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Dependable, autonomous, and intelligent systems for digital twins, robotics, and aerospace applications.
I work at the intersection of dependable AI, digital twin systems, neural dynamics and control, and trustworthy cyber-physical infrastructures for advanced air mobility, robotics, and complex networked systems.
- Dependable AI and control
- Digital twins and UAM systems
- Trustworthy computing infrastructures
- Robotics and autonomous navigation
- Hanoi, Vietnam
Neural Dynamics and Control
Learning-enabled dynamics modeling, intelligent control, and safety-aware autonomy for robotic and aerial systems.
Track 2Digital Twin Systems
Operational digital twins, cloud-backed twin infrastructures, and AI-driven simulation ecosystems for UAM and AAM.
Track 3Dependability and Security
Quantitative modeling, performance analysis, resilience, and trustworthiness of distributed systems and networked infrastructures.
Experiences
Full-time · Mar 2026 - Present
VinDynamics
Serving as Director of Robot Control and Software and Robot Mobility Expert, leading the Robot Control and Software Division within the company's Technology Group. The division covers the real-time C++/ROS 2 control stack and whole-body controllers for humanoid platforms, reinforcement learning for locomotion and loco-manipulation, GPU-accelerated massively parallel training with sim-to-real transfer, and on-board inference of learned policies.
Contract · Oct 2024 - Present
Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade (HUIT)
Serving as Lecturer of Software Engineering on a contract basis.
Full-time · Jun 2025 - Mar 2026
Viettel Group
Held two appointments within Viettel Group, moving from a Principal Engineer role in the High-Tech Industry Division to leading the avionics system function at the Viettel Aviation Technology Center (VATC).
Manager of Avionics System, Viettel Aviation Technology Center (VATC)
Hanoi Capital Region
Principal Engineer, High-Tech Industry Division (Ban Công nghiệp Công nghệ Cao)
Hanoi, Vietnam
Research Appointment · Jun 2020 - Jun 2025
Dependable, Autonomous, and Intelligent Systems Research
Konkuk Aerospace Design-Airworthiness Institute (KADA), Konkuk University · Seoul, South Korea
Conducted research in dependable, autonomous, and intelligent systems, collaborating with Prof. Jae Woo Lee and Prof. Dugki Min.
Academic Research (Assistant) Professor
Department of Artificial Intelligence, Graduate School; and KADA
Senior Research Associate
KADA · Seoul, South Korea
Assistant Professor · Mar 2016 - Mar 2020
Research Collaboration at Konkuk University
Office for Research, University-Industry Cooperation Foundation · Konkuk University
Held an Assistant Professor appointment under the KU Brain Pool Program for Talents, contributing to dependable and autonomous systems projects with Prof. Dugki Min.
Postdoctoral Research · Aug 2015 - Mar 2016
Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory
Konkuk University · Seoul, South Korea
Served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the DMS Lab., working under Prof. Dugki Min.
Doctoral Research · Mar 2011 - Aug 2015
Network Security and Embedded Systems Laboratory
Korea Aerospace University (KAU) · Seoul, South Korea
Worked as a Graduate Researcher in the NS Lab. under Prof. Jong Sou Park and Prof. Dong Seong Kim.
Industry Research · Sep 2009 - Feb 2011
FPT Space Technology Research Laboratory
FPT Technology Research Institute (FTRI), FPT Corporation · Hanoi, Vietnam
Served as a permanent research associate, embedded software developer, and technical team leader in the FSpace Laboratory, working on space technology research initiatives.
Research Engineering · Aug 2008 - Aug 2009
TRON Laboratory
FPT Software, FPT Corporation · Hanoi, Vietnam
Worked as an embedded system developer in real-time operating system research and development.
Graduate Research · Aug 2008 - Aug 2010
Graduate Research Assistant
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) · Hanoi, Vietnam
Carried out graduate research alongside the master's programme in Mechatronics, including design and analysis work on the F-1 pico-satellite system.
Professional Memberships
Formerly a professional member of AIAA, IEEE, the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (IEEE AESS), and the IEEE Reliability Society.
Academic Network
Ph.D. advisor Prof. Dong Seong Kim has been an elected member of IFIP WG 10.4 on Dependable Computing and Fault Tolerance since 2021. The working group includes more than 60 experts in dependable, fault-tolerant, and secure computing.
