Hieu Thao is a lecturer and researcher in Applied Mathematics and Data Science with higher education experience at six universities in four countries. He taught the MSc course Statistical Signal Processing (Delft University of Technology, 2020) and a number of mathematical subjects (Can Tho University, 2005-2011) and successfully supervised a number of graduation theses for both math and engineering students.
Awards & recognition:
- German-Israeli Foundation Scholarship (Associated with Gottingen University, 2015-2017)
- Australian Research Council Scholarship (Associated with Federation University Australia, 2011-2015)
- Special Overseas Student Scholarships (SOSS), Australia (Associated with Federation University Australia, 2011-2015)
- Student Travel Award, Federation University Australia (Associated with Federation University Australia, 2012)
- Best oral presentation 1st prize award (Annual Research Conference Federation University Australia 2013)
- Odon Vallet Scholarship (Associated with Can Tho University, 2004)
- Two bronze Medals in Mathematics Olympiad for Vietnamese Students (Associated with Can Tho University, 2003, 2004)
Industry experience:
- Metrology Advances for Digitized Electronic Components and Systems Industry 4.0 (2019-2021)
https://www.semi.org/eu/MADEin4
- Integrating Real-time and Post-processing Image Restoration (2017-2019)
https://www.tudelft.nl/3me/over/afdelingen/delft-center-for-systems-and-control/research/numerics-for-control-identification/erc-project-icon
- Phase retrieval for high numerical aperture cases
https://olejorik.github.io/project/high-na-phase-retrieval/
Academic positions
Postdoctoral Researcher
Delft University of Technology
Delft Center for Systems and Control
Delft, Netherlands
Sep 2017 – Aug 2021
Research Fellow
University of Göttingen
Institute for Numerical and Applied Mathematics
Göttingen, Germany
Feb 2015 – Aug 2017
Graduate Research Student
Federation University
Centre for Informatics and Applied Optimisation
Ballarat, Australia
Aug 2011 – Jan 2015
Lecturer
Can Tho University
School of Education
Can Tho, Vietnam
Jun 2008 – Jul 2011
Associate Lecturer
Can Tho University
School of Education
Can Tho, Vietnam
Oct 2005 – May 2008
Teaching interests
- Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics
- Information Technology