After yesterday’s announcement Nobel Prize in MedicineToday it is the turn of physics. On this occasion the winners Nobel Prize in Physics were John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “For fundamental discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning using artificial neural networks.”
As always happens with the announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physics, it happened just after 11:45 (Spanish Peninsula time) at Royal Swedish Academy of Sciencesin Stockholm, and was announced by the Secretary General of the said institution: Hans Ellegren.
The winners will share a prize of 9 million Swedish kronor, equivalent to approximately 830,000 euros. Last year it had to be divided into three. This year there are only two of them, so the prize for each of them will be larger.
Nobel Prize in Physics for Artificial Intelligence
At a time when artificial intelligence is thriving. For this reason, many already assumed that the Nobel Prize in Physics would go to one of the scientists who made the discoveries that led it to where it is today.
Artificial intelligence is based on neural networks. This is a system that behaves similarly to our brain. There are nodes that could be compared to our neurons, and they are connected by connections similar to our synopses. Just as our neural connections are formed through learning, artificial intelligence connections can also be formed. You can make the machine learn.
In the case of the two Nobel Prize winners in physics, each contributed to this. John Hopfieldfrom Princeton University, achieved this by developing technologies that allow patterns to be stored and recreated. This is used, for example, to restore images. If a machine is trained on thousands or millions of real machines and we finally give it an incomplete image, it will be able to reconstruct it based on the patterns established in all the ones it has stored.
On the other side, Geoffrey Hintonfrom the University of Toronto, discovered a way to recognize elements in an image. This is very useful because today it is used, for example, to detect tumors on mammograms.
Artificial intelligence has advanced greatly since they made their discoveries, but without them laying the foundations, it would not have been possible.
Award Winning Women
Since it began to be celebrated in 1901, only 5 women have won the Nobel Prize in Medicine. First, Marie Curiereceived the award in 1903. It seemed like women would have a place in this award. However, in her case, although she well deserved it, she most likely would not have received it if not for the persistence of her husband, Pierre Curie. After her award, the Nobel Prize in Physics was never awarded to any other scientist except her own daughter. Irene Joliot Curiereceived it in 1935.
For this reason, today’s award, although well-deserved, once again leaves the desire to see a woman’s name among the winners.
Source: Hiper Textual
