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Principal Investigator

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32310

Office: Research Foundation Building A, CAPS #331 | COE Building B, #B369

IEEE Senior Member | Technical Committee Member, IEEE CASCOM & CTSoc SPC

Research Area: Post-Quantum Cryptography & Applied AI
Previous Degrees:
- M.S., Informatics, NAU (5/2025)
- B.S., Electrical Engineering, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2022)
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Research Area: Error Correction Codes
Previous Degrees:
- M.S., Informatics, NAU (5/2025)
- B.S., Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2020)
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Research Area: Hardware Design for Post-Quantum Cryptography
Previous Degrees:
- M.S., Informatics, NAU (5/2026)
- B.S., Applied Mathematics and Informatics, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (2020)
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EUREKA Undergraduate Research Fellowship
- Project: Credit Assignment for Machine Learning on FPGAs
- Student: Jonathon Szponar
Capstone Project
- Project: Software Design and Optimization for HQC Quantum-Resistant Cryptography
- Team: Arian Sotolongo, Adriana Cruz, Bianca Avlonitis, Brandon Bethune, Dylan Wolfe, Will Monroe
Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP)
- Project: Quantum-Classical Neural Networks
- Student: Triet Phan

Hien Nguyen, Master in Informatics, Northern Arizona University (5/2026). Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at FSU.
Quoc Bao Phan, Master in Informatics, Northern Arizona University (5/2025). Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at FSU.
Linh Nguyen, Master in Informatics, Northern Arizona University (5/2025). Currently pursuing a PhD in Electrical and Computer Engineering at FSU.

2025 – 2026
1. AI and Homomorphic Encryption for Healthcare: Joseph Lindley, Kien Le
  - Published one journal paper in Healthcare Analytics and one conference paper at IEEE MWSCAS 2026.
  - NSF Student Travel Award (Kien Le) to attend 2026 IEEE MWSCAS.
2024 – 2025
1. AI & Cybersecurity for Telehealth: Rudra Amin, Xiwei Wang, Jiawen Zhao
  - First Place for Undergraduate Research, 2024 NAU Festival of Science
2. Post-Quantum Cryptography: Caleb Carnes, Sierra Choate, Jinming Hua, Aiden Harper
  - Second Place for Undergraduate Research, 2024 NAU Festival of Science
3. Homomorphic Encryption: Austin Butrovich, Jacob Guthrie, Adam Thomas, Regen Michon
2023 – 2024
1. AI & Cybersecurity for Telehealth: Tianyi Chen, Ian Philippi
  - Third Place for Undergraduate Research, 2023 NAU Festival of Science
  - Published one paper in IEEE MWSCAS 2024 and one paper in Healthcare Analytics journal
2. Cryptography: Adam Montano, Anthony Middleton, Eniola Olatunji
2022 – 2023
1. Crypto Bros: Charles Reynolds Herman, Kelly Edwin Marriott, Steven Perry
2. PPG: Zachary Tyler Price, Steven Nicholas Provencio, Jacob Noah Gardner

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