Wu Cheng-wen (engineer)

Wu was born on September 18, 1958, in Tainan.^[1] He was an outfielder and pitcher for the Tainan Giants, representing Taiwan in the 1971 Little League World Series.^[2][3] He graduated from National Tainan First Senior High School.

After high school, Wu attended National Taiwan University (NTU) and graduated with his Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in electrical engineering in 1981.^[2] From 1981 to 1983, he served in the Republic of China Navy as an ensign stationed on Zuoying District. He was then a system programmer at the Ministry of Environment from 1983 to 1984.^[1]

Wu completed graduate studies in the United States at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned his Master of Science (M.S.) and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer engineering in 1985 and 1987, respectively.^[4] His doctoral dissertation, "Computer-aided design of high-throughput digital filters and testing of iterative logic arrays," was supervised by computer science professor Peter Capello.^[5]

After receiving his doctorate, Wu joined the National Tsing Hua University faculty in 1987. Wu later became vice president of National Tsing Hua University. In this role, Wu attended the 2016 ceremony marking the establishment of an office for the China-funded Cross-Strait Tsinghua Research Institute at NTHU.^[6][7][8] In 2017, Wu was one of eight candidates during the initial round of voting for the presidency of National Taiwan University.^[9][10] After education minister Pan Wen-chung drew attention to a "flawed" selection process that saw the election of Kuan Chung-ming to the post,^[11] Wu announced his intention to withdraw from further votes if interference took place in the selection of Kuan.^[12]

Wu has been affiliated with the Industrial Technology Research Institute as head of its Information and Communications Research Laboratories,^[13][14] as well as its vice president,^[15][16] and later, senior vice president.^[17][18]