Travis Oliphant
Travis Oliphant is an American computer scientist and businessman. He’s widely regarded as a leading authority in software engineering and programming, contributing to foundational open-source software tools for data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Travis is credited to have driven the proliferation of Python (programming language) and is the creator of NumPy, SciPy, Numba and Anaconda (Python distribution).
Travis Oliphant | |
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| Born | 1971 (age 52–53) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | PhD in Engineering, B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering |
| Alma mater | Brigham Young University |
| Occupation(s) | Businessman, data scientist |
| Known for | Artificial Intelligence , Open-source software, NumPy, SciPy , Anaconda (Python distribution) , Probabilistic programming |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | Optimal Inversion of the Interior Helmholtz Problem |
He is a co-founder and advisory board member of NumFOCUS, 501(c)(3) nonprofit charity in the United States. Travis is also founder and CEO of Quansight Labs and OpenTeams.
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