The 1996 Japan Prize

• Field:
  Information, Computer and Communication Systems
• Achievement:
  For pioneering research on wideband, low-loss optical fiber communications
• Lecture:
  The Dawning of an Information Age

Major Honors

1976	Morey Award, American Ceramic Society
1977	Stewart Ballantine Medal, Franklin Institute, USA
1978	Rank Prize, Rank Trust Fund, U.K.
1978	Morris Liebmann Memorial Award, IEEE, USA
1979	L.M.Ericsson International Prize, Sweden
1980	Gold Medal, Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association, USA
1985	Alexander Graham Bell Medal, IEEE, USA
1985	Marconi International Fellowship, Marconi Foundation, USA
1985	Columbus Medal of the City of Genoa. Italy
1987	C & C Prize, Foundation for Communication and Computer Promotion, Japan
1989	International Prize for New Materials, American Physical Society, USA
1989	Faraday Medal, Institute of Electrical Engineers, U.K.
1992	Gold Medal, The International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), USA
1993	Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CBE)
1995	Gold Medal for Engineering Excellence, The World Federation of Engineering Organizations(WFEO), U.K.

Membership

	Member, National Academy of Engineering, USA
	Fellow, institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, USA
	Foreign Member, Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering and Sciences (IVA), Sweden
	Fellow, Institute of Electrical Engineers, U.K.
	Fellow, Academia Sinica, Taiwan
	Fellow, Hong Kong Academy of Engineering Sciences, Hong Kong

Graduates Honors Causa

1985	Doctor of Science, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1990	Doctor of Science, University of Sussex, U.K.
1991	Degree of Honorary Doctor, Soka University, Japan
1992	Doctor of Engineering University of Glasgow U.K.
1994	Doctor of Science, University of Durham, U.K.
1995	Honorary Professor, Peking University
1995	Honorary Professor, Tsinghua University
1995	Honorary Professor, University of International Business and Economics, Beijing
1995	Honorary Professor, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
1995	Doctor of the University, Griffith University, Australia

Academic Degrees

1957	B.Sc. from London University (Electrical Engineering)
1965	Ph.D. from London University (Electrical Engineering)

Professional Career

1957-60	Development Engineer, Standard Telephone & Cables,Ltd. (STL), London, U.K.
1960-69	Principal Research Engineer, Standard Telephone & Cables, Ltd. (STL), London U.K.
1970-74	Professor, Electronics Department, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
1974-81	Chief Scientist, Electro-Optical Products Division, ITT, Roanoke, Va., USA
1981-83	Vice President and Director of Engineering, Electro-Optical Products Division, ITT, Roanoke, Va, USA
1983-87	Executive Scientist and Director of Research, Advanced Tech Center, ITT, Shelton, Conn., USA
1987-Present	President, Vice-Chancellor, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Title

• Vice-Chancellor and President, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Major Publications

• "Optical Fiber", Peter Peregrinus Ltd. on behalf of The Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1988
• "Optical Fiber Systems: Technology, Design, and Applications", McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1982
• Kao,K.C. and Hockham,G.A., "Dielectric-fibre surface waveguides for optical frequencies", Proc. I.E.E.Vol. 113, No.7,July 1966,pp.1151-1158.
• Kao,K.C.and Davies,T.W., "Spectrophotometric studies of ultra low loss optical glasses-I: single beam method", Journal of Scientific Instruments (Journal of Physics E) 1968, Series 2, Vol.1,pp.1063-1068.
• Jones,M.W.and Kao,K.C.,"Spectrophotometric studies of ultra low loss optical glasses-II: double beam method", Journal of Scientific Instruments (Journal of Physics E) March 1969, Series 2, Vol.2, No.4,pp.331-335.
• Wright,C.R.and Kao,K.C.,"spectrophotometric studies of ultra low loss optical glasses-III: Ellipsometric determination of surface reflectances", Journal of Scientific Instruments (Journal of Physics E) 1969, Series 2, Vol.2,pp.579-583.
• Kao,C.and Bickel,G., "Fiber connectors, splices and couplers", Fiber Optics Advances in Research and Development, Bendow, Bernard and Mitra, Shashanka S. (ed.), Plenum Press, New York, 1979,pp.437-494.
• Kao,C.K., "Optical fibre and cables", Optical Fibre Communications,M.J.Howes and D.V.Morgan (ed.), John Wiley & Sons, Chapter 5,1980,pp.189-249.
• Kao,K.C.and Collier,M.E., "Fibre-optic systems in future telecommunication networks", Telecommunications, 1977.pp.25-32.
• Kao,C.K.,"10 (12) bit/s optoelectronics technology", IEE Proceedings, Vol. 133,Pt.J, No.3, June 1986.pp.230-236.
• Kao, Charles K., "An evolution towards a future network", Special issue on "Dreams of Future Communications" for the IEICE Transactions on Communications, Vol. E75-B,No.1, January 1992.pp.3-8.
• Kao. Charles K., "The Challenges of Developing New Information Services" for 1995 Marconi Contennial Symposium, Bologna, June 18-25, 1995.