Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology

The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
Awarded for	Global achievement in Advanced Technology
Location	Kyoto, Japan
Presented by	Inamori Foundation
First awarded	1985
Official website	kyotoprize.org

The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology is awarded once a year by the Inamori Foundation. The Prizeis one of three Kyoto Prize categories; the others are the Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences and the Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy. The first Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology was awarded to Rudolf E. Kálmán, the "creator of modern control and system theory". The Prize is widely regarded as the most prestigious award available in fields which are traditionally not honored with a Nobel Prize.

The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology is awarded on a rotating basis to researchers in the following four fields:

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