Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology

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|Rudolf Emil Kálmán

|{{flagcountry|Hungary}} / {{flagcountry|United States}}

|1930–2016

|Establishment of the Modern Control Theory Based on the State Space Approach{{cite web | title = Rudolf Emil Kalman | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/rudolf_emil_kalman/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Amos E. Joel, Jr.

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1918–2008

|Pioneering Contribution to the Electronic Switching Technology for Telecommunications, Especially that Based on the Concept of "Stored Program Control"{{cite web | title = Amos Edward Joel, Jr. | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/amos_edward_joel_jr/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Jack St. Clair Kilby

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1923–2005

|Creation of the Concept of the Monolithic Semiconductor Integrated Circuit and Its Demonstration{{cite web | title = Jack St. Clair Kilby | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/jack_st_clair_kilby/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Stanley Mazor

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1941

|rowspan=4 |Development of the World’s First Microprocessor{{cite web | title = Stanley Mazor | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/stanley_mazor/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}{{cite web | title = Marcian Edward Hoff, Jr. | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/marcian_edward_hoff_jr/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}{{cite web | title = Federico Faggin | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/federico_faggin/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}{{cite web | title = Masatoshi Shima | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/masatoshi_shima/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1937

|Federico Faggin

|{{flagcountry|Italy}}

|born 1941

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|born 1943

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|Morton B. Panish

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1929

|rowspan=3 |A Pioneering Step in the Development of Optoelectronics through Success in Continuous Operation of Semiconductor Lasers at Room Temperature{{cite web | title = Morton B. Panish | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/morton_b_panish/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}{{cite web | title = Izuo Hayashi | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/izuo_hayashi/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}{{cite web | title = Zhores Ivanovich Alferov | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/zhores_ivanovich_alferov/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

|Izuo Hayashi

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|1922–2005

|Zhores Ivanovich Alferov

|{{flagcountry|Russia}}

|1930–2019

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|George H. Heilmeier

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1936–2014

|Pioneering contributions to the realization of flat-panel displays using liquid crystals{{cite web | title = George H. Heilmeier | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/george_h_heilmeier/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Isamu Akasaki

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|born 1929

|Pioneering Work on Gallium Nitride p-n Junctions and Related Contributions to the Development of Blue Light Emitting Devices{{cite web | title = Isamu Akasaki | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/isamu_akasaki/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Robert H. Dennard

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1932

|Invention of Dynamic Random Access Memory and Proposal of Guidelines for FET Miniaturization{{cite web | title = Robert Heath Dennard | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/robert_heath_dennard/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|{{ill|Takashi Mimura|de}}

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|born 1944

|Invention of the High Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) and Its Development for the Progress of Information and Communications Technology{{Cite web |url=http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/latest/ |title=Takashi Mimura |access-date=2017-06-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730110430/https://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/latest/ |archive-date=2018-07-30 |url-status=dead }}

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|Carver Mead

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1934

|Leading Contributions to the Establishment of the Guiding Principles for VLSI Systems Design.[https://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/carver_mead/ Carver Mead 2022]

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|Nicole Marthe Le Douarin

|{{flagcountry|France}}

|born 1930

|Outstanding Contribution to Embryology through the Development of the Technology for Making Chicken/Quail Chimeras{{cite web | title = Nicole Marthe Le Douarin | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/nicole_marthe_le_douarin/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Sydney Brenner

|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|1927–2019

|Pioneering Contribution to Molecular Biology through Demonstration of Messenger RNA and Establishment of C. Elegans as an Experimental System for Developmental Biology{{cite web | title = Sydney Brenner | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/sydney_brenner/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Paul Christian Lauterbur

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1929–2007

|Proposal of the Basic Principles and Outstanding Contribution to the Development of MRI that Confers a Great Benefit on Clinical Medicine{{cite web | title = Paul Christian Lauterbur | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/paul_christian_lauterbur/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Kurt Wüthrich

|{{flagcountry|Switzerland}}

|born 1938

|Outstanding Contribution to Biology through the Expansion of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectroscopy to the Structure Analyses of Biological Macromolecules in Water Solution, an Environment Similar to That in the Living Cell{{cite web | title = Kurt Wüthrich | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/kurt_wuthrich-2/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Leroy Edward Hood

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1938

|Contributions to life sciences through the automation of protein and DNA sequencing and synthesis{{cite web | title = Leroy Edward Hood | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/leroy_edward_hood/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Leonard Herzenberg

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1931–2013

|Outstanding contribution to life sciences with the development of a flow cytometer that uses fluorescent-labeled monoclonal antibodies{{cite web | title = Leonard Arthur Herzenberg | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/leonard_arthur_herzenberg/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Shinya Yamanaka

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|born 1962

|Development of Technology for Generating Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells{{cite web | title = Shinya Yamanaka | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/shinya_yamanaka/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Robert S. Langer

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1948

|Creation of Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery System Technologies{{cite web | title = Robert Samuel Langer | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/robert_samuel_langer/ |accessdate=2016-10-15}}

