Prof. Dr. Sc. Hoang Van Kiem

Prof. Dr. Sc. Hoang Van Kiem is a famous scientist, one of the pioneers and great contributors to information science and technology in Vietnam, who has published more than 20 books, textbooks, and 120 applied research papers (including more than 70 articles published in international journals and conference proceedings). In addition, he also led 06 national key programs and ministerial programs that were critically acclaimed and put into practice.

He is regarded “the Man of the Firsts” by the Vietnam science community. Notably, Prof. Dr. Sc. Hoang Van Kiem was:

(1) The first Vietnamese scientist who was invited to be a Senior Scientific Associate at the International Center for Artificial Intelligence (Czechoslovakia). Professor Kiem was subsequently awarded the prize of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciencess (1985).

(2) The chairman and creator of the first application software in Vietnam (ADOR) to be certified for copyright registration and commercialization in France and Germany (1990-1991).

(3) The chairman of the first research group in Vietnam to apply artificial intelligence, recognition and image processing technology in the fields of science, technology, national security – defense (Vietnam Sciences and Technology Award in 1999).

(4) The leader of the Online Distance Learning (now Online Training) project, who built and put into operation the online distance learning system of the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City. Thousands of bachelors and hundreds of masters of informatics have been trained via this system (Vietnam Sciences and Technology Award in 2000).

Prof. Dr. Sc. Hoang Van Kiem is the former Chairman of the Council for the Title of the State Professors of Information Technology, former President of the University of Information Technology under the Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City, currently a Senior Consultant, Chairman of the Academic Council of the Saigon International University.

Prof. Dr. Sc. Hoang Van Kiem is a leading expert and the first scientist to research, apply, and teach Artificial Intelligence in Vietnam with many contributions to the cause of talent development from high school to university. He was the advisor to 17 Doctors of Sciences with successfully defended theses, two of whom are now Professors and seven others Associate Professors. Many students under his tutelage have become PhDs, Professors, and Experts in the field of Information Technology and AI around the world. It can be said that the contributions of Prof. Dr. Sc. Hoang Van Kiem for science–technology and education in Vietnam in general are immense. The Professor’s career spanning more than 50 years in both academia and information technology in Vietnam has made valuable contributions to the country’s computer science and technology industry.