2008
Technologiepreis
| Dr. Siegfried Dais Prof. Dr. Uwe Kiencke |
Erfindung, internationale Standardisierung und Verbreitung des ''Controller Area Network'' (CAN), das heute weltweit marktbeherrschend ist |
Kulturpreis
| Dr. Norbert Lossau | Ausgezeichnete naturwissenschaft- und technologiebezogene Artikel in Tageszeitungen |
| Nobutoshi Kihara
Yuma Shiraishi Johannes H. Wessels |
Compact magnetic video recording
Basic development of VHS system Contributions to magnetic video recording |
1980
| Prof. Dr. B. Wendland
Dr. G. Broussard, Dr. K. Compaan, Dr. Jon K. Clemens, Prof. Dr. G. Dickopp, Eugene O. Keizer, Prof. Piet Kramer |
Alternative TV systems |
| Horst Redlich | Development of video disc system |
1981
| Günter Joschko,
Werner Scholz |
Mini disc |
| Minoru Morio,
Shigeyuki Ochi |
Videomovie |
| Katsuo Mori,
Dr. Masahuru Kubo |
MAG camera |
| Lodewijk F. Ottens,
Dr. Toshitada Doi |
Compact Disc (CD) |
| Dr. Dalton D. Pritchard | Dynamic Processing System |
1982
| Max Aigner,
Siegfried Dinsel, Herbert Hopf, Rudolf Kaiser |
Stereo sound TV in Germany |
| Hans-Jürgen Kluth | VCR stereo sound recording |
| Hiroki Sato | First flat TV display ready for production |
1983
Technology Award
| Ljubumir Micic | DIGIVISION, digital TV signal processing |
| Etsuro Saito | MAVICA - electronic still picture camera |
| Horst Redlich | Direct metal mastering (DMM) for LPs |
Cultural Award
| Ulrich Kienzle | "Blutiger Sommer -Wiedersehen mit Beirut" |
| Marlene Linke | "Das Erlanger Wunschkind" |
1984
Technology Award
| Dr. A. Schauer, E. Geffcken,
B. Littwin, Dr. W. Veith, Dr. K. Weingang, Dr. R. Wengert |
First flat color TV display developed in Germany |
| Robert Suhrmann, Eckart Pech | Color coding for digital HDTV processor |
Cultural Award
| Klaus Juhnke,
F. Müller, H. von Barnekow |
"Der Fall K." |
| G. Friedel, M. Gregor-Dellin | "Ich bin wie Othello" |
| ARD-Team Warschau | TV coverage an commentary on events in Poland |
| H. Gierberg, W. Trapp | "Der vergessene Krieg" |
1985
Technology Award
| Prof. Walter Bruch | Time sequential luminance/crominance coding |
| Thomas S. Robson | MAC system for satellite TV |
| Takashi Okada,
Masayuki Hongo |
Flicker-free color TV |
| Shinji Morozumi | Portable TV set with flat LC display |
| Dr. Eckard Krüger,
A. Heller, Dr, U. Kraus |
Video Program System (VPS) |
| Dr. F. Schröder,
Dr. F. Stollenwerk |
Publication on enhanced TV systems |
Cultural Award
| Eberhard Fechner | "Der Prozeß" |
| Christoph Maria Fröhder | "Polizeiagenten - Lockspitzel im Zwielicht" |
| Peter Hajek | "Helwein" - Filmportrait of a Painter |
| Roland Schraut,
Joachim Meßner |
"Ewig leben - Portrait einer Hundertjährigen" |
| Werner Klett | "Ein fauler Bauer" |
1986
Technology Award
| K. Beckmann, D. Krahé | Coding method for audio signals |
| Wolf-Peter Buchwald | Enhanced pixel resolution for TV color cameras |
| Stanley C. Fralick,
Andrew Tescher |
Video telephone |
| Otto Klank,
Heinz Röbel, Peter Treytl |
Digital sound broadcasting via satellite |
| Kenzo Agakiri, Kenji Nakano | DAT Multi track PCM cassette recording |
| Charles Schepers | DIGICONTROL system for TV sets |
Cultural Award
| Georg Stefan Troller | "Stan Rivkin" |
| Hans Peter Stadler | "Leiden der Besiegten" |
| Volker Arzt | "Fahrplan ins Chaos" |
| Hans-Dieter Grabe | "Hiroshima - Nagasaki" |
| Ray Müller | "Nacht der Indios" |
1987
Technology Award
| Robert R. Bathelt | Flat and square picture tube |
| Richard R. Taylor | Quantel Box, specials effects processing of TV pictures |
| Robert Suhrmann | TV converter with CCD memory |
| Dr. Yasuro Hori,
Kentaro Hanma |
Color video printer |
| Dr. Rudolf Vollmer | Book: "D2-MAC Satellite Technology" |
Cultural Award
| Hans-Dieter Grabe | "Warum habe ich meine Tochter getötet?" |
| Anke Ritter | "Wo Taxifahrer Tolstoi lesen" |
| Irene Disch | "Zacharias - ein Lebensbild" |
Special Award
| Joachim Friedrichs | TV news moderation |
1988
Technology Award
| Dr. T. Peter Brody | Basic development of TFT liquid crystal display |
| Dr. D. E. Castleberry,
William W. Piper |
High resolution color crystal display |
| Dr. Shigeo Mikoshiba,
Shinichi Shinada |
Improved plasma display |
Cultural Award
