Hopfield and Hinton Awarded 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
Hopfield and Hinton have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Scientists John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics for their groundbreaking discoveries and inventions that facilitate machine learning through artificial neural networks, as announced by the award-giving body on Tuesday.
"This year's two Nobel Laureates in physics have used tools from physics to develop methods that are the foundation of today's powerful machine learning," remarked the Nobel committee.
Hopfield conducts his research at Princeton University, while Hinton is affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Ellen Moons, a member of the Nobel committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, noted that the two laureates "used fundamental concepts from statistical physics to design artificial neural networks that function as associative memories and find patterns in large data sets."
She further explained that these networks have contributed to advancements in physics research and "have also become part of our daily lives, for instance in facial recognition and language translation."
The Nobel Prize in Physics was presented a day after two American scientists received the medicine prize for their discovery of microRNA.
Last year's physics Nobel was awarded to three scientists for offering the first split-second insight into the superfast world of spinning electrons, a realm that holds potential for improved electronics and disease diagnostics.
The physics prize comes with a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor, originating from a bequest by the award's founder, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. It has been awarded 117 times to 225 laureates from 1901 to 2023. The laureates will be honored at ceremonies on December 10, coinciding with the anniversary of Nobel's death.
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"This year's two Nobel Laureates in physics have used tools from physics to develop methods that are the foundation of today's powerful machine learning," remarked the Nobel committee.
Hopfield conducts his research at Princeton University, while Hinton is affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Ellen Moons, a member of the Nobel committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, noted that the two laureates "used fundamental concepts from statistical physics to design artificial neural networks that function as associative memories and find patterns in large data sets."
She further explained that these networks have contributed to advancements in physics research and "have also become part of our daily lives, for instance in facial recognition and language translation."
The Nobel Prize in Physics was presented a day after two American scientists received the medicine prize for their discovery of microRNA.
Last year's physics Nobel was awarded to three scientists for offering the first split-second insight into the superfast world of spinning electrons, a realm that holds potential for improved electronics and disease diagnostics.
The physics prize comes with a cash award of 11 million Swedish kronor, originating from a bequest by the award's founder, Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. It has been awarded 117 times to 225 laureates from 1901 to 2023. The laureates will be honored at ceremonies on December 10, coinciding with the anniversary of Nobel's death.
Max Fischer for TROIB News
