Dr. Qing Wu, a member of the scientific and professional cadre of senior executives, is the Senior Scientist for Processing and Exploitation, Information Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York. He serves the Air Force as the principal scientific authority and independent researcher in the research, development, adaptation and application of technologies to manage, process and exploit massive amounts of multi-intelligence, multi-domain data. Dr. Wu’s primary objectives are to advance knowledge of processing and exploitation means, including emerging technologies, to yield decision-quality information derived from diverse intelligence from air, space and cyber sources to meet Air Force needs; and to lead and enable rapid development, demonstration and transition of new processing and exploitation capabilities to the Air Force.
Dr. Wu has been conducting scientific research and technology development in advanced computing architectures and very large-scale integrated circuits for more than 20 years. He is known for his research in energy efficient integrated circuits, statistical modeling and estimation of power consumption, dynamic power management, parallelized data analytics utilizing high performance computing, neuromorphic computing architectures, models and algorithms, and memristor based analog computing for artificial intelligence.
Dr. Wu is author and co-author of more than 120 publications in international journals and conferences as well as 6 published patents. His publications are highly cited and their significance recognized by the academia, industry and government research communities. Dr. Wu has initiated, guided and co-authored some recent research papers published in high-impact journals such as Nature Electronics, Nature Materials, Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, IEEE Transactions, etc. He first and second-authored some earliest critical patents on emerging neuromorphic computing paradigm using the memristor devices and crossbar array architectures.
EDUCATION
1993 Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
1995 Master of Science, Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, China
2002 Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
CAREER CHRONOLOGY
2001-2003, Senior Software Engineer, Fulcrum Microsystems, Inc., Calabasas, Calif.
2003-2010, Assistant Professor, Binghamton University, Binghamton, N.Y.
2010-2016, Senior Electronics Engineer, Computing and Communications Division, Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y.
2016-2019, Principal Electronics Engineer, Computing and Communications Division, Information Directorate, AFRL, Rome, N.Y.
2018-2019, Technical Advisor, Computing and Communications Division, Information Directorate, AFRL, Rome, N.Y.
2019-present, Senior Scientist for Processing and Exploitation, Information Directorate, AFRL, Rome, N.Y.
MAJOR AWARDS AND HONORS
2013 Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate Joseph J. Naresky Award
2014 AFRL Information Directorate Research and Technology Team Award
2015 Air Force-level Winner of the 67th Annual Arthur S. Flemming Award in Applied Science and Engineering Category
2016 AFRL Information Directorate Ralph I. Cole Scientist/Engineer of the Year
2017 Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, Engineer/Scientist of the Year (Government)
2017 AFRL Information Directorate Joseph J. Naresky Award
2018 AFRL Information Directorate Warfighter Team Award
2019 Fellow, AFRL
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Association for Computing Machinery
(Current as of October 2019)