The Kyoto Prize in the Category of Advanced Technology (京都賞先端技術部門)
The Kyoto Prize in the category of Advanced Technology is one of the categories of the Kyoto Prize, and is given to a scientist who achieved great results. The prize is available in the Electronics, Biotechnology and Medical Technology, Materials Science, and Information Science fields.
The winners of the Kyoto Prize in the Category of Advanced Technology
1985: Rudolf Emil KALMAN
1986: Nicole Marthe LE DOUARIN
1987: Morris COHEN
1988: John McCARTHY
1989: Amos Edward JOEL, Jr.
1990: Sydney BRENNER
1991: Michael SZWARC
1992: Maurice WILKES
1993: Jack St. Clair KILBY
1994: Paul Christian LAUTERBUR
1995: George William GRAY
1996: Donald KNUTH
1997: Federico FAGGIN, Stanley MAZOR, Marcian Edward HOFF, Jr., Masatoshi SHIMA
1998: Kurt WÜTHRICH
1999: W. David KINGERY
2000: Antony HOARE
2001: Zhores ALFEROV, Izuo HAYASHI, Morton B. PANISH
2002: Leroy Edward HOOD
2003: George McClelland WHITESIDES
2004: Alan KAY
2005: George H. HEILMEIER
2006: Leonard Arthur HERZENBERG
2007: Hiroo INOKUCHI
2008: Richard Manning KARP