{"689229":{"#nid":"689229","#data":{"type":"news","title":"ISyE Student Awarded IBM Fellowship for Research Excellence","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/hoang-nguyen\u0022\u003EHoang Nguyen\u003C\/a\u003E, a graduate student in the Algorithms, Combinatorics, and Optimization Ph.D. program at the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EH. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has been awarded an IBM fellowship in recognition of his research contributions and academic achievements. The IBM fellowship program is a prestigious, invitation-only award that identifies exceptional Ph.D. students conducting pioneering research in their disciplines.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENguyen began his academic journey as an undergraduate at Minerva University, where he studied in a different country nearly every semester. This experience abroad shaped his approach to problem-solving. After graduating, Nguyen remained passionate about mathematics but became interested in applying theory to real-world challenges.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI still wanted to do math, but I wanted to apply my mathematical research to some tangible applications,\u201d Nguyen said. \u201cI wanted to see the meaning behind my research.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThat desire, along with ISyE\u2019s long-standing top national ranking in industrial engineering, led Nguyen to pursue his doctoral studies at Georgia Tech. His primary research focuses on applied probability, with an emphasis on bridging theoretical models and practical systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENguyen received the IBM Fellowship in recognition of his ongoing research. One of his current research projects examines how far a process is from the steady state and seeks to better understand the finite-time behavior of the system and to make accurate real-time decisions. This work has meaningful applications in many real-world service systems models, such as the load balancing algorithms found in data centers and ride-hailing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn additional his work in applied probability, Nguyen is exploring ways to improve artificial intelligence reasoning. His research investigates how large language models can verify their own outputs using mathematical heuristics and training data. By identifying and correcting discrepancies before displaying results to the user, the system could become more accurate and reliable.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ENguyen contributes much to the mentorship of his advisor, Professor\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.isye.gatech.edu\/users\/siva-theja-maguluri\u0022\u003ESiva Theja Magulur\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cI would like to thank my advisor, Professor Siva Theja, for supporting me through this journey,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u0027s an extremely caring, insightful, and attentive professor. He\u0027s also very supportive of me pursuing the AI reasoning research at Google DeepMind, although this is not his main research. Over the years, I have learned a lot from him as his student.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe IBM Fellowship is the latest in a series of achievements for Nguyen. In 2024 and 2025, respectively, he was part of a Google DeepMind team that earned silver and gold medals in the International Mathematical Olympiad. He also won second place at the ACM SIGMETRICS 2025 Student Research Contest for his work on the finite-time behavior of queuing systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAs he continues his doctoral studies, Nguyen remains focused on advancing his research and contributing to both theoretical and applied fields.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ENguyen\u0027s work focuses on understanding real-world system behavior, such as queuing and load balancing, while also advancing methods for improving AI reasoning, building more reliable and effective technologies with practical applications.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Hoang Nguyen, a Ph.D. student at the H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, has earned an IBM Fellowship for his innovative research in applied probability and AI, advancing real-world systems and intelligent technologies."}],"uid":"36736","created_gmt":"2026-03-30 13:26:44","changed_gmt":"2026-03-31 16:05:20","author":"ebrown386","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-03-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"679770":{"id":"679770","type":"image","title":"Hoang Nguyen.jpg","body":null,"created":"1774877220","gmt_created":"2026-03-30 13:27:00","changed":"1774877220","gmt_changed":"2026-03-30 13:27:00","alt":"Hoang Nguyen","file":{"fid":"263971","name":"Hoang-Nguyen.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/03\/30\/Hoang-Nguyen.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2026\/03\/30\/Hoang-Nguyen.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":45371,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2026\/03\/30\/Hoang-Nguyen.jpg?itok=jlrk7h12"}}},"media_ids":["679770"],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"},{"id":"1243","name":"The Supply Chain and Logistics Institute (SCL)"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EParker Avery, Student Writing Assistant\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}