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
  • Learning Together in Global Classrooms: Student Engagement Through Collaborative Activities and Games
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    IARIA International Journal on Advances in Software, 2025-12
  • Bringing Interactive Instruction to the Software Engineering Classroom: A Multicultural Group Case Study
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    Proceedings of 2025 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2025-06
  • Exploring the Awareness of Mongolia’s Young Generation on ICT-Supported Citizen Science and its Potential
    Batsaikhan Anudari; Jamsranjav Baasangerel; VASILACHE ...
    PoS (International Symposium on Grids & Clouds, ISGC2025), 2025-10
  • 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
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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.
  • More Active Online? Increasing Class Participation by Alternating Face-to-Face and Online Learning
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    Society Trends 2025, International Conference on Technical Advances and Human Consequences/2025-10-26--2025-10-30
  • Teaching Ethics to Future Engineers: Classroom Experiences from Computer Science Education
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    23rd International Conference on Smart Technologies and Education (STE2026)/2026-03-11--2026-03-13
  • Bringing Interactive Instruction to the Software Engineering Classroom: A Multicultural Group Case Study
    VASILACHE Simona Mirela
    EEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON)/2025-04-22--2025-04-25
  • 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
  • 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
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Teaching
2025-04 -- 2025-08Cross-Disciplinary Seminar in Computer ScienceUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Computer Science IsUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Computer Science IIsUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research in Computer Science IIfUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research in Computer Science IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Computer Science IIUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research in Computer Science IfUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research in Computer Science IUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-04 -- 2025-08Research in Computer Science IUniversity of Tsukuba.
2025-10 -- 2026-02Research 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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