Sam Devlin

Sam Devlin currently serves as an AI Research Scientist at Meta since April 2025, following a tenure as Principal Researcher at Microsoft from April 2018 to March 2025, where responsibilities included leading deep learning projects focused on imitation learning, reinforcement learning, and multimodal generative modeling for gaming and robotics. Prior roles include Senior Researcher and Research Fellow/Lecturer at Digital Creativity Labs, where Sam managed research associates and PhD students, as well as conducted funded research in AI for digital games. Additional experience includes a Research Associate role at the University of York, contributing to a project on data mining in digital games, and visiting researcher positions at Oregon State University and another institution, focusing on multiagent reinforcement learning. Sam earned a Master's degree and a PhD in Computer Systems and Software Engineering and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning, respectively, from the University of York.