Le Duy Dung

Dung D. Le is currently an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at College of Engineering and Computer Science, VinUniversity, Vietnam. He is a former senior data scientist in Ads and Personalization team, Grab Holdings Inc. and a former research scientist in School of Information Systems, Singapore Management University (SMU). He earned his PhD in Data Science and Engineering from SMU, working with Associate Professor Hady W. Lauw. In his candidature, he has been recognized with SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship Award (AY2018 and AY2019) and SMU PhD Student Life Award (AY2018 and AY2019). Formerly, he earned his Degree of Engineer in Mathematics and Informatics from Hanoi University of Science and Technology, in 2014.

Research Interests

His research interest includes recommender systems, information retrieval, and visual analytics. Specifically, his research works have been focusing on designing algorithms for analyzing user-generated data, understanding user preferences from the data, and applying the learnt knowledge to create user-centric applications.

Awards And Scholarships

• Conference Travel Awards: AAAI-20, IJCAI-19, AAAI-19, CIKM-18, CIKM-17, SDM-16.
• Winner of SMU Presidential Doctoral Fellowship Award AY2018 and AY2019.
• Recipient of SMU PhD Student Life Award, AY2018 and AY2019.
• Postgraduate scholarship, Singapore Management University ( Aug 2015 ).
• Honored as the valedictorian of School of Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (Sep 2014).
• Scholarships of Vietnam National Program for the Development of Mathematics AY13-14, AY12-13.
• Lawrence S.Ting scholarship for excellent student AY2011-12.
• Honored as excellent student of AY2011-12.
• National Mathematics Competition for University Students (first prize – 2010, second prize – 2011).

Education

• PhD in Data Science and Engineering, Singapore Management University, 2015-2019.
• Degree of Engineer in Mathematics and Informatics (5-year advanced undergraduate program), Hanoi University of Science and Technology, 2009-2014.