2024 Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to two scientists for discoveries in machine learning and AI
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has announced the Nobel Prize in Physics. The 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics has been jointly awarded to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton ‘for fundamental discoveries and inventions enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks’.
The Nobel Committee said that the discoveries and inventions of John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton laid the foundation for machine learning.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.” pic.twitter.com/94LT8opG79
The Nobel Committee said in its statement that this year’s two Nobel laureates have developed methods using the tools of physics that are the foundation of today’s powerful machine learning. Hopfield does research at Princeton University and Hinton does research at the University of Toronto.
Three scientists won last year’s Physics Nobel for providing the first glimpse of the superfast world of spinning electrons. The 2023 prize was awarded to French-Swedish physicist Anne L’Huillier, French scientist Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz of Hungary.
Two scientists also got Nobel Prize in the field of Medicine
The announcement of Nobel started on Monday. American scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were announced to be awarded the Nobel Prize for the year 2024 in the field of Medicine and Physiology. They will be given this honor for the discovery of microRNA. The Nobel Committee said that the discovery of Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun is proving to be fundamentally important for the way organisms develop and function.
