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Stephen J. Wright is the George B. Dantzig Professor of Computer Sciences, Hilldale Professor, Sheldon B. Lubar Chair of Computer Sciences, Amar and Balinder Sohi Professor of Computer Sciences, and Chair of the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also serves as Discovery Fellow in the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and has affiliations with Industrial and Systems Engineering. Wright earned his B.Sc. with First Class Honors in 1981 and Ph.D. in 1984 from the University of Queensland. Prior to joining the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2001, he was a senior computer scientist at Argonne National Laboratory from 1990 to 2001. His research centers on numerical optimization, with emphasis on theory, algorithms, implementations, and applications involving continuous variables, including machine learning, signal processing, compressed sensing, and data science. Notable software contributions include PCx for linear programming, OOQP for convex quadratic programming, GPSR and SpaRSA for compressed sensing, GPU codes for signal and image processing, TV denoising software, and LPS for regularized logistic regression.