| Peter Leippe | "Stille Tage in Sommieres" |
| Michael Schmomers,
Peter Kleinert |
"giftig, ätzend, explosiv" |
| Ch. Berg, Michael Geyer,
Jürgen Koch |
"Eine Queen wird geliftet" |
Special Award
| Hans Abich | for his work in the development of radio and TV in Germany after 1945 |
Hononary Award
| EUREKA-Directorate
(P. W. Bögels, G. Bolle, M. Hareng, R. W. Young) |
HD-MAC standard |
1989
Technology Award
| Akira Hirota | Euro S-VHS video system |
| Dr. Rainer Lüder,
Dr. Gerhard Weil |
"Featurebox" chipset for TV sets |
Cultural Award
| Gabriel Heim | "Da ist kein Schall von Siegesrufen" |
| Heike Mundzeck | "Chronik einer Wiedergeburt" |
| Dr. Rolf Pflücke | "... und abends ins Gefängnis" |
Special Award
| Hans Joachim Kulenkampff | TV quizmaster and entertainer |
1990
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. M. Börner | Fundamental engineering research on optical communications |
Technology Award
| Isamu Washizuka,
Kozo Yano, Hiroshi Take |
14" liquid crystal flat color display |
1991
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. C. E. Shannon | Fundamental research on information theory |
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. B. Strebel
et alii |
Basic developments in optical frequency multiplexing with heterodyne reception |
Cultural Award
| Bernard Shaw | Outstanding journalism of exemplary character |
1992
Technology Award
| Scott A. Brownstein,
Stephen S. Stepnes |
Analog/digital image processing network |
| Abraham Hoogendoorn
et alii |
Digital Compact Cassette (DCC) system |
1993
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Alfred Fettweis,
Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Hans-Wilhelm Schüssler |
Fundamental research in digital signal processing |
Technology Award
| Masao Tomioka,
Shuhei Yasuda |
LC-TV projector with ultra high resolution for HDTV |
Cultural Award
| Prof. Dr. Ernst W. Bauer,
Gero von Boehm |
Outstanding journalistic TV features |
1994
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Andrew J. Viterbi | Concept of decoding convolutional codes ("Viterbi Algorithm") |
| Dr. Dr.h.c. Gottfried | Basic concept of trelliscoded modulation |
Technology Award
| Dr. Marcian E. Hoff, Jr. | Invention of the microcomputer |
1995
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr.h.c.mult. Konrad Zuse | Development of the first freely programmable binary computers using floating-point operations |
Technology Award
| Dr. Larry Hornbeck | Digitale Micromirror Device |
Cultural Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Heinz Bethge | Long-standing engagement for academic freedom |
| Dr. Anthony Michaelis | for academic freedom |
1996
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Richard W.Hamming | Fundamental research in error corecting
coding
(Hamming Distance/Hamming Codes) |
Technology Award
| Jürgen Dethloff
Roland Moreno |
Invention and development of chip card technologies |
Honorary Award
| Sonja Countess Bernadotte
af Wisborg |
Invention and development of chip card technologies |
1997
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult Yasuharu Suematsu | Semiconductor laser and integrated optics for application in communication sytems |
Technology Award
| Thomas Haug
Heikki Huttunen Dr. Dr.h.c Jan Uddenfeldt |
Development of the digital cellular telephone system (GSM) |
Cultural Award
| Dr.h.c.mult. Sir John Maddox | Long-standing editorship of the scientific periodical Nature |
1998
Ring of Honor
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. mult. Heinz Zemanek | for the decades of his commitment to bringing together different cultures throughout the world, especially in connection with his outstanding scientific work in the areas of information technology, cybernetics, and philosophy |
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Jacob Ziv | for his pioneering contributions
to the field of information and coding theory, particularly for the unique
information theory for individual sequences
which led to the universal lossles Lempel-Ziv datacompression algorithm . |
Technology Award
| Tim Berners-Lee | for the creation and development of what is known today as the "World Wide Web" |
