For outstanding contributions to the establishment of computational neuroscience, and pioneering research ranging from the biophysical and behavioral studies of the visual system to computational theories of vision and learning in humans and machines

For pioneering researches in integrating neuroscience and robotics toward understanding of information processing in the brain

For outstanding contributions to the creation of the RSA public-key encryption system, and the production of a number of cryptographically important advances

For outstanding contributions to research in coding theory, cryptography, and their applications

For outstanding contributions to conception and pioneering research of dynamic scene analysis and multi-sensor fusion in computer vision systems

For far-reaching and pioneering research achievements in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and robotics, and the outstanding and innovative teaching that has produced the next generation of leaders in these fields

Conception of distributed feedback lasers and pioneering contributions to wide-band and multi-wavelength optical fiber communication systems

Conception of dynamic single-mode semiconductor lasers and pioneering research on long-distance and high-speed optical fiber communications

For pioneering and sustaining contributions to the theory of image sequence analysis and its applications to video compression, pattern recognition, and animation

For outstanding contribution to the establishment of a functional analytic analysis method for electronics, information and communication systems and to the advancement of the information and communication field in Japan

For pioneering researches of large scale artificial intelligence system, human-computer interaction and Internet,and outstanding contributions to information and telecommunications policy and nurture of many human resources

For original researches of high performance real time computer system (TRON) and its practical use by open architecture method, and outstanding contributions to advocacy of ubiquitous computing concept and its development

For outstanding contributions and leadership in the fields of information and communication theory, computer networks including broadband integrated digital networks and wireless networks, and engineering education

For distinguished and pioneering accomplishments of studies in coding theory, formal linguistic theory and calculation theory, as well as outstanding contributions to education in the fields of information and telecommunications in Japan

For distinguished accomplishments in the development of scanning electron microscopy and microfabrication technologies; and for outstanding contributions and leadership in the development of science and technology, engineering education and progress of the information industry

For outstanding contributions to pioneering research of pattern recognition's basic theory,and progress of advanced recognition technology in Japan

For pioneering and outstanding contributions to queueing theory and packet-switching theory, the foundation technology of the Internet

For distinguished and pioneering accomplishment of studies in information theory, and automata-language theory in Japan

For outstanding and pioneering contribution to the progress of applied mathematics and information technologies and for prominent leadership in university and corporate management

For extraordinary accomplishments in original research related to ultrahigh frequency band waves and for outstanding contributions to international cooperation and the development of up-and-coming human resources