Sam Blakeman
Staff Research Scientist at SonyAI
Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Top SchoolSam Blakeman is a staff research scientist at SonyAI with nine years of experience applying machine learning and reinforcement learning to embodied AI, robotics, and cognitive science problems. He earned a PhD in Computational Cognitive Science and has bridged academic and industrial research—working on projects ranging from whole-brain light-sheet analysis to quantifying urban traffic with computer vision. At SonyAI he progressed from research scientist to senior and now staff roles, translating cognitive insights from his doctoral work into improvements for deep RL methods. Comfortable leading multidisciplinary teams, he has facilitated data study groups and led collaborative projects that combine neuroscience, ML, and real-world deployment. Based in Zurich, Sam brings a rare mix of neuroscience training and production-facing ML expertise, focused on creating socially beneficial embodied solutions.
9 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc) Natural Sciences, Bachelor of Science (BSc) Natural Sciences at University of BathIndustrial Work Placement Molecular Psychiatry, Industrial Work Placement Molecular Psychiatry at Yale School of MedicineDoctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Cognitive Science, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Computational Cognitive Science at Birkbeck, University of LondonUniversity College London
Github Skills (19)
unity3d9
serve9
deep-reinforcement-learning8
intelligent8
simulations8
machine-learning7
reinforcement-learning7
ml-agents6
deep-learning6
imitation-learning4
temporal-difference1
pii1
temporal1
loss1
science1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
SamBlakeman/SPA
Sep 2020 - Aug 2023
Contributions:1 push, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
SamBlakeman/05_TestingGrounds
Feb 2017 - Apr 2017
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
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