1999
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Vladimir Alexandrowitsch Kotelnikov | for the first theoretically exact formulation of the sampling theorem. |
Technology Award (divided)
| Dr. Leonardo
Chiariglione
|
for conceiving and gaining acceptance for the MPEG standards to jointly encode moving pictures and associated audio signals, especially the digital TV standard MPEG-2, acknowledged worldwide. |
| Prof. Dr. Fabio Rocca | for his invention of motion compensation in the framework of coding concepts for moving pictures and for his fundamental contributions to hybrid coding enhanced by estimation. |
Cultural Award
| Prof. Dr.h.c Joachim Fest | for his broad spectrum of outstanding academic and journalistic publications. |
2000
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Ingrid Daubechies | WAVELETS
- The Basis of digital image coding |
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. Norman Abramson | ALOHANET
- The first radio network for wireless Internet access |
Cultural Award
| Dipl.-Phys. Ranga Yogeshwar | Popular science programs in German Television |
2001
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. David N. Payne | Invention of the erbium-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) |
Technology Award
| Prof. mult. Dr.-Ing. Dr.h.c. Dr. E.h.
José Luis Moreira da Encarnação |
Fundamentals of Graphic Data Processing |
Cultural Award
| Dr. Gerold Lingnau | Informative newspaper reports on technological developments |
2002
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Robert G. Gallager | Fundamental contributions to Information Theory and computer networks |
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Niklaus Wirth | Development of PASCAL, the first structured programming language |
Cultural Award
| Armin Maiwald | Decades of achievement in presenting technical information for children on television |
2003
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Paul J. Kühn | FFundamental contributions to Traffic Theory and pioneering work in the definition of protocols for packet-switched telecommunications networks |
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c.mult. Paul C. Lauterbur | Invention of magnetic resonance imaging |
Cultural Award
| Prof. Dr. Ernst Peter Fischer | German Book: (Title translated into English) "The other Culture - what you should know from the Natural Sciences" |
2004
Technology Award
| Prof.Dr.rer.nat. Manfred Robert Schroeder | Fundamental contributions to room- and psychoacoustics, and the invention of linear predictive coding and codebook exited coding of speech |
Cultural Award
| Prof.Dr.rer.nat. Dr.phil. Gerhard Vollmer | Evolutionary Epistemology - Philisophy in the age of science and technology |
2005
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. Hisashi Kobayashi Dr. François Dolivo Dr. Evangelos S. Eleftheriou |
Key contributions to the data recording technology of modern hard disk drives |
Cultural Award
| Andreas Sentker et al. | Sustained excellence in reporting about modern developments in natural and medical sciences and technology |
2006
Basic Research Award
| Prof. Dr. Stephen B. Weinstein | OFDM A vision that became reality |
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. Ulrich Reimers | Key contributions to the data recording technology of modern hard disk drives |
Cultural Award
| Rolf Becker et al. | Popular science contributions of the APOTHEKEN UMSCHAU |
2007
Technology Award
| Prof. Dr. Dr.h.c. Gerhard M. Sessler | Outstanding contributions to the design of electroacoustic transducers and, most notably, the co-inventorship of the foil electret microphone and of the silicon condenser microphone |
Cultural Award
| Prof. Dr. Paul Dobrinski | Publication of scientific and technical works of young scientists in the magazine JUNGE WISSENSCHAFT (YOUNG SCIENCE) |
2008
Technologiepreis
| Dr. Siegfried Dais Prof. Dr. Uwe Kiencke |
Invention, international standardisation and propagation of the ''Controller Area Network'' (CAN), which today dominates the world market |
Kulturpreis
| Dr. Norbert Lossau | Brilliantly written science and technology related articles in newspapers |