Van Tien Nguyen
Doctoral candidate at UT San Antonio developing structure-aware and resource-efficient methods for quantum, hybrid quantum–classical, and deep learning systems.Recent Activities
Selected recent milestones from my activities timeline.
| Time | Activity | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| VQBR Technical Paper Presentation | Presented VQBR: Variational Quantum Bayesian Regression via Measurement-Based MAP Direction Recovery, coauthored with Panagiotis P. Markopoulos, in the Quantum Machine Learning Technical Papers Track at IEEE QCE 2026 in Toronto, Canada. | |
| Attended IEEE Quantum Week 2026 (QCE) | Attended the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing and Engineering (QCE) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, from September 13 to 18, 2026. | |
| ML-QRC Workshop Paper Presentation | Presented Parameter-Efficient Multilinear Readout for Quantum Reservoir Computing (ML-QRC), coauthored with Panagiotis P. Markopoulos, at the Workshop on Quantum Machine Learning at IEEE Quantum Week 2026 (QML@QCE) in Toronto, Canada. | |
| Successful Dissertation Proposal Defense | Successfully defended my dissertation proposal, Structure-Aware and Resource-Efficient Quantum–Classical Learning, at UT San Antonio. | |
| Graduate Teaching Assistant, UT San Antonio | Supporting EE 3233: System Programming for Engineers through recitation and laboratory instruction, office hours, grading, and student support. | |
| Organizer, Qiskit Fall Fest at UT San Antonio | Organizing the 2026 Qiskit Fall Fest at The University of Texas at San Antonio. | |
| NSF Student Travel Grant, IEEE Quantum Week 2026 | Awarded up to US$1,250 in reimbursable travel support to attend and present accepted work at IEEE QCE 2026 in Toronto, Canada. | |
| Three Papers Accepted for 2026 Venues | Work accepted at IEEE QCE’s Quantum Machine Learning Technical Papers Track, QML@QCE, and the Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers. | |
| Qiskit Global Summer School Mentor-in-Training | Completed IBM Quantum Development Week preparation and will support students during the July 2026 Qiskit Global Summer School. |