Thanh-Tung Ngo (Tom)
About Me
I am currently a PhD student in Computer Science at TU Dublin, funded by ADAPT Center and supervised by Dr. Robert Ross, Dr. Conor Mc Ginn, and Dr. Emma Murphy. Before that, I was a research and teaching assistant at College of Engineering and Computer Science (CECS) and VinUni-Illinois Smart Health Center (VISHC), VinUniversity, Vietnam. Prior to VinUniversity, I obtained my M.Sc. degree and B.S.E degree (talented program - top 1% university) in Mechatronics Engineering at Hanoi University of Science and Technology under the supervision of Dr-Ing. Xuan-Ha Nguyen.
My email: tung.ngo(at)adaptcentre.ie
Research Interest
Human-Robot Interaction, Human-Centered Development, Foundational Models (Vision-Language-Action Models, Large Language Models), Reinforcement Learning, Computer Vision, SLAM, Sensor Fusion
Publications
- T. T. Ngo, E. Murphy, and R. Ross, “Vision-Language System using Open-Source LLMs for Consent and Instruction Gestures in Medical Interpreter Robots,” in Companion Proc. 21st ACM/IEEE Int. Conf. on Human-Robot Interaction, Edinburgh, UK, 2026. doi: 10.1145/3776734.3794357.
- T. T. Ngo, E. Murphy, C. McGinn, and R. Ross, “Body-Oriented Gesture Generation System for Medical Interpreter Robots Based on Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback,” in Int. Conf. AI in Healthcare Collection of Short Abstr., Cambridge, UK, 2025. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.17037425.
- T. T. Ngo et al., “Development of a Cost-effective On-device Natural Language Command Navigation System for Mobile Robots in Challenging Indoor Scenarios,” in Proc. 2025 IEEE/SICE Int. Symp. Syst. Integration (SII), Munich, Germany, 2025, pp. 1255-1259, doi: 10.1109/SII59315.2025.10870597.
- H. X. Nguyen, T. T. Ngo, T. V. Nguyen, A. D. Pham, and T. D. Nguyen, “An efficient approach for traffic sign detection, classification, and localization applied for autonomous intelligent vehicles,” J. Modern Phys. Lett. B, Feb. 2023, doi: 10.1142/S0217984923400110.
- H. X. Nguyen, T. T. Ngo, and A. D. Nguyen, “Development of real-time traffic-object and traffic-sign detection models applied for autonomous intelligent vehicles,” J. Sci. Technol. Smart Syst. Devices, vol. 32, pp. 17-24, Jan. 2022, doi: 10.51316/jst.155.ssad.2022.32.1.3.
- H. X. Nguyen, T. T. Ngo, and H. V. Nguyen, “Development of an autonomous intelligent mobile robot based on AI and SLAM technology,” in Proc. Int. Conf. Intell. Syst. Netw. 2021, pp. 319-326, doi: 10.1007/978-981-16-2094-2_40.
- H. X. Nguyen, H. V. Nguyen, T. T. Ngo, and A. D. Nguyen, “Improvement of Control Algorithm for mobile robot using multi-layer sensor fusion,” Vietnam J. Sci. Technol., vol. 59, no. 1, pp. 110-119, Feb. 2021, doi: 10.15625/2525-2518/59/0/15301.
- H. X. Nguyen, H. V. Nguyen, and T. T. Ngo, “A new landmark detection approach for SLAM algorithm applied in mobile robot,” J. Sci. Technol. Tech. Univ., vol. 146, pp. 31-36, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.51316/30.7.6.
Honors and Awards
| Year | Name | Orgranization |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Top 15 Huawei Ireland Tech Arena: An LLM Efficiency Challenge | Huawei Ireland Research Center |
| 2023 | PhD Scholarship | ADAPT Center |
| 2020 | Domestic Master Scholarship | Vingroup Innovation Foundation |
| 2020 | 1st Prize in Student Research Competition | Hanoi University of Science and Technology |
| 2019 | NUS Enterprise Summer Program | Temasek Foundation International and National University of Singapore |
| 2018, 2019 | TFI SCALE Scholar 2018 | Temasek Foundation International |
| 2017 | 4th Prize in the 2017 Blitz Research Competition | Rencontres du Vietnam |
| 2017-2019 | Student with five good merits | Vietnam National Union of Students of HUST |
| 2015-2017 | FYT Scholarship for Outstanding Students | FPT Center for Young Talents, FPT Corporation |
In the media
- “Lớp học tùy tâm” của sinh viên Bách Khoa - Báo Sinh Viên Việt Nam
- Robot tự hành của các sinh viên Đại học Bách Khoa - VTV3
- Sáng chế robot chống dịch covid-19 của sinh viên - VTC14
- Sinh viên chế robot tự hành nói tiếng Việt với giá bất ngờ - Vietnamnet
- “Cá Bách khoa” vươn ra “biển lớn” - Đặc san Tết BKHN