Google DeepMind
University of Oxford
Dan RoyProfessor of Statistics and Computer Science (on leave) · University of TorontoResearcher↗
Researcher · Academic · Founder
Chris J. Maddison
Persistence BioCo-Founder
University of TorontoAssistant Professor
Vector InstituteFaculty Member
Maddison helped build AlphaGo, the first program to defeat a world champion at Go. He developed widely used methods for estimating how to improve neural networks when they make distinct choices. He also applies machine learning to drug discovery, where useful data is scarce.
Career & education
Current rolesPersistence BioNov 2023-presentCo-FounderUniversity of TorontoJul 2020-presentAssistant ProfessorVector InstituteJul 2020-presentFaculty Member
Persistence BioNov 2023-presentUniversity of TorontoJul 2020-presentVector InstituteJul 2020-presentPreviously
Senior Research Scientist2019-Jun 2025
Research ScientistJul 2016-2019
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations36,227As of Jul 14, '26
Selected contributions
Mastering the game of Go with deep neural networks and tree search
With David Silver, Aja Huang, Arthur Guez, Laurent Sifre, George van den Driessche, Julian Schrittwieser, Ioannis Antonoglou and others ·AlphaGo combined neural networks and search to beat a professional Go player.
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