The Honda Prize is awarded by the Honda Foundation. 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.
Prize The prize consists of a diploma, medal, and a reward of 10 million yen.
List of recipients +YearNameNationality1980Sweden1981Harold ChestnutUSA1982John F. CoalesUK1983Ilya PrigogineBelgium1984Umberto ColomboItaly1985Carl SaganUSA1986Jun-ichi NishizawaJapan1987Jean DaussetFrance1988Paolo Maria FasellaItaly1989Lotfi A. ZadehUSA1990Frei OttoGermany1991M. S. SwaminathanIndia1992Hermann HakenGermany1993Koki HorikoshiJapan1994Benoit MandelbrotFrance-USA1995Sweden1996Bruce AmesUSA1997Günter PetzowGermany1998Hubert CurienFrance1999Aleksandra KornhauserSlovenia2000Shuji NakamuraJapan2001Donald MackayCanada2002Barry John CooperUK2003Ken-ichi MoriJapan2004Walter C. WillettUSA2005Raj ReddyUSA2006Richard R. NelsonUSA2007France2008Harald RoseGermanyKnut UrbanGermanyMaximilian HaiderAustria2009Ian FrazerAustralia2010António DamásioUSA/Portugal2011Gábor A. SomorjaiUSA2012Denis Le BihanFrance2013J. Tinsley OdenUSA2014Helmut ClemensAustria2015Russell H. TaylorUSA2016Akira IsogaiJapanHiroyuki YanoJapan2017Hiroyuki MatsunamiJapan2018Fujio MasuokaJapan2019Geoffrey E. HintonUK/Canada2020Henning KagermannHONDA FOUNDATIONGermany2021Alim Louis BenabidHONDA FOUNDATIONFrance2022Hidetoshi KatoriHONDA FOUNDATIONJapan2023Masato SagawaJohn J. CroatHONDA FOUNDATIONJapanUSA2024James FujimotoHONDA FOUNDATIONUSA
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