Geoffrey E. Hinton 2026-10-18
A computer scientist researching machine learning and artificial neural networks.[ref]
Geoffrey E. Hinton by Geoffrey E. Hinton. Brief Biography: Computer Science faculty appointments and machine-learning research
Machine learning 2026-10-18
Machine learning develops computational methods whose behaviour is learned from data. Statistical learning supplies methods for reasoning about prediction, uncertainty and generalization.
Nobel Prize in Physics in 2024 2026-10-18
John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton shared the award equally for foundational discoveries and inventions enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks.[ref]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/summary/. Individual laureate entries, half shares and joint motivation