Geoffrey Hinton

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British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist

Born	1947-12-06 · London
Education	King's College, Cambridge (MA) University of Edinburgh (PhD)
Known for	backpropagation, Boltzmann machine, Restricted Boltzmann machine, Deep learning, Deep belief network, Knowledge distillation, Capsule neural networks, Mixture of experts, Product of experts, Time delay neural network, t-SNE, AlexNet, Dropout
Fields	Machine learning, Psychology, Artificial intelligence, Cognitive science, Computer science
Workplaces	University of Toronto, Google, Carnegie Mellon University, University College London, University of California, San Diego
Awards	Rumelhart Prize, Turing Award, Dickson Prize, Princess of Asturias Award, Nobel Prize in Physics, VinFuture Prize, Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, Sandford Fleming Medal

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CultureWhy they chose China: From Engst and Hinton to Bethune and Sakolsky

The article describes how international figures, including Norman Bethune, Erwin Engst, Joan Hinton and Ronald Sakolsky, were inspired by the Long March spirit and stories of China’s revolution. It highlights Bethune’s work treating wounded soldiers, training medical staff and organizing frontline care before he died from blood poisoning in 1939.

Long March spiritNorman BethuneinternationalismChinese revolution

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Why they chose China: From Engst and Hinton to Bethune and Sakolsky