CV

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Mathematics, University of Rennes
  Oct 2025 – expected Oct 2028
  • Dissertation: Hamilton-Jacobi equations on networks and applications to population dynamics and connected micro-environments
  • IRMAR, INSA Rennes and Inria Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique
• French-Vietnamese Master of Applied Mathematics, HCM University of Science (HCMUS) & University of Tours
  Aug 2024 – expected Jul 2025
  • Studied advanced courses at HCMUS (Aug 2024 – Mar 2025)
  • Internship for Master’s thesis at IRMAR & INSA Rennes (Apr – Jun 2025)
• B.Sc. in Mathematics Teacher Education, Ho Chi Minh City University of Education (HCMUE) Aug 2019 – Aug 2023
  • Completed Bachelor’ Degree Program
  • Graduation thesis: Subgradient Method and Applications
  • Participated in academic competitions and extracurricular activities

Research Experience

• PhD Student, IRMAR, INSA & INRIA Rennes
  Oct 2025 – Oct 2028
  Hamilton-Jacobi equations on networks and applications to population dynamics and connected micro-environments
  Supervisors: Prof. Hélène Hivert, Prof. Othmane Jerhaoui and Prof. Olivier Ley

• Master 2 Intern, IRMAR & INSA Rennes
  Apr – Jun 2025
  • Master thesis: Complementarity Problems and Absolute Value Equations: Analysis and Comparison of Numerical Methods (Grade: 17/20)
  • Advisors: Prof. Mounir Haddou and Prof. Dominique Monnet
  • Analyzed and compared several numerical approaches and also considered generalizations of linear absolute value problems to nonlinear ones.
• Master 2 Projects, HCMUS
  Aug 2024 – Mar 2025
  • Comparison of opmitization methods: Studied and compared a range of optimization algorithms including (proximal) gradient descent, (proximal) heavy ball method, ISTA, and FISTA. This is a final project of the course “Optimization and control” instructed by Prof. Mounir Haddou. (Grade: 19/20)
  • Modelisation and scientific computing: Implemented 1D finite difference and 2D finite element methods to solve PDEs applied to mechanical problems. This is a final project of the course instructed by Prof. Vu-Hieu Nguyen. (Grade: 16/20)
• Graduation Thesis, HCMUE
  Jun 2022 – Apr 2023
  • Thesis: Subgradient Method and Applications (Grade: 10/10)
  • Advisors: Prof. Tran Ba Dat and Prof. Pham Duy Khanh
  • The thesis studies the convergence analysis of different variants of Shor’s subgradient method. The algorithms are then applied to solve Lasso regression and Convex clustering problems with real data sets via Python.
• Scientific Project, HCMUE
  Sep 2021 – May 2022
  • Project: Projection Methods for Solving Generalized Monotone Variational Inequalities
  • Advisor: Prof. Pham Duy Khanh
  • Third prize in Scientific Research Contest for Undergraduates in 2021- 2022 (Department round)
• Summer School Project, HCMUE
  Aug – Sep 2021
  • Project: Linear Support Vector Machines
  • Advisor: Prof. Tran Thai An Nghia
  • We trained and tested a linear SVM model based on two real data sets by using the subgradient method as well as writing and solving its dual problem.

Teaching Experience

• Mathematics Teacher, Thang Tien Thang Long Education JSC
  Sep 2023 – Mar 2025
  • Managed academic activities for high school students
  • Provided academic support and designed lessons

Research Interests

Optimization, variational analysis, numerical analysis, PDEs, and machine learning applications

Scientific Events

• Mini-course: Modern Time-Stepping Techniques for PDEs: Splitting and Low Regularity Approaches – VIASM, July 2025
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• Mini-course: Some new trends in inverse problems – VIASM, July 2025
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• Summer School in PDE and Applications – Saigon University, July 2024
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• Mini-course: Convex Analysis and Applications to Optimization – VIASM, Feb 2023
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• Summer School on Optimization – HCMUE, Aug–Sep 2021
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Honors and Awards

• VIASM Travel Grant covered travel and stay expenses for selected participants (2025)
• HCMUS Excellence Scholarship awarded to Master’s students with an average grade over 18/20 (2024-2025)
• HCMUS Entrance Scholarship granted for outstanding performance in the Master’s program entrance interview (2024)
• HCMUE Excellence Scholarship for the top 3% of students, in 2020- 2021 and 2022- 2023
• Third Prize in Scientific Research Contest for Undergraduates in 2021- 2022 (Department round)
• First Prize in City-Level Mathematics Competition for Excellent 12th Grade Students, Ho Chi Minh City (2018)

Technical Skills

• Programming: MATLAB, Python, RStudio, Freefem++, LaTeX
• Languages: Vietnamese (Native), English (IELTS 7.0), French (Beginner)

References

• Prof. Hélène Hivert — INRIA, Géosciences Rennes
  

• Prof. Othmane Jerhaoui — University of Rennes, INSA Rennes, IRMAR
  

• Prof. Olivier Ley — University of Rennes, INSA Rennes, IRMAR
  

• Prof. Mounir Haddou — INSA Rennes