The beauty shines in the digital field

Phuong Thuy was awarded the title "5 Good Students" and "Progressive Youth Following Uncle Ho's Teachings" at the city level for two consecutive years - Photo: NVCC

The award was presented by the Central Youth Union and the Ministry of Science and Technology , honoring 20 outstanding female students nationwide in categories related to the field of science and technology, which for Thuy is a great honor, creating motivation for her to strive even more when choosing the research path.

Realized passion from one time going to the internet

The chance to come to the world of technology, as Thuy said, started from a time going to an internet cafe with her aunt. Little Thuy realized how great it was when everything was miniaturized in a computer, allowing her to study, play and explore many things. Everything became clearer right at the time of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak when technology became a tool to help society operate amidst many obstacles.

So Thuy decided to study information technology. The more she studied, the more interesting she found it when the model could learn to recognize handwriting, read medical records, and discover hidden knowledge in data. Thuy said that artificial intelligence (AI) is a very "alive" tool, reflecting the way we understand the world and ourselves.

Especially when the daughter saw her mother, a teacher, trying to learn about AI on her own. Her mother said that she did so to be able to apply it to teaching to improve the quality, making Thuy even more strongly inspired, forgetting the assumption that information technology is only suitable for men.

She excitedly boasted: "The more I research, the more I realize that there are many dynamic and excellent female friends around me with meaningful scientific research topics. This proves that women can absolutely go far in technology if they have enough passion and belief in themselves."

Balance the learning process

There have been many times when Phuong Thuy felt a bit overwhelmed by the large and heavy amount of specialized knowledge. At times like that, Thuy considered it a challenge that needed to be overcome, only then could she progress and go further on her chosen journey.

The sweet fruit of that spirit of continuous learning is that Thuy achieved a major score of 4.0/4.0 and three international scientific articles were published. She also achieved two titles of "5 Good Students" and "Advanced Youth following Uncle Ho's teachings" at the city level for two consecutive years, along with many scholarships for students with excellent achievements.

Studying is like that, but Thuy said she always pays attention to balancing between studying and mental health. Thuy likes to read books, maintains the habit of sleeping early, and exercises regularly to keep her mind alert. At the same time, she maintains the habit of studying right in class and connecting lessons with real projects so that she no longer feels overwhelmed by the large amount of knowledge.

Thuy is also an active member of the Youth Union and community projects. She said that this is the time when she understands the value of contribution, improves her skills and maintains a balance between studying and life.

"For me, the most important thing in doing science or participating in social work is being able to create a positive influence on others. That experience helps me become more mature and gives me more motivation to strive on the path of research and sharing knowledge," she said.

I will continue my chosen research path in more depth, striving to become a lecturer and researcher who can both create new knowledge and share and inspire learning to many young people who love technology.

"I will continue my chosen research path in a more in-depth way, striving to become a lecturer and researcher who can both create new knowledge and share and inspire learning to many young people who love technology." - LE NGUYEN PHUONG THUY

Research on AI applications in medicine

Phuong Thuy's undergraduate thesis "Reliable clinical notes with large language models" impressed the defense committee with its research on AI applications in the medical field. Thuy said that many AI models can predict diseases very accurately but have not yet completely created trust for doctors.

Therefore, Thuy wants to research towards a solution to support diagnosis and explain the results clearly to users instead of just giving the correct results without explaining the cause. Thuy and her research team focused on the problem of automatically assigning disease codes (ICD) to clinical notes in electronic health records (EHR). The team trained a large language model (LLM) combined with natural language processing (NLP) techniques to read and understand medical texts and suggest corresponding ICD codes.

In addition, the system also generates artificial medical data using a text generation model to reduce data imbalance and protect patient privacy. The results are deployed as an integrated module in the HER system, allowing doctors to check, calibrate and explain AI decisions before applying them to treatment.

Prof. Dr. Le Hoai Bac (University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City) assessed the topic "Reliable clinical notes with large language models" conducted by Thuy and her research team as highly feasible, focusing on optimizing data instead of building a new AI model. In this case, AI does not replace humans but becomes a reliable assistant in supporting clinical diagnosis.

Sharing about his student, Mr. Bac said that as one of the few female students studying computer science, and being selected for the talented bachelor class of information technology, Thuy showed the necessary qualities to become an AI researcher in the future. "I am very happy because I can support her a little in her learning and research process," Mr. Bac shared.

Realized passion from one time going to the internet

Balance the learning process

Research on AI applications in medicine

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