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Distance learning training for Papua New Guinea dignitaries at KCG on 6 and 7

As part of JICA's "Training Program for Distance Education Plan to Improve the Quality and Quantity of Education in Papua New Guinea" to support distance education, an area of focus for Papua New Guinea's independent state, eight officials from the Ministry of Education will visit Kyoto Computer Gakuin Kyoto Ekimae Campus, a group school, for two days on June 6 and 7 to observe and train in internet-based education.KCG, which pioneered the introduction of e-learning systems at other educational institutions and has a proven track record of offering a wide variety of rich distance learning c

KCG's 50th Anniversary and KCGI's 10th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony, Lecture, and Celebration to be held on June 1

The 50th anniversary of Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG) and the 10th anniversary of The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI) were celebrated on June 1, 2013 at the Kyoto International Conference Hall in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto.About 2,000 people from Japan and abroad, including industry, government, academia, alumni, and current students, filled the venue.We looked back over the half-century of the KCG Group's history and renewed our determination to be at the forefront of IT education for the next 50 years even more so than before.

Lecture by Tomotaka Takahashi, "Creating the Robot Era" on June 22

KCG Group will hold the seventh of its 50th anniversary commemorative lectures, "Creation of the Robot Age" by robot creator Tomotaka Takahashi (President of Robo Garage, Inc., Project Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Tokyo) on Saturday, June 22 at 2:00 pm at Kyoto Computer Gakuin Kyoto Ekimae Campus.
Admission is ¥1,000 for adults and free for students.

Kyoto College of Automotive Technology becomes KCG Group.Collaboration between traditional schools

Kyoto College of Automotive Technology, which has been training and producing auto mechanics for a quarter of a century and has the longest tradition in Kyoto, has decided to join the KCG Group, which includes Kyoto Computer Gakuin College, which established Japan's first automotive control department in 2004, through collaboration.The school has recently begun recruiting students under a new structure as a special training school.

Scott Ross will give a lecture on May 24.Discussing the Appeal and Challenges of VFX

Scott Ross discusses the appeal and challenges of VFX at the KCG Group's 50th anniversary lecture.
Scott Ross discusses the appeal and challenges of VFX at the KCG Group's 50th anniversary lecture.

On Friday, May 24, as part of the KCG Group's 50th anniversary commemorative event, a lecture entitled "VFX and the Changing Global Paradigm" by Scott Ross, a digital media pioneer and founder of Digital Domain, Inc.

Live talk by American Crayfish and Mr. Hirai on May 12

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Yoshiyuki Hirai of "American Crayfish" talks about IT with humor.

The second of a series of talk live events on the theme of "I and IT" to commemorate the 50th anniversary of KCG Group, "IT is funny with Hirai Hirai, America Zarigani," featuring Yoshiyuki Hirai of the popular comedy duo, America Zarigani (Amezari)!The course was held at KCG Kyoto Ekimae School on May 12.

Fujitsu's Yuji Oinaga's lecture on the supercomputer "K computer" to be held on May 10

On Friday, May 10, “Supercomputer“ Kyo ”10 Petaflops” by Yuji Tomonaga, General Manager of Next-Generation Technical Computing Development Division, Fujitsu Limited, will be the sixth installment of the 50th anniversary lecture of the KCG Group. Was held at the The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics Kyoto Station Satellite Hall.

Mr. Oinaga talked about the technical aspects of the K computer, which was jointly developed by RIKEN and Fujitsu and achieved the world's highest computing performance in 2011.

Executives from the National Police Academy visited KCG

On April 11, the Special Investigation Training Center of the National Police Academy visited Kyoto Computer Gakuin Kyoto Ekimae Campus as part of their training.

The students listened to an explanation of the DotKyoto program and the educational activities the university is conducting to prevent students from being involved in cyber crimes at educational institutions, such as education on Internet morals and information security.

The 50th anniversary celebration will be held on Saturday, June 1.

KCG Group celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2013.On the occasion of the half-century anniversary of the founding of Japan's first computer education institution in Kyoto, the 50th anniversary celebration will be held at Kyoto International Conference Hall (Takaragaike, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto City) on Saturday, June 1, from 2:00 p.m.A celebration will follow from 16:30 to 18:00.We sincerely look forward to your attendance.

Please register as soon as possible at http://kcg.edu/50th/ceremony/から.