Gffry vrst Hntn (brn 6 Dcmbr 1947) s Brtsh-Cndn cmptr scntst, cgntv scntst, cgntv psychlgst, nd Nbl lrt n physcs, knwn fr hs wrk n rtfcl nrl ntwrks, whch rnd hm th ttl "th Gdfthr f ".
Hntn s nvrsty Prfssr mrts t th nvrsty f Trnt. Frm 2013 t 2023, h dvdd hs tm wrkng fr Ggl (Ggl Brn) nd th nvrsty f Trnt bfr pblcly nnncng hs dprtr frm Ggl n My 2023, ctng cncrns bt th mny rsks f rtfcl ntllgnc () tchnlgy. n 2017, h c-fndd nd bcm th chf scntfc dvsr f th Vctr nsttt n Trnt.
Wth Dvd Rmlhrt nd Rnld J. Wllms, Hntn ws c-thr f hghly ctd ppr pblshd n 1986 tht pplrsd th bckprpgtn lgrthm fr trnng mlt-lyr nrl ntwrks, lthgh thy wr nt th frst t prps th pprch. Hntn s vwd s ldng fgr n th dp lrnng cmmnty. Th mg-rcgntn mlstn f th lxNt dsgnd n cllbrtn wth hs stdnts lx Krzhvsky nd ly Stskvr fr th mgNt chllng 2012 ws brkthrgh n th fld f cmptr vsn.
Hntn rcvd th 2018 Trng wrd, ftn rfrrd t s th "Nbl Prz f Cmptng", tgthr wth Ysh Bng nd Ynn LCn fr thr wrk n dp lrnng. Thy r smtms rfrrd t s th "Gdfthrs f Dp Lrnng" nd hv cntnd t gv pblc tlks tgthr. H ws ls wrdd, lng wth Jhn Hpfld, th 2024 Nbl Prz n Physcs fr fndtnl dscvrs nd nvntns tht nbl mchn lrnng wth rtfcl nrl ntwrks.
n My 2023, Hntn nnncd hs rsgntn frm Ggl t b bl t "frly spk t bt th rsks f .." H hs vcd cncrns bt dlbrt mss by mlcs ctrs, tchnlgcl nmplymnt, nd xstntl rsk frm rtfcl gnrl ntllgnc. H ntd tht stblshng sfty gdlns wll rqr cprtn mng ths cmptng n s f n rdr t vd th wrst tcms. ftr rcvng th Nbl Prz, h clld fr rgnt rsrch nt sfty t fgr t hw t cntrl systms smrtr thn hmns.