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Researcher
ORCID: 0000-0002-1448-8882
ResearcherID: V-3774-2017
Phuong T.
Tran
Vice Dean in charge of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Ton Duc Thang University
Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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About
I was born in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I received B.Eng. and M.Eng degrees in Electrical Engineering from Ho Chi Minh University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Since 2002, I had three years working as a teaching assistant at Ton Duc Thang University in Ho Chi Minh City. I have also worked in Arrive Technologies Vietnam, a system-on-a-chip design company, for one year. In 2007, I became a Vietnam Education Foundation Fellow at Purdue University, U.S.A., where I received his MSc degree in Mathematics and then Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2013. In 2013, I rejoined the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam and served as the Vice Dean of Faculty since October 2014. My major interests are in the area of wireless communications and network information theory.
Professional Skills
Research
Teaching
Management
Programming
Research Experience
Head of Wireless Communications Research Group
Ton Duc Thang University December 2019 - Present
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Wireless cooperative networks
Performance analysis
Network information theory
Stochastic optimization
Global optimization
Digital signal processing
Research lecturer
Ton Duc Thang University January 2014 - Present
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Wireless cooperative networks
Digital signal processing
Global optimization
Network information theory
Stochastic optimization
Researcher of Wireless Communications Research Group
Ton Duc Thang University December 2015 - December 2019
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Wireless cooperative networks
Performance analysis
Stochastic optimization
Network information theory
Digital signal processing
Global optimization
Research Assistant
Purdue University August 2010 - May 2012
West Lafayette, IN
Wireless cooperative networks
Network information theory
Global optimization
Stochastic optimization
Error control coding
Work Experience
Vice Dean in charge of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ton Duc Thang University September 2023 - Present
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Management
Research
Teaching
Head of Department of Electronics and Telecommunications
Ton Duc Thang University January 2014 - Present
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research
Teaching
Programming
Vice Dean of the Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Ton Duc Thang University October 2014 - September 2023
Ho Chi Minh City
Management
Research
Teaching
Lecturer
Ton Duc Thang University June 2002 - January 2014
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Research
Teaching
Programming
ASIC/FPGA Design Engineer
Arrive Technologies Vietnam June 2002 - June 2003
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I have been working partime in a system-on-a-chip design projects in the company to fulfill the requests from international chip design companies.

  • Produce technical specification for the EC1 Framer inside the RED CHIP (an OC192/OC48/OC12/OC3/EC1 System-on-a-chip).
  • Delivered the Verilog test bench code for testing the functions of RED CHIP.

 

Verilog programming
Testbench
Automation Engineer
Samsungvina Electronics April 2002 - June 2002
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
  • Maintained and improved the TV/monitor production line.
  • Studied Six-Sigma theory for optimizing the manufacturing processes.

 

PLC programming
Production line maintenance
Six-sigma
Education
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN Aug 2012 - May 2013
Master of Science , Applied Mathematics

I got the Master Degree in Mathematics by course work from Purdue University in the field of Applied Mathematics.

Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN Aug 2007 - Dec 2013
Doctor of Philosophy , Electrical and Computer Engineering

I got the Vietnam Education Foundation (VEF) Fellowship for studying doctoral degree in US, starting from 2007. My PhD dissertation title: "Analysis and Optimization of Cooperative Wireless Networks".

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Aug 2003 - Jul 2005
Master of Engineering , Radio-Electronics Engineering

I got the Master Degree in Engineering from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (a member of Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City). My thesis title was "Investigating of solutions for capacity improving of MC-CDMA systems".

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Aug 1997 - Jan 2002
Bachelor of Engineering , Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

I got the Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (a member of Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City), with the specialization in electronics and telecommunications. My thesis title was "Noise reduction in satellite communication using Wavelet Transform combined with Neural Networks and implement the solution on TI DSP kit".

