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Kusumoto Lab
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A lab exploring techniques for developing and maintaining software efficiently.
AboutAbout the lab
Developing and maintaining high-quality software efficiently.
Kusumoto Lab studies software engineering.
Software engineering is an academic field that deals with various techniques for developing high-quality software at low cost and on schedule, and for maintaining it efficiently.
The research areas page lists topics such as software testing, educational technology, automated program repair, code clones, and software estimation.
Key terms
- Software engineering
- An academic field that deals with techniques for developing high-quality software at low cost and on schedule, and for maintaining it efficiently
- Software testing
- The process of verifying that software behaves as intended and is designed so that no unintended behavior occurs
- Automated program repair
- A research area aimed at establishing techniques that remove bugs from buggy source code fully automatically
NewsLab news
Prof. Kusumoto won the "2025 Research Encouragement Award of the IEICE Technical Committee on Software Science"
A paper by Prof. Kusumoto and colleagues was published in the IPSJ Journal
A student and faculty members won the FY2025 Research Encouragement Award of the IEICE Technical Committee on Software Science
A student won the Osaka University School of Engineering Science Award for FY2025 (Reiwa 7)
Prof. Kusumoto won the "Software Engineering Symposium 2025 Best Paper Award" (IPSJ SIG on Software Engineering)
ResearchResearch themes
Kusumoto Lab studies software engineering. It works on techniques for developing high-quality software at low cost and on schedule, and for maintaining it efficiently.
*Illustrative imageSoftware Engineering
The lab conducts research in software engineering, an academic field that deals with various techniques for developing high-quality software at low cost and on schedule, and for maintaining it efficiently.
*Illustrative imageSoftware Testing
The lab studies the process of verifying that software behaves as intended and is designed so that no unintended behavior occurs.
*Illustrative imageEducational Technology for Better Information Education
As society becomes more information-driven, education in information-related fields is becoming more important. The lab conducts research to improve information education.
*Illustrative imageRepair Techniques That Remove Bugs Automatically
The lab conducts research to establish techniques that remove bugs from buggy source code "fully automatically."
MembersFaculty
The members of Kusumoto Lab consist of faculty, administrative assistants, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShinji Kusumoto
- Associate ProfessorShinsuke Matsumoto
- Assistant ProfessorYuta Ishimoto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Wpips-screen-snapshot” Centre de Recherche en Informatique de l'École des Mines de Paris / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Software Engineering: “Michał Frąckowiak - Office computers” Michał Frąckowiak / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Software Testing: “Debugging my code” Kokul Jose / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Educational Technology for Better Information Education: “Student on computer” woodleywonderworks / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Repair Techniques That Remove Bugs Automatically: “First Computer Bug, 1947” Courtesy of the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, VA., 1988. / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (Former Hasegawa Lab): “Network-connections” Parkis, Zanaq / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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