The secret to graduating early with a near-perfect thesis score of a male student from the University of Science and Technology

Graduating ahead of schedule

Starting out as a student at Nguyen Dinh Chieu High School for the Gifted ( Dong Thap ), in 2020, Khang received a 50% scholarship from Soshi Global Group to study business at IPU New Zealand. Khang said that at that time, the training plan was very favorable when he could study directly to university after completing grade 11. However, the young man decided to refuse the opportunity to study abroad to study at a domestic university.

Vo Hoang Nhat Khang (second from right) actively participates in projects and research topics on AI and data science .

In 2021, Khang was admitted to the Computer Science program, taught and learned in English, at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, using the competency assessment method. "That year, my score was 973 and the standard score for the major was 972," Khang said.

At first, like many other new students, Khang was quite bewildered with the new environment. After 2 semesters, Khang realized that studying at university requires much more initiative. "I learned from experience that I should divide my time reasonably, avoid cramming and choose the right time to study for each subject to optimize concentration. I also do not put too much emphasis on getting a perfect score, but I always have a principle of trying to understand the core of the problem," said the male student.

Despite facing many difficulties, Khang still set a goal of graduating early. Khang shared: "From the beginning, I determined that I not only wanted to complete the program quickly, but more importantly, I had to accumulate a lot of specialized knowledge and have the opportunity to participate in practical research projects. To achieve this goal, I proactively planned my studies early."

Khang registered for more credits each semester than the usual schedule, took advantage of the summer to study important subjects in advance, and self-studied more from international documents to expand his knowledge. At the same time, Khang did not limit himself to the lecture hall but also actively participated in research projects to have the opportunity to apply theory to practice, approaching highly applicable artificial intelligence (AI) problems.

With a cumulative average score of 8.39/10, Khang graduated with honors half a year ahead of schedule. Notably, Khang's graduation thesis score was nearly perfect at 9.9/10.

Passionate about AI and data science

Starting from the third year of university, Khang really entered scientific research seriously. "The first research project I participated in was in the field of machine translation, with the topic of restoring the Bahnar language through neural machine translation: Challenges, strategies and promising results. In this topic, my research team and I focused on preserving and developing the Bahnar language, an ethnic minority language in Vietnam through AI applications, especially neural machine translation. After that, the team submitted the paper to the AAAI Conference (one of the world's leading conferences on AI) which was accepted and presented in Canada," Khang said.

Following that success, Khang started researching a multimodal AI project. In addition, an applied project that Khang is very passionate about is developing a chatbot LLM (Large Language Model) to support students in the school.

"Because many students have difficulty finding information about exam schedules, study programs or administrative procedures, my team and I built a chatbot to automatically answer common questions. This chatbot helps students save time and reduce stress when looking for information. This project also helps me understand that AI is not just an algorithm, more importantly, how it serves people, solves problems and brings value to the community," Khang shared.

In the coming time, Khang hopes to focus on three main research directions: multimodal AI, multi-agent AI systems and large language models. "These are all important fields, not only in research but also have great potential for practical application. I want to participate in or build projects with clear application, both to help verify research ideas and bring practical value to serve the community as well as improve people's lives," he shared.

Associate Professor, Dr. Quan Thanh Tho, Head of the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, said that during his studies, Khang not only acquired knowledge from the lecture hall but also actively participated in research projects. "While working with my research group, Khang also published many scientific articles at different levels. Thanks to his tireless efforts, Khang completed his study program one semester early. Khang's graduation thesis achieved an almost perfect score, demonstrating his serious investment and outstanding research quality. With his achievements and promising future orientation, Khang promises to continue to reap more success in the road ahead," Associate Professor, Dr. Tho said.

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