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Geoffrey Hinton

British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist

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Geoffrey Everest Hinton is a British-Canadian computer scientist, cognitive scientist, cognitive psychologist and Nobel Prize laureate known for his work on artificial neural networks, which earned him the title "the Godfather of AI". He is University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto.

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Born
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Place of birth
Wimbledon wd
Citizenship
United Kingdom, Canada wd
Occupation
computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, university teacher, neuroscientist, psychologist wd
Education
University of Edinburgh, King's College wd
Official website
cs.toronto.edu/~hinton wd
Social media
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Awards wd

  • Fellow of the Royal Society (1998)
  • IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award (2014)
  • Rumelhart Prize (2001)
  • IJCAI Award for Research Excellence (2005)
  • BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2016)
  • AAAI Fellow (1990)
  • Fellow of the Cognitive Science Society (2003)
  • Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering (2010)
  • Companion of the Order of Canada (2018)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (1996)
  • Turing Award (2018)
  • Honda Prize (2019)
  • IEEE Neural Networks Pioneer Award (1998)
  • Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research (2022)
  • Dickson Prize in Science (2021)

Questions

When was Geoffrey Hinton born?
Geoffrey Hinton was born on 6 December 1947 in Wimbledon.
Where did Geoffrey Hinton study?
Geoffrey Hinton was educated at University of Edinburgh, King's College.

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (English): Geoffrey Hinton · CC BY-SA 4.0
  2. Wikidata item Q92894 · CC0 1.0
  3. Image: Geoffrey Hinton in 2026.jpg by Cmichel67 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Last updated · facts checked 6 November 2026

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