Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) - Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM), Vietnam (September 2025 - present):
Teach and supervise students in Computer Science.
Research on Machine Learning Theory, Information Theory, and High-Dimensional Statistics.
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) at the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Essex, United Kingdom (September 2023-July 2025):
Teach and supervise students in Data Science and Statistical Learning.
Research on Machine Learning Theory, Information Theory, and High-Dimensional Statistics.
Research Associate at the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom (January 2020 - August 2023). Working with Prof. Albert Guillen i Fabregas and Prof. Ramji Venkataramanan:
Research on Information Theory with Uncertain Laws (Concentration Laws) with Prof. Albert Guillen i Fabregas (2021 - 2023).
Research on Approximate Message Passing and Statistical Physics for Compressed sensing and MIMO Communications with Prof. Ramji Venkataramanan (2020).
Research Fellow at the Department of Computer Science, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (August 2018 - December 2019). Working with A/Prof. Jonathan Scarlett:
Research on information-theoretic limits and algorithms for Compressed Sensing, Group Testing, and Multi-Armed Bandits.
Lecturer at the Department of Information Technology Specialisation, FPT University, Hanoi, Vietnam (2013 - July 2015).
Research Assistant at the Department of Computer Science, NSF Center for Science of Information, and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, United States (2011 - 2012).
Core Network Engineer, Mobifone Telecommunications Corporation, Hanoi, Vietnam (2003 - 2009).
IEEE Senior Member (2024), The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
VNU350 Outstanding Early Career Scientist (2025), Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (VNU-HCM).
A Top Reviewer (with a complimentary registration), NeurIPS 2026.
A Top Reviewer, AISTATS 2022.
Ph.D. in Information Theory at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS), Singapore (August 2015 - October 2018). PhD advisor: Prof. Vincent Y. F. Tan.
Dissertation: Refined Asymptotics for the Fundamental Limits of Communications with Feedback .
Full scholarship from NUS (NUS Research Scholarship).
Student travel grants to ISIT 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Master's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United Sates (August 2009 - August 2011).
Vietnamese Government Fellowship (2009-2011)
Bachelor's degree in Electronics and Telecommunications, Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Hanoi, Vietnam (August 1998 - February 2003).
Direct Admission (without entrance examination)
University Scholarships (1998-2023)
Secondary/High School Student, Specializing in Mathematics, Xuan Ninh Secondary School/Vo Nguyen Giap Gifted High School, Quang Binh Province (now Quang Tri Province), Vietnam (August 1991 - August 1998).
Three Vietnamese Mathematics Olympiads (National Level) in 1995 (the third prize), 1997 (the second prize), and 1998 (the encouragement prize).
Four prizes (usually the first place) in Quang Binh Provincial Mathematical Olympiads (1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998).
The encouragement prize in Vietnam National Mathematics And Youth Magazine in 1998.