Jensen Huang, Yang LeCun and Fei-Fei Li were among the AI and technology leaders to receive the Queen Elizabeth Award for Engineering from King Charles III on Wednesday night.
In recognition of the growing importance of AI in modern society, a total of nine individuals have been named 2025 recipients for their pioneering contributions to the advancement of modern machine learning.
“The 2024 and 2025 winners represent the best in the engineering world. Together, their work shows how engineering can sustain our planet and transform the way we live and learn,” said Science Minister Lord Vallance, Chair of the Queen Elizabeth Engineering Prize Foundation.
“The ingenuity and dedication of this outstanding group of engineers embodies the very essence of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering: innovation that serves humanity and inspires the next generation of global problem solvers.”
Here is the complete list of engineering award winners:
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Bill Daly
Jeffrey Hinton
John Hopfield
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Yan LeCun
Feifei Li
The winners were presented with their awards at a ceremony at St James’s Palace. Prior to their presentations, the winners visited 10 Downing Street for a roundtable discussion with Technology Secretary Liz Kendall.
The discussion looked at advances in engineering in machine learning and wind energy, two categories of the 2024 and 2025 Queen Elizabeth Engineering Awards.
“Engineers are the builders of the future, and engineering is the art and science of turning imagination into reality, solving challenges previously thought impossible, and improving the human condition,” Huang said.
“It is a great honor to receive the Queen Elizabeth Award for Engineering and to be recognized as one of the pioneers who have shaped the world we live in today. This award celebrates the visionaries who brought us ground-breaking technologies that have transformed industries and everyday life, including the internet, GPS, digital imaging and wireless technology.”
