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Shimon Whiteson

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Research Director at Google DeepMindProfessor of Computer Science at University of Oxford

Whiteson develops reinforcement-learning methods for coordination, imitation, robotics, games, and autonomous driving. He founded Oxford spin-out Latent Logic, which used imitation learning for driving simulation and was acquired by Waymo in 2019, and now leads a multi-agent learning team at DeepMind.

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Current roles
Research Director
Professor of Computer Science 2015-present
Previously
Until 2015Assistant Professor and Associate Professor,
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Last editorial review: July 15, 2026

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