Join us on Thursday, December 5th for the final Physics Colloquium of the Fall Term! Guest lecturer and Drexel alumn Dr. Travis Hoppe will be visiting from the National Center for Health Statistics within the Centers for Disease Control.

Can't make it? Join us on Zoom!

Passcode:  378376

 

Abstract: 

The rapid advancements in AI across academia and industry have been striking over the past decade. However, governmental institutions have been unaware or slow to adopt these technologies, and are typically confined to limited, isolated applications. The emergence and growing recognition of generative AI, especially ChatGPT, has sparked significant interest in these technologies within the government sector. This seminar will delve into the adoption of AI on the Federal level through the lens of the White House Office of Science Technology Policy (OSTP) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) journey as they embraced and developed a larger strategy around AI and ML. I'll share my story around this regulatory and organizational shift, some of the initiatives that worked (and those that didn't!), and where I believe the Federal agencies have room to grow.

 

Biography:

Travis Hoppe is the Associate Director for Data Science and Analytics at the National Center for Health Statistics within the Centers for Disease Control. He recently completed a tour at the White House OSTP as the Associate Director of AI R&D. He holds a Ph.D. in Physics from Drexel University, and served his post-docs at the National Institutes of Health. He has authored an eclectic range of publications including fields of biophysics, chemical physics, number theory, AI, R&D policy, and bibliometrics.