The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology is awarded once a year by the

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. The Prize is one of three

Kyoto Prize The is Japan's highest private award for lifetime achievement in the arts and sciences. It is given not only to those that are top representatives of their own respective fields, but to "those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, ...

categories; the others are the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences and the

Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy The Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy is awarded once a year by the Inamori Foundation for lifetime achievements in the arts and philosophy. The Prize is one of three Kyoto Prize categories; the others are the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technolog ...

. The first Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology was awarded to Rudolf E. Kálmán, the "creator of modern control and system theory". The Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in fields which are traditionally not honored with a

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Fields

The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology is awarded on a rotating basis to researchers in the following four fields: * Electronics * Biotechnology and Medical Technology * Materials Science and Engineering * Information Science

Laureates

Source
Kyoto Prize

Electronics

Biotechnology and medical technology

Materials science and engineering

Information science

References

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