Judge of The Works of Others
Managing Editor
Jun 2023 - Present
Advances in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Editorial Board Member
Dec 2021 - Present
Journal of Information and Telcommunication
Presentations/Talks
Develop a Simulation Tool to Evaluate the Advanced Technologies in 5G and 6G Wireless Networks
Busan, Korea Dec 2023
The 8th International Conference on Advanced Engineering - Theory and Application (AETA 2022)

 This work proposes a simulation framework that is systematic and well-updated, based on the collection of the unsystematic simulation codes that have been published or shared, in order to enhance the
quality of teaching the 5G and 6G concepts for both undergraduate and
graduate students. Besides developing the architecture of the simulation
tool as well as building up the friendly user interface for each module, this
work provides a comprehensive simulation tools that cover many group of
advanced technologies or solutions for 5G/6G networks, including modulation waveforms, non-orthogonal multiple access techniques, massive
MIMO systems, energy saving solutions (such as RF energy harvesting,
self-energy recycling, intelligent reflecting surface, etc.), cognitive radios,
physical layer security, and artificial intelligence in wireless communications. Different from the previous simulation tools for 5G networks, this
work can provide more diversity on the advanced technologies, and support the learning-by-doing approach in wireless communication training
 

Optimization of Mobility Control in Mobile Wireless Networks for Energy Saving
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Dec 2015
The 2nd International Conference on Advanced Engineering - Theory and Application (AETA 2015)

 In this work, we consider a multi-hop wireless relay neworks,
in which the source node and destination node have fixed location while
we can control the positions of the relay nodes. Some strategies to control
positions of relay nodes to minimize energy consumption of transmission from sources to sinks is introduced and analyzed. Three different
cases were investigated, including networks with single flow, networks
with multiple flows, and networks with coverage constraints for the relay
nodes. The most contribution of this paper is providing simple localized algorithms for relay nodes, yet optimize the energy consumption
problem. The analysis is also confirmed by numerical results.
 

Some results on the capacity and codes for deletion/insertion channel
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Dec 2014
The 7th Southern Provinces Inter-University Workshop on Electronics and Communications (INUWEC 7)

Among the basic binary channels, the channel with insertion and/or deletion still haven’t been studied significantly.  This is the channel where each input bit is transformed in one of the following ways: it is deleted with probability d, or an extra bit is added after it with probability i, or it is transmitted unmodified with probability 1 − d – i. The closed-form capacity of this channel is not even known up to now. Some previous works have tried to bound the capacity of this channel and find practical codes to achieve the optimum rate. This talk is to highlight some recent results in this area and introduce some open problems that are interesting to consider.

Joint Optimization of Power Allocation and Integer Coefficients of Relay Functions in Compute-and-Forward Relay Networks
Hanoi, Vietnam Oct 2014
The 2014 International Conference on Advanced Technologies for Communications

A joint optimization problem of power allocation and computational functions for the advanced cooperation scheme, Compute-and-Forward, is analyzed, and an iterative algorithm to solve this problem is also introduced.

Joint optimization of relay selection and power allocation in cooperative OFDM networks with imperfect channel estimation
Paris, France Apr 2012
The 2012 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC 2012)

We consider the wireless relay network in which a base station communicates with multiple subscribers, each of which has the ability to act as a relay to forward information to a base station. Here, we propose an algorithm for joint optimization of power allocation, time scheduling, and relay selection when there is imperfect channel state information (CSI). We show that the algorithm converges with probability one to the optimal
solution when a condition is satisfied. Otherwise, it converges with probability one to a solution in some neighborhood of the optimal solution.

Joint Optimization of Power Allocation and Cooperation Strategy in Wireless OFDM Cooperative Networks
Hai Phong, Vietnam Oct 2009
The 2009 International Conference on Advanced Technologies in Communications

In wireless communication networks, to enhance the quality of transmission, we use more than one antennas to achieve the transmit diversity. However, wireless devices such as mobile phones cannot have more than one antenna due to the limitation of size and complexity. Recently, cooperative communications has been proposed to create the so-called
virtual antenna systems for circumventing this problem. This technique achieves a diversity gain by using a combination of the relayed signal and the direct signal. In this project, we use a so-called dual optimization method for non-convex problems to jointly optimize the power allocation and the scheduling of wireless cooperative OFDM system. We will mathematically
analyze this problem to find the optimal solution, and confirm our analysis by numerical results.

