Dr. Travis Hoppe

Dr. Travis Hoppe is currently serving a detail as the Assistant Director of AI R&D at the White House Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP). At his home agency he serves as the Associate Director for Data Science and Analytics at the National Center for Health Statistics within the Centers for Disease Control leading research, development, and policy work on AI. 

Recently, his team enabled CDC to be the first federal agency to unilaterally deploy a generative AI model, ChatGPT, to all staff. Before his tenure at the CDC, Travis co-authored The Pile, a pioneering open-source dataset used for training large language models that served as a catalyst for promoting open science within the field of AI. He holds a PhD in Physics from Drexel University and served two post-docs at the National Institutes of Health. 

He serves as the co-chair for the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) for AI/ML, and is a standing member of the Federal Committee on Statistical Methodology (FCSM).