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Jerry Wu received a Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The George Washington University, Washington, DC, U.S.A., and a Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from New York University, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.

Dr. Wu worked at a telecommunication startup company Lightcom Technology Inc. founded in 1995, as a pioneer project lead, where he developed a scalable network switch system and implemented a core switch ASIC for a Synchronous Optical Network/ATM switch system. Before his joining the hardware and ASIC design industry, he worked on a research project including fuzzy logic, neural networks, computer vision, machine learning, and AI specifically for robot control systems. From 1998 to 2009 he worked in the satellite communication industry where he developed high-speed communication systems with on-board processors, FPGA, and network switch SoC (2 tape-outs) for ATM Switch systems. His industry projects also include network processor ASIC design (5 tape-outs), processor system (ARM, AHB/AXI), Low Power ASIC design mythologies/standards, physical design, back-end flow and Floorplanning, DVT methodology/process, ECO, Satellite Base Station Subsystem, and a novel ground-based beam forming subsystem.

From 2002 to 2008 his academic research focus on MEMS technologies and application to RF design. During this period, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at The George Washington University. Dr Wu has taught 5 different courses in Electrical and Computer Engineering, including graduate levels VLSI design and FPGA design. The curriculum covered front-end and back-end ASIC design flows, SoC (more than 10 tape-outs), CPF, and System-Level HDL design.

Dr. Wu has been a Lecturer in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maryland College Park since 2016.