(NLDO)- The main VinFuture Prize 2024 was awarded to Professor Yoshua Bengio and Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton, Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang, Professor Yann LeCun and Professor Fei-Fei Li.
The VinFuture 2024 Award Ceremony was solemnly held at Ho Guom Theater on the evening of December 6 with the participation of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup, co-founder of VinFuture Prize
The award ceremony brings together hundreds of outstanding global "brains" in key fields such as: Materials Science, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Environmental Research... Among them, many researchers are the winners of prestigious international awards such as Nobel, Millennium Technology, Turing... and VinFuture in previous seasons.
With the message "Resilient Breakthrough", VinFuture 2024 honors groundbreaking research and inventions with far-reaching impacts, helping humanity to overcome difficulties and reach new heights.
The VinFuture 2024 Main Prize was awarded to five scientists: Professor Yoshua Bengio and Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton (Canada), Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang, Professor Yann LeCun and Professor Fei-Fei Li (USA) for their groundbreaking contributions to advancing the advancement of deep learning.
Video: The VinFuture 2024 Awards Ceremony was solemnly held at the Ho Guom Theater on the evening of December 6. Video: To Nguyen
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the VinFuture Prize 2024. Photo: To Nguyen
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents VinFuture Prize 2024
Advances in deep learning have ushered in a groundbreaking era of technological innovation, where machines can “learn” from massive amounts of data and achieve incredible accuracy in tasks such as image recognition, natural language processing, and decision making.
This achievement was made possible by the revolutionary contributions to neural networks and deep learning algorithms by Professor Geoff E. Hinton, Professor Yann LeCun, and Professor Yoshua Bengio. In addition, Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang pioneered the development of accelerated computing platforms, fueling the explosion of the modern AI (Artificial Intelligence) era. Professor Fei-Fei Li's creation of the ImageNet dataset also spurred advances in image recognition systems, enabling the training of deep learning models at scale.
The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries honored Dr. Firdausi Qadri for his work "Innovation to improve oral cholera vaccines in developing countries".
The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries has honored Dr. Firdausi Qadri
Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Firdausi Qadri said she was extremely honored to receive the special award for scientists from developing countries for four decades of efforts to prevent infectious diseases including cholera and covid to provide affordable vaccines for people in countries that need it most. "Thanks to awards like VinFuture, we expand our scale and efforts. The award not only reflects my personal achievements but also rewards my agency's team and reflects the power of science to build a better life for everyone. Hopefully this will be an inspiration for young women and men everywhere to continue promoting research careers to improve people's health" - Dr. Firdausi Qadri shared.
The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Female Scientists honored Professor Kristi S. Anseth
The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Women Scientists honored Professor Kristi S. Anseth for her advances in polymer material design and methods for biomedical applications that help the body heal itself.
Professor Kristi S. Anseth said she was honored to receive the award and thanked the VinFuture Foundation for honoring female scientists.
"I have been very fortunate to work in a dynamic field - materials design, and we have combined biomedical materials science to care for people's health all over the world. My career has been a wonderful journey and I thank everyone who has stood by me, guided me, encouraged me when I faced risks. I especially thank my husband and daughter for their unconditional support. I hope my 17-year-old daughter as well as the younger generation will be inspired. The world needs more female scientists" - Professor Kristi S. Anseth said emotionally.
The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists researching new fields was awarded to 3 professors.
The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists researching new fields was awarded to Professor Zelig Eshhar, Professor Carl H. June and Professor Michel Sadelain for the development of CAR T cell therapy to treat cancer and other diseases.
Speaking at the award ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that in today's volatile world with many difficulties and challenges, science, technology and innovation are the shortest and most effective way for us to break through, reach far, fly high, and integrate in the development process, making the world and humanity increasingly better, more prosperous and happier.
Expressing his joy at the VinFuture Science Week 2024 and the Award Ceremony today, which brings together the "elite" and "giants" of world science with outstanding scientific achievements, especially the four honored scientific works, the Prime Minister said that with a scope covering core areas such as computer science, public health, global health, materials science and regenerative medicine, the works honored today are all breakthrough initiatives, important solutions to solve common challenges of a global, national, comprehensive nature, and contribute to shaping the future of the world.
"The Party and State of Vietnam and we believe that the VinFuture Prize will continue to motivate and inspire scientists and entrepreneurs, especially the young generation of Vietnam, with enthusiasm, aspiration, will to rise up and perseverance to realize their dreams and ambitions," said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Scientists honored. Photo: To Nguyen
The Head of Government also emphasized that Vietnam always pays special attention to science, technology and innovation, considering this an objective requirement, a strategic choice, a top priority and a national policy to promote rapid and sustainable development in the new era - the era of national prosperity and prosperity, as General Secretary To Lam has directed.
In the effort to "catch up, keep up, break through and surpass", Vietnam clearly identifies the special significance, prioritizes resources and focuses on perfecting institutions, mechanisms and policies for science and technology development, innovation, especially in emerging and especially important industries and fields such as digital transformation, green transformation, creative economy, semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Internet of Things, etc.
The Prime Minister hopes that scientists, the business community, investors, international and domestic partners will continue to cooperate closely, support, assist and help more effectively so that Vietnam can continue to make breakthroughs in improving its scientific and technological capacity and innovation. In particular, focusing on building and perfecting institutions and policies with the viewpoint that "institutions are the breakthrough of breakthroughs", developing infrastructure systems, high-quality human resources, venture capital funds, mobilizing and effectively using all internal and external resources for science and technology, startups and innovation. Thereby, contributing to creating a breakthrough momentum, soon realizing and successfully implementing strategic goals: Striving to become a developing country with modern industry and high average income by 2030; becoming a developed country with high income by 2045.
The Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam is committed to creating the most favorable conditions for scientists, science, technology and innovation to shine and develop strongly. With the spirit of "harmonious benefits and shared risks", Vietnam always welcomes and encourages scientists, the business community and investors to realize their ideas, opportunities and investment projects in Vietnam.
Vietnam is committed to continuing to strongly improve the science, technology and innovation environment, always being a reliable partner, a loyal companion and making every effort to contribute to its role as one of the "fire-bearers" in developing the global science, technology, startup and innovation ecosystem.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/vinfuture-prize-vinh-danh-nhung-nghien-cuu-lam-thay-doi-the-gioi-196241206215437075.htm
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