He graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1997 with the Addison-Wesley award, and befriended Demis Hassabis whilst there.[1] Silver returned to academia in 2004 at the University of Alberta to study for a PhD on reinforcement learning, where he co-introduced the algorithms used in the first master-level 9×9 Go programs and graduated in 2009.[2][3] His version of program MoGo (co-authored with Sylvain Gelly) was one of the strongest Go programs as of 2009.[4]
Career
After graduating from university, Silver co-founded the video games company Elixir Studios, where he was CTO and lead programmer, receiving several awards for technology and innovation.[1][5]
Silver was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2011, and subsequently became a lecturer at University College London, where he is now a professor.[6] His lectures on Reinforcement Learning are available on YouTube.[7] Silver consulted for DeepMind from its inception, joining full-time in 2013.
His recent work has focused on combining reinforcement learning with deep learning, including a program that learns to play Atari games directly from pixels.[8] Silver led the AlphaGo project, culminating in the first program to defeat a top professional player in the full-size game of Go.[9]AlphaGo subsequently received an honorary 9 Dan Professional Certification; and won the Cannes Lion award for innovation.[10] He then led development of AlphaZero, which used the same AI to learn to play Go from scratch (learning only by playing itself and not from human games) before learning to play chess and shogi in the same way, to higher levels than any other computer program.
Silver is among the most published members of staff at DeepMind, with over 110,000 citations and has an h-index of 74.[11]
He was awarded the 2019 ACM Prize in Computing for breakthrough advances in computer game-playing.[12]
In 2021, Silver was elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his contributions to Deep Q-Networks and AlphaGo.[13]
References
^ abShead, Sam. "David Silver: The unsung hero and intellectual powerhouse at Google DeepMind". Business Insider. Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^David, Silver (2009). "Reinforcement Learning and Simulation-Based Search in Computer Go". ERA. doi:10.7939/R39D8T.
^Sylvain Gelly, David Silver (2008). "Achieving Master Level Play in 9 × 9 Computer Go" (PDF). Proceedings of the Twenty-Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
^"What the AI Behind AlphaGo Can Teach Us About Being Human". Wired.com. Retrieved 17 May 2016.
^"CSML | David Silver". www.csml.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^"RL Course by David Silver - Lecture 1: Introduction to Reinforcement Learning". 13 May 2015 – via YouTube.
^Mnih, Volodymyr; Kavukcuoglu, Koray; Silver, David; Rusu, Andrei A.; Veness, Joel; Bellemare, Marc G.; Graves, Alex; Riedmiller, Martin; Fidjeland, Andreas K. (26 February 2015). "Human-level control through deep reinforcement learning". Nature. 518 (7540): 529–533. Bibcode:2015Natur.518..529M. doi:10.1038/nature14236. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 25719670. S2CID 205242740.
^Silver, David; Huang, Aja; Maddison, Chris J.; Guez, Arthur; Sifre, Laurent; Driessche, George van den; Schrittwieser, Julian; Antonoglou, Ioannis; Panneershelvam, Veda; Lanctot, Marc; Dieleman, Sander; Grewe, Dominik; Nham, John; Kalchbrenner, Nal; Sutskever, Ilya; Lillicrap, Timothy; Leach, Madeleine; Kavukcuoglu, Koray; Graepel, Thore; Hassabis, Demis (28 January 2016). "Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search". Nature. 529 (7587): 484–489. Bibcode:2016Natur.529..484S. doi:10.1038/nature16961. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 26819042. S2CID 515925.
^"Google DeepMind AlphaGo in U.K. Wins Innovation Grand Prix". Retrieved 27 May 2017.
^"David Silver – Google Scholar Citations". Retrieved 1 February 2022.
