On March 12, 2009, Dr. Tadashi Watanabe, Project Director of the Next-Generation Supercomputer R&D Center (NSC) and Dr. Katsuhiko Mikoshiba, Group Director of the RIKEN Brain Science Institute were awarded the Japan Academy Prize for the following achievements.
Dr. Tadashi Watanabe |
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Dr. Katsuhiko Mikoshiba |
- Dr. Tadashi Watanabe
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"Research into large-scale, high precision computational science"
(with Dr. Genki Yagawa Director, Center for Computational Mechanics Research; Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Toyo University
Also holds joint post as Honorary Professor at University of Tokyo)
- Dr. Katsuhiko Mikoshiba
- "Regulatory Mechanism of Calcium Concentration inside the Cell"
< Dr. Tadashi Watanabe >
| Education |
| 1968 | M.E. in Electrical Engineering from University of Tokyo |
| 2005 | Ph.D. in Information Science from University of Tohoku |
| Employment |
| 1968-2005 | Worked for NEC Corporation |
| 1968 | Joined NEC Corporation |
| 1968-1982 | Involved in the development of the CAD system and several computer architectures in the Computer Engineering Division of NEC |
| 1982 | Engineering Manager in the Computer Engineering Division of NEC |
| 1982-1989 | Participated in the development of the NEC's supercomputer SX series as a chief architect |
| 1990 | General Manager of the Supercomputer Marketing Division of NEC |
| 1997-2002 | Participated in the development of the Earth Simulator Project |
| 1998 | Vice President of NEC |
| 2006 | Joined Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) |
| 2006 | Director for Research Promotion of MEXT as a project leader of the
Next Generation Supercomputer Project |
| 2006 | Joined RIKEN |
| 2006-present | Project Leader of the Next Generation Supercomputer Project at
RIKEN |
| Honors |
| 2006 | IEEE/CS Seymour Cray Computer Science and Engineering Award |
| 2008 | Foreign Associate, National Academy of Engineering, USA |
< Dr. Katsuhiko Mikoshiba >
| Education |
| 1969 | M.D. Keio University School of Medicine |
| 1973 | Ph.D. (Dr. of Medical Science), Keio University |
| Professional Training and Employment |
| 1974-1982 | Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine |
| 1976-1977 | Research Associate
Pasteur Institute, Paris, France (c/o Dr. Jean-Pierre Changeux) |
| 1982-1985 | Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Keio University School of Medicine |
| 1985-1992 | Professor, Division of Regulation of Macromolecular Function, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University |
| 1986-1991 | Professor, Division of Behavior and Neurobiology, National Institute for Basic Biology (Adjunct position) |
| 1992-1997 | Chief Scientist, Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Tsukuba Life Science Center (Adjunct position) |
| 1992-2007 | Professor, Department of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo |
| 1995-Present | Research Director, ICORP-SORST Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) |
| 1998-Present | Team Leader, Laboratory for Developmental Neurobiology, Group Director, Neuro-Development Disorder Research Group, Brain Science Institute, RIKEN |
| 2003-Present | Foreign Professor (Adjunct Professor), Karolinska Institute |
| 2004-Present | Adjunct Professor, Jikeikai Medical School, Yamagata University |
| 2005-Present | Member, Science Council of Japan |
| 2007-Present | Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo |
| Honors |
| 1997 | Uehara Prize (with Prof. Shigekazu Nagata) |
| 1998 | The Keio Medical Science Prize (International Prize) with Dr. M.J. Folkman |
| 2002 | Medal of Honor in Japan (Medal with Purple Ribbon-Emperor's Prize) |
| 2003 | Klaus Joachim Zülch -Preis (Germany • Max-Planck Institute, Gertrud Reemtsma Foundation) with Professor Fred H. Gage (Salk Institute) |
| 2004 | Takeda Medical Science Prize (Takeda Foundation, Japan) |
| 2009 | The Naito Memorial Award (The Naito Foundation, Japan) |
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