Director

Assoc. Prof. Duc Ngoc Minh Dang, Ph.D.

Duc Ngoc Minh Dang received the B.Eng. and M.Eng. degrees in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Vietnam, in 2005 and 2007, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from Kyung Hee University, Korea, in 2014. From 2005 to 2008, he worked as a Senior Telecom Engineer and Team Leader at TMA Solutions, Vietnam. From 2008 to 2022, he held various academic leadership roles at Ton Duc Thang University, including Department Head and Vice Dean.

He is currently an Associate Professor at FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Director of the AiTA Lab. His research interests include wireless ad hoc networks, vehicular networks, speech emotion recognition, multimodal learning, federated learning, and the Internet of Things.

2026 – Present: Associate Professor, Dean, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Vietnam
2022 – Present: Lecturer - Researcher, FPT University, Vietnam
2017 – 2022: Vice Dean, School of Graduate Studies, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam
2015 – 2017: Head of Electronics - Telecommunications Department, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam
2011 – 2014: Research assistant and Post-doc researcher at Department of Computer Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Korea
2008 – 2011: Head of Electronics - Telecommunications Department, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam
2008 – 2011: Head of Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam
2005 – 2008: Senior Telecom Engineer - Team Leader, Japanese customer Project, TMA Solutions Company, Vietnam

Researchers

Do Duc Hao, Ph.D.

2019 - 2025: Ph.D. in Computer Science, University of Science, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City
2015 - 2018: M.Sc in Computer Science, University of Science, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City
2011 - 2015: B.Sc in Information Technology, University of Science, Viet Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City

Pham Minh Tri, M.Sc

2017 - 2020: M.Sc in Computer Science, University of Technology, Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City

Nhut Minh Nguyen (Jun 2026 – Present)

Jun 2026 -- Present: Assistant Researcher, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Dec 2022 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Speech Emotion Recognition, Graph Neural Networks

Undergraduate Research Assistants

Duc Tai Phan (Sep 2023 – Present)

Jan 2024 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Active Learning, Computer Vision

Nhan Hoang Quang (Jun 2025 – Present)

Jan 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Quantum Machine Learning

Phuc Khang Nguyen (Oct 2024 – Present)

Jan 2024 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Federated Learning, Secure Systems

Tri Nguyen Thai (Jun 2025 – Present)

Jan 2024 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Emotion recognition

Minh Quang Tran (Jun 2025 – Present)

Jan 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Spiking Neural Networks

Duc Nguyen Huu Dang (Dec 2025 – Present)

Dec 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: EEG-based Emotion Recognition, Graph Neural Networks

Do Trung Quan (Sep 2025 – Present)

Sep 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics

Khanh Nhat Le (Jun 2026 – Present)

Jun 2026 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Efficient Federated Multimodal Learning, Multimodal Emotion Recognition

Huy Le Tuan (Jun 2026 – Present)

Jun 2026 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Secure Systems, Federated Learning

Ngo Huu Dat (Sep 2025 – Present)

Sep 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics

Bao Quoc Nguyen (Dec 2025 – Present)

Dec 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Emotion Recognition in Conversation, Graph Neural Networks

Nguyen Tri Dung (Sep 2025 – Present)

Sep 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics

Ky Nguyen Thu (Jun 2026 – Present)

Jun 2026 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Efficient Federated Multimodal Learning, Multimodal Emotion Recognition

Hoang Khang Trang (Dec 2025 – Present)

Dec 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Emotion Recognition in Conversation, Graph Neural Networks

Tran Thi Minh Anh (Sep 2025 – Present)

Sep 2025 -- Present: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Computational Biology, Bioinformatics

Alumni

B.Sc.

Phuong-Nam Tran (Jan 2023 – Dec 2024)

Sep 2024 -- Present: Combined Master's & Ph.D. program, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, 17104, Republic of Korea
Dec 2021 -- Jun 2023: Part-time Researcher at Pythera AI, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Aug 2021 -- Oct 2023: Full-time AI Engineering at K&G Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Sep 2019 -- Mar 2023: B.Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Networking for AI, Computer Vision, Multi-modal, Speech Emotion Recognition

Nguyen Doan Hieu Nguyen (Jun 2023 – Dec 2024)

Sep 2024 -- Present: Combined Master's & Ph.D. program, Dept. of Integrative Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Sep 2020 -- Apr 2024: B.Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Duong Thanh Tran (Jun 2023 – Dec 2023)

Sep 2024 -- Present: Combined Master's & Ph.D. program, Dept. of Integrative Biotechnology, College of Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, 16419, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Sep 2020 -- Apr 2024: B.Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Trung Thanh Pham (Jun 2023 – Dec 2023)

Mar 2025 -- Present: Combined Master's & Ph.D. program, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Yongin-si, 17104, Republic of Korea
Sep 2020 -- Apr 2024: B.Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Hai Nam Van Phan (Dec 2022 – May 2026)

Dec 2022 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Handwritten mathematical expressions recognition

Thu Thuy Le (Dec 2022 – May 2026)

Dec 2022 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Federated Learning, Image Segmentation

Thanh Trung Nguyen (Dec 2022 – May 2026)

Dec 2022 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Handwritten mathematical expressions recognition

Trung Minh Nguyen (Oct 2022 – May 2026)

Oct 2022 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Speech emotion recognition, Knowledge Distillation

Minh-Khoa Nguyen (Oct 2024 – May 2026)

Oct 2024 -- May 2026: AiTA Lab, Student, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
Research Interests: Handwritten mathematical expressions recognition

Dat Le Minh (Oct 2024 – May 2026)

Oct 2024 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Autonomous Driving

Tuan Anh Hoang (Oct 2024 – May 2026)

Jan 2024 -- May 2026: Student, AiTA Lab, Faculty of Information Technology, FPT University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research Interests: Autonomous Driving

Collaborators

Assoc. Prof. Lam Thanh Hien, Lac Hong University, Vietnam
Dr. Anh-Khoa Tran, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Tokyo, Japan
Dr. Tuan Cuong Nguyen, Vietnamese - German University, Vietnam
Dr. Thai Linh Le, Mila Institute, Canada
Dr. Luong Vuong Nguyen, FPT University, Da Nang campus, Vietnam
Ph.D.c Ngoc-Hanh Dang, University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia
Ph.D.c Nhat Truong Pham, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Korea

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