Professor Andrew Gordon Wilson Honored with AISTATS 2026 Test of Time Award

At the 2026 Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS) conference, Professor Andrew Gordon Wilson was awarded a Test of Time Honorable Mention for the paper "Deep Kernel Learning." Originally published in 2016 with co-authors Zhiting Hu, Ruslan Salakhutdinov, and Eric P. Xing, the work is celebrated for its lasting impact on probabilistic modeling. By combining the structural flexibility of deep neural networks with the non-parametric power of Gaussian processes, the research provided a foundational framework for scalable, uncertainty-aware machine learning. This recognition highlights Professor Wilson's sustained contributions to Bayesian deep learning and the ongoing relevance of his work in building more reliable and interpretable AI systems.

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