VASILACHE Simona Mirela

Affiliation
Institute of Systems and Information Engineering
Official title
Assistant Professor
Research keywords
software engineering
software development process
human-computer interaction
intercultural communication
global software engineering
Research projects
Offline to online and then back again: Assessing the ongoing impact of changes in classroom modality on student participation and experience in software engineering classes2023-04 -- 2026-03Simona VASILACHEJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)2,990,000Yen
Adaptive model for teaching strategy of computer literacy in a multicultural environment2018-04 -- 2021-03Simona VASILACHEJapan Society for the Promotion of Science/Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research(C)2,730,000Yen
Academic background
1990-10 -- 1995-07Politechnica University of Bucharest Control Engineering and Industrial Informatics Dept.
Degree
2007-03PhD (Engineering)University of Tsukuba
Academic societies
2018-05 -- (current)International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)
2016-12 -- (current)Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
2016-10 -- (current)Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)
2015-02 -- (current)International Association of Engineers (IAENG)
2012-01 -- (current)International Institute of Informatics and Systemics (IIIS)
2001-12 -- (current)Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Articles
  • Integrating Soft Skills Training into your Course through a Collaborative Activity
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela; Brieven Geraldine; Moraes Mar...
    SIGCSE TS 2025: Proceedings of the 56th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education, 2025-02
  • Effects of Class Modality Switches in Teaching Introductory Programming to Humanities Students
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2024, 2024-05
  • Active and Cooperative Learning in a Multicultural Software Engineering Class: Impact of Switching from Offline to Online Classroom Modality
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    IARIA International Journal On Advances in Software/16(1&2)/pp.106-111, 2023-06
  • Offline and Online Active Learning: Lessons in Teaching Software Engineering to Multicultural Groups
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of The Seventeenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA2022), 2022-10
  • More Than Just Listening: Active Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Multicultural Software Engineering Classes
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE2022), 2022-10
  • “I CAN Do This!”: Teaching Introductory Programming in Face-to-Face vs. Online Classes
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    HCI International 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1655. Springer, Cham/1655/pp.213-218, 2022/07
  • Suddenly Online: Active Learning Implementation Strategies During Remote Teaching of a Software Engineering Course
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Mobility for Smart Cities and Regional Development - Challenges for Higher Education, ICL 2021; Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems/389/pp.395-402, 2022-01
  • To Be Or Not To Be in a Classroom: Lessons from an Online Academic Discussion Course
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of the 15th International Conference Language, Culture, Civilization, University Politehnica of Bucharest/pp.242-248, 2021-11
  • A Taste of Distributed Work Environments: Emergency Remote Teaching and Global Software Engineering
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    HCI International 2021 - Posters. HCII 2021. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1421. Springer, Cham/1421/pp.624-628, 2021-07
  • Building an Academic Identity: Benefits and Drawbacks in Multicultural Engineering Classrooms
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Transactions on Engineering Technologies, 2020-10
  • Machine Learning-based Classification and Generation of Vibrotactile Information
    Agatsuma Shotaro; Saga Satoshi; Vasilache Simona Mirela; ...
    International Journal on Advances in Networks and Services/13(3&4), 2020-12
  • Students’ Response to Emergency Remote Teaching in an Academic Discussion Course
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of the 14th International Conference Language, Culture, Civilization, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 2020, 2020-12
  • “Ad Meliora”: Towards an Improved Approach to Global Software Engineering Curriculum
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    HCI International 2020 - Posters. HCII 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science/1225, 2020-7
  • Simple Generative Adversarial Network to Generate Three-axis Time-series Data for Vibrotactile Displays
    Agatsuma Shotaro; Kurogi Junya; Saga Satoshi; Vasilache ...
    Proceedings of International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, ACHI 2020, 2020-11
  • 筑波大学における全学必修 のデータサイエンス教育
    和田耕一; 佐久間淳; 平田 祥人; 福地一斗; 青砥隆仁; 五十嵐康彦; 今倉暁; Vasilache Simona Mi...
    オペレーションズ・リサーチ/65(9)/pp.573-578, 2020-11
  • Communication and In-Class Participation of Japanese Students in Multicultural Academic Settings
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of the 13th International Conference Language, Culture, Civilization, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 2019, 2019-12
  • Science Language: Universal or Culturally Dependent? Multicultural Instruction and Engineering Students’ Perception
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Lecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science: Proceedings of The World Congress on Engineering 2019, 3-5 July, 2019, London, U.K., 2019-07
  • Do You Care Where I Come from? Cultural Differences in the Computer Literacy Classroom
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    HCI International 2019 - Posters. HCII 2019; Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1034. Springer, Cham, 2019-07
  • The Olympic Games as a Multicultural Environment and Their Relationship with Social Media
    Haggis Devena; Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Social Computing and Social Media. Design, Human Behavior and Analytics. HCII 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11578. Springer, Cham, 2019-07
  • From an International Classroom to a Distributed Work Environment: Student Perspectives on Global Software Engineering
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE2018), 2018-12
  • I Don’t Want to Disagree: Communication Barriers in a Multicultural Context
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of the 12th International Conference Language, Culture, Civilization, 2018-11
  • Signal Generation for Vibrotactile Display by Generative Adversarial Network
    Agatsuma Shotaro; Kurogi Junya; Saga Satoshi; Vasilache ...
