The "Future Environment Lab," established by Kyoto College of Computer Science (KCGI) and Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG) in collaboration with the General Technology Research Institute of Nihon Unisys, a major IT service provider, held a study session on the subject of cutting-edge AI technology at the KCGI Kyoto Station Satellite and KCG Kyoto Station School New Building on Friday, November 30, 2018.In addition to KCG and KCGI students and faculty, software engineers from general companies also participated in this event to deepen their knowledge of AI technology using Google Colaboratory, a machine learning service provided by Google, Inc.
Associate Professor Nakaguchi of KCGI took the stage and gave an overview of the "Google Colaboratory", followed by an explanation and hands-on session on machine translation and object recognition, which are AI technologies.By executing the commands on the slide, the results of English-Japanese translation of Wikipedia articles and recognition of objects in the photos were displayed on the PC operated by the participant.In the question and answer session, there were many questions not only from students but also from software engineers and faculty members, and a lively discussion took place.
In February 2017, the KCG Group established the "Future Environment Laboratory" on campus as a creative project in collaboration with the General Technology Research Institute of Nihon Unisys, Ltd. to foster the next generation of IT human resources through industry-university cooperation.Students who will be active in the IT industry of the future are using their flexible ideas and creativity to conduct a variety of research and academic collaborations with researchers from IT companies.
GoogleColab Study Session @ Kyoto Institute of Information
https://futurelab.connpass.com/event/110120/
