Honor

2017, Diplomat of Excellence in recognition of collaboration between University of Tsukuba and West University of Timisoara, and for the contributions of SYNASC
2010, Best Paper Award, Japan Society for Software Science and Technology
2007, The ICPC Founders Award, ACM
2004, Doctor Honoris Causa, West University of Timisoara, Romania
1979, Best Paper Award, Information Processing Society of Japan