By Xinhua
Tokyo : Three U.S. scientists were named as laureates of a major Japanese science prize “Japan Prize” on Thursday for their achievement in information communication technology and genetics.
Vinton Gray Cerf, vice president of Google Inc, and Robert Elliot Kahn, chairman of Corporation for National Research Initiatives will receive the 24th Japan Prize in the field of information communication theory and technology, the Science and Technology Foundation of Japan announced.
Cerf and Kahn, aged 64 and 69 respectively, received the honor for their accomplishment in the creation of the concept for the basic framework and the TCP/IP communication protocol for the Internet.
Victor A. McKusick, a professor at the Johns Hopkins University, will be awarded in the field of medical genetics and genetics, the foundation said. The 86-year-old scholar has spent over half a century compiling knowledge on medical genetics and advocating the importance of the formulation of a genetic map for genetic disorders.
The Japan Prize, which covers various fields of science and technology, was established in 1983 to honor scientists and researchers from around the world who are recognized to have made original and outstanding achievements in science and technology and who have made substantial contributions to the advancement of science and technology and to peace and prosperity of mankind.
Each year, two scientific fields are designated as prize categories from which winners of the prize will be selected. A cash award of 50 million yen (around 467,000 U.S. dollars) will be awarded for each prize field. The awarding ceremony will be held in April in Tokyo.