Honda Prize Explained

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The Honda Prize is awarded by the Honda Foundation.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It is awarded for "the efforts of an individual or group who contribute new ideas which may lead the next generation in the field of ecotechnology". It is sometimes referred to as the "Nobel Prize in Technology" since it has put a spotlight on achievements in a variety of fields based on a wide perspective in the future, including two Turing-awarded artificial intelligence accomplishments.[6] [7] [8]

Prize

The prize consists of a diploma, medal, and a reward of 10 million yen.

List of recipients

!Year!Name!Nationality
1980Sweden
1981Harold ChestnutUSA
1982John F. CoalesUK
1983Ilya PrigogineBelgium
1984Umberto ColomboItaly
1985Carl SaganUSA
1986Jun-ichi NishizawaJapan
1987Jean DaussetFrance
1988Paolo Maria FasellaItaly
1989Lotfi A. ZadehUSA
1990Frei OttoGermany
1991M. S. SwaminathanIndia
1992Hermann HakenGermany
1993Koki HorikoshiJapan
1994Benoit MandelbrotFrance-USA
1995Sweden
1996Bruce AmesUSA
1997Günter PetzowGermany
1998Hubert CurienFrance
1999Aleksandra KornhauserSlovenia
2000Shuji NakamuraJapan
2001Donald MackayCanada
2002Barry John CooperUK
2003Ken-ichi MoriJapan
2004Walter C. WillettUSA
2005Raj Reddy[9] USA
2006Richard R. NelsonUSA
2007France
2008Harald RoseGermany
Knut UrbanGermany
Maximilian HaiderAustria
2009Ian FrazerAustralia
2010António DamásioUSA/Portugal
2011Gábor A. SomorjaiUSA
2012Denis Le BihanFrance
2013J. Tinsley OdenUSA
2014Helmut ClemensAustria
2015Russell H. TaylorUSA
2016Japan
Hiroyuki YanoJapan
2017Hiroyuki MatsunamiJapan
2018Fujio MasuokaJapan
2019Geoffrey E. HintonUK/Canada
2020Henning Kagermann[10] Germany
2021Alim Louis Benabid[11] France

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Gabor Somorjai Awarded Honda Prize: Chemical & Engineering News . cen.acs.org . . U.S. . 2019-11-16.
  2. Web site: Antonio Damasio Wins Honda Prize . 2010-09-20 . USC News . . California, U.S. . 2019-11-16.
  3. Web site: Medical robotics pioneer Russell H. Taylor to receive 2015 Honda Prize . 2015-09-29 . Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering . . Maryland, U.S. . 2019-11-16.
  4. Web site: Past Laureates HONDA FOUNDATION. www.hondafoundation.jp. 2019-08-18.
  5. Web site: List of Past Laureates of Honda Prize. stofficetokyo.ch.
  6. Web site: Honda Prize honors Tinsley Oden for establishing computational mechanics. utexas.edu. 21 November 2013.
  7. Web site: Honda Foundation Announces The Honda Prize For The Year 2005 Will be Awarded To Dr. Raj Reddy, Professor of Computer Science and Robotics, Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A.. global.honda. 9 August 2005.
  8. Web site: Geoffrey Hinton, pioneer in deep learning, wins 2019 Honda Prize. utoronto.ca. 20 September 2019.
  9. Web site: Raj Reddy Indian computer scientist. Encyclopedia Britannica. en. 2019-08-18.
  10. https://www.hondafoundation.jp/en/index.html HONDA FOUNDATION
  11. https://www.hondafoundation.jp/en/index.html HONDA FOUNDATION

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