Dr. Dang Van Huynh (in Vietnamese: Huỳnh Văn Đặng) earned his PhD in December 2023 from the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS), Queen's University Belfast, UK. He is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at Memorial University in Canada, working under the Canada Excellence Research Chair in Next Generation Communication Technology (CERC-NGCT) program. This initiative aims to create sustainable, next-generation communication technologies by seamlessly integrating the digital, physical, and biological worlds, paving the way for “wireless without limits” connectivity with transformative potential for Canada.
From August 2017 to December 2020, he served as a Research Assistant at the Faculty of Computer Networks & Communications, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, University of Information Technology (VNUHCM-UIT). He holds a BEng (Honours) in Information Technology (2017) and the MSc degree in Computer Science (2019) from VNUHCM-UIT.
Dr. Dang was awarded the 2024 Best PhD Thesis Award from EEECS Queen's University Belfast, the Best Paper Award at IEEE CAMAD 2023, the IEEE ComSoc Student Grant for ICC 2022, and the 2024 Exemplary Reviewer Award from IEEE Communications Letters. Dr. Dang has been an active member of IEEE and the IEEE Communications Society since 2021.
His current research interests include:
Digital Twins for Networking Systems: Co-design of twin models for complex systems, AI-driven decision-making in digital twins.
Next-Generation Wireless Networks: 6G networks, space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN), UAV-enabled low-altitude economy.
Edge Intelligence and Sustainable Computing: Intelligent task offloading, distributed intelligence, and sustainability-aware computing.
Quantum Optimisation and Quantum Machine Learning: Parameterised quantum circuits, quantum-enhanced learning for resource allocation, network optimisation, and multi-disciplinary research.
His recent publications: Google Scholar
Contact details:
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering,
Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science,
Memorial University of Newfoundland,
45 Arctic Avenue, St. John's. Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3X5.
E-mail: vdhuynh@mun.ca, danghuynh@ieee.org, vdanghuynh@gmail.com
2025:
Aug. 25: My paper on multi-agent reinforcement learning for resource allocation in SAGIN has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
July. 25: Our paper on Quantum Optimization for Green Supply Chain has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Internet of Things Journal.
Apr. 11: My paper has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Internet of Things Journal. This paper proposes optimisation and reinforcement learning approaches to solve a problem in carbon-aware edge computing systems.
Mar. 27: I have completed the Teaching Skills Enhancement Program (TSEP) for Educators at Memorial University.
Mar. 07: Our paper on quantum-enhanced reinforcement learning has been accepted at IEEE ICC Workshop 2025.
Jan. 17: My paper has been accepted for presentation in IEEE ICC 2025. This paper proposes a DRL-based solution for reliable task offloading in space-air-ground integrated networks.
2024:
Dec. 21: My first paper on quantum optimisation has been accepted for publication on IEEE Communications Letters. This paper explores the possibility of quantum-centric optimisation in service placement problem for 6G edge computing.
Oct. 22: I was awarded the first prize in the EEECS-QUB Best Thesis Award 2024.
Jul. 30: My paper has been accepted for presentation in the IEEE GLOBECOM 2024. This paper addresses the trade-off between environmental sustainability and technological efficiency with a CO2 emission-aware edge computing model.
Jun. 18: My paper has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Internet of Things Journal. This paper proposes an optimal design of joint sensing, communications, and computing in wireless-aware, service-oriented edge computing.
Jan. 10: Got a Postdoctoral Fellowship offer from Memorial University, Canada under the CERC-NGCT program.
2023:
Nov. 06: I have successfully completed my PhD program at Queen's (in 2 years and 10 months).
Aug. 03: My paper has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC). This paper proposes a distributed optimization to deal with a fairness-aware latency minimization problem in DT-aided URLLC edge networks.
Feb. 24: My paper has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Wireless Communications. This magazine article studies 6G URLLC with multi-tier computing for digital twin-enabled metaverse applications.
Jan. 18: My paper has been accepted for presentation at IEEE International Conference on Communications, 28 May – 01 June 2023, Rome, Italy.
2022:
Oct. 25: My paper has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (JSAC) . This paper studies ultra-reliable and low-latency multi-tier computing with the queuing-aware latency model.
Sep. 04: My paper has been accepted for publication on the IEEE Transactions on Communications (TCOM). This paper studies URLLC edge networks with digital twin approach for time-sensitive IIoT applications.
May. 26: My paper has been accepted for publication on IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. This paper investigates URLLC and Edge Computing technologies for digital twin-enabled metaverse applications.
Apr. 24: I have been awarded an IEEE ComSoc Student Grant for the IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2022).
Jan. 18: Two papers have been accepted to ICC 2022, 16–20 May 2022, Seoul, South Korea.
2021:
Dec. 18: I have successfully completed Mindware: Critical Thinking for the Information Age course on Coursera, authorized by University of Michigan.
Dec. 08: I have been earned a certificate of competency in Fundamentals of Deep Learning, authorized by NVIDA, Deep Learning Institute.
Nov. 28: I have successfully completed Foundations of Project Management course on Coursera, authorized by Google.
Sep. 18: My paper has been accepted for publishing on IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics journal.
Sep. 04: I have successfully completed Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra course on Coursera, authorized by Imperial College London.
Aug. 16: My paper has been accepted for presentation at the IEEE GLOBECOM 2021(Dec. 7 - 11, in Madrid, Spain).
Aug. 14: I have successfully completed Prediction and Control with Function Approximation course on Coursera, authorized by University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Apr. 25: I have successfully completed The Science of Well-being course on Coursera, authorized by Yale University.
Feb. 14: I have successfully completed Foundations of Mindfulness course on Coursera, authorized by Rice University.
Jan. 04: Start my PhD journey at Queen's!
2020:
Oct. 17: I have successfully completed Introduction to Programming with MATLAB course on Coursera, authorized by Vanderbilt University.
Aug. 01: I have successfully completed "Sample-based Learning Methods" course on Coursera, authorized by University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Jul. 13: I have successfully completed "Structuring Machine Learning Projects" course on Coursera, authorized by DeepLearning.AI .
Jul. 07: I have successfully completed "Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization" course on Coursera, authorized by DeepLearning.AI
Jul. 02: I have successfully completed "Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning" course on Coursera, authorized by University of Alberta, Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
Jun. 22: I have successfully completed "Neural Networks and Deep Learning" course on Coursera, authorized by DeepLearning.AI.
May. 08: My first journal paper has been accepted for publication in IET Networks. This is the results of my Master Thesis!
2019:
Dec. 11: I have defensed my Master Thesis with very excellent results (grading 9.8/10). The thesis is on the development of SDN-based IoT Reprogramming Platform (SD-IoTR)
Apr 13: DAAD Proposal writing workshop for international research projects organized by DAAD Vietnam.
2018:
Dec. 24: My paper has been accepted to The 2019 IEEE-RIVF International Conference on Computer and Communication Technologies (IEEE-RIVF 2019)
Nov. 1: Win the Pony Chung Scholarship 2018 (one of 6 graduate student at VNU-HCM), Pony Chung Foundation, Korea
Jul. 8: My application for the 4th Duy Tan Research Summer School (Aug. 23-28) has been accepted!
Jun. 30: My paper has been accepted to the 4th EAI International Conference on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems (INISCOM 2018)
May 14: My paper has been accepted to International Conference on Communications and Electronics (IEEE-ICCE 2018)