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John Hopfield

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John Joseph Hopfield (born July 15, 1933) is an American physicist and emeritus professor of Princeton University, most widely known for his study of associative neural networks in 1982. In 2024, along with Geoffrey Hinton, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1933 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1933-07-15 1
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  • Lead section (entity-description)
    John Joseph Hopfield (born July 15, 1933) is an American physicist and emeritus professor of Princeton University, most widely known for his study of associative neural networks in 1982.
  • Infobox (birth-date)
    Born: July 15, 1933 (age 93), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
  • Infobox (birth-year)
    Born: July 15, 1933 (age 93), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
  • Works In: Physics, Lead section, 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
    In 2024 Hopfield, along with Geoffrey Hinton, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks."
  • Associated With: Geoffrey Hinton, Lead section, 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics co-laureates
    In 2024 Hopfield, along with Geoffrey Hinton, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for "foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks."
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