Brief Bio

Hi there, my name is Hieu Nguyen (Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu in Vietnamese, Nguyễn /ŋwiən˦ˀ˥/ is my surname). I am currently an undergraduate student at the University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Interests
  • Quantum Computing
  • Machine Learning
Education

  • BSc Hons in Information Technology, 2025

    Vietnam National University, VNU-HCM

Research Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Thesis Project
Ho Chi Minh University of Science VNU-HCM
July 2024 – June 2025
Working on interpretable & trustworthy AI for medical tasks
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Security and Performability of Complex Systems Lab
(Virginia Commonwealth University)
June 2023 – June 2024
Worked on a quantum annealing project
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Next-generation Computing and Network Systems Lab
(Kennesaw State University)
January 2024 – July 2024
Worked on a quantum machine learning project
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Software Engineering Laboratory
(Ho Chi Minh University of Science, VNU-HCM)
February 2023 – July 2023
Worked on a scene text spotting project
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Decentralized Applied Cryptography Lab
(Ho Chi Minh University of Science, VNU-HCM)
June 2022 – October 2022
Worked on a web3 project

Recent & Upcoming projects

  • I’m working on 2 research projects about Uncertainty Estimation for Medical task and Event-based Image Captioning task.
  • I & my team are organizing Event-Enriched Image Analysis (EVENTA) Challenge at ACM MM (2025) conference.

Selected Publications

Phuc-Tan Nguyen, Hieu Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Trung-Nghia Le (2024). VisChronos: Revolutionizing Image Captioning Through Real-Life Events. In SOICT.

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(2024). Joint-optimization Penalty and Chain strength for quantum annealing. (Working paper).

Ethan Hunt, Hieu Nguyen, Tu Nguyen (2024). Exploring the State Vector Classification Algorithm and Its Quantum Equivalent. In QCE.

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Hieu Nguyen, Cong-Hoang Ta, Phuong-Thuy Le-Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Trung-Nghia Le (2023). Ensemble Learning for Vietnamese Scene Text Spotting in Urban Environments. In RIVF.

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Awards and Honors

  • QCE Conference Student Travel Grant, sponsored by IEEE Computer Society, 2024
  • Outstanding Student in Scientific Research Activities, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, 2024
  • Outstanding Student Group in Scientific Research Activities, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, 2023 & 2024
  • Dean’s List Honoree, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, 2022
  • Ranked 4th out of 679 students, HSGS - Vietnam National University, 2021

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