Geoffrey Hinton

Summary

Geoffrey Hinton is a human^[1]. He was born in Wimbledon^[2]. He worked as a computer scientist^[3], artificial intelligence researcher^[4], university teacher^[5], neuroscientist^[6], and psychologist^[7]. He ranks in the top 0.44% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,214 views/month, #4,429 of 1,000,298).^[8]

Key Facts

• Geoffrey Hinton's place of birth was Wimbledon^[2].
• Geoffrey Hinton's father was Howard Everest Hinton^[9].
• Geoffrey Hinton held citizenship in United Kingdom^[10].
• Geoffrey Hinton held citizenship in Canada^[11].
• Geoffrey Hinton's professions included computer scientist^[3].
• Geoffrey Hinton worked as an artificial intelligence researcher^[4].
• Geoffrey Hinton worked as a university teacher^[5].
• Geoffrey Hinton worked as a neuroscientist^[6].
• Geoffrey Hinton worked as a psychologist^[7].
• Geoffrey Hinton's field of work was deep learning^[12].
• Geoffrey Hinton's field of work was machine learning^[13].
• Geoffrey Hinton's field of work was neuroscience^[14].
• Geoffrey Hinton's field of work was artificial neural network^[15].
• Geoffrey Hinton's field of work was applied psychology^[16].
• Geoffrey Hinton's field of work was artificial intelligence^[17].
• Geoffrey Hinton was employed by University of Toronto^[18].
• Among Geoffrey Hinton's employers was Carnegie Mellon University^[19].
• Geoffrey Hinton's doctoral advisor was H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins^[20].
• Geoffrey Hinton received the Fellow of the Royal Society^[21].
• Geoffrey Hinton received the IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award^[22].
• Geoffrey Hinton received the Rumelhart Prize^[23].
• Geoffrey Hinton received the IJCAI Award for Research Excellence^[24].
• Geoffrey Hinton received the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award^[25].
• Geoffrey Hinton received the AAAI Fellow^[26].
• Geoffrey Hinton is recorded as male^[27].

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Origins and Family

Geoffrey Hinton was born in Wimbledon^[2]. His father was Howard Everest Hinton^[9].

Education

Geoffrey Hinton's doctoral advisor was H. Christopher Longuet-Higgins^[20].

Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include computer scientist^[3], artificial intelligence researcher^[4], university teacher^[5], neuroscientist^[6], and psychologist^[7]. Fields of work include deep learning^[12]; machine learning^[13], an academic discipline^[28]; neuroscience^[14], an academic discipline^[29]; artificial neural network^[15], a type of statistical model^[30]; applied psychology^[16], an academic discipline^[31]; and artificial intelligence^[17], a type of technology^[32]. Employers include University of Toronto^[18], a public research university^[33], in Canada^[34], founded in 1827^[35], headquartered in Toronto^[36] and Carnegie Mellon University^[19], a private university^[37], in United States^[38], founded in 1900^[39], headquartered in Pittsburgh^[40]. Doctoral students include Andriy Mnih^[41], Richard S. Zemel^[42], Radford M. Neal^[43], Carl Edward Rasmussen^[44], Brendan J. Frey^[45], and Yee Whye Teh^[46].

Recognition

Awards received include Fellow of the Royal Society^[21], a fellowship award^[47], in United Kingdom^[48]; IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award^[22], a technical field award^[49], founded in 2004^[50]; Rumelhart Prize^[23], a science award^[51], in United States^[52], founded in 2001^[53]; IJCAI Award for Research Excellence^[24], a science award^[54]; BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award^[25], a science award^[55], in Spain^[56], founded in 2008^[57]; and AAAI Fellow^[26], a science award^[58], in United States^[59].

Why It Matters

Geoffrey Hinton ranks in the top 0.44% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,214 views/month, #4,429 of 1,000,298).^[8] He has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[60] He is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[61]

He has been cited as an influence by Karl J. Friston^[62], a neuroscientist^[63], b. 1959^[64], of United Kingdom^[65], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[66], specialised in neurobiology^[67] and Peter Dayan^[68], a university teacher^[69], b. 1965^[70], awarded the The Brain Prize^[71], specialised in computational neuroscience^[72].

He is credited with the discovery of deep learning^[73]; mixture of experts^[74], a statistical model^[75]; t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding^[76], an algorithm^[77]; restricted Boltzmann machine^[78]; and mixture of experts model^[79].

His notable doctoral advisees include Ilya Sutskever^[80], a mathematician^[81], b. 1986^[82], of Israel^[83], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society^[84], specialised in machine learning^[85]; Peter Brown^[86]; Ruslan Salakhutdinov^[87]; Richard S. Zemel^[88]; Radford M. Neal^[89]; and Christopher K. I. Williams^[90].

FAQs

Where was Geoffrey Hinton born?

Geoffrey Hinton was born in Wimbledon^[2].

Who were Geoffrey Hinton's parents?

Geoffrey Hinton's father was Howard Everest Hinton^[9].

What did Geoffrey Hinton do for work?

Geoffrey Hinton worked as computer scientist^[3], artificial intelligence researcher^[4], university teacher^[5], neuroscientist^[6], and psychologist^[7].

What awards did Geoffrey Hinton receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society^[21], IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award^[22], Rumelhart Prize^[23], and IJCAI Award for Research Excellence^[24].

Who did Geoffrey Hinton influence?

Geoffrey Hinton has been cited as an influence by Karl J. Friston^[62] and Peter Dayan^[68].

What did Geoffrey Hinton discover?

Geoffrey Hinton is credited as discoverer of deep learning^[73], mixture of experts^[74], t-Distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding^[76], and restricted Boltzmann machine^[78].