Hi!

My full name is Nicholas Ruiyuan Wu. Most people just call me Nick. Sometimes they call me Nick Wu.

I am a third-year PhD student at the University of Maryland’s Applied Mathematics and Scientific Computation (AMSC) program. Before that, I did my bachelor’s at the University of Virginia. There, I was very fortunate to be mentored by Prasanna Balachandran and Anil Vullikanti.

As of now (Fall 2025), my interests are broadly in stochastic modeling, simulation and optimization. I am trying to learn about things like:

Some other things that I enjoy include

gmail: [first letter of first name][last name]123@umd.edu