The VinFuture Prize honors research that changes the world.

(NLDO) - The VinFuture 2024 main award was presented to Professor Yoshua Bengio and Professor Geoffrey E. Hinton, Mr. Jen-Hsun Huang, Professor Yann LeCun and Professor Fei-Fei Li

The VinFuture 2024 awards ceremony was held solemnly at the Ho Guom Theater on the evening of December 6th, with the attendance of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Mr. Pham Nhat Vuong, Chairman of Vingroup , co-founded the VinFuture Awards.

The awards ceremony brought together hundreds of outstanding minds from around the globe in key fields such as materials science , artificial intelligence, medicine, and environmental research. Many of these researchers are recipients of prestigious international awards such as the Nobel Prize, Millennium Technology Prize, Turing Prize, and previous VinFuture awards.

With the message "Breaking Through with Resilience," VinFuture 2024 honors groundbreaking research and inventions that have a profound impact, helping humanity 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 deep learning.

Video: The VinFuture 2024 awards ceremony was held solemnly at the Ho Guom Theater on the evening of December 6th. Video: To Nguyen

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the VinFuture 2024 Award. Photo: To Nguyen

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh presents the VinFuture 2024 Award.

Advances in deep learning have ushered in a groundbreaking era of technological innovation, enabling machines to "learn" from massive amounts of data and achieve incredible accuracy in tasks such as image recognition, natural language processing, and decision-making.

This achievement is thanks to the revolutionary contributions to neural networks and deep learning algorithms from Professor Geoff E. Hinton, Professor Yann LeCun, and Professor Yoshua Bengio. In addition, 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 propelled advancements in image recognition systems, enabling the training of deep learning models on a large scale.

The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries honored Dr. Firdausi Qadri for his work "Innovation in the development of oral cholera vaccines in developing countries".

The VinFuture 2024 Special Prize for Scientists from Developing Countries honored Dr. Firdausi Qadri.

Speaking at the ceremony, Dr. Firdausi Qadri said she was deeply honored to receive the special award for scientists from developing countries for four decades of efforts to combat infectious diseases, including cholera and COVID-19, and to provide affordable vaccines for people in the countries most in need. "Thanks to awards like VinFuture, we can expand our scale and efforts. The award not only reflects my personal achievements but also honors my team and the power of science in building better lives for everyone. Hopefully, this will inspire young men and women everywhere to continue advancing their research careers to improve people's health," Dr. Firdausi Qadri shared.

The VinFuture 2024 Special Award for Female Scientists honored Professor Kristi S. Anseth.

The VinFuture 2024 Special Award for Female 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 awarding her the prize to honor female scientists.

"I have been very fortunate to work in a dynamic field – materials design – and we have combined biomedical materials science to improve people's health around the world. My career has been an amazing journey, and I thank everyone who has stood by me, guided me, and encouraged me when I faced challenges. I especially thank my husband and daughter for their unconditional support. I hope my 17-year-old daughter and the younger generation will be inspired. The world needs more female scientists," said Professor Kristi S. Anseth emotionally.

The VinFuture 2024 Special Award for scientists researching new fields was presented to three 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 their development of CAR T cell therapy for the treatment of cancer and other diseases.

Speaking at the awards ceremony, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that in today's volatile world with many difficulties and challenges, science and technology and innovation are the shortest and most effective paths for us to break through, reach further, soar higher, integrate into the development process, and make the world and humanity increasingly better, more prosperous, and happier.

Expressing his delight that VinFuture Science Week 2024 and today's awards ceremony bring together the "elite" and "giants" of world science with outstanding scientific achievements, especially the four honored scientific works, the Prime Minister stated that, encompassing core fields such as computer science, public health, global health, materials science, and regenerative medicine, the works honored today are all groundbreaking initiatives and important solutions to address common global, people-to-people, and comprehensive challenges, contributing to shaping the future of the world.

"The Vietnamese Party and State, and we, believe that the VinFuture Award will continue to create momentum and strongly inspire scientists, entrepreneurs, especially the young generation of Vietnam, with their enthusiasm, aspirations, will to excel, and perseverance to realize their dreams and ambitions," said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Scientists are honored. Photo: To Nguyen

The head of government also emphasized that Vietnam has always paid special attention to science, technology, and innovation, considering it an objective requirement, a strategic choice, a top priority, and a national policy to promote rapid and sustainable development in the new era – an era of national prosperity and strength, as General Secretary To Lam has outlined.

In its efforts to "catch up, keep pace, break through, and surpass," Vietnam clearly identifies the particularly important significance, prioritizes resources, and focuses on perfecting institutions, mechanisms, and policies for the development of science and technology and innovation, especially in emerging and particularly important sectors such as digital transformation, green transformation, creative economy, semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things…

The Prime Minister hopes that scientists, the business community, investors, and international and domestic partners will continue to cooperate closely, support, and assist Vietnam more effectively in achieving breakthroughs in enhancing its scientific and technological capabilities and innovation. This includes focusing on building and perfecting institutions and policies with the perspective that "institutions are the breakthrough of breakthroughs," developing infrastructure, high-quality human resources, venture capital funds, and effectively mobilizing and utilizing all resources from within and outside the country for science and technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Through this, the goal is to create momentum for breakthroughs and successfully realize the strategic objectives: striving to become a developing country with modern industry and high middle income by 2030, and a developed country with high income by 2045.

The Prime Minister affirmed Vietnam's commitment to creating the most favorable conditions for scientists, science and technology, and innovation to shine and develop strongly. With the spirit of "harmonious benefits, 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 continuously improving its science and technology environment and innovation, always being a reliable partner, a loyal companion, and striving its utmost to contribute as one of the "torchbearers" in developing the global science and technology, startup, and innovation ecosystem.

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