David Silver (computer scientist)
David Silver | |
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| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Education | University of Cambridge (BA) University of Alberta (PhD) |
| Known for | AlphaGo AlphaZero AlphaStar |
| Awards | Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2011) ACM Prize in Computing (2019) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Artificial intelligence Machine learning Reinforcement learning Planning Computer Games |
| Workplaces | Google Deepmind University College London Elixir Studios |
| Thesis | Reinforcement learning and simulation-based search in computer Go (2009) |
| Richard S. Sutton | |
| Website | www |
David Silver (born 1976) is an AI researcher and the CEO of the AI startup Ineffable Intelligence. He is also a professor at University College London.
From 2013 to 2026, Silver worked full-time at DeepMind, leading reinforcement learning research. He notably led the development of AlphaGo and AlphaZero.