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- Geoffrey Hinton in Wired [May 2013]: "The man behind the Google Brain: Andrew Ng and the new AI"
- Bianca Schroeder in U of T News [April 2013]: "Bianca Schroeder: creating more efficient, reliable data centres"
- Bill Buxton, Geoffrey Hinton, and Khai Truong in President David Naylor's Speech [April 2013]: "The University as a Catalyst for Innovation: A View from the University of Toronto"
- Geoffrey Hinton and Paul Gries in The Chronicle of Higher Education [April 2013]: "The Professors Who Make the MOOCs"
- Steve Engels on Inner Space [April 2013]: "Level up"
- DCS grad student Abraham Hefits in U of T News [April 2013]: "Fully, Completely: explaining a thesis in three minutes"
- Geoffrey Hinton in MIT Technology Review [April 2013]: "10 Breakthrough Technologies"
- Khai Truong in U of T News [April 2013]: "U of T spinoff company raises 873% of funding for tiny, smarter keyboard"
- Steve Easterbrook in axiomnews [April 2013]: "Toronto U Prof Finds Way to Engage Students on Climate Change"
- U of T in International Business Times UK [April 2013]: "Minuum: The Smart Keyboard With Google Glass in its Sights"
- Geoffrey Hinton, Gerald Penn and grad students George Dahl, Abdel-rahman Mohamed and Navdeep Jaitly in U of T Magazine [Spring 2013]: "Machine Translation"
- Steve Engels in City News Toronto [April 2013]: "Young Toronto gamers show off at Level Up showcase"
- Jennifer Campbell and Paul Gries in Toronto Life [April 2013]: "Free for All"
- DCS alumnus Fahd Ananta's start up, Chime, in The Boston Globe [March 2013]: "HubSpot acquires Chime and PrepWork, promising more to come"
- Sheila McIlraith in U of T News [March 2013]: "Science at the Movies: Short Circuit"
- DCS undergraduate students Fahd Ananta, Guru Mahendran and Thariq Shihipar in U of T News [March 2013]: "U of T undergraduate entrepreneurs sell web services startup"
- DCS grad student Xavier Snelgrove in CTV News [March 2013]: "Single-row keyboard aims to make typing easier on mobile devices"
Khai Truong in U of T News [March 2013]: "U of T spinoff company launches tiny, smarter keyboard" - Khai Truong in the Whirlscape story featured on the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering page [March 2013]: "Grad Invents Smart Keyboard for Smartphones"
- Geoffrey Hinton in President David Naylor's Speech [March 2013]: "Zombie vs Zombies:
Tackling Two Dangerous Myths About Higher Education & Advanced Research". Mentioned on slide 14. - U of T in Mobilesyrup [March 2013]: "Update: Minuum promises next-gen typing on your smartphone, tablet and just about anything else you can interact with"
- U of T in TechCrunch [March 2013]: "Minuum Turns To Indiegogo To Fund A New Mobile Software Keyboard For Smartphones And Beyond"
- Khai Truong in Canada Newswire [March 2013]: "Minuum to end battle between mobile screen space and keyboards"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in the National Post [March 2013]: "Startup Roundup: Google acquires U of T startup DNNresearch, Ryerson partnership, and Media Spot Me"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in U of T News [March 2013]: "Google acquires U of T neural networks company"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in Engadget [March 2013]: "Google acquires neural network startup that may help it hone speech recognition and more"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in Mobile Marketing Watch [March 2013]: "Google Acquires Young Voice and Image Research Firm"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever CIO [March 2013]: "Google acquires Toronto University startup focused on neural networks"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in ZDNet [March 2013]: "Google acquiring startup from CS department at University of Toronto"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in Business Insider [March 2013]: "Google Has Bought A Startup To Help It Recognize Voices And Objects"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in Techvibes [March 2013]: "Google Acquires University of Toronto Research Startup DNNresearch"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in CNET [March 2013]: "Google snaps up object recognition startup DNNresearch"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in The Next Web [March 2013]: "Google acquires Canadian neural networks startup DNNresearch, aims to improve image and voice search"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in TechCrunch [March 2013]: "Google Scoops Up Neural Networks Startup DNNresearch To Boost Its Voice And Image Search Tech"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in All Things Digital [March 203]: "Google Hires Three Neural Networks Researcher"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in the Globe and Mail [March 2013]: "Google taps U of T professor to teach context to computers"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in VentureBeat [March 2013]: "Google acquires voice and image research firm DNNresearch"
- Geoffrey Hinton and DCS grad students Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever in Wired [March 2013]: "Google Hires Brains that Helped Supercharge Machine Learning"
- Michelle Craig in the Brampton Guardian [February 2013]: "Comic takes shot at Hazel at Jubilee medal ceremony"
- Stephen Cook on Discovery Channel's Daily Planet [February 2013]. Cook's interview found at 6:58 minutes, http://watch.discoverychannel.ca/#clip874379.
- Stephen Cook in U of T News [February 2013]: "U of T leads in national science awards"
- Stephen Cook in The Vancouver Sun [February 2013]: "University of Toronto researcher collects prestigious science prize"
- Stephen Cook in the Examiner [February 2013]: "U of Toronto Stephen A. Cook won NSERC $1 million Herzberg Medal"
- Stephen Cook in IT World Canada [February 2013]: "Canadian computer whiz grabs $1M for brain teaser"
- Stephen Cook in U of T News [February 2013]: "Professor Stephen Cook, Herzberg medallist"
- Stephen Cook in The Huffington Post Canada [February 2013]: "Stephen A. Cook, Herzberg Gold Medal Winner, Will Get $1 Million In Research Funding"
- Stephen Cook in PostMedia News [February 2013]: "Canada’s top science prize goes to computer and math whiz Stephen Cook"
- Stephen Cook in The Calgary Herald [February 2013]: "University of Toronto researcher collects prestigious science prize"
- Stephen Cook in CBC News [February 2013]: "Computer scientist wins Canada's top science prize"
- Bianca Schroeder, Vinod Vaikuntanathan and Ruslan Salakhutdinov in U of T News [February 2013]: "Meet U of T's five newest Sloan Fellows"
- DCS Grad student Jake Snell in the
- Geoffrey Hinton in Wired [February 2013]: "How Google Retooled Android With Help From Your Brain"