山﨑和真

Kazuma Yamasaki

Ph.D. Student

of Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)

Profile Information

Name	Kazuma Yamasaki (山﨑和真)
Affiliation	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST), Japan
Laboratory	Software Engineering Laboratory
Degree	Ph.D. Student (Year 1)
Email	yamasaki.kazuma.yj9@naist.ac.jp

Research Interest

Research Area	Software Engineering, Programming Language, Computer Science
Keywords	AI (Artificial Intelligence), LLM (Large Language Model), Software Library, Breaking Change

Education

Period	Degree	Institution
2025-09 ~ Present	Doctor	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2024-04 ~ 2025-09	Master	Nara Institute of Science and Technology (NAIST)
2020-04 ~ 2024-03	Bachelor	Doshisha University

Awards & Funding

Travel Expense Assistance for Overseas Research, Awarded
The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF)¥320,000
2026-02[Link]Grant
Distinguished Poster Awards
AI-Driven Software Engineering Summit for Fostering Next-Generation Researchers, Title: "AI-oriented Programming Language: Proposal for Reconstructing Ecosystems for AI"
2025-11[Link]Award
JASSO Type I Scholarship, Advance Repayment Exemption Provisional System (Provisional Adoption)
Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
2025-10Scholarship Exemption

I sincerely appreciate the generous support from all funding organizations and foundations.

Papers

How Do Developers Use Migration Guides? A Case Study of Log4j
Takahiro Monno, Kazumasa Shimari, Tetsuya Kanda, Kazuma Yamasaki, Kenichi Matsumoto
The 30th International Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE 2026)
2026-06
Focus sentinel
How Do Developers Use Migration Guides? A Case Study of Log4j
T. Monno, K. Shimari, T. Kanda, K. Yamasaki, and K. Matsumoto, "How Do Developers Use Migration Guides? A Case Study of Log4j", in Proc. 30th Int. Conf. Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), Glasgow, Scotland, UK, Jun., 2026, to appear.
Focus sentinel
Peer-reviewedInternationalEASECORE A
Who Writes the Docs in SE 3.0? Agent vs. Human Documentation Pull Requests
Kazuma Yamasaki, Ayobami Joshua, Tasha Settewong, Mahmoud Alfadel, Kazumasa Shimari, Kenichi Matsumoto
2026 IEEE/ACM 23rd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2026)
2026-04
[ACM DL]
Focus sentinel
Who Writes the Docs in SE 3.0? Agent vs. Human Documentation Pull Requests
K. Yamasaki, A. Joshua, T. Settewong, M. Alfadel, K. Shimari, and K. Matsumoto, "Who Writes the Docs in SE 3.0? Agent vs. Human Documentation Pull Requests", in Proc. 23rd IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr., 2026, doi: 10.1145/3793302.3793612.
Focus sentinel
First AuthorPeer-reviewedInternationalMSRCORE A
How AI Coding Agents Communicate: A Study of Pull Request Description Characteristics and Human Review Responses
Kan Watanabe, Rikuto Tsuchida, Takahiro Monno, Bin Huang, Kazuma Yamasaki, Youmei Fan, Kazumasa Shimari, Kenichi Matsumoto
2026 IEEE/ACM 23rd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2026)
2026-04
[arXiv]
Focus sentinel
How AI Coding Agents Communicate: A Study of Pull Request Description Characteristics and Human Review Responses
K. Watanabe, R. Tsuchida, T. Monno, B. Huang, K. Yamasaki, Y. Fan, K. Shimari, and K. Matsumoto, "How AI Coding Agents Communicate: A Study of Pull Request Description Characteristics and Human Review Responses", in Proc. 23rd IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Apr., 2026, to appear.
Focus sentinel
Peer-reviewedInternationalMSRCORE A
Round Outcome Prediction in VALORANT Using Tactical Features from Video Analysis
Nirai Hayakawa, Kazumasa Shimari, Kazuma Yamasaki, Hirotatsu Hoshikawa, Rikuto Tsuchida, Kenichi Matsumoto
2025 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG 2025)
2025-08
[IEEE Xplore]
Focus sentinel
Round Outcome Prediction in VALORANT Using Tactical Features from Video Analysis
N. Hayakawa, K. Shimari, K. Yamasaki, H. Hoshikawa, R. Tsuchida, and K. Matsumoto, "Round Outcome Prediction in VALORANT Using Tactical Features from Video Analysis", in Proc. 2025 IEEE Conf. Games (CoG), Lisbon, Portugal, Aug., 2025, doi: 10.1109/CoG64752.2025.11114177.
Focus sentinel
Peer-reviewedInternationalCoG
Mining for Lags in Updating Critical Security Threats: A Case Study of Log4j Library
Hidetake Tanaka, Kazuma Yamasaki, Momoka Hirose, Takashi Nakano, Youmei Fan, Kazumasa Shimari, Raula Gaikovina Kula, Kenichi Matsumoto
2025 IEEE/ACM 22nd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2025)
2025-04
[IEEE Xplore]
Focus sentinel
Mining for Lags in Updating Critical Security Threats: A Case Study of Log4j Library
H. Tanaka, K. Yamasaki, M. Hirose, T. Nakano, Y. Fan, K. Shimari, R. G. Kula, and K. Matsumoto, "Mining for Lags in Updating Critical Security Threats: A Case Study of Log4j Library", in Proc. 22nd IEEE/ACM Int. Conf. Mining Software Repositories (MSR), Ottawa, ON, Canada, Apr., 2025, pp. 319–323, doi: 10.1109/MSR66628.2025.00058.
Focus sentinel
Peer-reviewedInternationalMSRCORE A

