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*****For immediate use December 22, 2004
Foundation for C&C Promotion Announces Recipients of 2004 C&C Prize
- Dr. Zen'iti Kiyasu, Prof. David. A. Patterson, & Prof. John L. Hennessy -
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| "Dr. Zen'ichi Kiyasu" |
"Prof. David A. Patterson" |
"Prof. John L. Hennessy" |
Tokyo, December 22, 2004 --- Foundation for C&C Promotion today announced that the 2004 C&C Prize has been awarded to three individuals in two groups for their outstanding contributions to research, transfer of technology, education of electronics and communications and computers in their early years, and computer architecture,.
The C&C Prize started in 1985 and is awarded to distinguished persons in recognition of outstanding contributions to research and development in the fields of semiconductors, computers and telecommunications, and their integrated technologies (Integration of Computers and Communications: C&C) or research in the social aspects of these fields. Recipients of this prize receive a certificate of merit, a plaque, and a cash award (10 million yen for each group).
The recipients of the 2004 C&C Prize and their award-winning contributions are introduced below.
| 2004 C&C Prize Recipients: Group A |
Dr. Zen'ichi Kiyasu
Former Professor, Tohoku University,
Former Executive Vice President, Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd.
Achievements
For pioneering contributions to the information communication industry by leading research and authoring textbooks on basic theories for electronic circuitry, computers, and communications, and for the development of various systems such as those for PCM communications, error correction coding, computers, and electronic switching.
Dr. Kiyasu has studied and established fundamental technologies such as circuit networks, feedback theory, pulse communication, and audio recording by PCM modulation in the early days of electronics and communication and computers in Japan. His development of the first paramatron computer named MUSASINO-I and magnetic storage systems built the foundation of the Japanese computer industry. He developed an electronic switching system and was able to foresee a tight connection between computers and communications technologies in the future. He authored many textbooks which cultivated a significant number of students and researchers. He always pioneered and led with new ways. Many human resources have been cultivated by him.
| 2004 C&C Prize Recipients: Group B |
Prof. David A. Patterson
Professor, Computer Science,
University of California, Berkeley
Prof. John L. Hennessy
President and Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University
Achievements
For contributions to the advancement of computer science, engineering, and industry through inspiring textbooks, research, and professional services for computer architecture.
Professor Patterson and Professor Hennessy have contributed to the advancement of computer architecture. After the invention of RISC architecture by John Cocke (the recipient of the 1994 C&C Prize) they further developed RISC architecture and built RISC based VLSI processors. MIPS and SPARCS RISC chips are the result of their effort and are used by many servers and workstations and are also used as embedded processors for game machines, terminals, and communication equipment. Co-authored textbooks on computer architecture have been widely read worldwide. Professor Patterson has developed the RAID system that is widely used to enhance cost performance of storage systems. Professor Hennessy is now president of Stanford University. Their contribution to R&D, transfer of technology to industry, and the cultivation of human resources are highly appreciated.
The prize ceremony will be held on January 26th (Wednesday) from 3:00pm at Hotel Okura (Location: Toranomon, Minato Ku, Tokyo).
The Foundation would also like to invite members of the general public to attend the award ceremony. Please apply by sending your name, place of work, job title, contact address, telephone number, and email address to the following e-mail address: info@candc.or.jp
* Please see the following attachments for more details:
Attachment 1: Brief Summary of Recipients' Careers
Attachment 2: Outline of Foundation for C&C Promotion Activities.
Attachment 1: Brief Summary of Recipients' Careers
Dr. Zen'iti Kiyasu
Former Professor, Tohoku University
Former Senior Vice President, Iwatsu Electric Co., Ltd.
