Terrence Sejnowski honored by World Digital Technology Academy for pioneering AI

Salk scientist Terrence Sejnowski, PhD, has received the inaugural Scientific Breakthrough Award from the World Digital Technology Academy alongside Nobel Laureate Geoffrey Hinton for their foundational work on Boltzmann machines, an early architecture that helped pave the way for modern artificial intelligence and machine learning. Sejnowski’s decades of research have shaped fields ranging from brain science to deep learning, reinforcing Salk’s role at the forefront of transformative scientific innovation.