The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI) opened “Sapporo Satellite” in Sapporo, Hokkaido on April 1, 2012, and began education for the development of top leaders in the IT application field in Hokkaido.We have already notified the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.We will begin recruiting students from a wide range of fields, including working professionals, regardless of whether they come from arts or science backgrounds.

Dr. Toshiharu Hasegawa, the second president of Kyoto Institute of Information Science and a world authority on operations research, passed away on November 28.He was 77 years old.He has made significant contributions not only in the field of operations research, but also in the fields of systems engineering, communication methods, and road traffic control, and has contributed greatly to the development of education at the University.We extend our deepest condolences.

The wake and funeral were held in secret, with only family members present.

The 6th Kyoto International Students Sports Festival was held at the Kyoto Prefectural Gymnasium on Saturday, November 19, and the Chinese students from KCGI who participated in the festival did very well, placing 5th in basketball and Jian Jiao in the individual table tennis competition.Congratulations!

On the evening of November 20, 2011, the Tokyo Alumni Reception was held in Akihabara, Tokyo.Not only KCGI and KCG graduates but also current students participated and had a very meaningful time.I was very happy to hear that the graduates currently residing in Tokyo and Kanto are active in their respective fields.We lost track of time and reminisced.

Faculty members who attended the reception exhibited at the e-Learning Awards 2011 Forum on the following day, the 21st.

On November 11th (Friday), NAIS Special Lecture and The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics Founding Lecture “Frontier of Research on Human Centric Computing” was held at Kyoto Information University University Kyoto University Hall.The audience nodded in agreement as the lecturer, Yoshinori Yanaginuma, Director of the Human Solutions Research Department, Human-Centric Computing Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Limited, gave an interesting glimpse into the frontiers of human-centered computer research.

The 33rd convention of the All Nippon Information Industry Association (ANIA, Chairman: Masaki Nakamura) and the 10th anniversary celebration of the establishment of the Kyoto Information Industry Association were held on November 10 at the Hotel Granvia Kyoto in Kyoto City, with KCG serving as host.Many participants from 47 prefectures in Japan and China gathered to study and interact with each other, and pledged to transmit information from Kyoto to the world and into the future while contributing to the economic development of Japan through the ICT (Information and Communication Technolo

At The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics and Kyoto Computer Gakuin, Resona Bank has panel displays and video streaming displays.So far, we have visited the following branches.
June 2011 Resona Bank, Kyoto Branch
July 2011 Resona Bank Hikone Branch
August 2011 Resona Bank Hirakata Branch
September 2011 Resona Bank, Kyoto Branch
October 2011 Resona Bank, Shin-Osaka Ekimae Branch
November 2011 Resona Bank, Kyoto Branch

The current exhibits are as follows

November 11 (Friday) at 3:10 pm, The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics Kyoto Ekimae Satellite Hall, NAIS Special Lecture and The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics Foundation Memorial Lecture “Human Centric Computing Research Frontier” It will be held.Mr. Yoshinori Yanaginuma, Director, Human Solutions Research Department, Human-Centric Computing Laboratory, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd.

We would like to invite interested members of the public to attend.

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At the KCGI Kyoto Ekimae Satellite, Kyoto Prefecture has been offering the "Website Production Course," a job training course (core human resource development course) to support job seekers in finding new employment, since November 2, 2011.The schedule covers a total of 360 hours over a 90-day period ending March 29, 2012.

The KCG Group's autumn classical concert "An Afternoon of Clarinet and Piano" was held on Saturday, October 29 at the Kyoto Station Satellite Concert Hall of the Kyoto University of Information Science and Technology, featuring Emmanuelle Neveu, principal clarinetist of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra, and Akiko Sugitani, a leading pianist in Japan.