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School Faculty of Science and Technology
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Department Design Engineering & Mathematics
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Location London
Research activities
To Prospective Research Students
You are welcome to contact me if you want to pursue an MPhil/PhD degree in digital twin, machine learning for communications, wireless systems and solutions for critical applications and networking at Âé¶¹TVÍøÕ¾ University, London, UK. You should be highly motivated with strong background in mathematics, signal processing, AI/ML and/or digital communications.
Research Interests
Research Grants
[G24]. "Core research challenges in digital twinning for crisis resilience," EPSRC, £4.3m, 2025-2028, PI
[G23].ÌýÌý “BEAM-RAN - Beam-centric and cell-less architecture for 6G and beyond: Quantum-enhanced Digital Twin for intelligent network functions in Open RANâ€� EPSRC UKI-FNI, 2026, £39,960, PI
[G22].ÌýÌý “Building Intelligent Health Systems for Stroke Care through Transnational Education Partnershipsâ€� BC – GGP TNE Exploratory Grant Indonesia, 2026-2027, £25,000, PI
[G21].ÌýÌý “UK–Vietnam TNE to Accelerate Research‑Informed Teaching in Digital Twins, Next‑Generation Wireless, and Quantum Technologies,â€� BC – GGP TNE Exploratory Grant Vietnam, 2026-2027, £24,935, Co-I
[G20]. "From UK Excellence to Viet Nam Innovation: Establishing aÌýDigital Twin Centre for Transport Infrastructure and Mobility," BC - Going Global Partnership - ITechPath, £10,000, 2025-2026, PI
[G19].ÌýÌý “Cognitive Twins: Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Omniverse-Powered Digital Twins for Transforming Dubai’s Manufacturing Sector,â€� Dubai Future Foundation, 2025-2027,ÌýAED1,200,000 (~£270,000), UK lead
[G18].ÌýÌý “QuanDT: Quantum Computing-Assisted Digital Twinning for Enhanced Open RAN Towards 6G,â€� British Council, International Science Partnerships Fund – International Research Collaborations (Japan), 2025-2027,Ìý£93,324, PI
[G17].ÌýÌý “Feasibility Study of Quantum-based Digital Twin Concept for Security Enhancement in OpenRAN (Q-DTRAN),â€� EPSRC (via UKI-FNI), 2025,Ìý£39,641, PI
[G16].ÌýÌý “Empowering Future Innovators: Advancing Early Career Researchers through Digital Technologies Leadership (TECHLEAD),â€� British Council - ISPF Early Career FellowshipsÌýProgramme, 2024-2026, £360,000, PI
[G15].ÌýÌý “StrokeDT: Early Intervention for Minor Stroke Patients in Vietnam and Indonesia using Digital Twinning,â€� ISPF – International Research Collaborations, British Council, 2024-2026, £99,890, PI
[G14].ÌýÌý “Strengthening Global Partnerships: Digital Twinning for Stroke Care in Vietnam and Indonesia,â€� The Academy of Medical Sciences, 2024-2025, £25,000, PI.
[G13].ÌýÌý “Digital Twin for OpenRAN towards 6G networks,â€� UK Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) (through UKI-FNI), 2023, £44,915, PI
[G12].ÌýÌý “Women in STEMâ€� project, 5 Fellowships in Digital Twinning and 5G/6G, British Council, 2023-2024, £360,000, Co-I
[G11]. “Urban Resilience in Agriculture Through Highly Automated Vertical Farming in Vietnam and the UK,� BC UK–Viet Nam Partnerships, 2022-2024, £60,000, PI
[G10]. “Digital Twin for Infrastructure using Big Data and Smart Sensor Networks,� VinGroup (VinIF), 2022-2024, VND 2.5billion~=£80,000, Co-I
[G9]. “Developing Connected Curriculum on Digital Twin for Health System Resilience,� UK-Indonesia TNE partnership, 2022-2024, £30,000, PI
°Ú³Ò8±Õ.Ìý“Towards Resilient Automation in Industry 4.0 for Future Engineersâ€� UK-India GGP Exploratory Grants, 2022-2024, £30,000, Co-I
[G7]. “Women in STEM: Masters scholarships funding,� British Council, 2023-2024, £180,000, Co-I
[G6]. “Digital Twin modelling for automation, maintenance and monitoring in Industry 4.0 smart factory,â€�ÌýUKIERI,Ìý2019-2021,Ìý£200,000,Ìý PI ()
[G5]. "Digital Twin model for structural health monitoring of lifeline infrastructures in Vietnam," NF Institutional Links, 2019-2021,Ìý£212,000,ÌýPI (see results/impacts: )
[G4]. "UK Vietnam Higher Education Partnership on advanced research methodologies and publication writing,"ÌýUK-VN HEP British Council,Ìý2018-2020,Ìý£30,000, PI
[G3]. "Advanced 5G wireless technologies for smart road-traffic control and transportation infrastructure monitoring systems,"ÌýNewton Fund Southeast Asia Regional Researcher Links, 2018-2019,Ìý£33,000,ÌýPI (project website , VTV1 News and VTC channel )
[G2]. "Location-based control and management system for safety warning and emergency rescuing services using LTE D2D technology," Newton Fund Institutional Links Program, 2016-2018,Ìý£150,000,ÌýPI (see results and impacts here: )
[G1]. "Innovations in MIMO techniques," British Council Researcher Links Grant, 2014,Ìý£3,500,ÌýPI
Invited Talks/Seminars/Interviews/Panelist
[T55].ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý “Dive into Regional Priorities Technologies: Artificial Intelligent, Blockchain, Digital Twin, Virtual/Augmented Reality,â€� Panellist, Vietnam R&D Forum, 31st July 2025, Binh Binh, Vietnam ().
