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Sam Devlin

Dr Sam Devlin received his MEng degree in Computer Systems and Software Engineering from the University of York, in 2009. In 2013, he received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of York and visited Oregon State University funded by a Santander International Connections Award. He’s currently a Research Associate in the York Centre for Complex Systems Analysis (YCCSA), and is working on data mining/analytics as part of the EPSRC project New Economic Models and Opportunities for Digital Games.

“I became interested in Artificial Intelligence from a young age through its use in computer games. The ability to have characters in the game act with rich behaviours and demonstrate complex thinking fascinated me. This led to me pursuing a degree in computer science at York, and subsequently following it with a PhD in Artificial Intelligence. My current role has brought me full circle back to games in an exciting role applying methods of Artificial Intelligence to extract knowledge of social and scientific benefit from the gameplay of others.”