Pham Ngoc Nam, PhD
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Vice Dean
Director, Electrical Engineering program
Biography
Associate Professor Pham Ngoc Nam is the Vice Dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science at VinUniversity. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Electronics Engineering from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) in 1997, and his M.S. in Artificial Intelligence and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from KU Leuven, Belgium, in 1999 and 2004, respectively. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, QoS/QoE management for multimedia applications, reconfigurable computing, and low-power embedded system design. He is the author or co-author of over 100 scientific articles, including more than 30 indexed in ISI and Scopus. He has served as the Principal Investigator (PI) of one key national project and three ministerial-level projects, and as a key member in four other national projects.
Prior to joining VinUniversity, he was affiliated with Hanoi University of Science and Technology, where he served as Vice Dean of the School of Electronics and Telecommunications. In this role, he gained extensive experience in CDIO-based curriculum development and AUN-QA program-level quality assessment. He has participated in various training programs—both domestic and international—on curriculum development, accreditation, quality assurance, higher education leadership, and active teaching/learning methodologies. He was a visiting scholar at Cornell University from 2020 to 2024, and a visiting professor at the University of Aizu, Japan (2015), Chulalongkorn University, Thailand (2013), and the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA (2009).
• Artificial Intelligence
• QoS/QoE management for multimedia applications
• Reconfigurable computing
• Low-power embedded system design
• Introduction to Engineering and Computer Science
• Digital Logic and Computer Organization
• Reconfigurable Computing
• Embeded Systems Design
1. Thinh, P.H., Dat, N.T., Nam, P.N. et al. An Efficient QoE-Aware HTTP Adaptive Streaming over Software Defined Networking. Mobile Netw Appl (2020).
2. Tran, H. T., Hoang, T. H., Minh, P. N., Ngoc, N. P., & Thang, T. C. (2020). A Weighted Viewport Quality Metric for Omnidirectional Images. IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information and Systems, 103(1), 67-70.
3. H. T. T. Tran, D. V. Nguyen, N. P. Ngoc, T. H. Hoang, T. T. Huong and T. C. Thang, Impacts of Retina-Related Zones on Quality Perception of Omnidirectional Image. IEEE Access, vol. 7, pp. 166997-167009, 2019.
4. TT Tran, H., Ngoc, N. P., Pham, C. T., Jung, Y. J., & Thang, T. C. (2019). A Subjective Study on User Perception Aspects in Virtual Reality. Applied Sciences, 9(16), 3384.
5. Hong Thinh Pham, Ngoc Nam Pham, Huu Thanh Nguyen, Alan Marshall, Thu Huong Truong, A Hybrid of Adaptation and Dynamic Routing based on SDN for Improving QoE in HTTP Adaptive VBR Video Streaming. International Journal of Computer Science and Network Security, VOL.19 No.7, July 2019, Pages 51-64.
6. Le, H. T., Nguyen, T., Ngoc, N. P., Pham, A. T., & Thang, T. C. (2018). HTTP/2 Push-Based Low-Delay Live Streaming Over Mobile Networks With Stream Termination. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 28(9), 2423-2427.
7. Bormans, J., Ngoc, N. P., Deconinck, G., & Lafruit, G. (2003). Terminal QoS: advanced resource management for cost-effective multimedia appliances in dynamic contexts. In Ambient Intelligence: Impact on Embedded Sytem Design (pp. 183-201). Springer.
8. Nam Pham Ngoc, Thanh Nguyen Huu, Trong Vu Quang, Vu Tran Hoang, Huong Truong Thu, Phuoc Tran-Gia, Christian Schwartz (2015), A new power profiling method and power scaling mechanism for energy-aware NetFPGA gigabit router, Elsevier – Computer Networks, Vol 78, Pages: 4-25.
9. Thanh Nguyen Huu, Nam Pham Ngoc, Huong Truong Thu, Thuan Tran Ngoc, Duong Nguyen Minh, Hung Nguyen Tai, Thu Ngo Quynh, David Hock, Christian Schwartz (2013), Modeling and experimenting combined smart sleep and power scaling algorithms in energy-aware data center networks, Elsevier – Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, Vol 39, Pages 20-40.
10. Lafruit, G., Ngoc, N. P., van Raemdonck, W., Tack, N., & Bormans, J. (2003). Terminal QoS for real-time 3-D visualization using scalable MPEG-4 coding. IEEE transactions on circuits and systems for video technology, 13(11), 1136-1143.
2004: PhD in Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium
1999: MSc in Artificial Intelligence, KU Leuven, Belgium
1997: BSc in Electronics engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technolog
Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Science and Technology for Excellence in research and Teaching, 2016.
Certificate of Merit from the Minister of Education and Training for Excellence in research and Teaching, 2011, 2013, 2015.
KU Leuven full scholarship (Merit-based) for PhD program study, 1999-2004.
Belgian Government full scholarship (Merit-based) for Master program study, 1998-1999.
