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Tien Thai VU (Ph.D.), Department of Computer Science

College of Computing and Software Engineering

Kennesaw State University, USA

Email: vutienthai@gmail.com

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-9826-3321 

DBLP ID: 221/0409

EDUCATION

• 09/2021: Ph.D., University of Technology Sydney, Australia

  • Thesis: Energy Efficient and Low-latency Communications for Future Wireless Networks

• 09/2014: M.S. in Computer Science, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

  • Thesis: Wireless Sensor Network for Environmental Monitoring

• 06/2006: B.S. in information technology (honour class), VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam

  • Thesis: Limited Online Handwriting Recognition with Support Vector Machines

• 06/2002: High school diploma, Department of Mathematics, High School for Gifted Students, VNU University of Science, Hanoi, Vietnam

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Quantum computing

• Charging scheduling, and shared autonomous electric vehicle planning and operations 

• Edge/fog computing, 6G, IoT, and wireless sensor networks  

• Performance optimization, energy efficiency management, and resource allocation

• Convex optimization, mixed integer programming, AI/machine learning, and performance analysis

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Papers (Published/Planned)

1. Thai T. Vu, Dinh Thai Hoang, Khoa T. Phan, Diep N. Nguyen, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Energy-based Proportional Fairness in Cooperative Edge Computing", in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, October 2022 (under review).  [Link]

2. Thai T. Vu, Diep N. Nguyen,  Dinh Thai Hoang, Eryk Dutkiewicz, and Thuy V. Nguyen, "Optimal Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraints for Multilayer Cooperative Fog Computing Networks", in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 3911-3929, June 2021. [Link]

Conference Papers (Published/Planned)

1. Thai T. Vu, Dinh Thai Hoang, Khoa T. Phan, Diep N. Nguyen, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Energy-based Proportional Fairness for Task Offloading and Resource Allocation in Edge Computing", in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC), 2022 (accepted).

2. Thai T. Vu, Diep N. Nguyen, Dinh Thai Hoang, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "QoS-Aware Fog Computing Resource Allocation using Feasibility-Finding Benders Decomposition", in 2019 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Hawaii, USA, December 2019. [Link]

3.  Thai T. Vu, Nguyen Van Huynh, Dinh Thai Hoang, Diep N. Nguyen, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "Offloading Energy Efficiency with Delay Constraint for Cooperative Mobile Edge Computing Networks",  in 2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Abu Dhabi, UAE, December 2018. [Link]

4.  Thai T. Vu, Diep N. Nguyen, and Eryk Dutkiewicz, "2D proactive uplink resource allocation algorithm for event based MTC applications", in 2018 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Barcelona, Spain, April 2018. [Link]

5.  Thai T. Vu, Viet D. Nguyen, and Hien M. Nguyen, "An Energy-Aware Routing Protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks based on K-Means Clustering", in  Recent Advances in Electrical Engineering and Related Sciences (AETA 2013), Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014. [Link]

ACADEMIC CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS

1. Joint UTS-VIED Research Scholarship, University of Technology, Sydney (March 2016 - March 2020).

2. Third Prize, Algebra in the National Mathematical Olympiad 2004, Vietnam Mathematical Society (VMS), Vietnam.

3. FE Certificate, Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Skill Standards (FE) Certificate, Vietnam Training and Examination Center (VITEC), Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam and Japan Information-Technology Engineers Examination Center (JITEC), 2006. 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

• Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for

  • IEEE VTC Spring 2020

  • IEEE WCNC 2022

  • IEEE WCNC 2023

  • IEEE WCNC 2024

• Reviewer for

  • Journals and Magazines:

    • IEEE Internet of Things Journal

    • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

  • Letters and Conferences:

    • IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

    • IEEE VTC

    • IEEE ICC 2021 

WORKING EXPERIENCE

• March 2024 - Now: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Computer Science, Kennesaw State University, USA.

• May 2022 - Nov 2022: Research Fellow, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University, Australia.

• Nov 2020 - Now: Researcher, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology, La Trobe University, Australia. 

• Nov 2021 - Now: Software Engineer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

• Feb 2022 - Now: Casual Academic Staff, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

• Mar 2021 - Apr 2021: Software Engineer, University of Technology Sydney, Australia.

• Mar 2016 - Nov 2020: Researcher, School of Electrical and Data Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. 

• Dec 2008 - Mar 2016: Full-time Lecturer, Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Thuyloi University, Vietnam. 

• Feb 2008 - Dec 2008: Software Engineer, USOL Vietnam Company, Vietnam. 

• Oct 2006 – Jan 2008: Software Engineer, AVASYS Company, Vietnam. 

• Aug 2006 – Oct 2006: Developer, FPT Software Company, Vietnam. 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Lecturer for Cloud Security, 2023. 

• Tutor for Sensing, Actuation, and Control, 2023.

• Tutor for Fundamentals Studio A: A product-based subject, 2022, 2023.

• Main lecturer for Discrete Mathematics: Textbook Rosen Kenneth, H. “Discrete mathematics and its applications”, Fourth Edition}, 2009 - 2016.

•  Main lecturer for Data Structures and Algorithms: Textbook Allen Weiss, Mark. “Data structures and algorithm analysis in C++”, Third Edition, 2009 - 2011.

•  Main lecturer for Introduction to the Theory of Computation: Textbook Sipser Michael. “Introduction to the Theory of Computation”, Third Edition, 2009 - 2016.

• Main lecturer for Object-Oriented Analysis and Design: Based on IBM courses “Mastering Object Oriented Analysis and Design with UML”, 2011 - 2015.

•  Main lecturer for Introduction to Engineering Programming: Textbook James Paul Holloway. “Introduction to Engineering Programming: Solving Problems with Algorithms”, First Edition, 2009 - 2016. 

•  Main lecturer for Machine Learning: Textbook Thomas Mitchell. “Machine Learning”, Third Edition, 2011-2012.

•   Translator (English - Vietnamese) and editor of text books: Sipser Michael. “Introduction to the Theory of Computation”, Third Edition, etc.

SUPERVISION

•  Supervise more than 10 undergraduate students to complete the final year projects (theses), Thuyloi University, 2009-2015. The products were mostly either web-based or desktop-based management systems. 

INDUSTRY PROJECTS

Hold different positions (i.e., project leader, team leader, developer, researcher, software architect) in 8 commercial software projects to develop enterprise products deployed on Windows/Linux/Embedded platforms using C/C++ and Java programming languages.

PROGRAMMING

• Platforms: Windows, Linux

• Languages: C, C++, Multithreaded/IPC programming, Java, C#, Python, MATLAB

• ML libraries: LIBSVM

•  Convex solvers: MOSEK Optimizer API for Java, IBM ILOG CPLEX Optimizer API for Java, GAMS Modeling Language, CVX Modeling System 

•  Network simulators: OMNeT++