About Us
Establishment
The NEC C&C Foundation was established as a nonprofit organization on March 20, 1985, with the approval of the Minister of International Trade and Industry of Japan.
Management
The NEC C&C Foundation is managed by a board of directors, auditors, and a board of counselors, all of which are comprised of distinguished intellectuals.
An Awards Committee selects C&C Prize recipients and designates persons to receive grants.
Directors, Auditors, Counselors and Committee Members
(as of July 1, 2024)
President
- Takashi Niino
- Chairman of the Board, NEC Corporation
Executive Director
- Takashi Miyazaki
- Executive Director（Full-time Foundation Director）
Directors
- Hideo Ohno
- Special Senior Advisor to the President, Tohoku University
- Yasuyoshi Karasawa
- Senior Advisor, Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited
- Hideyuki Tokuda
- President, NICT
Professor Emeritus, Keio University - Hidetoshi Nishimori
- Specially-appointed Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN - Masahiro Fuchizaki
- Special Adviser, The Japan Research institute, Limited
- Kazuya Masu
- President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Jun Murai
- Distinguished Professor, Keio University
- Akio Yamada
- Corporate Senior Vice President, AI Technology Officer and AI Technology R&D Officer, NEC Corporation
Auditors
- Atsushige Onuki
- Audit Committee Aide, Executive Director, Corporate Governance Office, NEC Corporation
- Hitoshi Murakami
- Senior Corporate Advisor, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited
Counselors
- Tomonori Aoyama
- Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
- Kenichi Iga
- Honorary Professor, Former President, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Nobuhiro Endo
- Executive Advisor, NEC Corporation
- Reiko Kuroda
- Distinguished Professor, Chubu University
Professor Emerita, The University of Tokyo - Yasuharu Suematsu
- Honorary Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Botaro Hirosaki
- Former Senior Executive Vice President, NEC Corporation
- Takashi Masuda
- Professor Emeritus, The University of Tokyo
Former President, The University of Electro-Communication
Awards Committee
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Chair:
- Hideyuki Tokuda
- President, NICT
Professor Emeritus, Keio University
- Members:
- Kaoru Arakawa
- Dean and Professor, School of Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences, Meiji University
- Masatoshi Ishikawa
- President, Tokyo University of Science
- Tatsuya Kawahara
- Professor, School of Informatics, Kyoto University
- Fumio Koyama
- Specially Appointed Professor and Professor Emeritus, Institute of Innovative Research (IIR), Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Shiro Sakata
- Professor Emeritus, Chiba University
- Takao Someya
- Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, the University of Tokyo
- Akio Yamada
- Corporate Senior Vice President, AI Technology Officer and AI Technology R&D Officer, NEC Corporation
Funds
All funds for The NEC C&C Foundation are donated by NEC Corporation.
Address
Access:
JR Tamachi station, Keihin-tohoku line or Yamanote line
(6 minutes walk from JR Tamachi)
Subway Mita station, Toei-Mita line or Toei-Asakusa line
(Front of Subway Mita Exit A10)