| Education: |
| 1962: |
Received Ph.D. from Tohoku University |
| 1939: |
Received B.E. in Electric Engineering from Tohoku Imperial University |
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| Professional Experience: |
| 1977: |
Professor at Ashikaga Institute of Technology |
| 1976: |
TIAC Advisor |
| 1968: |
Iwatsu Vice President, later became Senior Vice President |
| 1962: |
Professor, Tohoku University |
| 1950: |
Manager, Transmission Lab, Basic Research Department, Electrical Communication Laboratory, Telegraph and Telephone Public Corporation, later became Vice President |
| 1939: |
Researcher, Second Transmission Department, Transmission Laboratory, ETL |
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| Books: |
| 1997: |
"Approach to Origin of Information and Communication:Memory of a Communication Engineer", Mita Publishing |
| 1984: |
"Introduction to Coding Theory," Kyoritsu Publishing" |
| 1981: |
"Basic of Electronic Circuitry, basic of Digital Circuitry", Ohm Publishing, co-author |
| 1980: |
"Hadamard Matrix and Its Application", ECI |
| 1972: |
"Future of Information Technology, Current status of Information Technology, Historical Development of Information Technology", Gakusyuu Kenkyusha, Co-author |
| 1969: |
"Logical Circuit Element", Kyoritsu Publishing |
| 1969: |
"Storage of Information Processing System", Kyoritsu Publishing, Co-author |
| 1968: |
"Information and Communication", Nihon Housou Kyoukai |
| 1967: |
"Circuit Theory", Asakura Shoten, Co-author |
| 1961: |
"Machine Translation", Misuzu Shobou, Co-author |
| 1960: |
"Theory of Variable Constant Circuit, Arithmetics in Digital Circuitry", Kyoritsu Publishing, Co-author |
| 1959: |
"Communication theory and Its Application", ECI, Co-author |
| 1958: |
"Automatic Control Theory", Iwanami Publishing, Co-author |
| 1958: |
"Information Theory, Circuit Theory", Iwanami Publishing, Co-author |
| 1957: |
"Latest Pulse Engineering", ECI, Co-author |
| 1956: |
"Introductory Information Theory", Kyoritu Publishing |
| 1953: |
"Topics of Communication Engineering", ECI, Co-author |
| 1952: |
"Mathematics to Understand Communication Engineering", Electronic Communication Institute (ECI), Co-author |
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| Honors and Awards: |
| 1994: |
Okawa prize |
| 1985: |
Special Merits Award for 25th year of AIP, Author's Prize from ECI |
| 1982: |
Honor Medal from ECI, Author's Prize from ECI |
| 1975 and 1978: Minister of MITI Award |
| 1970: |
Author's Award from ECI |
| 1969: |
Purple Medal |
| 1968: |
Merits Award from ECI |
| 1962: |
Maejima Prize |
| 1952 and 1959: NTT President Award, NTT Award for Invention |
| 1942, 1950, 1951, and 1957: Akiyama-Shida Commemorative Prize from ECI |
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Honored person of ECI, the Association for Information Processing, and the Institute of OR, Life time member of the Engineering Academy of Japan |
Prof. David A. Patterson
Professor, Computer Science Division, U. C. Berkley Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences Department
| Education: |
| 1976: |
Received Ph.D. in computer science from UCLA |
| 1969: |
Received A.B. in mathematics from UCLA |
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| Professional Experience: |
| 1985: |
Professor at UCB |
| 1984: |
Sun Microsystems |
| 1981: |
Associate professor at UCB |
| 1979: |
DEC |
| 1977: |
Assistant professor in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at UCB |
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| Books and Papers: |
| 1993: |
Patterson, D. A. and Hennessy, J. L.; "Computer Organization and Design:The Hardware/Software Interface." Morgan KaufmannPublishers, Inc.; San Mateo, CA. Second edition, 1998; third edition, 2004. |
| 1990: |
Hennessy, J. L. and Patterson D. A.; "Computer Architecture: AQuantitative Approach." Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.; San Mateo, CA. Second edition, 1996; third edition, 2002. |
| 1989: |
Patterson, D.A., Kiser, D.S., and Smith, D.N.; "Computing Unbound: Using Computers in the Arts and Sciences." |
| 1986: |
Kaehler, T. and Patterson, D.A.; "A Taste of Smalltalk." |
| 1988: |
Patterson, D. A., Gibson, G.A., and Katz, R. H.; "The Case for Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)." Proceedings ACM SIGMOD Conference; Chicago, IL. ACM SIGMOD 1998 "Test of Time Award" for the most influential paper to be published in the conference proceedings in the previous ten years. |
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| Honors and Awards: |
| 1999: |
IEEE Johnson Award for Storage Technology |
| 1998: |
SIGMOD Test of Time Award |
| 1995: |
IEEE Computer Society Technical Achievement Award for Outstanding and Innovative Contributions to the Fields of Computer and Information Science |
| 1994: |
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
