Dr. Stephen Wu is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Statistical Mathematics (ISM) in Tokyo, Japan. His research focuses on Bayesian inference, machine learning, and uncertainty quantification, with applications in materials informatics, bioinformatics, molecular dynamics, pharmacokinetics, and earthquake engineering.

Dr. Wu earned his B.S. degrees in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 2008. He completed his M.S. and Ph.D. in Mechanical and Civil Engineering at the California Institute of Technology, where his doctoral research centered on probability-based earthquake engineering under the guidance of Prof. James L. Beck.

Following his Ph.D., Dr. Wu held postdoctoral positions at ETH Zurich's Computational Science & Engineering Laboratory, focusing on hierarchical Bayesian models for molecular dynamics and pharmacokinetics, and at ISM, working on data assimilation and statistical modeling of neural networks. In recognition of his contributions to statistical machine learning and data-driven science, Dr. Wu received the Young Scientists' Award from Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology in 2023.