The 1996 Laureates / Advanced Technology Category / Information Science

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Donald Ervin Knuth

U.S.A. / January 10, 1938
Computer Scientist; Professor, Stanford University

Workshop

Forum: "Software Science - The Frontier Technology of Tomorrow"

Coordinators/Moderators:
Yasuyoshi Inagaki
Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Nobuyuki Tokura
Member, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

13:20
Opening Remarks
Yasuyoshi Inagaki
 
Greetings
Toyomi Inamori
Managing Director, The Inamori Foundation
 
Greetings
Shoichi Noguchi
Member, the Kyoto Prize Committee Laureates in Advanced Technology;
President of the Information Processing Society of Japan
13:30
Major Achievements of Dr. Knuth
Makoto Nagao
Chairman, the Kyoto Prize Screening Committee in Advanced Technology;
Professor, Department of Electronics and Communication, Kyoto University
13:35
Introduction of Laureate
Makoto Arisawa
Professor, Faculty of Environmental Information, Keio University
"Professor Knuth at Stanford"
13:40
Commemorative Lecture
Donald Ervin Knuth: Laureate in Advanced Technology;
"The Stanford GraphBase"
15:00
Intermission
 
15:20
Panel Discussion
"Professor Knuth's Round Table: A Panoramic Perspective on Software Science"
Chairperson:
Norihisa Doi
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Keio University
Panelists:
Donald Ervin Knuth
Makoto Arisawa
Katsuhiko Kakei
Professor, School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
Norihisa Suzuki
Chief Technology Officer, Sony U.S.A.
Naofumi Takagi
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
Satoru Miyano
Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
17:30
Closing
Yasuyoshi Inagaki

Workshop Program and Abstract(PDF)