Welcoming speech by Mr. Kaoru Yano, President of NEC C&C Foundation
The 2016 C&C Prize Ceremony was held at ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo on November 30, 2016. The ceremony started with the welcoming speech by Mr. Kaoru Yano, the president of NEC C&C Foundation, followed by the recognition of 2016 prize recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, the chairman of the awards committee. The 2016 C&C Prizes were presented to Prof. Hideo Ohno, Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton. Although Prof. Hinton was unfortunately unable to attend, a video message from him was projected on screen.
Group A: Prof. Hideo Ohno;
For Pioneering Contributions to the Research and Development of Spintronics Technology
Group B: Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton;
For Outstanding Contributions to Neural network Research and the Pioneering Development of Innovative Deep-learning Technology
Prof. Hideo Ohno
Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton (Video)
As shown in the program leaflet, after the congratulatory speeches and the recipients' acceptance speeches, the ceremony continued to the cocktail party for exchange of greetings, and ended with the dinner to celebrate the 2016 prize recipients. Followings are the pictures taken at the ceremony.
Venue of the C&C Prize Ceremony
Recognition of 2016 C&C Prize Recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, Chairman of Awards Committee
Congratulatory speech by Mr. Hisayoshi Ando
Congratulatory speech by Dr. Ken-ichi Sato
Acceptance speech by Prof. Hideo Ohno
Acceptance speech (Video) by Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton
Additional speech regarding achievements of Prof. Hinton, presented by Dr. Naonori Ueda
Atmosphere of acceptance speech
Exchange of greetings
at cocktail party
Exchange of greetings
at cocktail party
Exchange of greetings
at cocktail party
Exchange of greetings
at cocktail party
Dinner party
Congratulatory speech and toast by Dr. Tatsuo Tomita
Welcoming speech by Mr. Kaoru Yano,
President of NEC C&C Foundation
The 2016 C&C Prize Ceremony was held at ANA InterContinental Hotel Tokyo on November 30, 2016. The ceremony started with the welcoming speech by Mr. Kaoru Yano, the president of NEC C&C Foundation, followed by the recognition of 2016 prize recipients by Dr. Tomonori Aoyama, the chairman of the awards committee. The 2016 C&C Prizes were presented to Prof. Hideo Ohno, Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton. Although Prof. Hinton was unfortunately unable to attend, a video message from him was projected on screen.
Group A: Prof. Hideo Ohno;
For Pioneering Contributions to the Research and Development of Spintronics Technology
Group B: Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton;
For Outstanding Contributions to Neural network Research and the Pioneering Development of Innovative Deep-learning Technology
Prof. Geoffrey E. Hinton (Video)
As shown in the program leaflet, after the congratulatory speeches and the recipients' acceptance speeches, the ceremony continued to the cocktail party for exchange of greetings, and ended with the dinner to celebrate the 2016 prize recipients. Followings are the pictures taken at the ceremony.
at cocktail party
at cocktail party
at cocktail party
at cocktail party
Dr. Tatsuo Tomita