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Geoffrey

[ jef-ree ]

noun

  1. a male given name: from Germanic, meaning “divine peace.”


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It's a definition that has been good enough since the 1980s, when future Nobel Prize-winner Geoffrey Hinton and others picked up on an older idea called backpropagation, applying it as an algorithm that mimics human brains by systematically reducing errors through repeated iterations and thus allows for more efficient training of multilayer neural networks.

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As Geoffrey Bakewell observes, tragedy “was not merely entertainment but an essential part of the public administration of ancient Athens,” offering a cultural preparation for responsibilities in the Assembly, Council or courts.

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He then returned for the private section of the hearing before Sir Geoffrey Vos, Lord Justice Bean, and Lord Justice Edis, which was due to conclude on Wednesday afternoon.

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At the time of his work as a double agent, his defection was hailed by then Foreign Secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe as "a very substantial coup for our security forces".

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Comparing the crisis to the Post Office and infected blood scandals, the Conservative chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown said he was "utterly appalled" that there were no immediate solutions at hand for people living in affected properties.

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geofactChaucer, Geoffrey