Lab Director

Biography

Tuy Nguyen is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems at Northern Arizona University. Prior to this role, he served as a Lecturer at the School of Global Convergence Studies and a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Inha University from May 2021 to August 2022. Before that, he worked as a Senior Research Engineer at Conextt Inc from August 2019 to April 2021. His research focuses on designing, implementing, and optimizing post-quantum cryptography, homomorphic encryption, applied artificial intelligence, and error correction codes in both software and hardware. He has developed highly secure biometric authentication systems using post-quantum cryptography, a quantum-resistant and highly accurate wind speed prediction model, as well as various software systems and hardware architectures for cryptoprocessors and error correction codes. He received the First Prize in Best Paper Award from the Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science in 2020, the Outstanding Research Award from Inha University's Graduate Office in 2019, and a Top 10 Best Posters Award at the 12th International SoC Design Conference in 2015. He earned his Ph.D. in Information and Communication Engineering from Inha University.

Education

• 2/2016 – 8/2019: Ph.D., Information and Communication Engineering, Inha University, South Korea

• 3/2014 – 2/2016: M.S., Information and Communication Engineering, Inha University, South Korea

• 9/2004 – 8/2009: B.S., Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Da Nang University of Technology, Vietnam

Appointments

• 8/2022 – Present: Assistant Professor, School of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 86011, USA

• 9/2021 – 8/2022: Lecturer, School of Global Convergence Studies, Inha University, Incheon 22212, South Korea

• 5/2021 – 7/2022: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Inha University, Incheon 22212, South Korea

• 8/2019 – 4/2021: Senior Research Engineer, R&D Center, Conextt Inc., Seoul 06777, South Korea

• 10/2009 – 2/2013: O&M Department, GTel Mobile JSC, Danang Branch, Vietnam 

Honors & Awards

• 11/2020: First Prize in Best Paper Award, Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science

• 8/2019:  Outstanding Research Award from Graduate School, Inha University for 2019 Fall Semester Graduates

• 11/2015: Top 10 Best Posters Award, 12th International SoC Design Conference (ISOCC 2015)

• 11/2013: Outstanding Student Award, Hanshin Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

• 5/2011: Best Employee, GTel Mobile JSC

• 2006: Vallet Scholarship for Outstanding Undergraduate Students

• 2006: Scholarship of Danang City Youth Union for Outstanding Undergraduate Students