Membership
Senior Member
Apr 2020 - Permanent
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Member
Dec 2013 - Apr 2020
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Graduate Student Member
Nov 2006 - Nov 2013
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Certifications
IEEE Wireless Communication Professional (WCP)
May 2018 - Oct 2021
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Media Publications
Key to the success in scientific and technology development: some experiences from the United States of America
Ton Duc Thang University | 2008

In the Journal of Science and Applications, published by Ton Duc Thang University (ISSN:1859 -2244).

Prizes and Awards
Exemplary Reviewer Certificate
Editorial Boeard of IEEE Communications Letters journal | Feb 2023

This is a certificate for a year of service (2022) as Exemplary Reviewer of the IEEE Communications Letters. 

Vietnam Education Foundation Fellowship
Vietnam Education Foundation | Jul 2007
Project
Review and apply the exact-form statistical properties of the sum of double random variables to analyze the performance of reconfigurable intelligent surface aided wireless relay networks
March 2023 - March 2024

This project is funded by Ton Duc Thang University. I am working as the Principal Investigator of the project.

Enhancement performance of wireless broadcast networks employing Fountain codes
March 2023 - March 2024

This project is funded by Ton Duc Thang University. I am working as a member of the project.

Enhancing performance of wireless relay networks using multi-hop cooperative transmission protocols under the effect of co-channel interference and hardware impairment
August 2018 - August 2020

This project is funded by National Foundation for Science and Technology (NAFOSTED). I was a key member and also the scientific secretary of the project.

Building simulation models of mobile communication systems for training purpose
August 2005 - August 2006

This project is funded by Ton Duc Thang University. I was working as the Principal Investigator of the project.

Building simulation models of WDM optical communication networks for training purpose
August 2005 - August 2006

This project is funded by Ton Duc Thang University. I was working as one of two members of the project.

Investigate the data congestion control methods in communication networks
June 2004 - June 2005

This project is funded by Vietnam National University at Ho Chi Minh City. I was working as a member of the project.

Teaching Experience
Digital Signal Processing
402070 | Spring | 2024 | Undergraduate

This course introduces the process of sampling, quantization, z-transform, Fourier transform and methods to design digital filters. This unit will cover the following:

Convolution: Using impulse function to represent discrete signals; description of convolution using linear superposition.

Fourier analysis: Fourier series for periodic signals, continuous Fourier transform, discrete Fourier analysis, fast Fourier transform.

The z-transform and digital filter design: definitions and properties of z-transform; the z transfer function.

Signal sampling: process of sampling, principles of analogue to digital and digital to analogue conversion, ADCs and DACs in system.

Design of FIR filters: the window method, phase linearity, the frequency sampling method, inverse filtering and signal reconstruction.

Design of IIR filters: the bilinear z-transform, digital Butterworth and Chebyshev IIR filters; pole-zero placement revisited; biquad algorithm design strategies; FIR expression of IIR responses.

Engineering Analysis
402064 | Spring | 2024 | Undergraduate

This unit will introduce two subjects that are important in communications and control engineering: state space models, and probabilistic methods of signal and systems analysis. All concepts will be illustrated with examples and students can do coursework and exercises using tools such as MATLAB:

State-space models: linear state-space models from differential equations; relationship between state-space models and transfer functions; dynamic response of state space models; similarity transformations and choice of basis; well-conditioned and ill-conditioned realisations of control systems.

Probabilistic methods: the concept of probability; random variables, electrical noises, distribution functions, pdf correlation functions; spectral density; correlations, response of linear systems to random inputs.

Embedded System Project
402075 | Spring | 2024 | Undergraduate

Embedded system project will provide a problem analysis and system design experience. This project will be the first step for students to be familiar to the professional practice.

Individual Project
402076 | Spring | 2024 | Undergraduate
  • The subject provides students with the skills to work, exchange knowledge with faculty. Students are then trained in the design and construction of circuits.
  • Division of grouping, assignment Instructor guidance, topic identification, electronic or telecommunication orientation or two-way combination. Examples of these topics are as follows: Design of applied electronic circuits, programming of PLD / FPGA circuit design, computer network and data transmission, multimedia applications: image processing, audio, video, simulation, calculation, design of ultra-high frequency circuits, antenna design, etc.
  • Students take the task and protect their performance before the council.

