Position:
Software Engineer Intern at TradeStation Technologies, Research Fellow & Teaching Assistant at The University of Texas at Dallas, Computer Enthusiast at Public
Work:
TradeStation Technologies
since May 2013
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Software Engineer Intern
The University of Texas at Dallas
since Aug 2009
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Research Fellow & Teaching Assistant
Public
since Jan 2000
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Computer Enthusiast
University of Houston-Clear Lake
Jan 2008 - May 2009
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Research Fellow & Teaching Assistant
Center for International Education – Vietnam National University HCMC
Aug 2007 - Dec 2007
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Instructor
Vietnamese American Private School (VAPS)
Aug 2006 - Dec 2007
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Instructor
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Jan 2006 - Jun 2007
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Research Fellow
Center for International Education – Vietnam National University HCMC
Aug 2005 - May 2006
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Teaching Assistant
Greystone Data Systems Vietnam
Sep 2005 - Jan 2006
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Mechanical Engineer
Aircraft Maintenance Base (A75)
Apr 2005 - May 2005
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Aircraft Engineer Intern
Aircraft Maintenance Enterprise (A41)
Jun 2002 - Aug 2002
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Aircraft Engineer Intern
Education:
The University of Texas at Dallas 2009 - 2013
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science
University of Houston-Clear Lake 2008 - 2009
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science
Center for International Education - VNUHCM 2006 - 2007
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology 2000 - 2005
Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.), Aeronautical Engineering
High School for the Gifted - Pho Thong Nang Khieu 1997 - 2000
High School Diploma, Informatics (Computer Science)
Thuc Nghiem Su Pham Elementary School 1993 - 1997
Interests:
Data Mining, Data Analysis, Algorithms, Graph Theory, Combinatorial problems, Bioinformatics, Computational Biology, Information Security, Wireless Sensor Network, Wireless Computing, Parallel Computing, Distributed Computing, Automatic Control, Optimization
Languages:
English, Vietnamese, French
Awards:
ACM-ICPC World Finalist
Leader of “BK Eagle” Team, the first team representing Vietnam to attend the 30th ACM-ICPC World Finals – held in San Antonio, Texas, USA, Apr 9-13, 2006 (83 out of 5,606 teams selected)
Third place in the ACM-ICPC Asia Regional Contest, Tehran Site
The only foreign team in total of 75 teams competing at Tehran Site
Awards in Vietnam National Olympic Contest in Information Technology
Committee of Vietnam National Olympic Contest in Information Technology
• Team Competition Block: Rank No. 1 (2001, 2002, 2004, and 2005), Special Award for solving all problems in less than half of the allocated time (2005)
• SuperCup Competition Block: Third Prize (Apr 2005), Bronze SuperCup (May 2004)
Outstanding Students in Informatics
• First Prize for City-Level Outstanding Students in Informatics (May 2000)
• Second Prize for National Outstanding Students in Informatics (May 2000)
• Third Prize for National Outstanding Students in Informatics (May 1999)
Excellent Student
• Excellent Student Title in Mathematics at the City Level (May 1997)
• Excellent Student Title in Physics at the City Level (May 1997)
AUCP Academic Scholarship
Center for International Education – Vietnam National University – Ho Chi Minh City
Vallet Scholarship
Professor Odon Vallet and Dr. Tran Thanh Van
Vallet Scholarship Award for Outstanding Students, sponsored by Professor Odon Vallet and Dr. Tran Thanh Van – the President of “Rencontres du Vietnam” Organization (2 years in a row: 2005 and 2006)
Cisco Systems Vietnam Scholarship
Cisco Systems Vietnam
IDG Scholarship
International Data Group
for Outstanding Vietnamese Students (10 among hundreds of thousands of students in Vietnam) for having outstanding academic achievements and contributions to the advancement of Information Communication Technology to enhance the quality of human life
Automatic enrollment to HCMUT
Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
Automatic enrollment to HCMUT High Quality Engineers Training Program
Exemption from the final examination for Baccalaureate
Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
Certificates of merit
• Certificates of merit from Vietnam Ministry of Education and Training
• Certificates of merit from Vietnam Ministry of Science and Technology
• Certificates of merit from Vietnam Ministry of Post and Telecommunication
• Certificates of merit from VAIP (Vietnam Association for Information Processing)
• Certificates of merit from People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City
• Certificates of merit from Vietnam National University HCMC
• Certificates of merit from Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology
$100k to $63m+ in less than 3 years
Prof. Dr. Gary Boetticher and Houston Chronicle
Financial Data Mining Project: Built a Java program to analyze technical indicators and to create models of trading S&P 500 futures. The program turned $100,000 into more than $63 million in less than three years (applied to actual market data from 2001 to 2003). This work was honorably mentioned in Houston Chronicle on Jan 22, 2009 (see online at http://www.chron.com/default/article/Some-take-the-tech-route-to-stock-market-success-1728897.php).