Professional Summary

Hi, I’m Duong, a PhD researcher at the ETH AI Center in Zurich, working at the intersection of machine learning, neural data analysis, and human–computer interaction under the supervision of Luc Van Gool and Benjamin Grewe.

I have over 7 years of experience developing scalable AI models, data science pipelines, and machine learning systems across multimodal datasets including images, video, audio, text, and neural data, supported by 10+ years of programming experience.

Currently, I am a research intern at Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, where I work on LLM-based agents, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and evaluation frameworks for large language models, focusing on reliability, grounding, and performance on large biomedical datasets.

I am exploring industry opportunities starting in July 2026 where I can apply AI research and large-scale data analysis to real-world problems. If you’d like to connect, collaborate, or discuss opportunities, feel free to reach out via email or LinkedIn.

ETH Zurich

Education

PhD Computer Science (AI Focus)

ETH AI Center (ETH Zurich)

BS and MS Computer Science

Goethe University Frankfurt

Interests

Software Engineering Human-Computer-Interaction Large Language Models Computer Vision Multi-modal data
Research & Projects

At the ETH AI Center, I greatly enjoy collaborating across disciplines — from neuroscience and psychology to hardware, education, and computer vision — together with both academic and industry partners. My research interest is to (1) develop new data science methods on multimodal data, (2) build Machine Learning models inspired by the brain, and (3) contribute to human-computer-interfaces.

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Applying new data analysis or ML methods to analyze multi-modal time series data

Work: Using parallelization and GPU/CPU to improve data analysis pipelines Denoising neural data and extracting important features Dealing with small datasets Classifying behavior …

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LLMs, Generative models and smart wearables

Predicting eye movement with EEG/EOG data Work: multimodal system to predict eye movement and focus supervised Master students with following code: …

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Python coding course for students with disability in Vietnam

In 2024, I launched a Python and Data Science course in collaboration with industry partners, providing adults with disabilities in Vietnam access to higher education in …

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Understanding more about the brain and developing models

Work: Movement prediction Transfer learning and generalization Learning on a synaptic scale Applications in industry: Wearables: user intent such as clicking on a button Automotive …

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Where you can meet me next
EventLocationDateStatus
AI+X Summit (ETH AI Center)Zurich, SwitzerlandOctober 2, 2025Past
Society for Neuroscience, poster presentation (Chicago)Chicago, USOctober 5, 2024 → October 9, 2024Past
FENS conference, poster presentationVienna, AustriaJune 25, 2024 → June 29, 2024Past
AI+X Summit (ETH AI Center)Zurich, SwitzerlandOctober 13, 2023Past
Bernstein Conference, poster presentationBerlin, GermanySeptember 26, 2023 → September 29, 2023Past
Recent Publications
(2025). Lost in Translation? LLMs, Education, and Linguistic Fairness. IEEE ISEC 2025.
(2024). Adaptive Neuronal Populations in Medial Prefrontal Cortex During Flexible Avoidance Learning. SfN 2024.
(2024). Linking Sensory Stimuli to Avoidance Behavior: Investigating the Role of Adaptive Cell Populations in Prefrontal Cortex. FENS 2024.
(2023). Exploring the Functional Hierarchy of Different Pyramidal Cell Types in Temporal Processing. arXiv.
(2023). Linking Tone Representation and Behavior Execution in Avoidance Learning in Medial Prefrontal Cortex. Bernstein Conf..