Education
Formal academic training in computer science, systems engineering, and mechatronics.
Ph.D. · 2011 - 2015
Computer Science and System Engineering
Korea Aerospace University · Department of Computer Engineering
Completed doctoral research in the Network Security and Embedded Systems Laboratory (NS Lab.) under Prof. Jong Sou Park and Prof. Dong Seong Kim. Graduated with a 4.0/4.0 GPA.
M.Sc. and B.Eng. · 2003 - 2010
Mechatronics
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) · Hanoi, Vietnam
Earned the B.Eng. (2003-2008) and M.Sc. (2008-2010) under Prof. Dinh Van Phong, with a master's thesis on the design and analysis of the F-1 pico-satellite system and a bachelor's thesis on simulating math-mechanic systems with the Open Dynamics Engine. This built the engineering foundation for later work in autonomous and intelligent systems.
Academic Genealogy
A concise view of doctoral mentorship and the broader academic lineage behind his research formation.
Primary Advisors
Doctoral Supervision
Ph.D. dissertation advisors were Prof. Jong Sou Park and Prof. Dong Seong Kim. Prof. Kim also belongs to Prof. Park's broader academic line.
Extended Lineage
Broader Academic Line
The broader genealogy includes Kishor S. Trivedi, Paul Thomas Hulina, Jon G. Bredeson, Seifollah Louis Hakimi, Mac Van Valkenburg, Oswald Garrison Villard, Jr., Frederick Emmons Terman, Vannevar Bush, and Arthur Edwin Kennelly.
Advisor Context
Prof. Dong Seong Kim’s postdoctoral advisor was Kishor S. Trivedi, Hudson Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Duke University.
Reference Links
For a more detailed lineage, see Prof. Dong Seong Kim and the Computer Science academic tree.
In brief 🌐📡💼
Tuan Anh Nguyen (Ph.D. ’15, M.Sc. ’10, B.Eng. ’08) is currently Director of Robot Control and Software and Robot Mobility Expert at VinDynamics, VinGroup, in the Hanoi Capital Region, Vietnam, a full-time role he began in March 2026. Since October 2024, he has also served remotely as a contract Lecturer in the Software Engineering Department, Faculty of Information Technology, at Ho Chi Minh City University of Industry and Trade (HUIT). Previously, he was at Viettel Group in Hanoi, Vietnam, from June 2025 to March 2026, first as a Principal Engineer in the High-Tech Industry Division and then, from October 2025, as Manager of Avionics System at the Viettel Aviation Technology Center (VATC). Before that, he worked in computer science and system engineering research at Konkuk University, Seoul, South Korea, from June 2020 to June 2025 — as a Senior Research Associate at the Konkuk Aerospace Design-Airworthiness Institute (KADA) until February 2021, and from March 2021 as Academic Research (Assistant) Professor in the Department of Artificial Intelligence, Graduate School, and at KADA. During this period, he served as the technical project leader and lead researcher for the “Artificial Intelligence Digital Twin Research for Smart Urban Air Mobility (UAM)” project, an Excellent Research Center project funded by the Korea National Research Foundation (NRF) for the period 2020–2029. He was formerly a professional member of AIAA, IEEE, the IEEE Computer Society, the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE RAS), the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (IEEE AESS), and the IEEE Reliability Society.
He earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science and System Engineering from the Department of Computer Engineering, Korea Aerospace University, in 2015. He received his M.Sc. and B.Eng. in Mechatronics from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 2010 and 2008, respectively. Previously, Dr. Nguyen held an Assistant Professor appointment at the Office for Research of the University-Industry Cooperation Foundation, Konkuk University, from March 2016 to March 2020. He served as a Post-doctoral Research Associate in the Distributed Multimedia Systems Laboratory (DMS Lab.) at Konkuk University from August 2015 to March 2016, and as a Graduate Researcher in the Network Security and Embedded Systems Laboratory (NS Lab.) at Korea Aerospace University from March 2011 to August 2015. Additionally, he worked as an Embedded System Developer in the TRON Laboratory at FPT Software from August 2008 to August 2009, and as a Permanent Research Associate and Technical Team Leader in the FSpace Laboratory at the FPT Technology Research Institute (FTRI) in Hanoi, Vietnam, from September 2009 to February 2011.
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Location
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Office Address
VinDynamics
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