[T54].ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý “Forging Vietnam’s Future: Key Insights on Innovation Capabilities and the Power of Digital Twinsâ€�, Invited Talk, VN-UK Institute for Research and Executive Education, Da Nang, Vietnam, 29th July 2025
[T53].ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý “Exploring Quantum-based Digital Twin for Open RAN,â€� IET’s Space and Communication week 2025 (including the 6G and Future Networks Conference), 18th June 2025 ()
[T52].ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý “Digital Twin for 6G Networks: Enabling Open RAN and Smart IIoT Applicationsâ€� Plenary Keynote, (), 20th IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting. Dublin, Ireland 11 - 13 Jun 2025Ìý
[T51].ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý “StrokeDT: Support for Minor Stroke Patients in Vietnam and Indonesia using Digital Twinning,â€� Keynote talk, Workshop ‘From Data to Policy: AI-Driven Digital Twin for Stroke Prevention in Achieving Sustainable Health’, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 4th May 2025.
[T50].ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý “QuanDT: Quantum Computing-Assisted Digital Twinning for Enhanced Open RAN Towards 6G,â€� Invited talk, Workshop On Networks and Systems (WONS 2.0), Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, Delhi, India, 1st May 2025, and at IIT New Delhi, 2nd May 2025.
[T49].Ìý“Digital Twin: Prediction of END in Minor Stroke,â€� Keynote Talk, 2025 workshop on The Role of Technology and Digital Twin for Stroke Treatment, Control and Prevention, Bali, Indonesia. 3rd-4th February, 2025
[T48].Ìý“Digital Twin for Stroke Care,â€� Keynote Talk, 2024 International Stroke Conference (ICS’24), Hanoi, Vietnam. 8th-9th November 2024
[T47].ÌýÌý“Funding and Career: Opportunities and Development,â€� Invited Talk, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, 13th November 2024
[T46].ÌýÌý“Digital Twins for 6G Networks,â€� Invited Talk, IEEE ComSoc 2024 Workshops on Emerging 6G Technologies, KCL, London, 28th Oct. 2024
[T45].Ìý “Digital Twins for IoT and 6G Networks,â€� Keynote, Summer School 2024 at LDTRC, 11-13th September, 2024
[T44].Ìý“Leveraging Digital Twin and AI for 6G Networks,â€� Invited Talk, Workshop on Green Computing and Communication for Digital Future, Wolverhampton (UK), 16th July 2024.
[T43].ÌýÌý“Digital Twin and Machine Learning for 5G/6G Networksâ€� Keynote, IET 6G & Future Networks Conference, London, 24th-25th June 2024.
[T42].Ìý“Digital Twins: Key to Tackle Environmental and Renewable Energy Challenges?â€� Keynote, Vietnam Innovation Day 2024, Brussels , 21st June 2024.
[T41].Ìý“Potentials of Digital Twin for Healthcare,â€� Keynote, 2024 International Workshop on Advanced AI and Digital Technology in STEM and Medical Applications, London, 28th May 2024.
[T40].Ìý“Digital Twin for Stroke Care: Opportunities and Challenges,â€� Talk, 2024 Annual Digital Twin Workshop, London, 16th May 2024.
[T39].Ìý“Digital Twin Technology: Use Cases and Technical Implementation,â€� BlockW/Irish Computer Society, 30th April 2024
[T38].Ìý“Digital Twin for Formula 1â€� in CBC Radio 1 Programme “Spark with Nora Youngâ€� Episode ‘Predicting problems before they happen’ on March 8th 2024.
[T37].Ìý“Digital twin framework for healthcare: Technical Implementation,â€� Distinguished Lecture, invited for 2024 European Congress of Radiology (ECR2024), Vienna, 28 Feb. - 3 Mar. 2024
[T36].Ìý“Digital Twin Technology for Healthcare: Insights and Perspectives,â€� International School, Vietnam National University, 15th December 2023.
[T35]. “A Journey from Digital Communications to Digital Twinning,� International School, Vietnam National University, 15th December 2023
[T34]. “Exploring the Current Landscape of Digital Twinning,� Distinguished Lecture, London Network, The Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET), 17th October 2023
[T33]. “How practically the digital twin can help in automating the current/future networks,� Chair of roundtable discussion, 2023 Autonomous Driving Network, Huawei Dublin, 27th September 2023.