^Ormond, Jim. "ACM Prize in Computing Awarded to AlphaGo Developer: David Silver Recognized for Breakthrough Advances in Computer Game-Playing". acm.org. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
^"Royal Society elects outstanding new Fellows and Foreign Members". royalsociety.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
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david, silver, computer, scientist, david, silver, born, 1976, british, computer, scientist, businessman, leads, reinforcement, learning, research, group, deepmind, lead, researcher, alphago, alphazero, lead, alphastar, education, edithe, graduated, from, univ. David Silver FRS born 1976 is a British computer scientist and businessman who leads the reinforcement learning research group at DeepMind and was lead researcher on AlphaGo AlphaZero and co lead on AlphaStar Education EditHe graduated from the University of Cambridge in 1997 with the Addison Wesley award and befriended Demis Hassabis whilst there 1 Silver returned to academia in 2004 at the University of Alberta to study for a PhD on reinforcement learning where he co introduced the algorithms used in the first master level 9 9 Go programs and graduated in 2009 2 3 His version of program MoGo co authored with Sylvain Gelly was one of the strongest Go programs as of 2009 4 Career EditAfter graduating from university Silver co founded the video games company Elixir Studios where he was CTO and lead programmer receiving several awards for technology and innovation 1 5 Silver was awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2011 and subsequently became a lecturer at University College London where he is now a professor 6 His lectures on Reinforcement Learning are available on YouTube 7 Silver consulted for DeepMind from its inception joining full time in 2013 His recent work has focused on combining reinforcement learning with deep learning including a program that learns to play Atari games directly from pixels 8 Silver led the AlphaGo project culminating in the first program to defeat a top professional player in the full size game of Go 9 AlphaGo subsequently received an honorary 9 Dan Professional Certification and won the Cannes Lion award for innovation 10 He then led development of AlphaZero which used the same AI to learn to play Go from scratch learning only by playing itself and not from human games before learning to play chess and shogi in the same way to higher levels than any other computer program Silver is among the most published members of staff at DeepMind with over 110 000 citations and has an h index of 74 11 He was awarded the 2019 ACM Prize in Computing for breakthrough advances in computer game playing 12 In 2021 Silver was elected Fellow of the Royal Society for his contributions to Deep Q Networks and AlphaGo 13 References Edit a b Shead Sam David Silver The unsung hero and intellectual powerhouse at Google DeepMind Business Insider Retrieved 26 September 2020 David Silver 2009 Reinforcement Learning and Simulation Based Search in Computer Go ERA doi 10 7939 R39D8T Sylvain Gelly David Silver 2008 Achieving Master Level Play in 9 9 Computer Go PDF Proceedings of the Twenty Third AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a CS1 maint uses authors parameter link Stuart J Russell Peter Norvig 2009 Artificial Intelligence A Modern Approach 3rd ed Prentice Hall a href Template Cite book html title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint uses authors parameter link What the AI Behind AlphaGo Can Teach Us About Being Human Wired com Retrieved 17 May 2016 CSML David Silver www csml ucl ac uk Retrieved 27 May 2017 RL Course by David Silver Lecture 1 Introduction to Reinforcement Learning 13 May 2015 via YouTube Mnih Volodymyr Kavukcuoglu Koray Silver David Rusu Andrei A Veness Joel Bellemare Marc G Graves Alex Riedmiller Martin Fidjeland Andreas K 26 February 2015 Human level control through deep reinforcement learning Nature 518 7540 529 533 Bibcode 2015Natur 518 529M doi 10 1038 nature14236 ISSN 0028 0836 PMID 25719670 S2CID 205242740 Silver David Huang Aja Maddison Chris J Guez Arthur Sifre Laurent Driessche George van den Schrittwieser Julian Antonoglou Ioannis Panneershelvam Veda Lanctot Marc Dieleman Sander Grewe Dominik Nham John Kalchbrenner Nal Sutskever Ilya Lillicrap Timothy Leach Madeleine Kavukcuoglu Koray Graepel Thore Hassabis Demis 28 January 2016 Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search Nature 529 7587 484 489 Bibcode 2016Natur 529 484S doi 10 1038 nature16961 ISSN 0028 0836 PMID 26819042 S2CID 515925 Google DeepMind AlphaGo in U K Wins Innovation Grand Prix Retrieved 27 May 2017 David Silver Google Scholar Citations Retrieved 1 February 2022 Ormond Jim ACM Prize in Computing Awarded to AlphaGo Developer David Silver Recognized for Breakthrough Advances in Computer Game Playing acm org Retrieved 2 April 2020 Royal Society elects outstanding new Fellows and Foreign Members royalsociety org Retrieved 8 June 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title David Silver computer scientist amp oldid 1106278811, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