Graduation Thesis
402099 | Fall | 2023 | Undergraduate

Graduation project requires students to apply fundamental knowledge in the field of electronics and telecommunications engineering in combining with researching a specific topic in order to carry out the project successfully. Students will go through the process of receiving the project description, planning the project timeline, designing the methodology, managing the project and defending the project.

Digital Image Processing
402084 | Fall | 2023 | Undergraduate
This course demonstrates knowledge and understanding basic concepts in digital image processing. 
 
This unit will cover the following:
- Basic issues of digital photography: lighting, cameras and human visual systems, digital systems for imaging and processing.
- Represent a digital image and color space: represents digital image in to 2d matrix, model color using different color space.
- Digital filter: digital filter in spatial domain, the linear filter and nonlinear filter, spatial mask, digital filter in frequency domain.
- Basic intensity transformation: histograms processing, log transform, power law transform.
- Digital image enhancement and restore: noise types, remove noise modes, Wiener filter.
- Advance digital image processing: temple matching, line detection, geometry shape finding, image pattern recognition.
Electronic Circuit Design 1
402058 | Fall | 2023 | Undergraduate

This course introduces the characteristics and operational principles of several active electronic components: diode, BJT, FET, provides a basis to analyze and design applied electronic circuits. This unit will cover the followings:

+ Ideal OPAMP: inverting, noninverting, difference amplify circuits, integrator and differentiator.

+ Characteristics and applications of diode.

+ BJT and FET: characteristics, biasing, small signal modeling and multistage amplifier.

Signals and Systems
402067 | Fall | 2023 | Undergraduate

This course introduces the mathematical tools for analyzing signals and systems in the time and frequency domains, and provides a basis for applying these techniques in control and communications engineering.

The following topics will be covered:

+ Systems, signals, mathematical models; Continuous-time and discrete-time signals; Energy and power signals; Linear Systems.

+ Linear Systems: Impulse response, input signals as continuum of impulses; Convolution: discrete-time and continuous-time.

+ Basis Functions; Fourier series representation of time functions; Fourier transform and its properties; Transformation of simple time functions.

+ Discrete-Time Systems: Sampling theorem.

+ Transfer Function of Continuous-Time Systems: Transfer function, frequency response, Bode diagram.

+ Transfer Function of Discrete-Time Systems: Impulse sampler, Laplace transform of impulse sequence.

Information Theory
402082 | Fall | 2023 | Undergraduate

This course provides students with two main topics: the capability to compress data to the lowest capacity and the theoretical limitation on data transmission rate through a communication channel. Specifically, this course introduces the statistical model of information; concepts and definitions of information measuring quantities such as self-information, mutual information, entropy, channel capacity; source encoding methods including optimal statistical coding (Fano, Shannon, and Huffman); channel coding methods for error detection and correction, including linear block codes, cyclic codes, and convolution codes.

Graduation Internship
402098 | Fall | 2023 | Undergraduate

Students will practice under the assignment and guidance of officers in the company. In addition to the assigned internship time, students have the task of taking advantage of the time ịn order to spend learning the experience of the company's staff, referring to specialized technical documents and writing reports. All students must be evaluated by the internship appraisal committee coordinated by the school and the business organization.

Analog and Digital Communications
402072 | Spring | 2023 | Undergraduate

This course introduces basic knowledge in communication, providing the basis for students to analyze and design basic communication systems.

Details include the following:

  • Sampling, eye charting, noise addition, noise coefficient ...
  • Analog modulation techniques: AM, FM, PM, SSB, VSB
  • Digital modulation techniques: ASK, BPSK, QAM, FSK
  • Random signals
Master's Thesis
0 | Fall | 2022 | Graduate

Mater's Thesis requires students to apply advanced knowledge in the field of telecommunications engineering in combining with researching a specific topic in order to carry out a research project successfully. Students will go through the process of receiving the research project description, planning the project timeline, designing the methodology, managing the project and defending the Master thesis.

Electronic Circuit Design 2
402060 | Spring | 2022 | Undergraduate

This course provides the students with the understanding of fundamental engineering electronics and the ability of designing practical electronic circuits and analytical design methods.This unit will cover the following:

     Frequency response of BJT and FET amplifiers.

Filters, such as low-pass (including 2nd order Butterworth low-pass), high-pass, band-pass, notch and all-pass filters.

