Kenji Tei

Kenji Tei currently serves as Associate Professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo (formerly Tokyo Institute of Technology), bringing extensive expertise in software engineering and self-adaptive systems. After completing his academic journey at Waseda University, earning his B.E., D.E., and PhD in Engineering by 2008, he built a distinguished career across several institutions. His professional path includes positions at Waseda University's Media Network Center, National Institute of Informatics, SOKENDAI, and most recently as Associate Professor at Waseda University from 2018 to 2023. His research focuses on self-adaptive systems, software architecture, requirement engineering, and model-driven engineering, earning recognition through awards including the SEAMS Best Paper Award 2016 and SENSORCOMM Best Paper Award 2012. He has made significant contributions to EU-Japan joint research projects for smart cities, including the M-Sec project where he led research on multi-layered security technologies and smart IoT application development. As an active member of the academic community, he serves in leadership roles at major conferences and has published extensively on software engineering topics, particularly focusing on developing flexible software for next-generation systems such as IoT, autonomous driving systems, and smart cities.