Hi, I’m Duc. I like training models and optimizing systems. At TikTok, I work as an Algorithm Engineer, bringing machine learning solutions into production at scale and serving millions of users.

Work Experience

  • Algorithm Engineer, TikTok — Feb 2024 – Jun 2026
  • Research Assistant, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) — Multimodal Sentiment Analysis, 2022 – 2023
  • Research Assistant, VNU University of Engineering and Technology — Echocardiography Analysis, Customer Behavior Analysis, Image Processing, 2019 – 2022
  • Teaching Assistant, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, Department of Computer Science — 2020 – 2022

Education

  • Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) — M.S. in Information Science (Collaboration with VNU-UET), 2022 – 2023, CGPA 91/100
  • VNU University of Engineering and Technology — B.S. in Computer Science (Honors Program), 2016 – 2020, CGPA 3.73/4.00

Honors & Awards

  • VinGroup Scholarship for Master students in Vietnam, 2021
  • #2 of graduating class, VNU University of Engineering and Technology
  • Best Thesis Award: Multi-exposure Images Fusion Using Convolutional Neural Network
  • Honda Award (Incentive Award) for excellent students, 2020
  • VinGroup Scholarship for excellent students, 2019
  • Academic Merit Scholarship, VNU University of Engineering and Technology, 2016 – 2019
  • Third prize, Vietnam National Olympiad in Informatics for high school students, 2015 & 2016

Languages

  • Vietnamese - Native
  • English - Working Proficiency (IELTS 7.5)