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The "KCGI Alumni Reception for the 10th Anniversary of the University" was held on January 9, 2012 at the 6th floor lounge of KCG Kyoto Ekimae Campus.Many alumni and current students participated in the event, which was a great success.

First, Prof. Wataru Hasegawa reported on the opening of the Sapporo Satellite, and the meeting started with a toast.

In the middle of the meeting, alumni reported on their current activities one by one.Following this, current students also expressed their aspirations for the future and received various advice from alumni.

We will hold a memorial service including a memorial concert on Saturday, January 28, from 1:00 p.m. at the main hall of Kyoto Ekimae Satellite, Kyoto Institute of Information Science, to bid farewell to Dr.

The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI) and the Kyoto Computer Gakuin (KCG) will hold a public lecture "Content Industry Special Lecture" on the content business from 11:30 am on Saturday, January 14th. The course will be held in the large hall.The seminar will be open to the public, so please feel free to attend if you are interested.

The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics (KCGI) will increase the number of students enrolled in April 2012 from the previous 100 to 160.This is double the enrollment limit of 80 students when the school opened in 2004.(KCGI also offers October enrollment.(Capacity: a few people)

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