AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton has been named an ACM Fellow (Photo: Johnny Guatto)
Geoffrey Hinton, University Professor emeritus of computer science at the University of Toronto, has been named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
The deep learning pioneer is among 68 inductees for 2023 who have each been recognized “for transformative contributions to computing science and technology.”
“All the 2023 inductees are longstanding ACM Members who were selected by their peers for groundbreaking innovations that have improved how we live, work, and play,” according to the ACM.
The ACM Fellows program recognizes the top one per cent of ACM Members celebrating “the exceptional contributions of the leading members in the computing field.”
Hinton’s groundbreaking research lies in deep learning and artificial neural networks — a field of artificial intelligence that mimics the way humans acquire certain types of knowledge.
Hinton’s recognition from the ACM as a Fellow is “for conceptual and engineering breakthroughs that have made deep neural networks a critical component of computing.”
Hinton adds the ACM Fellow recognition to a list of accolades that includes an election to the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, a Royal Medal from the Royal Society, Companion of the Order of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Societies of Canada and London and the ACM’s A. M. Turing Award, widely considered to be the Nobel Prize of computing.