local arrangements.<\/p>\n

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ICS<\/abbr> Assistant Professor Anthony Peruma presenting his research study<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Beyond faculty leadership, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa was represented by four graduate students from the ICS<\/abbr> department—Derek Garcia, Kayla-Marie Torres, Carol Wong and Briana Lee—along with ICS<\/abbr> Senior Academic Advisor Kenny Kaʻaiakamanu<\/span>-Quibilan, who served as conference volunteers, helping ensure the event\u2019s success, while gaining valuable professional experience and exposure to leading research in the field.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr>\u2019s research presence was strong, with four papers presented at the conference authored by faculty and students from ICS<\/abbr>, demonstrating the department\u2019s growing contributions to cutting-edge software engineering research.<\/p>\n

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Conference General Chair and ITM<\/abbr> Associate Professor Daniel Port (right), with ICS<\/abbr> Assistant Professor Anthony Peruma (left) and keynote speaker Grady Booch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The papers covered a range of topics:<\/p>\n