I - Student Supervision and Mentorship
I actively mentor undergraduate and graduate students in optimization, variational analysis, and related areas of mathematical optimization. My supervision includes undergraduate thesis projects, independent research projects, and graduate research mentoring.
Joshua Abe, University of North Dakota, USA (May 2026 – Present)
Saka Seth, University of North Dakota, USA (August 2026 – Present)
Jarrett Samuels, University of North Dakota, USA (August 2026 – Present)
2. Former Students
Jimmy Lee Hicks, University of North Dakota, USA (January 2026 – May 2026)
- Research Project: Approximate Newton Methods, Report.
Luong Minh Tuan, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam (August 2024 - May 2025)
- Undergraduate Thesis: Quasi-Newton Methods for Optimization Problems, Thesis, Slide.
- Achievement: Master Internship in the Universite de Rennes, France (accepted offer in February 2026).
Nguyen Thi Hoang Trang, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam (August 2023 - May 2024)
- Undergraduate Thesis: Augmented Lagrangian Methods and Applications, Thesis, Slide.
Quach Tan Phat, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam (August 2023 - May 2024)
- Research Project: Semi-Newton Methods in Difference Programming and Applications, Report, Slide.
- Undergraduate Thesis: DC Algorithms and Applications, Thesis, Slide.
Nguyen Minh Hieu, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam (August 2022 - May 2023)
- Undergraduate Thesis: Optimality Conditions in Nonlinear Programming, Thesis, Slide.
Dang Ngoc Do Quyen, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam (August 2021 - May 2023)
- Academic Seminar Project: Proximal Gradient Methods for Quasiconvex and Pseudoconvex Functions (August 2021 - June 2022)
- Research Project: Global Convergence of Newton Methods in Optimization (June 2022 - April 2023), Report, Slide.
- Undergraduate Thesis: Newton Methods and Their Applications in Optimization, Thesis, Slide.
- Achievement:
+ Master Internship in the University of Tours, France (accepted offer in February 2024).
+ Published 1 paper in HCMC University of Education Journal of Science:
D. N. D. Quyen, Convergence and convergence rates of damped Newton methods. HCMUE Journal of Science. ISSN: 2734-9918, DOI: 10.54607
+ PhD Fellowship in IFPEN/Paris-Saclay, France (accepted offer in April 2024).
Le Nguyen Ngoc Tram, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Vietnam (June 2021 - May 2023)
- Research Project: Subdifferential Calculus and Applications (June 2021 - April 2022), Report, Slide.
- Undergraduate Thesis: Maximal Monotone Operators and Applications, Thesis, Slide.
- Achievement: PhD Fellowship in the School of Engineering, the University of Southern California, United States (accepted offer in February 2024).
II - Visiting Scholars
Pham Duy Khanh, Associate Professor, Group of Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (I hosted his visit to the University of North Dakota from December 2024 to January 2025)