Nobel Prize Special Report

Awarded "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks." Forward this email View in your browser Hopfield and Hinton share 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics John Hopfield (left) and Geoffrey Hinton. Credits: Princeton University, Lewis Sigler Institute, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Gallery of Member Society Presidents; Johnny Guatto/University of Toronto John Hopfield (Princeton University) and Geoffrey Hinton (University of Toronto) have been awarded the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics "for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Tuesday. Inspired by the structure of the brain, the laureates drew on statistical mechanics to develop pivotal tools, known as the Hopfield network and the Boltzmann machine, that underpin the AI technology in widespread use today. Selected articles in Physics Today Neurons, dynamics, and computation, by Hopfield (February 1994) Machine learning meets quantum physics (March 2019) Spin glass VII: Spin glass as paradigm, by Philip Anderson (March 1990) Richard Feynman and the connection machine (February 1989) Exploiting highly concurrent computers for physics (October 1987) Get notified about our webinars and whitepapers Sign up Get Physics Today delivered for just $25 per year Subscribe Physics Today is published by the American Institute of Physics 1 Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740 USA +1 301 209 3100 © 2024 American Institute of Physics. Unsubscribe  |  Email Preferences  |  Privacy Policy  |  Contact Us