PCI Geomatics, a world-leading developer of geo-imaging software and systems, congratulates Dr. Geoffrey Hinton, a Professor in the University of Toronto’s Department of Computer Science, on winning this year’s Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal award. The individual award, widely regarded as Canada’s top award for science and engineering, recognizes continued excellence and influence in research in natural sciences and engineering. PCI Geomatics takes great interest in Dr Hinton’s work as it relates to the company’s commercialization of advanced technology for processing and analyzing satellite imagery. PCI Geomatics is creating a high-speed computing framework and software suite that uses advanced automation to process large amounts of imagery faster and more cost-effectively. Dr. Hinton’s innovations in perception, learning algorithms, and symbol processing will play a key role in PCI Geomatics’ own research and commercial software development. Learn More