Audio power amplifier circuits.

Statistical Signal Processing
Spring | 2021 | Graduate

This course provides a basis in fundamental principals of detection and estimation, with applications to a broad range of problems in signal processing and, to a limited extent, communications and controls. The topics include detection and decision theory, Bayesian estimation methods such as MMSE and MAP as well as MLE; optimization theory of estimation including concepts of sufficiency, consistency and efficiency, Fisher's information, confidence intervals and basic hypothesis testing. Examples of applications are drawn from array processing, optimal filtering, inverse problems in image processing, and communication channel equalization and interference cancellation.

Advanced Topics in Communications
0 | Spring | 2021 | Graduate

This course aims at introducing advanced topics in digital communications and providing students with up-to-date knowledge of the techniques used in modern communication systems and the principles underlying their design. The course covers three main areas: digital communication over bandlimited channels, modern channel coding techniques, and wireless communication techniques.

Wireless Communications and Mobile Networks
402079 | Spring | 2021 | Undergraduate

This course provides knowledge of modern radio systems. Details include the following:

  • Attenuation and channel capacity.
  • MIMO techniques, spread spectrum, multi-carrier modulation.
  • Multi-access technology, multi-user detector.
  • This course introduces the modern wireless communication systems. This unit will cover the following:
  • Path loss and channel capacity.
  • MIMO techniques, spread spectrum, multicarrier modulation.
  • Multiple access, multiuser detection.
Telecommunication Transmission and Switching Systems
402080 | Fall | 2020 | Undergraduate

This course aims to provide fundamentals of switching and transmission in fixed telelphone network and VoIP so that the students can apply these techniques in the telecommunications. The contents can be divided as follows:

            - Time switching and Space switching principles;

            - Signaling network principle;

            - PSTN network;

            - VoIP network;

            - SONET/SDH transmission network.

Advanced Topics in Signal Processing
0 | Spring | 2020 | Graduate

This course introduces:

  • Introduction to advanced topics in digital signal processing (DSP);
  • Research and propose new ideas to improve some existing DSP algorithms or implement effective algorithms on hardware;
  • Evaluate and compare the proposed methods/algorithms with the existing one.
Wireless Networks
0 | Fall | 2019 | Graduate

The course addresses principles, modelling, system solutions, and performance analysis for data communication in wireless networks. This course will cover the following topics:

-       Fundamentals of wireless networking

-       MAC layer design and scheduling

-       Rate allocation and power control

-       Routing in multi-hop wireless networks

-       Scaling Laws for multi-hop networks

-       PHY-MAC cross layer design

RF Circuits Design
402085 | Spring | 2019 | Undergraduate

This course provides the overview of high speed electronic devices, FET’s operation, and equivalent circuit models. It also indicates definitions of gain, distortion and stability; as well as providing knowledge of amplifier, noise and how to depress noise. It instructs students how to design some kinds of amplifiers (max gain, constant gain, low noise).

     The ways how to design basic RF circuits: LNA, mixer, PLL, radio frequency power amplifier and measure noise figure of a system. Survey the basic  transceivers in telecommunications (satellite, mobile systems).

Advanced Digital Signal Processing
0 | Fall | 2018 | Graduate

This course is the graduated level of Digital Signal Processing that will review the processes of discrete random processes and introduces the advanced theory, methods for discrete-time systems and design methods for digital filters. This unit will cover the following:

  • Application of Discrete Fourier Transforms: Approximation of filter specifications. 
  • Design of Digital Filters: Advanced digital filter design techniques, Implementation issues for digital filters, sensitivity and quantization noise.
  • Multirate Digital Signal Processing: Decimation and interpolation of discrete-time signals.
  • Linear Prediction and Optimum Linear Filters:  Parameter estimation for linear filter.
VLSI Systems
402026 | Spring | 2005 | Undergraduate

This course provides students with fundamental concept on CMOS technology, VLSI chip design process, VHDL programming languages, combinational circuits and sequential circuits design based on VHDL and test-bench design.

Consulting Experience
Vina Robots
Technical Review | 2020 - 2020

Provide technical reviewing of the textbooks for secondary and highschool training on AI robots.

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