Cathy Wu
Associate Professor
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolCathy Wu is an assistant professor at MIT with 11 years of experience at the intersection of machine learning, civil and environmental engineering, and data systems, leading research in LIDS, CEE, and IDSS. She combines rigorous academic training (BS and M.Eng from MIT, PhD from UC Berkeley) with applied research that bridges theoretical ML and real-world infrastructure problems. Based in Cambridge, she directs a group focused on scalable, data-driven solutions for complex engineered systems, often translating advances in learning into policy- and deployment-ready tools. Her trajectory reflects a blend of deep technical expertise and systems thinking, informed by long-standing ties to both MIT and broader engineering education from Lehigh. Colleagues describe her work as both methodologically innovative and unusually attentive to practical constraints in deployment.
11 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at University of California, BerkeleyMaster of Engineering (M.Eng.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Master of Engineering (M.Eng.) Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyLehigh UniversityEmmaus High School
German, Chinese
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (6)
graphical-user-interface9
javascript8
react8
virtual-machine4
editor3
machine-learning1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
kaaaaathy/kaaaaathy.github.io
Jan 2015 - Jun 2026
Contributions:676 pushes, 5 branches in 11 years 7 months
kaaaaathy/comppoetics
Nov 2021 - May 2026
Contributions:39 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 6 months
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