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Geoffrey Hinton

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q15631401&amp;oldid=2549679200" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fellow of the Royal Society · dated 1998
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q180865&amp;oldid=2564571826" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Toronto
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q160302&amp;oldid=2564550912" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">University of Edinburgh · to 1978
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q5970364&amp;oldid=2417310009" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">IEEE Frank Rosenblatt Award · dated 2014
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q95&amp;oldid=2564136400" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Google · from 2013 · to 2023-05-01
Education: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q924289&amp;oldid=2545870094" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">King&#39;s College · to 1970

Wikidata describes Geoffrey Hinton as British-Canadian computer scientist and psychologist.

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