The Okawa Prize, Okawa Publications Prize and Research Grant Presentation Ceremony was held on October 30, 2019 at ANA InterContinental Tokyo.
Dr. Makoto Nagao (Professor Emeritus and Past President, Kyoto University) and Dr. Martin Kay (Professor Emeritus of Stanford University, Honorary Professor of Saarland University) won the 2019 Okawa Prize for their contributions to research and development of information processing, such as machine translation.
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 Dr. Makoto Nagao |
 Dr. Martin Kay |
"Succinct Data Structures" (authored by Dr. Kunihiko Sadakane, published by Kyoritsu Shuppan Co., Ltd.) and "Digital Capitalism" (supervised by Mr. Shingo Konomoto, authored by Mr. Takeshi Mori and Mr. Hiroyuki Nitto, published by Toyo Keizai Inc.) received the 2019 Okawa Publications Prize.
 "Succinct Data Structures" |
 "Digital Capitalism" |
19 researchers from Japan and 8 researchers from China and South Korea received the Okawa Research Grant this year.
 Dr. Rie Yamada, Toyama University |
With the aim of advancing further development of information technology and promoting international academic and cultural exchanges, the Okawa Foundation will continue the activities of awarding prizes and research grants.