Geoffrey Hinton, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest funding

Machine Learning for Perception
NSERC · 2012 · Principal investigator
$610,000
Large scale machine learning using GPUs
NSERC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$59,951
Nomination for the Hezberg Medal
NSERC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$390,000

All 19 grants and awards

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Machine Learning for Perception

Principal investigatorNSERC2012Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$610,000

Large scale machine learning using GPUs

Principal investigatorNSERC2011Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$59,951

Nomination for the Hezberg Medal

Principal investigatorNSERC2010Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$390,000

Unsupervised learning for perception

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$610,000

New machine learning methods for collaborative filtering, document retrieval and image retrieval

Principal investigatorNSERC2007Strategic Projects Supplemental Competition

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$194,000

Unsupervised learning in neural networks

Principal investigatorNSERC2002Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$605,000

Canada Research Chair in Machine Learning

Principal investigatorNSERC2001Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

Keywords: CRC

$51,230

Copute server for investigating neural network algorithms

Principal investigatorNSERC1997Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$71,803

Replacement of obsolete workstations

Co-investigatorNSERC1996Research Tools and Instruments - Category 1 (<$150,000)

Principal investigators: Fich, Faith

$114,860

Theory and application of artificial neural networks

Principal investigatorNSERC1996Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Hinton, Geoffrey

$279,572

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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