--- title: "David Saxton · Google DeepMind — author profile and papers" description: "David Saxton, Google DeepMind: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2018–2019), h-index 12 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / David Saxton # David Saxton David Saxton has 2 papers in our library, in 2018–2019, most of them on [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/); often with [Edward Grefenstette](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/edward-grefenstette/), [Pushmeet Kohli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pushmeet-kohli/), [Felix Hill](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/felix-hill/). 2 papers in our library · 2018–2019 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5028282339) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1043-6150) · [**h-index 12**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5028282339) · [24 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5028282339) · [1,567 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5028282339&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 323 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #5461](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/55/#star-5461) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=David+Saxton) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=David+Saxton) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=David+Saxton) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=David+Saxton) ## Affiliations [🏢**Google DeepMind** London · United Kingdom 2016–2024 · 3 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google-deepmind/) · [🎓**University of Cambridge** Cambridge · United Kingdom 2010–2016 · 7 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-cambridge/) · [🔬**Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada** Rio de Janeiro · Brazil 2013–2016 · 5 papers](https://ror.org/028caqe42) · [🏢**Google** Mountain View · United States 2018–2019 · 4 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/google/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 1 more institution on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 6 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Artificial Intelligence · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Language and Linguistics · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Computational Theory and Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computational-theory-and-mathematics/) · [Mathematics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/mathematics/) 🧭 Topics 1 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) ## Works by year ### 2010s [**2019** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/year/2019/) · [**2018** 1 paper](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/year/2018/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[Analysing Mathematical Reasoning Abilities of Neural Models](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/saxton-2019-analysing-mathematical-reasoning-abilities-neural/)** *(2019 · 288 citations)* Neural sequence models handle pattern-matching tasks well but often fail at the rule-based, compositional reasoning that school mathematics requires. 2. **[Can Neural Networks Understand Logical Entailment?](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/evans-2018-can-neural-networks-understand-logical/)** *(2018 · 44 citations)* The paper asks whether neural networks can decide if one propositional formula logically entails another. The task works as a clean probe of how well architectures capture purely structural properties of sequences, because variable names carry no meaning and only the connectives matter. The DeepMind authors build a… ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[Unifying Count-Based Exploration and Intrinsic Motivation ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.01868) arXiv:1606.01868 · no summary yet**Marc G. Bellemare et al.*2016 · 311 citations* 2. [**Analysing Mathematical Reasoning Abilities of Neural Models arXiv:1904.01557**David Saxton, Edward Grefenstette, Felix Hill, et al.*2019 · 288 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/saxton-2019-analysing-mathematical-reasoning-abilities-neural/) 3. **[Unsupervised Predictive Memory in a Goal-Directed Agent ↗](https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.10760) arXiv (Cornell University) · no summary yet**Greg Wayne et al.*2018 · 140 citations* 4. [**Can Neural Networks Understand Logical Entailment? arXiv:1802.08535**Richard Evans, David Saxton, David Amos, et al.*2018 · 44 citations*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/evans-2018-can-neural-networks-understand-logical/) ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Edward Grefenstette](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/edward-grefenstette/) ×2 - [Pushmeet Kohli](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/pushmeet-kohli/) ×2 - [Felix Hill](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/felix-hill/) - [Richard Evans](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/richard-evans/) ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 323 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [106 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/david-saxton/cited-by/). Updated 3 November 2026