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2024 ACM Turing Award Media Coverage
On March 5, 2025, Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences Professor Emeritus Andrew Barto and alumnus Rich Sutton were announced as the recipients of the 2024 ACM A.M. Turing Award for the development of reinforcement learning, a cornerstone AI technology.
Below is a curated roundup of press coverage that chronicles the impact of Barto and Sutton’s landmark contributions.
Domestic Coverage
International Coverage
| Analytics India Magazine • Mar. 5, 2025 Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton Win the Turing Award for Reinforcement Learning |
| Outlook India • Mar. 5, 2025 AI Pioneers Win Alan Turing Award |
| Silicon Republic • Mar. 5, 2025 Pioneers Behind Reinforcement Learning Win Turing Award |
| The Decoder • Mar. 5, 2025 Algorithms from the 1980s Power Today's AI Breakthroughs, Earn Turing Award for Researchers |
| The Telegraph India • Mar. 5, 2025 Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton, Pioneers in Field of Reinforcement Learning, Win AM Turing Award |
| Heise Online • Mar. 6, 2025 Turing Award Winners Warn Against Current AI Developments |
| India Today • Mar. 6, 2025 AI Pioneers Andrew Barto and Richard Sutton Win Turing Award, Warn Against Risks of Rushed Development |
In the spotlight
“In the 1980s, Andrew Barto and Rich Sutton were considered eccentric devotees to an elegant but ultimately doomed idea—having machines learn, as humans and animals do, from experience.”
WIRED • "Pioneers of Reinforcement Learning Win the Turing Award"
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