HANU IT HONOR PROGRAMHANU IT HONOR PROGRAMNguyen Xuan Hoai, PhDNguyen Xuan Hoai, PhD

nxhoai@gmail.comnxhoai@gmail.com

What is Honor Program?What is Honor Program?

A training program for better students A training program for better students who want to learn how to do research.who want to learn how to do research. It has research-based curriculum.It has research-based curriculum. The length for the program is 10-12 The length for the program is 10-12 months.months.

Why HANU IT Honor Why HANU IT Honor Program?Program?

An opportunity to learn how to do An opportunity to learn how to do academic research under supervision of academic research under supervision of really good researchers.really good researchers. Learn how to solve real world problems Learn how to solve real world problems by doing research.by doing research. Qualified with distinguished Qualified with distinguished qualifications.qualifications. Job opportunities at HANU, and R&D Job opportunities at HANU, and R&D sections of IT companies.sections of IT companies. Great chance for studying post Great chance for studying post graduation both within and outside the graduation both within and outside the country. country.

Outline of ProgramOutline of Program

Classroom sit-in courses: 1 out of 5 Classroom sit-in courses: 1 out of 5 courses at the last semester (this courses at the last semester (this semester Fall 2011).semester Fall 2011). Directed study courses:Directed study courses:

Research Methodologies.Research Methodologies. Critical Thinking.Critical Thinking. Academic Reading Course.Academic Reading Course. Academic Writing Course.Academic Writing Course. Seminar Course.Seminar Course.

Graduation Thesis/Paper(s). (June, Graduation Thesis/Paper(s). (June, 2012)2012)

Who is Eligible?Who is Eligible?

Students in the final year. Students in the final year. GPA (so far) at least 7.0.GPA (so far) at least 7.0. Who show great desire and ability to Who show great desire and ability to do research.do research.

Selection ProcessSelection Process

Registration (this week).Registration (this week). Student-Advisor Matching.Student-Advisor Matching.

List of Advisors for 2011-List of Advisors for 2011-20122012

1. Asc/Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hoai (PhD 1. Asc/Prof. Dr. Nguyen Xuan Hoai (PhD from University of New South Wales, from University of New South Wales, Australia).Australia).Research Topics: Text Summarization and Research Topics: Text Summarization and Extraction, Building Vietnamese Lexical Extraction, Building Vietnamese Lexical Semantics Database.Semantics Database.

2. Dr. Tran Quang Anh (PhD from 2. Dr. Tran Quang Anh (PhD from Tshinhua University, China)Tshinhua University, China) Research Topics: Computer Security, From IPv4 Research Topics: Computer Security, From IPv4 to IPv6 internet protocol conversion, Complex to IPv6 internet protocol conversion, Complex Social Networks for Spam Filtering.Social Networks for Spam Filtering.

3. Dr. Le Thi Lan (PhD from INRIA, 3. Dr. Le Thi Lan (PhD from INRIA, France)France)Research Topics: Computer Vision, Leaf Research Topics: Computer Vision, Leaf characteristic extraction for plant identification, characteristic extraction for plant identification, Multiple camera object tracking in perceptive Multiple camera object tracking in perceptive environments.environments.

List of Advisors for 2010-List of Advisors for 2010-20112011

4. 4. Dr. Bui Thu Lam (PhD from University of Dr. Bui Thu Lam (PhD from University of New South Wales, Australia)New South Wales, Australia) Research Topics: Evolutionary Computation, Research Topics: Evolutionary Computation, Tools for Software Inspection, Ant Colony Tools for Software Inspection, Ant Colony Optimization for Traveling Salesman Problem Optimization for Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), Genetic Algorithms for Data Clustering.(TSP), Genetic Algorithms for Data Clustering.

5. 5. Dr. Tran Van Long (PhD from University Dr. Tran Van Long (PhD from University of Jacob Bremen, Germany)of Jacob Bremen, Germany)Research Topics: Interactive multidimensional Research Topics: Interactive multidimensional data visualization, Hierarchy structure data visualization, Hierarchy structure visualization with treemaps, Animation visualization with treemaps, Animation isosurface extraction with Marching cubes.isosurface extraction with Marching cubes.

List of Advisors for 2010-List of Advisors for 2010-20112011

6. 6. Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh (PhD from JAIST, Dr. Nguyen Van Vinh (PhD from JAIST, Japan)Japan) Research Topics: Statistical Machine Research Topics: Statistical Machine Translation, Proper Name Translation, Trend Translation, Proper Name Translation, Trend Forecast for Commercial Products based on Forecast for Commercial Products based on Customers’ Opinion.Customers’ Opinion.

7.7. Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy (PhD from Graz Dr. Nguyen Thi Thuy (PhD from Graz University of Technology, Austria)University of Technology, Austria)Research Topics: Computer Vision, Machine Research Topics: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Pattern Recognition, Object Learning, Pattern Recognition, Object detection/recognition, Image detection/recognition, Image understanding/scene interpretation.understanding/scene interpretation.

8. 8. Dr. Nguyen Nhat Quang (PhD from Dr. Nguyen Nhat Quang (PhD from University of Trento, Italy)University of Trento, Italy)Research Topic: Recommender Systems, Mobile Research Topic: Recommender Systems, Mobile Computing, Information Retrieval. Computing, Information Retrieval.

List of Advisors for 2010-List of Advisors for 2010-20112011

9.9. Dr. Cao Trong Hieu (PhD from Kyuhee Dr. Cao Trong Hieu (PhD from Kyuhee University, Korea)University, Korea) Research Topic: Wireless Adhoc Networks, Research Topic: Wireless Adhoc Networks, Routing Problem.Routing Problem.

10.10. Dr. Le Thanh Huong (PhD from Dr. Le Thanh Huong (PhD from Middlesex University, UK)Middlesex University, UK) Research Topic: Automated Information Research Topic: Automated Information Extraction, Information Summarization.Extraction, Information Summarization.

11.11. Mr. Le Minh Duc (MSc. From Imperial Mr. Le Minh Duc (MSc. From Imperial College, UK)College, UK) Research Topic: Data Integration.Research Topic: Data Integration.

12. 12. Dr. Nguyen Quang Uy (PhD from UCD, Dr. Nguyen Quang Uy (PhD from UCD, Ireland) Research Topic: Evolutionary Ireland) Research Topic: Evolutionary Design, Computational Financial, Design, Computational Financial, Program Analysis.Program Analysis.