    AsiaHaptics2018/pp.58-60, 2018-11
  • An Attempt of Displaying Softness Feeling Using Multi-Electrodes-Based Electrostatic Tactile Display
    Tomita Hirobumi; Saga Satoshi; Kajimoto Hiroyuki; Vasilac...
    International AsiaHaptics conference/pp.100-102, 2018-11
  • Toward the Modeling of Tactile Sensation on Electrostatic Tactile Display
    Tomita Hirobumi; Takahashi Shin; Saga Satoshi; Vasilache ...
    IDW '18 proceedings of the International Display Workshop, 2018-12
  • Classification Method of Rubbing Haptic Information Using Convolutional Neural Network
    Agatsuma Shotaro; Nakagawa Shinji; Ono Tomoyoshi; Saga S...
    Human Interface and the Management of Information. Interaction, Visualization, and Analytics 20th International Conference, HIMI 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 15-20, 2018, Proceedings, Part I/pp.159-167, 2018-07
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Books
  • Online Deliberation Systems; Design, Current State and Future Directions
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Resonance and Mutual Association in Deliberative Democracy, Science Technology and Law: Seeds of New Research Area/pp.68-77, 2022-03
  • Collaborative Scientific Writing Between Writing Art and Project Management
    Iliescu Dragos; Banciu Felicia; Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Handbook of Research on Student-Centered Strategies in Online Adult Learning Environments/IGI Global, 2018-06
  • INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS' PERSPECTIVES ON ACADEMIC DISCUSSIONS IN A MULTICULTURAL ENVIRONMENT
    Vasilache Simona
    ELEARNING VISION 2020!, VOL II/CAROL I NATL DEFENCE UNIV PUBLISHING HOUSE/pp.273-279, 2016
Conference, etc.
  • Software-Now - Developing, Simulation, and Validation Challenges
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    The Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances ICSEA2024/2024-09-29--2024-10-03
  • Working Together: Class Activities as Cross-Cultural Bridges in Software Engineering Teaching
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    The Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances ICSEA2024/2024-09-29--2024-10-03
  • Effects of Class Modality Switches in Teaching Introductory Programming to Humanities Students
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)/2024-05-08--2024-05-11
  • Making Profit from Generative-AI in Education and health Systems
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    The Eighteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA2023)/2023-11-13--2023-11-17
  • A Software Engineer's Oath: Perceptions of Computer Ethics in a Multicultural Classroom
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    The Eighteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA2023)/2023-11-13--2023-11-17
  • A Software Engineer's Oath: Perceptions of Computer Ethics in a Multicultural Classroom
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    The Eighteenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA2023)/2023-11-13--2023-11-17
  • Different Time Zones, Different Cultures and Active Learning: Teaching Software Engineering Online
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    World Conference on Computers in Education/2022-08-20--2022-08-24
  • Offline and Online Active Learning: Lessons in Teaching Software Engineering to Multicultural Groups
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    The Seventeenth International Conference on Software Engineering Advances (ICSEA2022)/2022-10-16--2022-10-20
  • More Than Just Listening: Active Learning in Face-to-Face and Online Multicultural Software Engineering Classes
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) 2022/2022-10-08--2022-10-11
  • Online Deliberation Systems; Design, Current State and Future Directions
    Vasilache Simona Mirela; Tanaka Fabio
    Symposium: 科 学 技 術 と 法 学 が も た ら す熟 議 民 主 主 義 の 実 現― 新 し い 法 学 の 創 成 に 向 けて/2022-03-19
  • A Taste of Distributed Work Environments: Emergency Remote Teaching and Global Software Engineering
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Human Computer Interaction International 2021, HCII 2021/2021-07-24--2021-07-29
  • Suddenly Online: Active Learning Implementation Strategies During Remote Teaching of a Software Engineering Course
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    2021 International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning/2021-09-22--2021-09-24
  • “Ad Meliora”: Towards an Improved Approach to Global Software Engineering Curriculum
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    HCI International 2020/2020-07-19--2020-07-19
  • An Attempt of Displaying Method by Passive Touch with Electrostatic Tactile Display
    Tomita Hirobumi; Saga Satoshi; Kajimoto Hiroyuki; Vasilac...
    WorldHaptics 2019/2019-07-09--2019-07-12
  • From an International Classroom to a Distributed Work Environment: Student Perspectives on Global Software Engineering
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE2018)/2018-12-4--2018-12-7
  • Cultivating global engineering skills: challenges in higher engineering education
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Global Engineering & Applied Science Conference/2018-09-10--2018-09-13
  • Signal Generation for Vibrotactile Display by Generative Adversarial Network
    Agatsuma Shotaro; Kurogi Junya; Saga Satoshi; Vasilache ...
