Royal Society Milner Award for Bernhard Schölkopf

Prof. Dr. Bernhard Schölkopf, Director at the Tübingen Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, was awarded the 2014 Royal Society Milner Award for being a pioneer in machine learning whose work defined the field of “kernel machines” which are widely used in all areas of science and industry. The Royal Society Milner Award, supported by Microsoft Research, is given annually for outstanding achievement in computer science by a European researcher. The winner of the award receives a medal and a personal prize of £5,000. Prior to the award ceremony end of November 2014, Schölkopf is invited to deliver a public lecture on his research at the Society.