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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.
Awards & recognition
- Queen Elizabeth Prize — Engineering · 2025
- Nobel Prize in Physics · 2024
- ACM Fellow · 2023
- Princess of Asturias Award — Technical and Scientific Research · 2022
- Dickson Prize in Science · 2021
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- Honda Prize · 2019
- Companion of the Order of Canada · 2018
- Turing Award · 2018
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award · 2016
- IEEE Maxwell Award · 2016
- IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award · 2014
- honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke · 2013
- honorary doctor of the University of Sussex · 2011
- Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal — Science and Engineering · 2010
- IJCAI Award — Research Excellence · 2005
- Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society · 2003
- honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh · 2001
- Rumelhart Prize · 2001
- Fellow of the Royal Society · 1998
- IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award · 1998
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada · 1996
- AAAI Fellow · 1990
