Geoffrey Hinton

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Born: 1947-12-06
From: Wimbledon, London, England, UK
Gender: Male
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Biography

Geoffrey Everest Hinton (born 6 December 1947) is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist, most noted for his work on artificial neural networks. Since 2013, he has divided his time working for Google (Google Brain) and the University of Toronto. In 2017, he co-founded and became the Chief Scientific Advisor of the Vector Institute in Toronto.

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Nobel Prize in Physics

2024
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ACM Fellow

2023
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Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research

2022
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Dickson Prize in Science

2021
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Honda Prize

2019
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Turing Award

2018
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Companion of the Order of Canada

2018
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IEEE Maxwell Award

2016
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BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award

2016
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IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award

2014
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honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke

2013
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honorary doctor of the University of Sussex

2011
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Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering

2010
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IJCAI Award for Research Excellence

2005
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Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society

2003
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Rumelhart Prize

2001
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honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh

2001
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Fellow of the Royal Society

1998
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IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award

1998
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

1996
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AAAI Fellow

1990