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Wu Cheng-wen (engineer)

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Wu Cheng-wen
吳誠文
Official portrait, 2024
2nd Minister of the Science and Technology Council
Incumbent
Assumed office
20 May 2024
PremierCho Jung-tai
Preceded byWu Tsung-tsong
President of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology
In office
2023 – 20 May 2024
Preceded byLu Deng-maw
Succeeded byChou De-kuang
Personal details
Born1958 (age 65–66)
Tainan, Taiwan
Political partyIndependent
EducationNational Taiwan University (BS)
University of California, Santa Barbara (MS, PhD)

Wu Cheng-wen (Chinese: 吳誠文; born 1958) is a Taiwanese engineer, academic administrator, and politician who has served as the minister of the National Science and Technology Council since 20 May 2024.

Early life and education

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Wu is a Tainan native, born in 1958.[1] Wu 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 and studied electrical engineering at National Taiwan University.[2]

Academic career

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Wu joined the National Tsing Hua University faculty in 1987, upon completing his master's degree and doctorate at the University of California, Santa Barbara, advised by Peter Cappello.[4] 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.[5][6][7] In 2017, Wu was one of eight candidates during the initial round of voting for the presidency of National Taiwan University.[8][9] After education minister Pan Wen-chung drew attention to a "flawed" selection process that saw the election of Kuan Chung-ming to the post,[10] Wu announced his intention to withdraw from further votes if interference took place in the selection of Kuan.[11]

Wu has been affiliated with the Industrial Technology Research Institute as head of its Information and Communications Research Laboratories,[12][13] as well as its vice president,[14][15] and later, senior vice president.[16][17]

Political career

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At the time of his appointment as leader of the Executive Yuan's National Science and Technology Council on 16 April 2024, Wu was president of the Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology.[18]

In June 2024, Wu announced the government's proposal to extend the third phase of Taiwan's space development program.[19]

Honors and awards

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Wu was elected a fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2004.

References

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  1. ^ "President". Southern Taiwan University of Science and Technology. Retrieved 17 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Wu Cheng-wen's journey from star pitcher to Taiwan's next science minister". Formosa Television. Retrieved 16 April 2024. Video
  3. ^ "Giant killers of baseball". Taiwan Today. 1 September 1973. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Dr. Cheng-Wen Wu was appointed as Vice President at ITRI". University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Computer Science. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Cross-strait education exchanges must adhere to Taiwan law: MOE". Central News Agency. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2024. Republished as: "Ministry urges no extralegal university collaboration with entities from China". Taipei Times. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  6. ^ Pan, Jason (11 November 2021). "NTHU officials urged to resign over China center". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  7. ^ "The Liberty Times Editorial: NTHU shows enemy inside the gate". Taipei Times. 20 November 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  8. ^ Lin, Chia-nan (21 November 2017). "Academia Sinica denies swaying NTU president's selection". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  9. ^ Maxon, Ann (26 September 2018). "NTU academic wants total repeat of vote". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Selection process for NTU president was flawed: education minister". Central News Agency. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  11. ^ "NTU objects to MOE's decision not to confirm Kuan as president". Central News Agency. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2024. and "NTU objects to MOE's decision not to confirm Kuan as president(update)". Central News Agency. 28 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2024. Republished as: "NTU expresses regret over decision to block Kuan". Taipei Times. 29 April 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  12. ^ Wang, Lisa (7 December 2011). "Intel, ITRI announce research project". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  13. ^ "ITRI unveils innovative remote-sensing technologies". Taiwan Today. 5 July 2011. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  14. ^ "ITRI makes IC technology breakthrough". Taiwan Today. 26 December 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  15. ^ "ITRI, Intel unveil quicksilver memory technology". Taiwan Today. 5 December 2012. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  16. ^ Chin, Jonathan (17 December 2021). "ITRI touts graphite technology to draw water from the air". Taipei Times. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  17. ^ "ITRI, Trumpf to establish laser application center". Central News Agency. 2 September 2020. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  18. ^ Chen, Christie (16 April 2024). "Economics minister, NDC chief among new Cabinet members announced". Central News Agency. Retrieved 16 April 2024. Republished as: Chen, Yun; Madjar, Kayleigh (16 April 2024). "New economics, digital ministers announced". Taipei Times.
  19. ^ Nakhiengchanh, Michael (25 June 2024). "Taiwan to invest NT$40 billion in space budget". Taiwan News. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
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