Resume
A compact version of my CV. Last updated September 2026.
Education

B.S. in Information Technology, Honors Program
Awarded 2024
VNU-HCM University of Science · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- GPA 8.83/10 (3.72/4.00); graduated in the top 1% of the faculty.
- Thesis: Generative AI for Human Creativity; graded 10/10 by the thesis committee.
- Advisors: Prof. Minh-Triet Tran and Dr. Trung-Nghia Le.
Experience

AI Research Resident
Apr 2025 – Present
Qualcomm AI Research · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Mentor: Dr. Khoi Nguyen.
- Post-training enhancement and controllable generation for visual generative models.
- Test-time scaling for visual autoregressive models (ScaleByScale, under review).
- Feed-forward articulated 3D object generation (ArtCrafter, NeurIPS 2026).

AI Research Resident
Aug 2024 – Mar 2025
VinAI Research · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Mentors: Dr. Khoi Nguyen and Dr. Anh Tran.
- Fine-grained personalization for visual autoregressive models (CSD-VAR, ICCV 2025).
- Continued at Qualcomm AI Research following its acquisition of VinAI's generative AI division.

Research Assistant
Jun 2023 – Jul 2024
Software Engineering Lab, VNU-HCM University of Science · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Interactive art-style transfer with diffusion models for non-expert users (ARtVista, CHI 2024, co-first author).
Honors & awards
Top 5 Excellent Research Residents of the Year2025
Qualcomm AI Research; recognized for research contribution and CEO demo
Odon Vallet Scholarship for Excellent Undergraduate Research Students2024
The Scientific and Educational Meeting Vietnam Organisation
Academic Excellence Scholarship (Top 5%)2023, 2024
VNU-HCM University of Science
Odon Vallet Scholarship for Excellent High School Students2020
The Scientific and Educational Meeting Vietnam Organisation
Honorable Prize, Vietnam Olympiad in Informatics2020
Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
Professional service
- Conference reviewer CVPR 2026AAAI 2026NeurIPS 2026
- Journal reviewer IEEE TPAMI
Skills
- Languages
- Python, C/C++
- Tools
- PyTorch, Linux, Git, SLURM
- English
- IELTS 7.0 (professional working proficiency)