C&C Prize

C&C Prizes (Japanese: C&C賞) is an award given by the NEC Corporation "in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and development and/or pioneering work in the fields of semiconductors, computers, telecommunications and their integrated technologies."^[1] Established in 1985, through the NEC's nonprofit C&C Foundation, C&C Prizes are awarded to two groups or individuals annually. The prize includes a cash award of 10,000,000 yen.

Recipients

• 2015 Recipients
  • Group A: Prof. Masaru Kitsuregawa
  • Group B: Dr. Martin Casado, Prof. Nick McKeown, Prof. Scott Shenker
• 2014 Recipients
  • Group A: Prof. Shigeo Tsujii, Dr. Hideki Imai
  • Group B: Dr. Hideki Imai, Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs, Prof. Fumiyuki Adachi
• 2013 Recipients
  • Group A: Kazuro Kikuchi, Dr. Masataka Nakazawa
  • Group B: Prof. Vladimir Vapnik
• 2012 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Osamu Yamada, Dr. Toru Kuroda, Mr. Masayuki Takada
  • Group B: Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi
• 2011 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Akira Yoshino
  • Group B: Dr. Norman Abramson, Dr. Robert Metcalfe
• 2010 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Hiroyuki Sakaki, Dr. Yasuhiko Arakawa
  • Group B: Dr. Linus Torvalds
• 2009 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Fumitada Itakura (Japanese: 板倉文忠)
  • Group B: Prof. Ronald L. Rivest, Prof. Adi Shamir, Prof. Leonard M. Adleman
• 2008 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Hideo Aiso (Japanese: 相磯秀夫)
  • Group B: Prof. Albert-László Barabási
• 2007 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Robert D. Maurer, Dr. John B. MacChesney, Dr. Tatsuo Izawa (Japanese: 伊澤達夫)
  • Group B: Dr. Kenichi Iga (Japanese: 伊賀健一)
• 2006 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Ken Sakamura (Japanese: 坂村健)
  • Group B: Dr. Robert H. Dennard
• 2005 Recipients
  • Group A: Mr. Kei-ichi Enoki (Japanese: 榎啓一), Mr. Takeshi Natsuno (Japanese: 夏野剛), Ms. Mari Matsunaga (Japanese: 松永真理)
  • Group B: Dr. Robert E. Kahn, Dr. Lawrence G. Roberts, Prof. Leonard Kleinrock
• 2004 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Zen'iti Kiyasu (Japanese: 喜安善市)
  • Group B: Prof. John L. Hennessy, Prof. David A. Patterson
• 2003 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Shun-ichi Amari (Japanese: 甘利俊一)
  • Group B: Dr. Gordon E. Moore
• 2002 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Tadao Umesao (Japanese: 梅棹忠夫)
  • Group B: Dr. Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
• 2001 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Takuo Sugano (Japanese: 菅野卓雄)
  • Group B: Dr. Alan C. Kay
• 2000 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Takeo Kanade (Japanese: 金出武雄)
  • Group B: Dr. Robert W. Dutton
• 1999 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Makoto Nagao (Japanese: 長尾真)
  • Group B: Dr. Willard S. Boyle, Dr. George E. Smith
• 1998 Recipients
  • Group A: Prof. Fernando J. Corbato
  • Group B: Dr. Isamu Akasaki (Japanese: 赤﨑勇), Dr. Shuji Nakamura (Japanese: 中村修二)
• 1997 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. John L. Moll
  • Group B: Dr. Barry G. Haskel, Dr. Arun N. Netravali
• 1996 Recipients
  • Group A: Mr. Paul Baran, Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, Mr. Tim Berners-Lee
  • Group B: Prof. Donald O. Pederson, Prof. Ernest S. Kuh, Prof. Ronald A. Rohrer
• 1995 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Akira Hasegawa (Japanese: 長谷川晃)
  • Group B: Dr. Alfred Yi Cho
• 1994 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. John Cocke
  • Group B: Dr. Yasuharu Suematsu (Japanese: 末松安晴), Dr. Takanori Okoshi (Japanese: 大越孝敬)
• 1993 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Shun'ichi Iwasaki (Japanese: 岩崎俊一)
  • Group B: Prof. William A. Gambling, Prof. David N. Payne
• 1992 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Toshiyuki Sakai (Japanese: 坂井利之)
  • Group B: Dr. Eberhardt Rechtin, Mr. Walter K. Victor, Dr. Andrew J. Viterbi
• 1991 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Yasuo Tarui (Japanese: 垂井康夫), Dr. Hiroo Toyoda (Japanese: 豊田博夫)
  • Group B: Dr. Jack M. Sipress
• 1990 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. George H. Heilmeier
  • Group B: Dr. Takuro Muratani (Japanese: 村谷拓郎), Dr. Yasuhiko Ito (Japanese: 伊藤泰彦)
• 1989 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Noboru Takagi (Japanese: 高木昇), Dr. Shigebumi Saito (Japanese: 斉藤成文), Dr. Tamiya Nomura (Japanese: 野村民也)
  • Group B: Mr. Dennis M. Ritchie, Mr. Kenneth L. Thompson
• 1988 Recipients
  • Group A: Prof. Maurice V. Wilkes
  • Group B: Dr. John S. Mayo, Mr. Eric E. Sumner, Mr. M. Robert Aaron
• 1987 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Hiroshi Inose (Japanese: 猪瀬博)
  • Group B: Dr. Charles Kuen Kao
• 1986 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner
  • Group B: Dr. Izuo Hayashi (Japanese: 林厳雄), Dr. Morton B. Panish
• 1985 Recipients
  • Group A: Dr. Hideo Yamashita (Japanese: 山下英男), Dr. Hiroshi Wada (Japanese: 和田弘)
  • Group B: Dr. Lawrence A. Hyland, Dr. Harold A. Rosen
  • Group C: Dr. Joseph V. Charyk, Mr. Sidney Metzger

References

External links

• 財団法人 NEC C&C財団(Japanese)
• NEC C&C Foundation