The Events イベント Explore Kyoto Prize Laureates in Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts & Philosophy – visionaries shaping our world with groundbreaking contributions. Upcoming events Past Events Public lecture 08 May 2018 Public Lecture by Dr Takashi Mimura - My fifty years with the transistor Public Lecture by Dr Takashi Mimura, 2017 Laureate for Advanced Technology From the first ever glimpse of Neptune transmitted by Voyager 2 in 1989, to the base stations used every day for our mobile phones and antennas, the High Electron... View event Public lecture 08 May 2018 Public Lecture by Dr Graham Farquhar - Adventures across disciplines: studying biophysics, and observing the shaping of policies Public Lecture by Dr Graham Farquhar, Kyoto Prize 2017 Laureate for Basic Sciences With his work spanning physics, applied mathematics and plant physiology, Dr Farquhar’s remarkable work on models of photosynthesis has helped understan... View event Public lecture 10 May 2017 Public Lecture with Dr Takeo Kanade: Think like an Amateur, Do as an Expert: Fun Research in Computer Vision and Robotics For Dr Kanade, good research derives from solving real-world problems and delivering useful results to society. As a roboticist, he participated in developing a wide range of computer-vision systems and autonomous robots, including human-face reco... View event Public lecture 10 May 2017 Public Lecture with Dr Martha Craven Nussbaum: Aging, Stigma, and Disgust Age is the only category of discrimination that includes all humans. However, ageing people are stigmatised in popular culture and discourse, and regarded with a disgust closely linked to fear. Dr Nussbaum argues that stigma against the ageing is ... View event Pagination Go to page1 Go to page2 Go to page3 Go to page4 Go to page5 Go to page6 Go to page7 Go to page8