Education

• PhD (2019-2023), University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia and Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam. 

• MS (2014-2016), Technical University of Berlin, Germany and Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam.

• BS (2010-2014), Frankfurt University of Applied Science, Germany and Vietnamese-German University, Vietnam.

Research Interest

• Generative AI

• Blockchain

• Metaverse

• Distributed Computing

• Transfer Learning

• Scheduling

Awards and Honors

• 2023 UTS Post Thesis Scholarship

• 2022 UTS School of Electrical and Data Engineering Outstanding Student of the Year 

• 2021 VinIF Domestic PhD Scholarship Programme 

• 2020 VinIF Domestic PhD Scholarship Programme 

• University of Technology Sydney Collaborative Research Degree Program Scholarship

• University of Technology Sydney, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Vietnam National University Scholarship

• Vietnamese-German University Merit Scholarship (2010-2016)

Publications

Journals

1. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, and H.-A. Pham, “Generative AI Service Provision in Heterogeneous Edge Networks: A Dynamic Two-Stage Optimization Approach,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, Early Access.

2. M. A. Hassan, B. D. Manh, C. T. Nguyen, C.-H. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, N. V. Huynh, and D. Niyato, “SBW 3.0: A Blockchain-Enabled Framework for Secure and Efficient Information Management in Web 3.0,” IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management, vol. 23, pp. 4320–4334, 2026.

3. H.-A. Pham, C. T. Nguyen, and C. T. Lam, “Blockchain Adoption for Authentication: A Survey,” Blockchain: Research and Applications, Art. no. 100383, 2025.

4. D.-H. Tran, N. Waheed, Y. M. Saputra, X. Lin, C. T. Nguyen, T. S. Abdu, V. N. Vo, V.-Q. Pham, M. Alsenwi, A. B. M. Adam, S. Chatzinotas, E. Lagunas, H. Tran, T. H. Dac, and N. V. Huynh, “Network Digital Twin for 6G and Beyond: An End-to-End View Across Multi-Domain Network Ecosystems,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 6, pp. 6866–6911, 2025.

5. C. T. Nguyen and H.-A. Pham, “Geometric Optimization Frameworks in Mobile Robot Path Planning,” IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 147127–147162, 2025.

6. M. A. Hassan, M. B. Jamshidi, B. D. Manh, N. H. Chu, C.-H. Nguyen, N. Q. Hieu, C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, N. V. Huynh, M. A. Alsheikh, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Enabling Technologies for Web 3.0: A Comprehensive Survey,” Computer Networks, vol. 264, Art. no. 111242, 2025.

7. C. T. Nguyen, Y. Liu, H. Du, D. T. Hoang, D. Niyato, D. N. Nguyen, and S. Mao, “Generative AI-Enabled Blockchain Networks: Fundamentals, Applications, and Case Study,” IEEE Network, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 232–241, Mar. 2025.

8. P. T. Tin, M.-S. V. Nguyen, D.-H. Tran, C. T. Nguyen, S. Chatzinotas, Z. Ding, and M. Voznak, “Performance Analysis of User Pairing for Active RIS-Enabled Cooperative NOMA in 6G Cognitive Radio Networks,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 11, no. 23, pp. 37675–37692, Dec. 2024.

9. C. T. Nguyen, Y. M. Saputra, N. V. Huynh, T. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, V.-Q. Pham, M. Voznak, S. Chatzinotas, and D.-H. Tran, “Emerging Technologies for 6G Non-Terrestrial-Networks: From Academia to Industrial Applications,” IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, vol. 5, pp. 3852–3885, 2024.

10. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, Y. Xiao, D. Niyato, and E. Dutkiewicz, “MetaShard: A Novel Sharding Blockchain Platform for Metaverse Applications,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 4348–4361, May 2024.

11. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, Y. Xiao, H.-A. Pham, E. Dutkiewicz, and N. H. Tuong, “FedChain: Secure Proof-of-Stake-Based Framework for Federated-Blockchain Systems,” IEEE Transactions on Services Computing, vol. 16, no. 4, pp. 2642–2656, 2023.

12. C. T. Nguyen, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, K. T. Phan, D. Niyato, H.-A. Pham, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Elastic Resource Allocation for Coded Distributed Computing Over Heterogeneous Wireless Edge Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 2636–2649, Apr. 2023.

13. T. V. Khoa, D. T. Hoang, N. L. Trung, C. T. Nguyen, T. T. T. Quynh, D. N. Nguyen, N. V. Ha, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Deep Transfer Learning: A Novel Collaborative Learning Model for Cyberattack Detection Systems in IoT Networks,” IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 8578–8589, May 2023.

14. C. T. Nguyen, N. V. Huynh, N. H. Chu, Y. M. Saputra, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, Q.-V. Pham, D. Niyato, E. Dutkiewicz, and W.-J. Hwang, “Transfer Learning for Wireless Networks: A Comprehensive Survey,” Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 110, no. 8, pp. 1073–1115, Aug. 2022.