| 1993: |
Member of the National Academy of Engineering |
| 1992: |
Holder of the E.H. and M.E. Pardee Chair |
| 1989: |
Fellow of the IEEE for Contributions in the Development of RISC |
Prof. John L. Hennessy
President, Stanford University
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
| Education: |
| 1977: |
Received Ph.D. in computer science from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook |
| 1975: |
Received M.S. in computer science from S.U.N.Y. Stony Brook |
| 1973: |
Received B.E. in electrical engineering from Villanova University |
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| Professional Experience: |
| 2000: |
President, Stanford University |
| 1996: |
Dean, School of Engineering, Stanford University |
| 1994: |
Chairman, Department of Computer Science, Stanford University |
| 1986: |
Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University |
| 1992: |
Chief Architect, Silicon Graphics Computer Systems |
| 1984: |
Chief Scientist and Founder, MIPS Computer Systems |
| 1983: |
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University |
| 1977: |
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University |
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| Books: |
| 1993: |
Patterson, D. A. and Hennessy, J. L.; "Computer Organization and Design: The Hardware/Software Interface." Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.; San Mateo, CA. Second edition, 1998; third edition, 2004. |
| 1990: |
Hennessy, J. L. and Patterson D. A.; "Computer Architecture: A Quantitative Approach." Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, Inc.; San Mateo, CA. Second edition, 1996; third edition, 2002. |
| 2003: |
Hennessy, J. L., Patterson D. A., and Lin H. S.; "Information Technology for Counterterrorism: Immediate Actions and Future Possibilities." National Academy Press. |
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| Honors and Awards: |
| 2004: |
Honorary doctorate from the University of Notre Dame |
| 2002: |
Honorary doctorate from the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya |
| 2001: |
Honorary doctorate from Villanova University; honorary degree of science from the State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| 2001: |
Seymour Cray Award |
| 2001: |
Eckert Mauchly Award |
| 2000: |
John Von Neumann Medal |
| 2000: |
ASEE R. Lamme Medal |
| 1997: |
Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery |
| 1995: |
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 1994: |
IEEE Emannuel R. Piore Award |
| 1992: |
Member of the National Academy of Engineering |
| 1991: |
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
| 1991: |
Distinguished Alumnus Award from the State University of New York at Stony Brook |
| 1987: |
Willard and Inez K. Bell Endowed Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science |
| 1984: |
Presidential Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation |
| 1983: |
John J. Gillen Memorial Award from Villanova University |
Attachment 2
The Foundation for C&C Promotion is a non-profit organization established in March 1985 to encourage and support technological study and development related to the integration of computers and communications technologies, that is, C&C. It also promotes the development of the electronics industry worldwide. The Foundation is funded by NEC Corporation.
The Foundation presents the annual C&C Prizes to recognize outstanding contributions to the development of C&C. The prizes are awarded to no more than two groups (each with no more than three members). Candidates are nominated from all over the world. Each prize winner receives a certificate, a plaque, and a cash award (ten million yen per group).
The Foundation also gives grants to researchers in Japan so that they can attend international conferences overseas, to non-Japanese researchers working in Japan, and to recent receivers of doctorates from Japanese universities.
The Foundation studies the influences on the world economy and human life resulting from C&C developments.
Publications are shown below.
"Digital Divide-Structures and Issues", NTT Publishing, Aug. 13, 2002
"Information Accessibility and Universal Design", Ascii, Mar. 11, 2003
"National Strategies for Broadband", NTT Publishing, Oct. 16, 2003
"Network Reality", Iwanami Shoten, Mar. 25, 2004
"Digital Relations", NTT Publishing, Oct. 22, 2004
About NEC Corporation
NEC Corporation (NASDAQ: NIPNY) (FTSE: 6701q.l) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. Ranked as one of the world's top patent-producing companies, NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide and had net sales of 4,906 billion yen (approx. $47 billion) in the fiscal year ended March 2004. For additional information, please visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec.com.
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