The Presentation Ceremony of the 2012 Kyoto Prize was held
today on November 10th at the Kyoto International Conference Center. The Kyoto
Prize is an annual international award presented in three categories to honor
those who have contributed significantly to the scientific, cultural and
spiritual betterment of mankind.
For this year, Dr. Ivan Edward Sutherland (age 74, U.S.A.)
was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology from the field of
Information Science. Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi (age 67, Japan) was honored with the
Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences from the field of Life Sciences (Molecular
Biology, Cell Biology, Neurobiology). And for the category of Arts and
Philosophy, Professor Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak (age 70, India) was awarded
from the field of Thought and Ethics.