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Nguyen-Truc-Dao Nguyen

Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
San Diego State University

My research focuses on optimization, control theory, data science, numerical analysis, variational analysis, dynamical systems, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and computational mathematics.

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Background

Full name in Vietnamese:  Nguyễn Nguyễn Trúc Đào

Bio: Nguyen-Truc-Dao Nguyen currently holds the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at San Diego State University. Before this role, Dr. Nguyen was an Assistant Professor at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and continues to maintain a significant collaboration with Professor Anthony Bloch. The completion of Dr. Nguyen’s Ph.D. degree took place at Wayne State University, under the esteemed guidance of Professor Boris Mordukhovich.

Research Areas

Optimization

Optimization, variational analysis, finite difference approximations, and optimality conditions.

Data Science

Machine learning, deep reinforcement learning, artificial intelligence, and computational applications.

Optimal Control

Control theory, numerical analysis, dynamical systems, PDEs, inverse problems, and signal processing.

Employment

  • 2023 – now: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University.
  • 2021 – 2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, collaborating here currently primarily with Professor Anthony Bloch.
  • 2016 – 2021: Graduate Research Assistant & Instructor, Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, USA.
  • 2015 – 2016: Researcher, Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Education

  • 2016 – 2021: Ph.D. in Applied Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Wayne State University, USA. Advisor: Professor Boris Mordukhovich.
  • 2015 – 2016: Le Master de Mathématiques (M1), International master program in Mathematics, Institute of Mathematics, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.
  • 2011 – 2015: B.Sc. in Mathematics with Honors, Summa cum laude, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Quy Nhon University, Vietnam. Thesis: “About the Lebesgue spaces Lp”. Advisor: Professor Luong Dang Ky.
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