    AsiaHaptics 2018/2018-11-14--2018-11-16
  • An Attempt of Displaying Softness Feeling Using Multi-Electrodes-Based Electrostatic Tactile Display
    Tomita Hirobumi; Saga Satoshi; Kajimoto Hiroyuki; Vasilac...
    International AsiaHaptics conference/2018-11-14--2018-11-16
  • Toward the Modeling of Tactile Sensation on Electrostatic Tactile Display
    Tomita Hirobumi; Takahashi Shin; Saga Satoshi; Vasilache ...
    THE 25TH INTERNATIONAL DISPLAY WORKSHOPS/2018-12-12--2018-12-14
  • Multicultural Perspectives on Software Engineering
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    International Congress on Engineering and Information (ICEAI2017)/2017-05-09--2017-05-11
  • Teaching Software Engineering in a Multicultural Environment
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    20th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning (ICL)/2017-09-27--2017-09-29
  • Classification Method of Rubbing Haptic Information Using Convolutional Neural Network
    Agatsuma Shotaro; Nakagawa Shinji; Ono Tomoyoshi; Saga S...
    20th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International 2018)/2018-07-15--2018-07-20
  • A study of tactile sensation and magnitude on electrostatic tactile display
    Tomita Hirobumi; Saga Satoshi; Kajimoto Hiroyuki; Vasilac...
    2018 IEEE Haptics Symposium/2018-03-25--2018-03-28
  • BLE-Based Children's Social Behavior Analysis System for Crime Prevention
    Nakamae Shuta; Kataoka Shumpei; Tang Can; Pu Yue; Vasilac...
    9th International Conference on Social Computing and Social Media (SCSM) Held as Part of 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International)/2017-07-09--2017-07-14
  • Specification-Based Test Case Generation Using Dependency Diagrams
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2016/2016-10-19--2016-10-21
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Teaching
2024-10 -- 2025-02Computer Science Seminar AfUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Computer Science Seminar BfUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Research in Computer Science IsUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Research in Computer Science IIfUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-11 -- 2024-12Information Literacy (Exercises)University of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-11Information Literacy (Lectures)University of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2024-12Academic Discussion SeminarUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-04 -- 2024-08Computer Science Seminar BUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Computer Science Seminar BUniversity of Tsukuba.
2024-10 -- 2025-02Research in Computer Science DUniversity of Tsukuba.
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Other educational activities
2013-04 -- 2014-01CS セミナーシステム情報工学研究科　コンピュータサイエンス専攻
2012-04 -- 2013-01CS セミナーシステム情報工学研究科　コンピュータサイエンス専攻
Talks
  • Smart Cities: Are We ready for Them? Security and Privacy Within Smart Cities
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    "Imagine the Future" Fair, University of Tsukuba/2021-10-27--2021-10-28
  • Testing: art, craft or engineering?
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    The 9th International Congress on Engineering and Information/2019-05-07--2019-05-09
  • Cultivating global engineering skills: challenges in higher engineering education
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    Global Engineering & Applied Science Conference/2018-09-10--2018-09-13
  • Intercultural exchanges in class: Do they make a difference?
    Sandu Roxana; Vasilache Simona
    15 CEGLOC FD PANEL DISCUSSION Global Interactions on Campus/2018-07-09--2018-07-09
  • Multicultural Perspectives on Software Engineering
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    International Congress on Engineering and Information (ICEAI2017)/2017-05-09--2017-05-11
  • Computer literacy education and multicultural instruction
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    The 6th International Conference on Engineering and Applied Sciences (ICEAS 2016)/2016-06-08--2016-06-10
  • Perspectives on intercultural communication in a Japanese university international environment
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    International Conference Beliefs and Behaviours in Education and Culture (BBEC2016)/2016-06-23--2016-06-25
  • World cup and Romania: Football, soccer and humour
    Vasilache Simona Mirela
    The 16th and 17th Seminar by Academic Mentors, Presentation Contest, November 29th, 2014/2014-11-29--2014-11-29
University Management
2022-03 -- 2025-03国費留学生優先配置P 推進室
2020-04 -- (current)共通科目「データサイエンス」推進室
2019-02 -- (current)共通科目「情報」推進室
2019-04 -- 2021-03Dept. of Computer Science広報委員
2017-04 -- (current)社会・国際学群 広報・ネットワーク委員会
2013-04 -- (current)Global 30, School of Social and International Studies入試委員長
2016-04 -- (current)Global 30, School of Social and International Studies広報委員
2013-04 -- (current)Global 30, School of Social and International Studies広報委員長
2013-04 -- 2016-03Global 30, School of Social and International Studies学生生活担当
2012-04 -- (current)全学計算機システム運用委員会member
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