Latest Awards
Parentheses indicates division he/she belonged to at time of award

March 28, 2025
The 40th Telecommunications Advancement Foundation Award (Telecom System Technology Award)
Receive Beamforming Designed for Massive Multi-user MIMO Detection via Gaussian Belief Propagation
Takanobu Doi (Advanced Network Research Laboratories)
Jun Shikida (Telecom Carrier Software Development Department)
Daichi Shirase (Advanced Network Research Laboratories)
Kazushi Muraoka (Advanced Network Research Laboratories)
Naoto Ishii (Advanced Network Research Laboratories)
Takumi Takahashi (Graduate School of Engineering The University of Osaka)
Shinsuke Ibi (Faculty of Science and Engineering Doshisya University)

March 4, 2025
DBSJ Young Researcher’s Achievement and Contribution Award
Jianquan Liu (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)

February 5, 2025
The Science Council of Japan President's Award, the 7th Japan Open Innovation Prize (JOIP)
Development and Commercialization of Medical Large Language Models for Doctor’s Work-Style Reform
Makoto Fukui (Healthcare and Life Science Div.)
Masahiro Kubo (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Masanori Tsujikawa (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Atsuhiro Nakagawa (Tohoku University Hospital)
Ryo Ishii (Tohoku University Hospital)

November 22, 2024
The 72nd Electrical Science and Engineering Promotion Award and Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award
Research, Development and Commercialization of Medical Large Language Models
Masanori Tsujikawa (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Yutaka Uno (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Masahiro Kubo (Biometrics Research Laboratories)

November 22, 2024
The 72nd Electrical Science and Engineering Promotion Award
Development of a cooperative robots that safely and efficiently transports various types of carts
Hiroshi Yoshida (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Shinya Yasuda (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Taichi Kumagai (Mobility Solutions Department)

November 22, 2024
The 72nd Electrical Science and Engineering Promotion Award
Development and Commercialization of Video Analysis for High-Precision Person Tracking in 0.01s from Hundreds of Cameras
Satoshi Yamazaki (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Jianquan Liu (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Yusuke Takahashi (DID Department)

November 15, 2024
KANTO Invention and Innovation Award, The Encouragement Prize for Invention
Efficient Multi-Processor Technology for Multiple Wireless Communication Systems
Toshiki Takeuchi (Advanced Network Research Laboratories)
Hiroyuki Igura (Transportation System Department)

November 15, 2024
KANTO Invention and Innovation Award, The Encouragement Prize for Invention
Online Multiple Person Identification Method
Satoshi Yamazaki (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)

November 11, 2024
Prominent technician “Modern master craftsman” 2024
Semiconductor chip manufacturing
Noriyuki Iguchi (Former System Platform Research Laboratories, NEC)

October 15, 2024
CEATEC AWARD 2024 CEATEC 25th Anniversary Special Award
NEC’s Video Recognition x Generation AI for Industrial DX Promotion and Business Efficiency
NEC Corporation

September 11, 2024
The Grand Prize for the 26th Automatic Identification System Awards
Shelf Monitoring Service (Planogram and Shortage Detection for improving Operational Efficiency in Retail Stores)
NEC Corporation

July 23, 2024
The Sankei Shimbun Award for the 37th Advanced Technology Award
Research and Development of Iris Recognition
Takahiro Toizumi (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Yuho Shoji (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Yuka Ogino (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Yuya Kobayashi (Biometrics and Vision AI Department)
Hidetaka Hane (Biometrics and Vision AI Department)
Ryoma Oami (Corporate Business Development Division)
Atsushi Ito (Biometrics Research Laboratories)
Masato Tsukada (Biometrics Research Laboratories)

June 6, 2024
FY2023 IEICE Achievement Award
Development and Commercialization of High-Speed Exploratory Video Retrieval
Jianquan Liu (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Satoshi Yamazaki (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Youhei Sasaki (Data Platform Service Department)

May 31, 2024
The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers Niwa Takayanagi Award Achievement Award
Research & Development and Commercialization of Exploratory Video Retrieval Technology
Jianquan Liu (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Satoshi Yamazaki (Visual Intelligence Research Laboratories)
Youhei Sasaki (Data Platform Service Department)

May 17, 2024
The ITU Association of Japan 52nd ITU-AJ Accomplishment Awards
Contributing to the international standardization of network cloudization and AI utilization
Junko Iwasaki (Advanced Network Research Laboratories)