Jesse Hostetler

Jesse Hostetler is a machine learning researcher and software engineer, currently leading development of the Dyff software platform for AI system testing.

He joined DSRI in 2023, after spending the previous year developing Dyff as co-founder of AI testing startup Alignment Labs, Inc. Before that, he spent 5 years as a researcher at SRI International, working on a variety of basic and applied research projects in machine learning, reinforcement learning, and automated planning. Notable projects at SRI included: techniques for running neural networks on limited size, weight, and power devices; scalable cloud-based implementations of reinforcement learning agents; and AI agents that can adapt quickly to novel situations.

Jesse received a Ph.D. in computer science from Oregon State University in 2017, where his research focused on automated planning algorithms that make better decisions with limited computing budgets.