Wu Cheng-wen | |
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| 吳誠文 | |
 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| 6thMinister of Science and Technology | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2024 | |
| Premier | Cho Jung-tai |
| Preceded by | Wu Tsung-tsong |
| Minister without Portfolio | |
| Assumed office 20 May 2024 | |
| Prime Minister | Cho Jung-tai |
| Preceded by | Wu Tsung-tsong |
| President of theSouthern Taiwan University of Science and Technology | |
| In office 2023 – 20 May 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Lu Deng-maw |
| Succeeded by | Chou De-kuang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1958-09-18)September 18, 1958 (age 67) Tainan, Taiwan |
| Education | National Taiwan University (BS) University of California, Santa Barbara (MS,PhD) |
Wu Cheng-wen (Chinese:吳誠文; born September 18, 1958) is a Taiwaneseelectrical engineer,computer scientist, and academic who has served as the minister of theNational Science and Technology Council since 20 May 2024.
Wu was born in 1958 inTainan.[1] He was an outfielder and pitcher for the Tainan Giants, representing Taiwan in the1971 Little League World Series.[2][3]
After graduating fromNational Tainan First Senior High School, he attendedNational Taiwan University (NTU) and graduated with hisBachelor of Science (B.S.) inelectrical engineering in 1981.[2] He then completed graduate studies in the United States at theUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, where he earned hisMaster of Science (M.S.) and hisPh.D. in electrical engineering andcomputer 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 bycomputer science professor Peter Capello.[5]
After receiving his doctorate, Wu joined theNational Tsing Hua University faculty in 1987. Wu later became vice president ofNational 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 ofNational Taiwan University.[9][10] After education ministerPan Wen-chung drew attention to a "flawed" selection process that saw the election ofKuan 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 theIndustrial 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]
At the time of his appointment as leader of theExecutive Yuan'sNational Science and Technology Council on 16 April 2024, Wu was president of theSouthern Taiwan University of Science and Technology.[19]
In June 2024, Wu announced the government's proposal to extend the third phase of Taiwan's space development program.[20]
Wu undertook a trip toSilicon Valley in the United States in September 2024. The trip included a visit toStanford University's Taiwan Science and Technology Hub andNvidia.[21] In November 2024, Wu referenced in an interview that the Taiwanese government will spend NT$98 billion (about US$3 billion) over three years onartificial intelligence data centers and other upgrades, while working to strengthen cooperation with the United States' incoming Trump administration.[22]
In December 2024, Wu stated that the Taiwanese government was in talks withAmazon about collaborating for the company'sKuiper broadband satellites. According to Wu, bandwidth for the country's existingEutelsat OneWeb satellite service was too small, and Taiwan had also considered working with other European and Canadian companies.[23] Wu also announced preparations for the "Chip Team Taiwan" initiative, which aimed to promote domestic production ofdrones, robotics, and other technologies and to reduce reliance on Chinese suppliers.[24]
Wu was elected afellow of theInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2004.
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