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Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton announced as 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award Winners

The International Neural Network Society (INNS) proudly celebrates the momentous achievement of two distinguished INNS Award recipients, Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton, who have been awarded the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award, often called the "Nobel Prize of computing." This prestigious recognition honors their foundational work in reinforcement learning (RL). Their research has been instrumental in addressing the complex challenge of enabling systems to learn optimal actions based on evaluative feedback, profoundly shaping the trajectory of artificial intelligence and decision-making systems.

INNS has long recognized the groundbreaking contributions of both pioneers. Richard Sutton was honored with the INNS President's Award in 2003, and Andrew Barto received the esteemed INNS Donald O. Hebb Award in 2014. These prior accolades from our Society underscore the profound and lasting impact of their research within the neural network and computational neuroscience communities. The Turing Award serves as a powerful affirmation of their lifetime dedication and the fundamental importance of their work to the advancement of intelligent systems worldwide.

 Professor Leon Cooper 1930-2024

The International Neural Network Society (INNS) mourns the loss of Professor Leon Cooper, a pioneering figure in the field of neural networks and a Fellow of INNS. Prof Cooper was awarded the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing the theory of superconductivity, which he did while still in his 20s. His intellectual curiosity knew no boundaries and in the 1980s he developed a physical theory of learning in the visual cortex (BCM theory), laying the groundwork for the neural networks that power much of today’s AI. He also established Brown University’s Center for Neural Science. Prof Cooper was a former Governor at Large of INNS, and a General Chair of our International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN) in Washington DC in 1990. His dedication to the pursuit of knowledge will be dearly missed, and his contributions will continue to inspire generations of scientists and engineers as we strive to understand and advance the potential of neural systems.

Selected papers of Prof Leon Cooper can be found at
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Welcome to the International Neural Network Society.

A Presidential Welcome from Francesco Carlo Morabito, 2025-2026 INNS President

In the next two years, I will assume the leadership of our Society. This is an exceptional achievement to me, which comes with many responsibilities and requires hard dedication.

In 2024, Neural Networks (NN) was formally recognized as the foundation of the scientific and technological revolution driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI). It goes without saying that the scientists recently awarded with the Nobel Prize (in Physics and in Chemistry) belong to (or had a relevant history in) our Society, the International Neural Network Society (INNS). In particular, the recognition of the Backpropagation algorithm as the kick-off point of this extraordinary history as well as the convolutional architectures which are at the core of Deep Learning make us proud.  INNS is intimately related to these developments, being the premiere organization devoted to every aspect of NN, including the original neuroscientific and biological inspiration.

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