About Me

Hello, my name is Ngan. I am currently a Ph.D student at CCDS, NTU, Singapore, under the supervision of Asst. Prof. Yoonchang Sung. My research interest is optimization algorithms for robotics and autonomous systems, particullarly focus on developing robust, efficient decision-making and planning methods.

I obtained my M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea) in 2026, and my B.E. in Robotics from Vietnam National University of Hanoi in 2022.

I’m always happy to chat about research, ideas, or collaboration opportunities. Please feel free to contact me via email!✨

📢 News

2026.01: 🎉🎉 I started my PhD at NTU.
2025.12: 🎉🎉 I successfully defended my master’s thesis titled “A Deep Reinforcement Learning Framework with Edge-Aware Encoding for the Traveling Salesman Problem with Drone”.
2025.01: 🎉🎉 New Paper “Navigation variable-based multi-objective particle swarm optimization for UAV path planning with kinematic constraints” on Neural Computing and Applications.
2025.01: 🎉🎉 I present my poster “Cooperative Mission Planning for Heterogeneous Robots with Energy Constraints” at The 12th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA 2024).

📝 Publications

A Combined Graph Attention Framework with Edge Encoding for Cooperative Truck–Drone Routing
Thi Thuy Ngan Duong, Jungeun Lee, Kyeong min Do, Jeong hwan Jeon* (Preprint).
Navigation variable-based multi-objective particle swarm optimization for UAV path planning with kinematic constraints
Thi Thuy Ngan Duong, Duy Nam Bui, Manh Duong Phung* in Neural Computing and Applications, 2025.
Ant colony optimization for cooperative inspection path planning using multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
Duy Nam Bui, Thuy Ngan Duong, Manh Duong Phung* in IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII), 2024.
Deployment of UAVs for Optimal Multihop Ad-hoc Networks Using Particle Swarm Optimization and Behavior-based Control
Ngan Duong Thi Thuy, Duy Nam Bui, Manh Duong Phung, Hung Pham Duy* in 11th International Conference on Control, Automation and Information Sciences (ICCAIS), 2022.

🎖 Honors and Awards

2026.01: NTU Research Scholarship.
2023.08: UNIST Scholarship for master’s student.
2020: VNU-UET Student Research Competition (second prize).

📖 Educations

2026.01 - now: PhD in Computing and Data Science, NTU, Singapore.
2023.08 - 2025.12: Master in Electrical Engineering, UNIST, South Korea.
2018.08 - 2022.06: BE in Robotics Engineering, VNU-UET, Viet Nam.

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