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|Karl Deisseroth

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1971

|Discovery of Optogenetics and Development of Causal Systems Neuroscience{{cite web | title = Karl Deisseroth | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = https://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/karl_deisseroth/ | accessdate=2018-06-15}}

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|Ryuzo Yanagimachi

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1928

|Contributions to the Elucidation of Fertilization Mechanisms and the Establishment of Microinsemination Technology{{cite web | title = Ryuzo Yanagimachi

| publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = https://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/ryuzo_yanagimachi/ | accessdate=2023-06-16}}

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|Morris Cohen

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1911–2005

|Fundamental Contribution to Development of New Materials Based on Creation of Broad and Basic Insights into the Metal Phase Transformation and Structure-Property Relationship{{cite web | title = Morris Cohen | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/morris_cohen/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Michael Szwarc

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1909–2000

|Pioneering Contribution to Research and Development of Polymeric Materials by Discovering "Living Polymerization"{{cite web | title = Michael Szwarc | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/michael_szwarc/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|George William Gray

|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|1926–2013

|Fundamental Contribution to Research and Development of Liquid Crystal Materials by Establishing the Practical Molecular Design Methods{{cite web | title = George William Gray | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/george_william_gray/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|W. David Kingery

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1926–2000

|Fundamental Contribution to Development of the Ceramics Science and Technology Based on the Physicochemical Theory{{cite web | title = W. David Kingery | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/w_david_kingery/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|George McClelland Whitesides

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1939

|Contributions to Nanomaterials Science through the Development of Organic Molecular Self-Assembly Technique{{cite web | title = George McClelland Whitesides | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/george_mcclelland_whitesides/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|{{ill|Hiroo Inokuchi|de}}

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|1927–2014

|Pioneering and Fundamental Contributions to Organic Molecular Electronics{{cite web | title = Hiroo Inokuchi | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/hiroo_inokuchi/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|John Werner Cahn

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1928–2016

|Outstanding Contribution to Alloy Materials Engineering by the Establishment of Spinodal Decomposition Theory{{cite web | title = John Werner Cahn | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/john-werner-cahn/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|{{ill|Toyoki Kunitake|de}}

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|born 1936

|Pioneering Contributions to the Materials Sciences by Discovering Synthetic Bilayer Membranes and Creating the Field of Chemistry Based on Molecular Self-Assembly{{cite web | title = Toyoki Kunitake | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/toyoki_kunitake/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Ching W. Tang

|{{flagcountry|China}}

{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1947

|Pioneering Contributions to the Birth of High-Efficiency Organic Light-Emitting Diodes and Their Applications.[https://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/ching_w_tang/ Ching W. Tang]

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|John Pendry

|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|born 1943

|Contribution of the Theoretical Construction of Metamaterials to the Field of Material Science.

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|John McCarthy

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|1927–2011

|Fundamental Contribution to the Field of Artificial Intelligence and the Invention of LISP, a Programming Language{{cite web | title = John McCarthy | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/john_mccarthy/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Maurice Vincent Wilkes

|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|1913–2010

|Building and Designing the First Practical Stored Program Computer and Pioneering Studies of Computer Architecture{{cite web | title = Maurice Vincent Wilkes | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/maurice_vincent_wilkes/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Donald Ervin Knuth

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1938

|Outstanding Contribution to Various Fields of the Computer Science Ranging from the Art of Computer Programming to the Development of Epoch-Making Electronic Publishing Tools{{cite web | title = Donald Ervin Knuth | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/donald_ervin_knuth/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Antony Hoare

|{{flagcountry|United Kingdom}}

|born 1934

|Pioneering and Fundamental Contributions to the Progress of Software Science{{cite web | title = Antony Hoare | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/antony_hoare/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Alan Curtis Kay

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1940

|Creation of the concept of modern personal computing and contribution to its realization{{cite web | title = Alan Curtis Kay | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/alan_curtis_kay/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Richard M. Karp

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1935

|Fundamental Contributions to the Development of the Theory of Computational Complexity{{cite web | title = Richard Manning Karp | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/richard_manning_karp/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Ivan Edward Sutherland

|{{flagcountry|United States}}

|born 1938

|Pioneering Achievements in the Development of Computer Graphics and Interactive Interfaces{{cite web | title = Ivan Edward Sutherland | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/ivan-edward-sutherland/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

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|Takeo Kanade

|{{flagcountry|Japan}}

|born 1945

|Pioneering Contributions, both Theoretical and Practical, to Computer Vision and Robotics{{cite web | title = Takeo Kanade | publisher = Inamori Foundation | url = http://www.kyotoprize.org/en/laureates/takeo_kanade/ | accessdate = 2016-10-15}}

| colspan="5" |No award because of COVID-19 pandemic

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|Andrew Chi-Chih Yao

|{{flagcountry|China}}

|born 1946

|Pioneering Contributions to a New Theory of Computation and Communication and a Fundamental Theory for its Security.[https://www.kyotoprize.org/en/en/laureates/andrew_chi-chih_yao/ Andrew Chi-Chih Yao]