Tsutomu Kanai Award
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The Tsutomu Kanai Award was established in 1997 by a generous endowment from Hitachi Ltd., and named in honor of Dr. Tsutomu Kanai who serves as Hitachi’s president for 30 years. The Kanai Award may be presented annually upon the recommendation of the Kanai Award subcommittee, endorsement of the Awards Committee and approval of the Board of Governors.
The Kanai Award recognizes major contributions to the state-of-the art distributed computing systems and their applications.
In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: seminal nature of the achievements, practical impact, breadth and depth of contributions, and quality of the nomination. The IEEE Computer Society
was honored to present Ken Thompson
with the very first Tsutomu Award, 10 June 1999.
The award consists of a crystal model, certificate, and $10,000 honorarium. Deadline: 15 October of each year
The award is open to all, and anyone may nominate. The award requires three endorsements.
The Kanai Award recognizes major contributions to the state-of-the art distributed computing systems and their applications.
In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: seminal nature of the achievements, practical impact, breadth and depth of contributions, and quality of the nomination. The IEEE Computer Society
IEEE Computer Society
The IEEE Computer Society is a professional society of IEEE. Its purpose and scope is “to advance the theory, practice, and application of computer and information processing science and technology” and the “professional standing of its members.” The CS is the largest of 38 technical societies...
was honored to present Ken Thompson
Ken Thompson
Kenneth Lane Thompson , commonly referred to as ken in hacker circles, is an American pioneer of computer science...
with the very first Tsutomu Award, 10 June 1999.
The award consists of a crystal model, certificate, and $10,000 honorarium. Deadline: 15 October of each year
The award is open to all, and anyone may nominate. The award requires three endorsements.
Tsutomu Kanai Award Past Recipients
- 2011 Ian T. Foster
- 2009 Kenneth P. Birman
- 2008 Benjamin W. WahBenjamin WahProfessor Benjamin Wan-sang Wah is the provost and Wei Lun Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, the Chinese University of Hong Kong.-Career:...
- 2007 Willy Zwaenepoel
- 2006 Larry SmarrLarry SmarrLarry Smarr is a physicist and leader in scientific computing, supercomputer applications, and Internet infrastructure.He received both his BA and MS at the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri and received a Ph.D...
- 2005 Elisa BertinoElisa BertinoElisa Bertino is a professor of computer science at Purdue University and currently is acting as the research director of CERIAS, the Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, an institute attached to Purdue University. Professor Bertino's research interest include a...
- 2004 Kane Kim
- 2003 James GoslingJames GoslingJames A. Gosling, OC is a computer scientist, best known as the father of the Java programming language.-Education and career:In 1977, Gosling received a B.Sc in Computer Science from the University of Calgary...
- 2002 Stephen S. Yau
- 2001 Alfred Z. SpectorAlfred SpectorAlfred Z. Spector has been Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives at Google since November 2007. Prior to that he was a researcher and software executive at IBM...
- 2000 C. V. Ramamoorthy
- 1999 Ken ThompsonKen ThompsonKenneth Lane Thompson , commonly referred to as ken in hacker circles, is an American pioneer of computer science...