External Awards

Activity Contribution Award

Winner: Jun Terada, NTT Device Technology Laboratories and NTT Device Innovation Center

Date: March 11, 2021

Organization: The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Electronics Society

For his contribution as a director of general affairs in Electronics Society.

IPSJ Journal Specially Selected Paper

Winners: Masamichi Hosoda, NTT Smart Data Science Center/NTT Service Evolution Laboratories; Hiroshi Sakamoto and Tomoki Murakami, NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories; Tadashi Mouri, NTT Service Evolution Laboratories; Akira Nakayama, NTT Research and Development Planning Department; Tomoaki Ogawa, NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories; Masaru Miyamoto, NTT Smart Data Science Center/NTT Service Evolution Laboratories

Date: March 15, 2021

Organization: Information Processing Society of Japan (IPSJ)

For “2D Position Estimation for Wireless LAN Terminals by the Access Point Using Distributed Antenna System.”

Published as: M. Hosoda, H. Sakamoto, T. Murakami, T. Mouri, A. Nakayama, T. Ogawa, and M. Miyamoto, “2D Position Estimation for Wireless LAN Terminals by the Access Point Using Distributed Antenna System,” IPSJ Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 946–958, Mar. 2021.

Research Encouragement Award

Winner: Hiraku Toida, NTT Basic Research Laboratories

Date: March 16, 2021

Organization: Superconductivity Division of the Japan Society of Applied Physics

For “Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Using a Single Artificial Atom.”

Published as: H. Toida, Y. Matsuzaki, K. Kakuyanagi, X. Zhu, W. J. Munro, H. Yamaguchi, and S. Saito, “Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Using a Single Artificial Atom,” Commun. Phys., Vol. 2, 33, Mar. 2019.

Young Researcher Best Presentation Award

Winner: Kosuke Takiguchi, NTT Basic Research Laboratories

Date: March 16, 2021

Organization: The 49th Autumn Meeting of the Japan Society of Applied Physics

For “Quantum Transport Evidence of Weyl Fermions in an Epitaxial Ferromagnetic Oxide.”

Published as: K. Takiguchi, Y. K. Wakabayashi, H. Irie, Y. Krockenberger, T. Otsuka, H. Sawada, S. A. Nikolaev, H. Das, M. Tanaka, Y. Taniyasu, and H. Yamamoto, “Quantum Transport Evidence of Weyl Fermions in an Epitaxial Ferromagnetic Oxide,” Nat. Commun., Vol. 11, 4969, Oct. 2020.

IEEE SSCS Japan Industry Contribution Award

Winner: Jun Terada, NTT Device Technology Laboratories and NTT Device Innovation Center

Date: March 17, 2021

Organization: IEEE Solid-State Circuits Society Japan/Kansai Chapter

For his contribution to activities of the Solid-State Circuits Society Japan in promoting outstanding papers written by researchers in the corporate sector in the International Solid-State Circuits Conference.

The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Prize for Science and Technology (Development Category)

Winners: Hiroyuki Oto and Shinya Hasegawa, NTT DOCOMO; Yasuyuki Uchiyama, DOCOMO Technology; Kazuaki Obana, NTT Smart Data Science Center; Yoshihiro Nakajima, NTT DOCOMO

Date: April 14, 2021

Organization: Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

For the commercial deployment of network functions virtualization technology enabling inter-operability with multi-vendor solutions.

ITU-AJ Encouragement Award

Winner: Taiji Sakamoto, NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories

Date: May 17, 2021

Organization: The ITU Association of Japan

Dr. Sakamoto promoted the development of high-speed optical fiber and submarine optical communication systems under Questions 5 and 8 in ITU-T Study Group 15. He has submitted more than 30 contributions to enable Japanese technologies to be reflected in international standards and led the drafting of three ITU-T Recommendations as the editor. His contributions are especially noteworthy in recommending G.654.E (High Speed Long-Haul Optical Fiber) and incorporating Japan’s technology into the recommendation. He is expected to continue to play an important role in international standardization activities in the future.