Wednesday, October 09, 2024

AI: Demis Hassabis: Nobel Prize in Chemistry

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"One day after the physics prize was announced, Demis Hassabis, John Jumper, and David Baker won the Chemistry Nobel Prize for their work on AlphaFold and protein design. AlphaFold and AlphaFold 2, as well as the work of Baker’s lab, are compelling applications of AI that made significant steps forward in chemistry and biology, and this award, too, is well deserved!

 Work on protein structure and design wins the 2024 chemistry Nobel


Google DeepMind Scientists Win Nobel Prize for AlphaFold AI Project - CNET

Demis Hassabis and John Jumper are honored for their work using AI to predict the structure of proteins.



Sir Demis Hassabis (born 27 July 1976) is a British computer scientist and artificial intelligence researcher. Previously he was a video game AI programmer and designer, and an expert board games player.[5][6][7] He is the chief executive officer and co-founder of DeepMind[8] and Isomorphic Labs,[9][10][11] and a UK Government AI Advisor.[12]

Hassabis and John M. Jumper were awarded half of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their protein folding predictions.[14][15]



...His wife is an Italian molecular biologist, researching Alzheimer’s disease...




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