Presentations

CWE 別特化型 LLM のアンサンブルによるソースコード脆弱性検出手法の提案
上田優, 山﨑和真, 土田陸斗, 嶋利一真, 松本健一
情報処理学会全国大会 2026
2026-03Oral
A Preliminary Study on Migration Guide Provisioning and Usage
Takahiro Monno, Kazumasa Shimari, Tetsuya Kanda, Kazuma Yamasaki, Kenichi Matsumoto
6th Workshop for Next-Generation Software Ecosystems (ECO)
2025-12[View]Oral
Do LLMs Need Type Annotations?
Kazuma Yamasaki, Kazumasa Shimari, Kenichi Matsumoto
1st Workshop for Green AI Application (GAIA)
2025-12[View]PresenterOral
AI-oriented Programming Language: Proposal for Reconstructing Ecosystems for AI
Kazuma Yamasaki, Kazumasa Shimari, Kenichi Matsumoto
AI-Driven Software Engineering Summit for Fostering Next-Generation Researchers (AI-Driven)
2025-11[View]PresenterPoster
破壊的変更を伴うライブラリ更新における移行ガイドの構成要素の分析
門埜孝拓, 嶋利一真, 神田哲也, 山﨑和真, 松本健一
ソフトウェアエンジニアリングシンポジウム 2025 (SES 2025)
2025-09[View]Oral
マークル木を用いたライブラリ後方非互換性特定手法の大規模有用性評価に向けた自動化
山﨑和真, 嶋利一真, 松本健一
第220回情報処理学会ソフトウェア研究発表会 (IPSJ/SIGSE)
2025-07[View]PresenterOral
実行トレースの差分比較に基づくライブラリ非互換性検知手法の自動化
山﨑和真, 嶋利一真, 松本健一
第18回ソフトウェア信頼性研究会ワークショップ (FORCE) / 第10回ソフトウェア情報学研究会 (SIG-SI) / 第6回次世代ソフトウェアエコシステムワークショップ
2025-03[View]PresenterOral
UAV を用いた無線電力伝送における必要充電量を考慮した飛行経路問題
山﨑和真, 木村共孝, 松田崇弘, 平栗健史, 程俊
電子情報通信学会総合大会 2024
2024-03[View]PresenterOral

Activities

特別講義
「人間はもう不要!? AI × プログラミング時代に人間がすべきこと」，NAIST STELLA プログラムラップアップ合宿
2026-03Talk
Organizing Committee
1st Workshop for Green AI Application (GAIA) & 6th Workshop for Next-Generation Software Ecosystems (ECO)
2025-12[GAIA 2025, ECO 2025]Organizing
Organizing Committee (Student Volunteer)
AI-Driven Software Engineering Summit for Fostering Next-Generation Researchers
2025-11[AI-Driven 2025]Organizing
Program Committee in Technical Papers (Junior-PC)
2026 IEEE/ACM 23nd International Conference on Mining Software Repositories (MSR 2026)
2025-10[MSR 2026]Review
Organizing Committee (Wakate Team)
The First International Workshop on Intertwining Research & Education on Software (WIREDS 2024)
2024-11[WIREDS 2024]Organizing

Publications

高校生のデータサイエンス・Python でも 77 本ノック: NAIST STELLA プログラム"「共創」が育む主体性の未来" 学習教材
著者：金谷重彦, 平尾俊貴, 小笠原司, 松本健一, 嶋利一真, 工藤拓斗, 田中英武, 山﨑和真, 張凡
2024-10[View]Book
データサイエンスで考える理数探究基礎「未来に向かって」Python版
著者：張凡, 今西温輝, 金谷重彦, 松本健一, 平尾俊貴, 嶋利一真, 工藤拓斗, 田中英武, 山﨑和真, 德永眞一郎, 三宅雅人, 小笠原司, 奈良先端科学技術大学院大学NAIST STELLAプログラム運営委員会
2024-10[View]Book