Socialist Republic of Vietnam

A Vietnamese IT graduate working on a doctorate at Stanford University in the US has been selected to present his research at an international conference in Japan in May.

Vu Duy Thuc, 24, will take center stage at AAMAS 2006, the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, in Hakodate, Japan from May 8-12.

Thuc will present “Learning against Multiple Opponents”, research Thuc carried out together with Dr. Yoav Shoham and Rob Powers at Stanford.

The research work, said to be the first of its type in the world, focuses on solutions to automate learning in a competitive environment, which can be applied in electronic commerce and economic activities.

Thuc is one of the youngest among 127 scientists whose research will be reported and published at AAMAS 2006, said the Organizing Board.

Thuc has also formerly been selected to take part in AAMAS in Australia, the US and France.

In 2004, Thuc, then in his third year of a bachelor’s degree in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, picked up the “Best Student in North America” award from the US IT Association.

While studying at the Carnegie Mellon University, Thuc carried dozens of research projects, three of which have been published at international conferences. He earned the highest marks (4.0 out of 4.0) in all subjects during his four years as an undergraduate.

Thuc was thus awarded the Senior Leadership Award for excellence in all aspects, an achievement immortalized by the engraving of his name on a bronze plaque displayed at the Carnegie Mellon University in 2004.

Thuc was also admitted to the Phi Beta Kappa Society, the oldest and largest academic honor society in the US.