March 2018 Issue
News and Events
Special lecture to launch the countdown to the 100th anniversary of the establishment of UEC on 8 December 2018
On 10 February 2018, the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo (UEC, Tokyo) held the first of many lectures and events planned for 2018 to commemorate the university's centennial anniversary—UEC Tokyo was established on 8th December 1918.
After an opening address by UEC President Takashi Fukuda, the audience of more than 460 people saw the unveiling of a bulletin board displaying the number of days until the 8th December. Then alumni Ken Kutaragi, the President of Cyber AI Entertainment Inc., who is the creator of 'PlayStation' and Ms. Masako Wakamiya, a descendant of the first director of the Technical Institute for Wireless-Communications, the predecessor of UEC, Tokyo, gave special lectures.
The participants also enjoyed a special program on 'performances by historical acoustic equipment' that included listening to sounds produced Edison's wax gramophone, which is exhibited in the UEC Communications Museum.
Dr. Kutaragi said that he enrolled at UEC, Tokyo, to fulfill his dream of becoming an engineer and that he developed household game machines at SONY after graduation. He also described his experiences as an engineer and views on topics such as artificial intelligence.
Ms. Wakamiya said that she bought a personal computer after retirement and became addicted to create art work using excel. She eventually developed a smart phone application known as 'hinadan' for senior citizens, which led her to meeting Apple's CEO and making a keynote speech at the United Nations.
