Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and Neural Networks

Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by seydor on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @07:05AM (#41775995)

I studied physics in the 90s and we had an NNs course, where most of the models were inspired by physics (MLPs was just one). NNs have been used since decades for identifying e.g. the trajectories of particles at CERN. I remember Hinton's work with Sejnowski (who probably should also be awarded). I was actually surprised to find out that Hinton was not a physicist by training

Obviously physicists take great interest in models of the brain or models of intelligence. All of physics is modeling , after all

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by drpossum on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @07:31AM (#41776160)

All of physics is modeling but not all modeling is physics.

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by evandrofisico on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @07:48AM (#41776282)

Not all modelling is physics, but a rather large part of modeling is. My PhD is in complex systems, and you would be surprised by the range of systems we did study. My work was on a more "traditional" field of high dimension fractal surfaces, but we had a student working on public transit models, another on ecological pattern formation, and so on.

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Re:Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded for Machine Learning and N... by esafak on Tuesday October 08, 2024 @09:26PM (#41783565)

I would argue that that's not physics, but the application of physical techniques to other disciplines.

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