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Geoffrey Hinton
British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist.
The record
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist. Born on 6 December 1947 in Wimbledon, Hinton is 78.
Hinton studied at University of Edinburgh and King's College. Honours include AAAI Fellow, Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Fellow of the Royal Society, among 16 recorded.
With a Wikipedia article in 71 languages, Geoffrey Hinton is No. 1,201 in the People and Position Index.
- Born
- 6 December 1947, Wimbledon (age 78)
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Known as
- Computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, university teacher
- Field
- Science
- Education
- University of Edinburgh, King's College
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 71
Did you know
6 Dec
Shares a birthday with Leonid Brezhnev and Yoshihide Suga.
25
One of 25 people in the Index born in Wimbledon, with Robert Graves.
71
Has a Wikipedia article in 71 languages.
Computed from the Index and Wikidata.
Connections
Geoffrey Hinton
- FatherHoward Everest Hinton
Honours and works
Awards
- AAAI Fellow1990
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada1996
- Fellow of the Royal Society1998
- IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award1998
- Rumelhart Prize2001
- Honorary doctor of the University of Edinburgh2001
- Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society2003
- IJCAI Award for Research Excellence2005
- Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering2010
- Honorary doctor of the University of Sussex2011
- Honorary doctor of the University of Sherbrooke2013
- IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award2014
- BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award2016
- IEEE Maxwell Award2016
- Companion of the Order of Canada2018
- Turing Award2018
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