UEC Game Research Center CEREC Sets September 29 Opening Ceremony
The ceremony puts the PlayStation creator, now a special visiting professor at his alma mater, in direct conversation with the university president about what the game industry expects from universities, at a center that already pairs students with companies on game development.
Reporting from 1 source: GameBusiness.jp.
The University of Electro-Communications will hold the opening ceremony for its Entertainment Creation Research and Education Center (CEREC) on September 29, 2026. The event features a panel between university president Masakazu Muramatsu and special visiting professor Ken Kutaragi, the engineer known as the father of PlayStation, moderated by CEREC center director Takuya Nojima. A second panel has young graduates from Sony Interactive Entertainment and Koei Tecmo Games discussing what UEC students bring to the industry. Admission is free.
CEREC was founded in January 2026 as a research and education base for entertainment, spanning AI, VR, human-computer interaction, robotics, materials engineering, medicine, and psychology. The center already runs a practical program where companies and students develop games together, and its stated education policy is to balance solid technical skill with the ability to carry a work through to completion.
Kutaragi, a UEC graduate, led the founding of Sony Computer Entertainment inside Sony and directed development of the first PlayStation. He is now CEO of Ascent Robotics, working on advanced AI. The ceremony runs from 13:30 to 15:30 at Building B, Room 202, with free admission and registration through the event site.
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- GameBusiness.jp 電気通信大学「CEREC」オープニングセレモニーが9月29日開催―久夛良木健氏×村松学長がゲーム業界と大学のこれからを議論