Tue, December 10, 2024

John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton win Nobel physics award

The article from MSN discusses the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023, awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their groundbreaking work in neural networks. John Hopfield, an American physicist, was recognized for his development of the Hopfield network, a type of recurrent artificial neural network that can store and retrieve patterns, significantly influencing the field of artificial intelligence and cognitive science. Geoffrey Hinton, a British-Canadian computer scientist, was honored for his contributions to deep learning, particularly through his work on backpropagation algorithms and the development of deep neural networks, which have revolutionized machine learning applications, including speech recognition, image analysis, and autonomous systems. Their work has not only advanced the theoretical understanding of neural computation but also has practical implications in numerous technologies that mimic human cognitive processes.

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[ https://www.msn.com/en-us/science/physics/john-hopfield-and-geoffrey-hinton-win-nobel-physics-award/ar-AA1vB4vT ]