[T32].Ìý“Digital Twin for Industry 4.0â€� Keynote Speech, the 11th IEEE Conference on Embedded Systems, Devices and ComputingÌýIEEE ESDC 2023, 4th May 2023.
[T31].Ìý“From Digital Twin to theÌýMetaverse: The State of Play,â€� Distinguished Lecture, VinUniversity, Hanoi, Vietnam, 19th April 2023.
[T30].Ìý“The Metaverseâ€�, Invited talk at University of Transport and Communications (UTC), Hanoi, Vietnam, 18th April 2023
[T29].Ìý“Introduction to Digital Twins,â€� Guest Lecture at Posts & Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), Hanoi, Vietnam, April 2023
[T28].Ìý“Digital Twin for Open RAN and 5G/6G,â€� Invited Talk, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India, 13th April 2023
[T27].Ìý“Digital Twinning,â€� Invited Talk, TCS, Pune, India, 12th April 2023.
[T26].Ìý“Engineering Digital Twins in Practice,â€� Panelist, Workshop on Engineering Digital Twins, AMRC, University of Sheffield, UK, Feb. 2023.
[T25]. “Digital Twin’s State of Play: Concepts, Development and Use Cases,� Invited talk, 1st International Workshop on Digital Twin Engineering, London, UK. (), Nov. 2022.
[T24].Ìý“Digital Twins and its Trends Towards Smart Automation,â€� Invited talk, UK-INDIA Workshop on Enhancing Employability of higher Education Graduates in Industry 4.0, Jul. 2022
[T23].Ìý“Information Management Framework,â€� Roundtable discussion, hosted by National Oceanography Centre and Met Office, London, Mar. 2022
[T22].Ìý“Digital Twin and Metaverse,â€� Keynote Speaker, to 400+ members of management and leadership teams/units from Viettel Group (Vietnam)
[T21]. “Digital Twin Technology,� Keynote Speaker, The 2022 Van Lang International Conference on Heritage and Technology, Mar. 2022.
[T20].Ìý“Innovation Conversation: Digital Twins,â€� Speaker, Twitter Spaces conversation hosted by Prof Lucy Rogers FREng, 19 Jan. 2022
[T19].Ìý“Digital Twin for IoT based Smart Monitoring in Industry 4,â€� Keynote Speaker, International Workshop on Convergence Platform for IoT Based Smart Monitoring Systems, 22-23 Dec. 2021
[T18].Ìý"Digital Twin for the Future,â€� Panel Chair, IEEE Smart Cities Conference, Sep. 2021
[T17].Ìý“Digital Twin for Infrastructure and Smart Manufacturing,â€� Keynote Speaker, ICAMEROB 2021
[T16]. “How is 5G likely to change approaches to spectrum policy and pricing?� Panellist (Panel Discussion), Commonwealth Spectrum Management 2019, London, Jun. 2019
[T15].Ìýâ€�What can we learn from the rollout of 5G and Internet of Things (IoT) in advanced economies?â€� Keynote Speaker, Commonwealth Spectrum Management 2019, London, Jun. 2019
[T14].Ìýâ€�Data Science: Key Recent Trends and Applications,â€� at Hanoi University, Apr. 2019
[T13].Ìýâ€�5G and Enabling Technologies,â€� Hanoi University, Apr. 2019
[T12].Ìý“Cross-national research collaboration,â€� Panelist, Vietnam UK HE Collaboration Forum, Hanoi, Oct. 2018 (see programme )
[T11].Ìý“5G for smart transportation in Vietnam,â€� Interview, TV channel VietNet-VTC10, Nov. 2018.
[T10].Ìý“Game theory based secure wireless powered D2D communications with cooperative jamming,â€� Research talk at Middle East Technical University (Turkey), Sep. 2017.
[T9].Ìý“Lattice reduction based MIMO techniques for 5G systems,â€� at Technical University Berlin, May. 2016.
[T8].Ìý“Resource allocation for H-ARQ systems with limited feedback,â€� at 5G Innovation Centre, Uni. of Surrey, Mar. 2016.
[T7].Ìý“MIMO techniques for 5G systems,â€� at Northumbria University, Oct. 2015.
[T6].Ìý“Power allocation for HARQ-IR under QoS constraints,â€� at Glasgow Caledonian University, Sep. 2014.
[T5].Ìý“Multiple-antenna systems: Space-time coding and lattice-reduction techniques,â€� Research talk at International University, Sep. 2014.
[T4].Ìý“MIMO techniques: Diversity gain v. multiplexing gain,â€� at Hanoi Uni. of Science & Technology, Aug. 2014.
[T3].Ìý“Resource allocation via optimization,â€� at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Aug. 2014.
[T2].Ìý“Resource allocation with QoS: Optimization approaches,â€� Research talk at Post and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Aug. 2014.
[T1].Ìý“Multiple-antenna systems: Space-time coding and lattice-reduction techniques,â€� Research talk at Le Qui Don Technical University, Jul. 2014.
Research and Scholarly Activities and Roles