Biographical Sketch
Stefan Wild directs the Applied Mathematics and Computational Research (AMCR) Division in the Computing Sciences Area at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab). AMCR conducts research and development in mathematical modeling, simulation and analysis, algorithm design, computer system architecture, and high-performance software implementation.
Wild’s primary research focuses on developing model-based algorithms and software for challenging numerical optimization problems and automated learning. He has worked across scientific areas to solve difficult science and engineering problems involving advanced computer simulations, complex data, and physical experiments.
At Northwestern University, Wild is an adjunct faculty member in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences and a senior fellow in NAISE.
Wild came to Berkeley Lab in December of 2022 from Argonne National Laboratory where he was a senior computational mathematician and deputy division director of the Mathematics and Computer Science Division. He received his Ph.D. and M.S. in operations research from Cornell University and was then an Argonne Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow. Wild was also a Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate fellow.