15. C. T. Nguyen, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, H.-A. Pham, H. T. Nguyen, Y. Xiao, and E. Dutkiewicz, “BlockRoam: Blockchain-Based Roaming Management System for Future Mobile Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 3880–3894, Nov. 2022.

16. C. T. Nguyen, Y. M. Saputra, N. V. Huynh, N. T. Nguyen, T. V. Khoa, B. M. Tuan, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, T. X. Vu, E. Dutkiewicz, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten, “A Comprehensive Survey of Enabling and Emerging Technologies for Social Distancing—Part I: Fundamentals and Enabling Technologies,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 153479–153507, 2020.

17. C. T. Nguyen, Y. M. Saputra, N. V. Huynh, N. T. Nguyen, T. V. Khoa, B. M. Tuan, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, T. X. Vu, E. Dutkiewicz, S. Chatzinotas, and B. Ottersten, “A Comprehensive Survey of Enabling and Emerging Technologies for Social Distancing—Part II: Emerging Technologies and Open Issues,” IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 154209–154236, 2020.

18. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, D. Niyato, H. T. Nguyen, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Proof-of-Stake Consensus Mechanisms for Future Blockchain Networks: Fundamentals, Applications and Opportunities,” IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 85727–85745, 2019.

19. Q. V. Dang, C. T. Nguyen, and H. Rudová, “Scheduling of Mobile Robots for Transportation and Manufacturing Tasks,” Journal of Heuristics, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 175–213, Apr. 2019.

20. M. Hadad, L. Q. Bui, and C. T. Nguyen, “Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Tool Initial Surface Roughness on the Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) Performance,” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, vol. 95, pp. 2093–2104, 2018.

Conferences

1. A. K. Bui, C. T. Nguyen, H.-A. Pham, D. T. Hoang, and D. N. Nguyen, “FBID: Adaptive Personalized Federated Learning for Robust Out-of-Distribution Attack Detection in IoT Networks,” 2026 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Macau S.A.R., China, Dec. 2026, accepted. 

2. T. H. Nguyen, C. T. Nguyen, and H.-A. Pham, “Optimizing Erasure Coding and Node Allocation for Blockchain Storage: A Guided Decomposition Approach,” 2026 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Apr. 2026 

3. M. A. Hassan, C. T. Nguyen, C.-H. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, and E. Dutkiewicz, “A Novel Blockchain-Based Information Management Framework for Web 3.0,” 2024 IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 2024. 

4. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, and E. Dutkiewicz, “MetaChain: A Novel Blockchain-Based Framework for Metaverse Applications,” 2022 IEEE 95th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2022-Spring), Helsinki, Finland, 2022, pp. 1–5.

5. C. T. Nguyen, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, H.-A. Pham, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Optimize Coding and Node Selection for Coded Distributed Computing Over Wireless Edge Networks,” 2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2022, pp. 1248–1253.

6. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, H.-A. Pham, N. H. Tuong, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Blockchain-Based Secure Platform for Coalition Loyalty Program Management,” 2021 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2021, pp. 1–6.

7. C. T. Nguyen, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, H.-A. Pham, N. H. Tuong, and E. Dutkiewicz, “Blockchain and Stackelberg Game Model for Roaming Fraud Prevention and Profit Maximization,” 2020 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), 2020, pp. 1–6.

8. Q. V. Dang, H. Rudová, and C. T. Nguyen, “Adaptive Large Neighborhood Search for Scheduling of Mobile Robots,” in Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO ’19), Prague, Czech Republic, July 2019, pp. 224–232

Books

Book Chapters

1.  C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen, V. D. Nguyen and E. Dutkiewicz, "Summarizing Proof-of-Stake mechanisms and their practical deployments: applications, attacks, solutions, and future directions", in Proof-of-Stake for Blockchain Networks: Fundamentals, Challenges and Approaches, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2024.

2. M. Aljumaie, H. C. Nguyen, N. H. Chu, C. T. Nguyen, D. N. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang and E. Dutkiewicz, "Potential applications and benefits of Metaverse," in Metaverse Communication and Computing Networks: Applications, Technologies, and Approaches, Wiley, 2023.

3. C. T. Nguyen, D. T. Hoang, D. N. Nguyen and E. Dutkiewicz, "Social distancing and related technologies: Fundamental background", in Enabling Technologies for Social Distancing, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 2022.

Professional Activities

TPC member:

1. ·        IWCMC 2020 Smart Cities and Connected Communities

2. ·        2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

3. ·        2022 IEEE International Workshop on Computer-Aided Modeling, Analysis, and Design of Communication Links and Networks, CAMAD

4. ·        2023 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

Reviewer:

·        IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

·        IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing

·        IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

·        IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communication and Networking

·        IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

·        IEEE Communications Letters

·        IEEE Wireless Communications Letters

·        IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine

·        IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine

·        IEEE Communications Magazine