SNPD 2026-1 Special Sessions

Special Session 1: Organization of Innovative Computer System for Large-scale and Flexible Computing 

Topic Description:

Parallel and distributed computing are now becoming popular techniques for processing large-scale data set. This special session aims to explore innovative computer system designs suitable for such advanced computing. The session covers a wide range of research fields from hardware to software and focuses on the following aspects of the system: performance, scalability, flexibility, availability, fault-tolerance, and security. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Parallel and Distributed Computer Architectures
• Parallel and Distributed Storage Systems
• Parallel and Distributed Algorithms
• Parallel and Distributed I/O Systems
• Network Architectures for Parallel and Distributed Computing
• Network and Distributed Systems Security
• Network and Distributed Systems Operation Technology
• Reconfigurable Systems
• Fault-Tolerant Systems
• Architectural Support for Machine Learning 

Session Organizers:

Atsushi Nunome, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan (nunome@kit.ac.jp) 

Special Session 2: Application of Computer and Information Science for Business Management, Innovation, and Organizational Transformation

Topic Description

In the rapidly evolving business landscape, computer and information science plays a pivotal role not only in operational efficiency but also in innovation, organizational transformation, and strategic decision making. This special session focuses on how data, digital technologies, and computational methods can be applied to business management in manufacturing, service, and technology-intensive settings. In particular, the session welcomes studies that connect information technologies with agile and project/program management, research and development (R&D) management, innovation and purpose-driven management, decentralized and evolutionary organizational models, and the social implementation of emerging technologies such as IoT, Web3/DAO, robotics, and digital twins. By bringing together theoretical, empirical, and practice-oriented work, this session aims to deepen understanding of how computer and information science can enhance business processes, reliability, governance, risk management, customer value creation, and new business development.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

   Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data-Driven Decision Making

   Agile, Project, and Program Management for Digital and R&D Environments

   Innovation Management, Purpose-Driven Management, and Organizational Transformation

   Web3, DAO, and Decentralized Organizational Design for Business

   IoT, Digital Twins, Robotics, and Cyber-Physical Systems for Management

   Marketing Analytics, Consumer Behavior Analysis, and Digital Customer Engagement

   Information Systems Strategy, Governance, and Enterprise Architecture

   Risk Management, Reliability, Compliance, Privacy, Security, and Ethics

   Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and No-Code/Low-Code Business Applications

   Modeling, Simulation, and Decision Support for Business and Technology Management

   Digital Product Development, Technology Commercialization, and New Business Creation

Special Session Organizer

Yukihiro SHINTANI, Chiba Institute of Technology, Japan. Email: yukihiro.shintani@p.chibakoudai.jp

Special Session 3: Theory and Application of Innovative Software

Topic Description

With the advancement of artificial intelligence technologies recently, the use of information technology in various contexts has grown even faster. The underlying theory and its application are crucial for the realization of innovative software. This special session aims to present and discuss the theory and applications for implementing innovative and advanced software.

Special Session Organizer

Takaaki Goto, Toyo University, Japan  Email: tg@gotolab.net 

List of Reviewers

 Yasunori Shiono (Toyo University , Japan)

 Toshihiro Yoshizumi (Kaetsu University, Japan)

 Soumya Sen (A.K.Choudhury School of IT, University of Calcutta, India)

 Partha Ghosh (Academy of Technology, Adisaptagram, India)

 George Anderson (University of Botswana, Botswana)

Special Session 4: Wellbeing and Affective Engineering

Topic Description

Purpose:

Advances of information and communication technologies have brought tremendous benefits to us. These benefits include improvement of the way of life. Information and communication technologies may help us to live more comfortably and more happily. Affective engineering, which is the engineering using affective information, may bring the state of wellbeing to human beings.

This special session treats all aspects on wellbeing and affective engineering, which include clarifying the principle of wellbeing induced by affective engineering, realizing wellbeing state, clarifying the effect of wellbeing, and broadening the applications of wellbeing.

This special session encourages participants to discuss their research results, to exchange ideas, and to promote research on wellbeing and affective engineering.

Special session Organizers

Teruhisa Hochin, Otemon Gakuin University, Japan  Email: t-hochin@haruka.otemon.ac.jp

Akihiro Ogino, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan  Email: ogino@cc.kyoto-su.ac.jp

Makoto Fukumoto, Fukuoka Institute of Technology, Japan  Email: fukumoto@fit.ac.jp

Yuichiro Kinoshita, Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan  Email: kino@shibaura-it.ac.jp

Special Session 5: Analysis, Evaluation, and Usage of Information, Systems, and Humans