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U of T neural networks start-up obtained by Google

Google has grabbed a ground-breaking start-up out of the Division of Pc Technology, University of Toronto.

University Lecturer Geoffrey Hinton and two of his learners, Alex Krizhevsky and Ilya Sutskever, integrated DNNresearch Inc. this year, and the company has been obtained by Google for its analysis on strong neural networks.

Hinton is world-renowned for his work with neural nets, and this analysis has powerful significances for areas such as conversation identification, computer perspective and language understanding.
"Geoffrey Hinton's research is a magnificent example of disruptive innovation with roots in basic research," said U of T's president, Professor David Naylor. "The discoveries of brilliant researchers, guided freely by their expertise, curiosity, and intuition, lead eventually to practical applications no one could have imagined, much less requisitioned.
 "I extend my congratulations to Professor Hinton for this latest achievement."
Lately, Krizhevsky and Sutskever, who will both be shifting to Google, designed a program that considerably enhanced the condition of the art in item identification.
"This is a wonderful opportunity for Geoff, and a great opportunity for the department," said Computer Science Chair Sven Dickinson. "In recent years, we have been expanding our industrial relations, and this acquisition represents a wonderful opportunity to strengthen our existing ties with Google, one of the world's most innovative IT companies." 
The Google deal will assistance Prof. Hinton's learners located in the division's device learning team, while defending their analysis independence under educational independence. It will also allow Prof. Hinton himself to split his time between his school research and his work at Google. 
"I am extremely excited about this fantastic opportunity to keep my research here in Toronto and, at the same time, help Google apply new developments in deep learning to make systems that help people," said Professor Hinton.
 Lecturer Hinton will spend some time at Google Toronto office and several months of the year at Google head office in Mountain View, CA.

This statement comes on the heels of a $600,000 present Google granted Lecturer Hinton's research team to support further work in the area of neural nets.
Source : University of Toronto
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