Saga University Computer Software Laboratory,Faculty of Science and Engineering Saga University Computer Software Laboratory,Faculty of Science and Engineering

Faculty Introduction

Associate ProfessorTetsuro Kakeshita

掛下 哲郎

Faculty of Science and Engineering, Saga University

Honjo 1, Saga 840-8502, Japan.
Tel. +81-952-28-8565 Fax. +81-952-28-8650
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Born in Fukuoka, Japan in 1962.  Live in Chiba city until secondary school.  Graduated Shuyukan high school in Fukuoka.  Ph.D. degree (Computer Science) from Kyushu University.  Challenge touring around Japan by cycling when he was a university student.  Study at McGill university in Montreal, Canada when he was a Ph.D. candidate.

Research Topics

Promoting DX in Computing Education
  • Automated responses to student questions provided by an AI chatbot trained on lecture materials
  • Research and development of an AI-powered automated report grading tool
  • Research on a paradigm shift in programming education utilizing AI
Databases and Data Science
  • Privacy information management mechanism for the era of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation)
  • Research on learning analytics and support tools
  • Research on information organization using multidimensional classification
Software Engineering and Education Support Tool
  • Research and development of AI tools to assist software planning
  • Research and development of AI tools to assist requirements engineering
  • Research on a paradigm shift in software engineering education utilizing AI

Research Contribution

I was conducting theoretical research as a student. After obtaining a Ph.D., I began research in software engineering and information systems.  Recently, I have been working on planning and developing various educational software tools to support computing education at the university and K-12 programming education, utilizing the outcomes of my past research.

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