2026 8th International Conference on Software Engineering and Development (ICSED 2026) was held online and offline combination in University of the Ryukyus, Japan, during October 24-26, 2026! During the conference, Prof. Witold Pedrycz (IEEE Fellow) from University of Alberta, Canada and Prof. Takayuki Nakachi from University of the Ryukyus in Japan have given excellent keynote speeches. Besides, Associate Professor Marshima Mohd Rosli from Universiti Teknologi MARA in Malaysia has also delivered the wonderful invited speech.
Thanks for the support from University of the Ryukyus and all attendees' contribution .
Group Photo
Morning Session

Afternoon Session

Opening Remark by Conference Chair - Prof.
Dongshik Kang, University of the Ryukyus, Japan

Keynote Speeches
Keynote Speech I

Prof. Witold Pedrycz (IEEE Fellow)
University of
Alberta, Canada
Speech Title: Data and
Symbols: Algorithmic Developments of Neurosymbolic
Machine Learning for Software Development
Keynote Speech II

Prof. Takayuki Nakachi, University of the
Ryukyus, Japan
Speech Title: Towards Trustworthy Edge AI: Unifying
Privacy Preservation and Active Defense in
Transparent Machine Learning
Invited Speech

Associate Professor Marshima Mohd Rosli, Universiti
Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Title: Optimizing Software Bug Prediction Through
Stacking and Voting Ensemble Classifiers
Best Presentation

Paper ID: ES5005
Presenter: Tee Hean Tan, Sunway University, Malaysia
Title: Design Tools for Microservices Governance:
Aligning API Gateways with TOGAF Using the ATIF
Framework