Brief Bio

Hi there, my name is Hieu Nguyen (Nguyễn Trọng Hiếu in Vietnamese). I am currently an undergraduate student in Information Technology, Honors Program at the University of Science, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Interests
  • Quantum Computing
  • Artificial Intelligence
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 – July 2025
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Virginia Commonwealth University
June 2023 – June 2024
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Kennesaw State University
January 2024 – July 2024
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Software Engineering Laboratory
(Ho Chi Minh University of Science, VNU-HCM)
February 2023 – July 2023
 
 
 
 
 
Research Intern
Decentralized Applied Cryptography Lab
(Ho Chi Minh University of Science, VNU-HCM)
June 2022 – October 2022

Awards and Honors

  • National Science Foundation (NSF) Student Travel Award, 2025
  • IEEE Computer Society Student Travel Award, 2024
  • Outstanding Student in Scientific Research Activities, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, 2024 - 2025
  • Outstanding Student Group in Scientific Research Activities, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, 2023 - 2024 - 2025
  • Dean’s List Honoree, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, 2022
  • Ranked 4th out of 679 students in grade 12 test, HSGS - Vietnam National University, 2021

Selected Publications

Hieu Nguyen, Phuc-Tan Nguyen, Thien-Phuc Tran, Minh-Quang Nguyen, Tam V. Nguyen, Minh-Triet Tran, Trung-Nghia Le (2025). OpenEvents V1: Large-Scale Benchmark Dataset for Multimodal Event Grounding. In ACMMM.

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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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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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