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Biography

Nhan Nguyen received B.S. degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Vietnam, in 2014, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), South Korea, in 2017 and 2020, respectively. Since September 2020, he has been with the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland as a Postdoctoral Researcher, later an Adjunct Professor (Docent), and currently an Assistant Professor and Academy Fellow.

Nhan Nguyen is passionate about using rigorous mathematical and machine-learning tools to address fundamental problems in wireless communications and signal processing. He was awarded the Samsung Talented Scholarship (2014), Best M.S. and Ph.D. Dissertation Awards (2017 and 2020), Nokia Foundation Award - Jormal Ollila Grant (2022), and the prestigious Academy of Finland Fellowship for the four-year project "Deep unfolding joint communications and sensing solutions." He was also the recipient of three Best Paper Awards at IEEE SPWAC 2023, SSP 2023, and ATC 2021.

Activities

Employment (4)

University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2024-02-01 to present | Assistant Professor | Academy Fellow (Centre for Wireless Communications)
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University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2020-09-03 to present | Postdoctoral researcher and teacher (Centre for Wireless Communications)
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology: Seoul, KR

2015-09-02 to 2020-08-27 | MS and Doctoral Researcher (Department of Electrical and Information Engineering)
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Samsung Vietnam Mobile R&D Center: Hanoi, Hanoi, VN

2013-01-14 to 2014-08-30 (System)
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Education and qualifications (3)

Seoul National University of Science and Technology: Nowon-gu, Seoul, KR

2017-09-01 to present | Ph.D. (Electrical and Information Engineering)
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology: Nowon-gu, Seoul, KR

2015-09-01 to 2017-08-31 | Master (Electrical and Information Engineering)
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Hanoi University of Science and Technology: Hanoi, VN

2009-09-01 to 2014-08-30 | Degree of Engineering (School of Electronics - Telecommunications)
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Professional activities (9)

University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2023 | Academy of Finland Fellowship
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University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2023 | Best Paper Award at IEEE Statistical Signal Processing Workshop (SSP)
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University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2023 | Exemplary Reviewer of IEEE TCOM
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University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2022-10-20 | Nokia Foundation Award
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University of Oulu: Oulu, FI

2021 | Best Paper Award at International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications (ATC)
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology: Seoul, KR

2020 | Best PhD Dissertation Award
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Seoul National University of Science and Technology: Seoul, KR

2017 | Best Master Thesis Award
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Hanoi University of Science and Technology: Hanoi, VN

2014 | Excellence Graduation Award
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Hanoi University of Science and Technology: Hanoi, VN

2014 | Samsung Talent Award
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Funding (4)

DIRECTION: Deep Unfolding Solutions to 6G Communication & Sensing

2023-09 to 2027-08 | Grant
Academy of Finland (Oulu, FI)
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DECENT: Deep Unfolding for EE Transceiver Designs in 6G THz Systems

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Nokia Foundation (Oulu, FI)
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EEWA: Energy-Efficient Wireless Access

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University of Oulu (Oulu, FI)
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INTEGRATE: Integrated Sensing and Communication with RIS and ML

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Nokia (Finland) (Espoo, FI)
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