Bernard Wu, Ph.D

I earned my Bachelor of Science (Sc.B) and Bachelor of Arts (A.B) degrees from Brown University. I then went on to complete my Master's and Doctorate (Ph.D.) at Princeton University. My graduate research focused on using optical steganography techniques to enhance the physical layer security of fiber-optic communication networks.

Early in my career, I worked at multiple investment banks, primarily in the equity derivatives space. My most recent role was as an equity derivative trader at UBS in Hong Kong, where I was employed for approximately 10.5 years.

Degrees

• Ph.D., Princeton University, 2009 (Electr. Eng)
• M.A., Princeton University, 2004 (Electr. Eng)
• A.B., Brown University, Magna Cum Laude, 2001 (Economics)
• Sc.B., Brown University, Magna Cum Laude 2001 (Electr. Eng)

Experience

• UBS, Executive Director, Equity Derivatives Trader, HK, 2010-2021
• ING, Associate, Exotic Equity Derivatives Trader, Singapore, '08-'09
• Lehman Brothers, Associate, Equity Derivatives Structuring, HK, '07-'08

PhD Thesis

Doctoral advisor: Prof. Evgenii Narimanov (Purdue University) and Prof. Paul Prucnal (Princeton University)

Honors and Awards

• SIGMA XI, The Scientific Research Honor Society (2001)
• TAU BETA PI, The Engineering Honor Society (2001)
• OMICRON DELTA EPSILON, The Intl Honor Society for Economics (2001)
• Distinguished Teaching Assistant award – Princeton Electrical Engineering Dept (2004) (Electromagnetic Field Theory and Optics, Physical Optics)

Skills

• HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Web3.js, Python, Java, Excel, VBA
• Solidity (Ethereum blockchain), NFT, Adobe illustrator, Adobe after effects, Photoshop, Mathematica

Selected research publications:

1. B. B. Wu and E. E. Narimanov, “A method for secure communications over a public fiber-optical network,” Opt. Express 14, 3738-3751 (2006) Cited by 120
2. B. B. Wu, P. R. Prucnal and E. E. Narimanov, “Secure transmission over an existing public WDM Lightwave network,” IEEE Photon. Technol Lett. 18, 1870-1872 (2006) Cited by 41
3. B. Wu, A. Agrawal, I. Glesk, E. Narimanov, S. Etemad and P. Prucnal, “Steganographic fiber-optic transmission using coherent spectral-phase-encoded optical CDMA,” CLEO (2008) Cited by 34
4. B. B. Wu and E.E. Narimanov, “Analysis of stealth communications over a public fiber-optical network,” Opt. Express 15, 289-301 (2007) Cited by 22
5. B. Wu and E. Narimanov, “Secure stealth transmission over an existing public fiber-optical network,” OFC (2006) Cited by 5
6. E. Narimanov, B. Wu, “Advanced coding techniques for asynchronous fiber-optical CDMA,” Proc. CLEO 2005 Cited by 15
7. B. Wu, E. Narimanov, “Secure communications over a public network using ultrafast optical technology,” Conf. Ultrafast Phenomena (2006
8. B. Wu, E. Narimanov, “Achieving secure stealth transmission via a public fiber-optical network,” Frontiers in Optics (2006)
9. B. Wu, I. Glesk, P.R. Prucnal, and E. Narimanov, “Security Analysis of Stealth Transmission over a public Fiber-Optical Network,” CLEO (2007)